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I’ll be in my trailer… watching trailers: Back from the dead, and twice as bad

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Norman Bates is back! Well, not exactly – but for this week’s Six Damn Fine Degrees, Matt wrote about his positive but patchy memories of Psycho II, and the reasons why he doesn’t particularly want to go back and find out whether the film was really surprisingly good or whether at the time it just benefited from really low expectations (and Meg Tilly, obviously).

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I’ll be in my trailer… watching trailers: Striking fear into our hearts, 24 frames per second

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The French have a knack for uncanny goings-on in remote rural villages – though Matt was not entirely sold on The Five Devils, in spite of some very strong performances.

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I’ll be in my trailer… watching trailers: Where have all the kangaroos gone?

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The Fellini caravan continues with The White Sheik, a satirical look at post-war Italy that indulges too much in some of the hoariest clichés of farce for Matt, but there are definitely things to enjoy.

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I’ll be in my trailer… watching trailers: All sorts of murder

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Looking for the sexy in “sexy thriller”? Look no further than La Piscine, the hot and sweaty Alain Delon/Romy Schneider classic that Matt recently checked out in his endeavours to tackle his Criterion Collection backlog.

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I’ll be in my trailer… watching trailers: Biting, isn’t it?

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From Adams to Addams: Sam took this week’s Six Damn Fine Degrees to dark, dark places – namely boarding school.

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I’ll be in my trailer… watching trailers: Sometimes they come back

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Matt may not have been won over by the film Disco Boy – but he did like its trailer a lot, which gives us the perfect starting point for this post.

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I’ll be in my trailer… watching trailers: Lights! Cameras! Tricksters!

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This week saw the first instalment in a new series – after his trip through Ingmar Bergman’s oeuvre, Matt has begun watching Criterion’s Federico Fellini box set, starting with Variety Lights. Sadly, there’s no trailer for the film on YouTube… but here’s the next best thing: the entire movie. Enjoy!

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I’ll be in my trailer… watching trailers: It takes two

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Ridley Scott’s career has been uneven, and arguably he made most of his best films in the first decade or two of working as a director – but it still comes as a surprise that he’s only just made his first appearance in the Criterion Collection, with Thelma & Louise. Matt revisited the film and was not only bowled over by how good it looks in 4K, but also surprised by how well it holds up thirty years later. Though the original trailer definitely misrepresents this one to a large degree.

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I’ll be in my trailer… watching trailers: War (What is it good for?)

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This week began at A Damn Fine Cup with a guest post, courtesy of Henrik Hermans, on the filmography of the Man in Black himself: Johnny Cash. Make sure to check out Henke’s thoughts on films such as A Gunfight, Murder in Coweta County (featuring Andy “Griffith” Matlock in a rare villainous part) and the wonderfully named Ridin’ the Rails – The Great American Train Story!

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I’ll be in my trailer… watching trailers: You don’t want to sit in that chair

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During World War II, Jean-Pierre Melville was a member of the Résistance, and his experiences left their mark on his films – not least his grim masterpiece Army of Shadows, which Matt revisited in his latest Criterion Corner.

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