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iām spending the week in nyc this week so obviously as iām walking the streets iām reminded of all my fav flicks set in this city...
special effects was written/directed by larry cohen - one of the coolest and weirdest b-movie writer/directors. i love all of his 70s-80s movies. they have the craziest scripts, he casts weird background characters, and always delivers a vibe. heās usually working on a small budget so thereās a rawness and realness within his bizzaro worlds.
it stars a young eric bogosian (talk radio, uncut gems) playing an unhinged delusional director in the midst of making a very meta movie about a murder he committed. his loft in the movie is one of my fav sets ever. indoor stain glass windows, all red bedroom. iām sure someone on here can tell me itās precise location. it also stars zoe lund (ms. 45, bad lieutenant) - her accents, look, and range is unreal. i donāt wanna say too much and spoil the plot really, but if you dig movies about movies, brian de palma or abel ferrera stuff, then you should check this outā¦
Mar 23, 2024
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this is one of my favorite New York moviesā¦ it is absurd and silly but feels true to living here even 40 years later .. even if none of this has happened to you something like it has (if youāre doing it right..?) and you gotta laugh
Jun 30, 2025
Honestly bro I had no idea wtf was going on in ts but the wardrobe was A1 and scene locations were mad cool. It also is the same dude who did Possession, ik a lot of you mfs on this app like that one. Starring Romy Schneider of āLa Piscineā fame, also features a sleazed out performance by Klaus Kinski, itās ab a photographer who likes some actress but her sherm bf is unhinged and manipulating her idk I got tired of reading subtitles. Overall itās a great movie to watch if you want to take a picture of ur screen to throw on ur IG story to make ppl think ur mad esoteric and knowledgeable ab late 20th century European cinema.
Mar 18, 2024
just did back to back viewings of body double & special effects. both made in 1984 and explore the themes of doppelgƤngers divas, creeps working in cinema, voyeurism, manipulation via movies
Mar 31, 2025
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