Virtual Movie Night: The Highway to Hell
Since I've had to postpone Movie Night due to being
insanely busy, I thought it would be nice if I could
de-personalize and virtualize the Movie Night
experience.
Well it turns out I can. It just means watching the movie all alone. Unfortunately, without the running commentary this is pretty dry. So you'll have to insert your own wacky asides.
And for those of you unaware of what Movie Night is, here's the nutshell history: Back in college I would invite loads of people to my dorm room on Thursday nights and we would watch crappy movies until the wee hours. Frequently a triple-feature, we usually did a mix of blacksploitation, 80's teen boob-comedies and weak attempts at "serious dramatic cinema" all the while wisecracking at the screen. Biting on MST3K style? Sure. But it was fun, so ease up there Mr. or Mrs. Judgemental. It was fun and brilliant and ridiculous. A few years later I resurrected the event and have been holding them sporadically in the backyard broadcast on a sheet in front of the garage. Stupid fun is what it's all about. That, and the appreciation of crap cinema.
So here's a little virtual movie night action for you all. It's the touching story of an automobile learners permit told in first person by the permit. Why not? General Motors made this back before all their cars were pretty much complete shit, so that is to say before 1982.
Update: I just found out that the Prelinger Archive embedding isn't working, so you can watch the permit movie here. Instead I'll post the horrifying Singnal 30 drivers ed movie that contains a shocking amount of "Faces of Death" style footage of real - actual - dead bodies throughout. It's pretty gruesome by 1959 standards. You've been warned. My apologies.
Enjoy.
Oh, and P.S. Keep an eye on the Movie Night page for the reschedule of the event. We may do the first ever pre-halloween not-so-scary scary movie night.
Well it turns out I can. It just means watching the movie all alone. Unfortunately, without the running commentary this is pretty dry. So you'll have to insert your own wacky asides.
And for those of you unaware of what Movie Night is, here's the nutshell history: Back in college I would invite loads of people to my dorm room on Thursday nights and we would watch crappy movies until the wee hours. Frequently a triple-feature, we usually did a mix of blacksploitation, 80's teen boob-comedies and weak attempts at "serious dramatic cinema" all the while wisecracking at the screen. Biting on MST3K style? Sure. But it was fun, so ease up there Mr. or Mrs. Judgemental. It was fun and brilliant and ridiculous. A few years later I resurrected the event and have been holding them sporadically in the backyard broadcast on a sheet in front of the garage. Stupid fun is what it's all about. That, and the appreciation of crap cinema.
So here's a little virtual movie night action for you all. It's the touching story of an automobile learners permit told in first person by the permit. Why not? General Motors made this back before all their cars were pretty much complete shit, so that is to say before 1982.
Update: I just found out that the Prelinger Archive embedding isn't working, so you can watch the permit movie here. Instead I'll post the horrifying Singnal 30 drivers ed movie that contains a shocking amount of "Faces of Death" style footage of real - actual - dead bodies throughout. It's pretty gruesome by 1959 standards. You've been warned. My apologies.
Enjoy.
Oh, and P.S. Keep an eye on the Movie Night page for the reschedule of the event. We may do the first ever pre-halloween not-so-scary scary movie night.
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