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For this Wednesday Super Slop Night, first up is The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), the famed sci-fi film starring David Bowie as an alien who comes to Earth in search of water to bring back to his home planet. Things get a little complicated when he falls in love with an Earth woman, and then everything goes to hell when the feds capture him. Director is renowned auteur Nicolas Roeg, who is otherwise best-known for Don’t Look Now (1973) and Walkabout (1971). We haven’t watched anything by him yet, but this is a real cult classic, so it’s a good place to start.

After that is Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), a musical comedy about a pair of chicks who rock; one of them is a smart brunette, played by Jane Russell, and the other is a dumb blonde, played by Marilyn Monroe. They manipulate the men around them to their advantage, all the while having non-stop fun. This is one of Monroe’s definitive roles, and one of the most famous musicals of the 1950s; let’s check it out. Director is Howard Hawks, maker of classics such as His Girl Friday (1940), Bringing Up Baby (1938), and Only Angels Have Wings (1939), the latter of which we recently watched.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

  • The Man Who Fell to Earth: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-man-who-fell-to-earth/
  • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: https://letterboxd.com/film/gentlemen-prefer-blondes/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

  • The Man Who Fell to Earth: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/16835
  • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/47348

CWs for The Man Who Fell to Earth:

  • Domestic violence.
  • Gaslighting.
  • Drug use.
  • Addiction.
  • Alcohol abuse.
  • Deaths of animals.
  • Bugs.
  • Someone is physically restrained.
  • Cutting of flesh.
  • Torture.
  • Someone falls to their death.
  • Eye mutilation.
  • Kidnapping.
  • Cheating.
  • Nudity.
  • Bath scene.
  • Someone wets themselves.
  • Vomiting.
  • Spitting.
  • Needles.
  • Hospital scene.
  • Body dysmorpha.
  • Flashing lights.
  • Sex.
  • Sad ending.
  • Blood and gore.
  • Gun violence.

CWs for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes:

  • Objectification of female characters.
  • Stalking.
  • Drug use.
  • Alcohol abuse.
  • Spiked drink.
  • Sexual assault: someone is kissed without their consent.
  • Someone struggles to breathe.
  • Cheating.
  • Natural bodies of water.
  • Suicidal ideation.
  • Someone is watched without their knowledge.
  • Racist comment about Africans.
  • Ableism.
  • Age gap.
  • Honking horn.

Links to movies:

  • The Man Who Fell to Earth: https://tankie.tube/w/duuy6Xy3ytrhZ5KCWQJLd4
  • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: https://tankie.tube/w/vtqTNUs11MSYLWW4c9TBu4