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- From: revpk@cellar.org (Brian 'Rev P-K' Siano)
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- Subject: Something to Look Forward To
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- Date: 28 Jan 93 00:01:19 GMT
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- From _Re/Search: Incredibly Strange Films_:
- Profile of "Hal Warren"
- El Paso fertilizer salesman whose _Manos, The Hands of Fate_
- is a cult legend. _Manos_ portrays what happens to a young couple
- after they miss a turn in the road and end up at a strange house
- where they meet "Torgo," a spastic hippie who guards the place when
- the master is away. After forcing their way in, the couple become
- frightened by weird goings-on. Eventually "The Master" shows up
- along with his bevy of wives. There is some talk of other
- dinmensions, a catfights, and Torgo loses his right ahnd and his
- job.
- _Manos, The Hands of Fate_ is a joy to watch. It is a true
- rarity: a film completely devoid of Hollywood influence or
- conventional filmmaking technique. Jump cuts abound; continuity is
- nonexistent. The editing is _leaden_; it's doubful if any film
- ended up on the cutting room floor. If the actors have difficulty
- remembering their lines, the camera stays on them until they do--
- no matter how long it takes! Warren was so stingy with his footage
- that in one scene we catch a glimpse of the clapper as it pulls out
- of the frame. _Manos, The Hands of Fate_ was his first and last
- attempt at filmmaking.
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- Brian "Rev. P-K" Siano revpk@cellar.org
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- "Do I BELIEVE in the Bible? Hell, man, I've even SEEN one!!"
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