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@dodgyboffin @haystackmanning "Paxton's Severen is a double myth come to life: the vampire, murdering to keep himself alive, & the settler, colonizing the bar & claiming its territory for his own."
-@dodgyboffin on 1987's spurs 'n fangs vamp western, NEAR DARK.
🎨: @haystackmanning
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New today on the site:
Our #1987InFilm issue kicks off with @dodgyboffin sinking her teeth deep into the neck NEAR DARK (and how it bloodies the myths of American individualism and Westerns), featuring stunning new art by @haystackmanning!
https://t.co/JVM1SKBbla
The Mind’s Eye: On THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY https://t.co/rSyzBfKtjL
"It’s a wild libertarian fantasy, the idea that the individual, if noble of spirit—that is, possessing American virtues or simply American firepower—can oppose powers larger than he is."
-@nickgreergkcin on PREDATOR
(🎨: @studiotstella)
#1987InFilm
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"RAISING ARIZONA is a messy, ridiculous love story, & despite the fact that it’s a film where a person literally explodes, it feels so honest about romance in a way I haven’t seen before."
--@franhoepfner
(🎨: @brianna_ashby)
#1987InFilm
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"BROADCAST NEWS presents adulthood as an exercise in weathering the relentless sensation of being not-quite-enough and not-quite-right."
-@kellieherson on BROADCAST NEWS
(🎨: @brianna_ashby)
#1987InFilm
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"The thing MOONSTRUCK lets you walk away feeling is: who cares. You find your person and then you figure it out."
-Caity Mans (@Mansnotmen) on MOONSTRUCK
(🎨: @studiotstella)
#1987InFilm
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Before we kick off our #1987InFilm issue (it's dropping tomorrow!), let's look back at some of the films from that *insanely* good movie year that we've already taken a BWDR deep-dive into:
The Real Deal -@franhoepfner on THE WARRIORS https://t.co/g6PhGZRUpZ
"The story of Studio Ghibli's TALES FROM EARTHSEA is a chronicle of a misused director and the parade of misunderstandings that torpedoed his debut, nearly taking his career with it." https://t.co/lK7XGiym5P