I do so enjoy finding lesbian easter eggs in Jodie Foster's early filmography. This is from Carny (1980), which I would not recommend outside of this scene.
"So, let's get the truth here! You don't want to stop eating! You love to eat! You don't want to be thin! You don't want to be beautiful! You don't want people to love you! All you really want is to know that you're all right! That's what can give you peace!
"If I had arms and legs and hair like everybody else, do you think I'd be happy? NO! I would not! Because then I'd worry did somebody love me! I'd have to look outside myself to find out what to think of myself!
"And you! You aren't ever going to look like a fashion queen! Does that mean you have to be miserable all your life? Does it?
"Can you be happy with the movies and the ads and the clothes in the stores and the doctors and the eyes as you walk down the street all telling you there is something wrong with you? No. You can't. You cannot be happy. Because, you poor darling baby, you believe them. . . ."
...images from the lost continent of cult films, b-movies and celluloid dreamscapes
Roll up! Roll up! See The Forbidden,The Beautiful And The Unique! The entrance fee is just one shining soul...
Circuses, carnivals and sideshows in horror movies
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) Freaks (1932) Circus Of Horror (1960) Carnival of Souls (1962) Circus Of Fear/Psycho Circus (1966) Vampire Circus (1972) Funhouse (1982) Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) Santa Sangre (1989) The Last Circus (2010)
I had the honor and (frankly, thrill) of chatting with film director Penelope Spheeris on the phone for about an hour a couple of months ago. What we talked about (an upcoming project of hers) won’t inform this post, which would have inevitably happened anyway, but it did put her top of mind. It’s her birthday as I write this, and her amazing career is worth celebrating and exploring on multiple…