13 Notes Worth Noting. We’re Caught Up.
Here’s the latest Last Week’s Notes, 13 Notes Worth Noting.
Two Reviews, An American Fascist Soundscape. Plus, leftovers.
The Fiesta 13‘s preparing for the eventual Enshitification of Stubstack. We’ve backing up all the worthy Stubstack Notes to the home site. So, that’s this article.
Bluntly, we haven’t been creating as many of those juicy notes lately. Certainly under quota for the five cents a day bonus.
However, much content to feed the machine on the way. The new MuGuGaZine will have 4 full games for the 160 movies.
Going Backward…
A new stubscriber has a song for The Resistance List.
Check it out. Thanks for the song!
Here’s a simple visual idea we had reading the article. American Gothic is in the public domain. Can be more Nazi-fied.
Click on graphic for article. We made the public domain graphic because the article’s author used AI for his graphic. We wanted to restubstack the article, but we don’t knowingly restubstack AI.
So we made him a graphic & he used it.
The article is a satire about Naziphobia.
Here’s this month’s new movie trailer reel for November. Watch before a new movie for the home theater experience. We usually make a post, but we’re on strike against Crok AI. We need at least one pee break every 24 hours of non-stop work. Seems fair for the 3 bucks an hour we make.
Our reactions:
NO
Plucked
Dead of Night
How to Rob a Bank
Errand Boy
MAYBE
The Last Temptation of Becky
The Further Mis-Adventure of Cliff Booth
Littermates
Bitter Christmas
The End of The World
YES
Trauma, or Monsters All
The Best Pancakes in The County
Victorian Psycho
CLICK HERE TO START TRAILER REEL!
There’s FOUR Paul Naschey werewolf movies? Might have a marathon. Haven’t seen any of them. We’ve been pleased with much of the Euro-trashy Spanish horror we’ve seen that ran parallel to the euro-trashy Italian movies we love.
The Yeti shows up in the last 5 minutes. Lame. Once again, The Sasquash of The North gets the short-shrift.
Funny article.
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Bob Roberts (A Fiesta 9/13)
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Woke up yesterday wanting to watch a political movie on erection day. (Turns out, today’s erection day!)
Out of the blue, Bob Roberts popped into the brainpan. We hadn’t seen, nor thought about the movie since it’s 1993 home video release.
Does it still seem relevant? Abso-fuckin-lutely, as some would say.
The problem: Since Our Beloved Pedophilic Leader slouched-off the elevator a decade ago, reality has completely out-stripped satire as an art form. Every satiric pitch is now a statement of accepted probable reality.
Didn’t that crazy thing already happen?
Written, directed & starring Tim Robbins, Bob Roberts is a ‘Rebel Conservative,’ a folk singer singing fascist songs. He’s does so by raking over Bob Dylan’s early output, subverting the liberal sixties folk songs (Times are Changing Back, Bob on Bob, The Freewheeling Bob Roberts) into a greedy eighties Christian-rock folk music. He’s running for Pennsylvania Senator against incumbent Gore Vidal, the prototypical soft, sixties democrat.
Bob follows Reagan in this new era of celebrity politicians. His songs are his talking points. Some of the songs are catchy, but with horrible racist, sexist lyrics all under the banner of patriotism. The songs have the subtlety of a white Christian Nationalism jackhammer.
Robert’s campaign keyword is ‘Pride.’ Fanatic followers hold up signs with just that word. Pride of Lions. Pride in Country. Pride in selfishness. Jack Black’s first role as a proud boy-type. A genius touch, surprised a MAGA candidate hasn’t co-opted the word as ideology.
At once seeming a long time ago & today, many of the topics addressed are still ongoing concerns. Change the Q to an N for the current military use of force conversation happening about The Mid-East.
Things don’t change ‘cause things don’t get fixed.
Stuff the movie satirized, but has since happened:
—A fake assassination attempt
—-S & L loans used to funnel drugs.
—NeoNazi followers who act on the implications of their leader.
—A horrible SNL-esque appearance.
—CIA Spooks in charge of the whole show.
—Songs about building a wall, welfare queens, the poor are lazy,
—Media told to capitulate to candidate.
—The Populist Front
What have we missed?
Bob Robert’s also has a ton of great cameos plus Ray Wise & Alan Rickman. Alan Rickman goes full glorious Alan Rickman. Worth it. Giancarlo Esposito & Gore Vidal provide the liberal lessons learned.
We remember liking the movie in 1993 & we like Bob Roberts today.
Even if the satire felt soft in 1993 & is just regular life today.
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We voted against the fascists in our state, but they still won.
Good news, we were the COMPLETE minority. As a former Texan—we know, once a Texan always a Texan—super happy about the complete blue flip.
Ann Richards smiles down from Texan Heaven.
Ann Richards was the last time we were ‘proud’ to be from Tejas.
Hurry Up & Vote & Do Not Vote for American Fascists!
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We’re The Fiesta 13 & We Disapprove of this Message.
Pro-Fa Party Hack Crooked Teeth Pete wants your last vote.
Safety. Security. Oppression. Elimination.
The Pro-Fascist Party.
Be Forced Today.
Vote Crooked Teeth Pete for Oligarchic Tyranny!
Maxxxine (A Fiesta 9/13)
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Teenage Sex & Death at Camp Miasma (A Fiesta 11/13)
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We’ve been fans of Ti West since The House of The Devil (A Fiesta 10/13). We saw X & Pearl in the theater, but missed Maxxxine until it showed up on Tubi. (Thanks, Tubi)
After seeing Maxxine, we agree with the general consensus that Pearl is the best of the three. That last shot! However, Giallos hit the spot. The set piece with the video store guy was one of the best new homages to giallo we’ve seen.
We’ve always considered giallos the Euro-trash cousin to film noir. In celebrating Noirvember, throw in a giallo to trash it up.
Our pick for the best giallo homage, The Editor. Soft ending, but a lot of fun, bizarre plot & great references.
Boy, we’re all over the place.
Midway through Maxxxine, we started to imagine her auditioning for a Camp Miasma movie. The Puritan & The Little Death.
So, we made a quick graphic.
Fun to think about.
s here. We’ll have our first Noir Trivia board out this week.
Criterion Channel added 60 noirs this month!
Here’s some we like:
Laura (A Fiesta 11/13)
Brute Force ( A Fiesta 10/13)
Night & The City (A Fiesta 10/13)
Where The Sidewalk Ends (9/13)
Bad Lieutenant (A Fiesta 9/13)
Leave Her to Heaven (A Fiesta 10/13)
The Bad Sleep Well (A Fiesta 11/13)
Blood Simple (A Fiesta 12/13)
Branded to Kill (A Fiesta 11/13)
My Colt is My Passport (A Fiesta 9/13)
Detour (A Fiesta 10/13)
Diabolique (A Fiesta 11)
Elevator to The Gallows (A Fiesta 11/13)
Hell Drivers (A Fiesta 8/13)
High & Low (A Fiesta 11/13)
Lost Highway ( A Fiesta 11/13)
Naked City (A Fiesta 10/13)
Take Aim at The Police Van (A Fiesta 9/13)
Night and the City (A Fiesta 10/13)
Play Misty For Me (A Fiesta 10/13)
Which one are you looking forward to watching?
Click on Graphic for Full List
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