tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post5615769129791154393..comments2024-03-22T14:34:39.101-04:00Comments on MONDO 70: A Wild World of Cinema: Pre-Code Parade:THE STORY OF TEMPLE DRAKE (1933)Samuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-88424515526751706342011-09-17T12:48:30.079-04:002011-09-17T12:48:30.079-04:00Samuel,
Yes true, not as a rule per se, but many ...Samuel,<br /><br />Yes true, not as a rule per se, but many pre-code films, especially those loaded with sex, I feel are exploitive of women, but I've had arguments over this in the past and never got anywhere in the end.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10656287096270976604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-61793468204714184862011-09-15T16:16:24.945-04:002011-09-15T16:16:24.945-04:00Erich: You are correct, sir, about that paperback,...Erich: You are correct, sir, about that paperback, which also includes Faulkner's novel-in-play-form (or vice versa) sequel, <i>Requiem For a Nun.</i> And I should have clarified that we never see Trigger handle a corncob -- in fact, the visual code for his sexual aggression is his putting out a cigarette -- nor is a bloody one introduced as evidence at Goodwin's trial. The idea of corncob-as-phallus was still too much for pre-code Paramount.<br /><br />Jon: That's a further topic for discussion, since many critics have come to the defense of the code-enforcement era's often sophisticated sublimation. Others question how profound any film could be, depending on the subject matter, given the Code restraints. I wouldn't call pre-code exploitative as a rule, but the period's hard-boiled attitude can certainly look that way.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-17937697682042109082011-09-15T15:30:58.546-04:002011-09-15T15:30:58.546-04:00Samuel,
I haven't seen this one and am sorry ...Samuel,<br /><br />I haven't seen this one and am sorry I missed it the other day on tv. However, you do highlight limitations that the pre-code era has. For me, the reliance on exploitation rather than profundity makes most of the pre-code stuff rather limited in its scope for me. Entertaining? Heck yeah. All-time great films? I'm not so sure.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10656287096270976604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-63591080886405370452011-09-15T15:00:17.643-04:002011-09-15T15:00:17.643-04:00Well said, brother Samuel. "Her ordeal is one...Well said, brother Samuel. "Her ordeal is one with which anyone of either sex who ends up stuck with dubious strangers on a vanished friend's initiative can empathize. Jack LaRue plays Trigger like someone's prophetic fever dream of Humphrey Bogart -" Well said - he's a fever dream of Dixon Steele from IN a Lonely Place!<br /><br /> Seeing parts of it again last night all cleaned up and pretty made it seem suddenly a lot less edgy, whereas the grungy messed-up prints of the festivals gave it an extra edge. PS - I did notice a whole mess of corn cobs in the stable stall where Temple is billeted, kind of to the upper right of her pillow or where a pillow would be would she had one. PPS - I have the very same 1960 remake tie-in book, the one (I'm presumuing) with Lee Remick in a nightgown on the cover?Erich Kuerstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850572368098319317noreply@blogger.com