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First up for this Sunday Slop Night is Elia Kazan's A Face in the Crowd (1957), starring Andy Griffith as a rabble-rousing country singer who works his fans into a reactionary frenzy with the help of greedy TV executives and advertisers looking to make a quick buck. Think Network, but 20 years earlier. It is currently ranked #243 on Letterboxd's Top 250 films of all time. After that, it's Brian de Palma's cult-classic rock opera, Phantom of the Paradise (1974), a modernized rock-opera version of Phantom of the Opera, featuring songs by Paul Williams. It is something of a companion piece to The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

We'll start at 9PM EST on Hextube, right here:

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

  • A Face in the Crowd: https://letterboxd.com/film/a-face-in-the-crowd/
  • Phantom of the Paradise: https://letterboxd.com/film/phantom-of-the-paradise/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

  • A Face in the Crowd: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/206068
  • Phantom of the Paradise: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/13554

CWs for A Face in the Crowd:

  • Alcohol abuse.
  • Protagonist marries a 17-year-old girl.
  • Cheating.
  • Spitting.
  • Suicidal ideation.
  • Homophobic slurs.
  • N-word.
  • Age gap.
  • Sad ending.

CWs for Phantom of the Paradise:

  • Gaslighting.
  • Stalking.
  • Drug use.
  • Drug addiction.
  • Sexual assault: a woman is shown being groped by a man, who then climbs on top of her. The scene then ends without anything more shown.
  • Head squashed.
  • Eye mutilation.
  • Torture.
  • Tooth damage.
  • Choking.
  • Suicide.
  • Shower scene.
  • Blood.
  • Violent mentally-ill person.
  • Misophonia.
  • Claustrophobia.
  • Self-harm.
  • Homophobia.
  • Flashing lights.
  • Shaky cam.
  • Death of LGBT person.
  • Racial slur against East Asian people.
  • Fat jokes.
  • A man wears a dress.
  • Age gap.
  • Sexual content, but no nudity or sex acts shown.
  • Sexually-objectified female character.
  • Honking car horn.
  • Car explodes.
  • Sad ending.
  • Gun violence.
  • Blood and gore.

Links to movies:

  • A Face in the Crowd: https://vimeo.com/780136246
  • Phantom of the Paradise: https://vimeo.com/802312510