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The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) Alan Gibson
March 30th 2024
#the satanic rites of dracula#1973#alan gibson#peter cushing#christopher lee#michael coles#joanna lumley#william franklyn#richard vernon#valerie van ost#barbara yu ling#freddie jones#Dracula Is Alive and Well and Living in London
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⛧ W A ⸸ C H I N G ⛧
The remastered Warner Archive version is miles ahead of Mill Creek Entrainment's release 20+ years ago.
That old release was ugly, The amont of scratches and sound issues, the final part of the film with the house fire was so blurry and discolored.
This transfer, however, is absolutely beautiful. There's a lack of special features. But it's such an improvement that I can't complain too much.
#THE SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA (1973)#CHRISTOPHER LEE#PETER CUSHING#MICHAEL COLES#JOANNA LUMLEY#William Franklyn#Richard Vernon#Valerie Van Ost#Barbara Yu Ling#Freddie Jones#Patrick Barr#Lockwood West#John Harvey#vampires#horror#occult#hammer films#WATCHING#supernatural horror#end of the world#undead#Dracula#⛧#⸸
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updates i didn’t remember: a) the chinese lady does have a name that’s given onscreen, and b) is a vampire. a bride of dracula?
#talking as if the hammer writers were aiming for plot and not just going bonkers in fucking yonkers. i doubt they knew either#in an alternate universe there’s a film where barbara yu ling and christopher neame teamed up as dracula’s wronged women and held black#masses all over london. or something
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My Massive SHIP LIST
The following is a LONG list of all the ships I enjoy from a moderate to an extreme amount and have probably looked at fanfiction for at some point. Keep in mind this doesn't include every movie and/or show I've ever watched and I may make edits to this at a later time. Godspeed you unfortunate witness.
Agents of SHIELD
Coulson X May
Daisy X Lincoln
Fitz X Simmons
Bobbi X Hunter
Mack X YoYo
Arcane
Caitlyn X Vi
Arrowverse
Oliver X Laurel
Roy X Thea
Diggle X Lyla
Barry X Patty
Wally X Jesse
Caitlin X Ronnie
Kara X Mon-El
Alex X Maggie
Brainy X Nia
Attack on Titan
Eren X Mikasa
Falco X Gabi
Bertdholt X Annie
Ymir X Krista
Levi X Hange
Avatar the Last Airbender/Legend of Korra
Katara X Zuko
Aang X Toph
Sokka X Suki
Aang X Katara
Bolin X Korra
Avengers (MCU)
Steve X Natasha
Tony X Pepper
Thor X Jane
Wanda X Vision
Peter Q X Gamora
Scott X Hope
T’Challa X Nakia
Matt X Karen
Luke X Jessica
Peter P X MJ
Bucky X Sarah
Ben 10
Ben X Julie
Kevin X Gwen
Berserk
Guts X Casca
Bleach
Ichigo X Rukia
Uryu X Orihime
Tatsuki X Orihime
Gin X Rangiku
Toshiro X Momo
Boku no Hero Academia
Izuku X Occhako
Todoroki X Momo
Bakugou X Kirishima
Eraserhead X Present Mic
Castlevania
Trevor X Sypha
Alucard X Greta
Class of the Titans
Jay X Theresa
Atlanta X Archie
Critical Role
Percival X Vex’ahlia
Vax’ildan X Keyleth
Scanlan X Pike
Sylas X Delilah
Fjord X Jester
Beau X Yasha
Caleb X Essek
Imogen X Laudna
DC Comics
Clark X Lois
Bruce X Selina
Diana X Steve
Barry X Iris
Wally X Linda
Hal X Carol
Carter X Shiera
Oliver X Laurel
Arthur X Mera
Constantine X Zatanna
Dick X Barbara
Tim X Stephanie
Garfield X Rachel
Conner X Cassie
Kate X Maggie
Hank X Dawn
Garth Ranzz X Imra Arden
Nura Nal X Thom Kallor
Jo Nah X Tinya Wazzo
Val Armorr X Princess Projectra
Kara Zor-El X Querl Dox
Lar Gand X Tasmia Mallor
Demon Slayer
Tanjiro X Kanao
Zenitsu X Nezuko
Giyu X Shinobu
Digimon
Taichi X Sora
Koushiro X Mimi
Takeru X Hikari
Takato X Jeri
Rika X Ryo
Izumi X Junpei
Disney Animation
Mulan X Shang
Eric X Ariel
Simba X Nala
Tiana X Naveen
Tarzan X Jane
Rapunzel X Eugene
Hercules X Meg
Aladdin X Jasmine
Doctor Who
11 X Clara
Dota - Dragon's Blood
Davion X Mirana
Evangelion
Shinji X Kaworu
Fairy Tail
Natsu X Lucy
Erza X Jellal
Gray X Juvia
Wendy X Romeo
Final Fantasy
Zack X Aerith
Cloud X Tifa
Squall X Rinoa
Tidus X Luna
Lightning X Snow
Noel X Serah
Noctis X Luna
Fire Emblem
Byleth X Dimitri
Fullmetal Alchemist
Ed X Winry
Roy X Riza
Ling X Lan Fan
GI Joe
Snake Eyes X Scarlett
Garo
Kouga X Kaoru
Ryuga X Rian
Raiga X Mayuri
Gatchaman
Ken X Jun
Gundam
Domon X Rain
Shinn X Stella
He-Man (OG Continuity)
Adam X Teela
Adora X Sea-Hawk
Duncan X Sorceress
InuYasha
InuYasha X Kagome
Sango X Miroku
Sesshomaru X Kagura
Kohaku X Rin
Invincible
Mark X Eve
Kamen Rider
Hongo X Ruriko
Godai X Ichijo
Shoichi X Hikawa
Shinji X Miho
Takumi X Mari
Kenzaki X Hajime
Yuuto X Airi
Wataru X Mio
Tsukasa X Natsumi
Shotaro X Tokime
Ryo X Akiko
Eiji X Hina
Gentaro X Nadeshiko
Ryusei X Tomoko
Haruto X Koyomi
Kouta X Mai
Kaitou X Yoko
Shinnosuke X Kiriko
Gou X Reiko
Takeru X Akari
Alain X Kanon
Emu X Poppy
Sento X Banjo
Kazumin X Misora
Gentoku X Sawa
Sougo X Tsukuyomi
Aruto X Izu
Fuwa X Yua
Touma X Kento
Rintaro X Mei
Keiwa X Neon
Kingdom Hearts
Kairi X Sora X Riku
Aqua X Terra
Lea X Isa
Roxas X Xion
Riku X Namine
Lucifer
Lucifer X Chloe
Maze X Eve
Magic Knight Rayearth
Hikaru X Lantis
Umi X Clef
Fu X Ferio
Marvel Comics
Steve X Sharon
Tony X Pepper
Thor X Sif
Hank X Janet
Reed X Sue
Peter X MJ
Wanda X Vision
Jean X Scott
Kitty X Colossus
Rogue X Gambit
Rachel X Kurt
Black Bolt X Medusa
Clint X Bobbi
Bucky X Natasha
Matt X Elektra
Luke X Jessica
Warren X Psylocke
Miraculous Ladybug
Adrien X Marinette
Alya X Nino
Naruto
Naruto X Hinata
Sasuke X Karin
Sakura X Rock Lee
Neji X TenTen
Shikamaru X Temari
Ino X Sai
Choji X Karui
Gaara X Matsuri
Kakashi X Might Guy
Asuna X Kurenai
Tsunade X Dan
Yahiko X Konan
Ouran HighSchool Host Club
Haruhi X Tamaki
Persona
Yu X Rise
Chie X Yukiko
Kanji X Naoto
Ren X Makoto (or Kasumi if we're going with Royal canon)
Power Rangers
Tommy X Katherine
Jason X Trini
Adam X Tanya
TJ X Cassie
Andros X Ashley
Karone X Zhane
Leo X Kendrix
Carter X Dana
Wes X Jen
Cole X Alyssa
Taylor X Eric
Tori X Blake
Trent X Kira
Sky X Z
Doggie X Kat
Nick X Madison
Mack X Rose
Casey X Lily
Dillon X Summer
Ziggy X Dr. K
Kevin X Mia
Mike X Emily
Troy X Gia
Tyler X Shelby
Eddie X Vesper
Marv X Chloe
Amelia X Ollie
Ranma ½
Ranma X Akane
Revolutionary Girl Utena
Utena X Anthy
Rurouni Kenshin
Kenshin X Kaoru
RWBY
Ruby X Penny
Blake X Sun
Weiss X Marrow
Yang X Weiss
Jaune X Pyrrha
Ren X Nora
Qrow X Summer
Sailor Moon
Usagi X Mamoru
Ami X Zoisite
Rei X Jadeite
Minako X Rei
Makoto X Nephrite
Minako X Kunzite
Saint Seiya
Seiya X Shaina
Hyoga X Eri
Shiryu X Shunrei
Shun X June
Ikki X Esmeralda
Deathmask X Aphrodite
Aiolia X Lyfia
Yato X Yuzuriha
Sasha X Tenma
Koga X Yuna
Souma X Sonia
She-Ra (Netflix Version)
Adora X Glimmer
Catra X Scorpia
Star Wars
Obi-Wan X Satine
Anakin X Padme
Ahsoka X Lux
Luke X Mara Jade
Han X Leia
Finn X Rey X Poe
Din Djarin X Bo-Katan
Super Sentai
Ryu X Kaori
Sasuke X Tsuruhime
Chisato X Kouichirou
Shun X Miku
Yuri X Tatsuya
Yosuke X Ikkou
Isshu X Nanami
Mari X Ban
Sen X Umeko
Doggie X Swan
Sakura X Akashi
Masume X Natsuhi
Rio X Mele
Sosuke X Miu
Chiaki X Kotoha
Takeru X Mako
Alata X Eri
Hyde X Moune
Marvelous X Luka
Joe X Ahim
Daigo X Mikoto
Tokatti X Mio
Hikari X Kagura
Yamato X Sela
Amu X Tusk
Lucky X Hammie
Balance X Naga
Keiichiro X Tsukasa
Sakuya X Umika
Koh X Asuna
Bamba X Asuna
Shigeru X Sayo
Tarou X Sonoi
Sword Art Online
Kirito X Asuna
The Dragon Prince
Callum X Rayla
Amaya X Janai
ThunderCats
Lion-O X Cheetara
Bengali X Pumyra
Transformers
Optimus X Elita-One
Arcee X Hot Rod
Bulkhead X Wheeljack
Silverbolt X Blackarachnia
Ultraman
Ken X Mari
Voltron
Shiro X Matt
Keith X Allura
Lance X Pidge
Hunk X Shay
Winx Club
Bloom X Sky
Musa X Riven
Flora X Helia
Stella X Brandon
Tecna X Timmy
Layla X Nabu
#sisi's rambles#fandom#shipping#otp#agents of shield#arcane#arrowverse#attack on titan#avatar the last airbender#bleach#mcu#ben 10#castlevania#my hero academia#critical role#dc comics#demon slayer#tokusatsu#kamen rider#power rangers#super sentai
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2023 Books in Review
a tiered ranking of all the books i read in 2023! originally i was going to write up my commentary on each one but then i was like hahaha.....no, so below the cut is just a list of the titles/authors in each tier instead.
changed my brain chemistry
The Idiot, Elif Batuman
Land of Milk and Honey, C Pam Zhang
The Borrowed, Chan Ho-kei (trans. Jeremy Tiang)
My Cousin Rachel, Daphne du Maurier
Vagabonds, Hao Jingfang (trans. Ken Liu)
The Membranes, Chi Ta-wei (trans. Ari Larissa Heinrich)
Under the Pendulum Sun, Jeannette Ng
Severance, Ling Ma
He Who Drowned the World, Shelley Parker-Chan
Vita Nostra, Marina & Sergey Dyachenko (trans. Julia Meitov Hersey)
Network Effect, Martha Wells
top-tier stuff
Our Share of Night, Mariana Enriquez (trans. Megan McDowell)
Brainwyrms, Alison Rumfitt
The Door, Magda Szabo (trans. Len Rix)
The Lover, Marguerite Duras (trans. Barbara Bray)
Fun Home, Alison Bechdel
Strange Beasts of China, Yan Ge (trans. Jeremy Tiang)
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, Becky Chambers
Pachinko, Min Jin Lee
Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century, Kim Fu
Tell Me I’m Worthless, Alison Rumfitt
Bliss Montage, Ling Ma
How to Read Now, Elaine Castillo
Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer
The Fifth Season, N. K. Jemisin
If Beale Street Could Talk, James Baldwin
My Brilliant Friend and The Story of a New Name, Elena Ferrante
The Jasmine Throne, Tasha Suri
good, well-written
Carmilla, Sheridan Le Fanu
Life Ceremony, Sayaka Murata (trans. Ginny Tapley Takemori)
Yellowface, R. F. Kuang
A Memory Called Empire, Arkady Martine
Assassin of Reality, Marina & Sergey Dyachenko (trans. Julia Meitov Hersey)
Witch King, Martha Wells
Tokyo Ueno Station, Miri Yu (trans. Morgan Giles)
Parable of the Sower, Octavia Butler
Peaces, Helen Oyeyemi
Gingerbread, Helen Oyeyemi
Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir
The Pachinko Parlor, Elisa Shua Dusapin (trans. Aneesa Abbas Higgins)
All Systems Red, Artificial Condition, Rogue Protocol, Exit Strategy, Fugitive Telemetry, and System Collapse (Murderbot #1-4, #6-7), Martha Wells
Revenant Gun, Yoon Ha Lee
The Dry Heart, Natalia Ginzburg (trans. Frances Frenaye)
Gods of Want, K-Ming Chang
Paradais, Fernanda Melchor (trans. Sophie Hughes)
The Mushroom at the End of the World, Anna Tsing
Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced An Emergency, Chen Chen
The Hurting Kind, Ada Limon
Murder on the Orient Express, Agatha Christie
An Unauthorised Fan Treatise, Lauren James
Upstream, Mary Oliver
The Art of Death, Edwidge Danticat
Meander, Spiral, Explode, Jane Alison
alphabet, Inger Christensen (trans. Susanna Nied)
Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates
flawed, but enjoyable
The Wicker King, K. Ancrum
Exit West, Mohsin Hamid
Detransition, Baby, Torrey Peters
Flux, Jinwoo Chong
Bang Bang Bodhisattva, Aubrey Wood
The Murder of Mr. Wickham, Claudia Gray
Natural Beauty, Ling Ling Huang
The Monster Baru Cormorant, Seth Dickinson
Certain Dark Things, Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Likeness, Tana French
The Cabinet, Un-su Kim (trans. Sean Lin Halbert)
The Kingdom of Surfaces, Sally Wen Mao
The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On, Franny Choi
good, well-written, but not my cup of tea
The Good House, Tananarive Due
The Transmigration of Bodies, Yuri Herrera (trans. Lisa Dillman)
Roadside Picnic, Arkady & Boris Strugatsky (trans. Olena Bormashenko)
The School for Good Mothers, Jessamine Chan
At Night All Blood Is Black, David Diop (trans. Anna Moschovakis)
Family Lexicon, Natalia Ginzburg (trans. Jenny McPhee)
The Empress of Salt and Fortune, Nghi Vo
The Kingdom of This World, Alejo Carpentier (trans. Harriet de Onís)
Against Silence, Frank Bidart
flawed, less enjoyable
Tenth of December, George Saunders
Counterweight, Djuna (trans. Anton Hur)
Authority, Jeff VanderMeer
Comfort Me with Apples, Catherynne M. Valente
Babel, R. F. Kuang
The Genesis of Misery, Neon Yang
Carrie Soto Is Back, Taylor Jenkins Reid
not ranking
These are nonfiction and they aren’t literature-related, so it just felt weird trying to rank them.
Visual Thinking, Temple Grandin
On Web Typography, Jason Santa Maria
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Marie Kondo (trans. Cathy Hirano)
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i want to be one of those guys with giant shrines to one specific character but tragically i have too much love in my heart and i can't decide whether that character should be mordred or astolfo or da vinci or artoria or gil or kirei or illya or shirou or okita or rin or sakura or amakusa or semiramis or sieg or nobu or waver or iskandar or cu or flat or caules or luvia or svin or reines or gray or yvette or faker or kairi or nursery rhyme or nero or hakuno or enkidu or archer or medea or medusa or issei or diarmuid or irisviel or kaguya or yu or miyuki or miko or ai or chika or haruhi or itsuki or kyon or mikuru or yuki or tsuruya or ryoko or kaworu or shinji or asuka or rei or kaeya or albedo or klee or diluc or aether or xiao or zhongli or venti or raiden or scaramouche or thoma or ayaka or ayato or amber or eula or jean or sucrose or lisa or razor or bennett or barbara or sayu or hu tao or yanfei or baizhu or qiqi or ningguang or childe or hatsune miku or wei wuxian or lan wangi or lan shizhui or lan jingyi or jin ling or wen ning or nie huaisang or
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THE SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA (1973) – Episode 188 – Decades Of Horror 1970s
“Nothing is too vile. Nothing is too dreadful, too awful. You need to know the terror, the horror, Lorrimor. You need to feel the thrill of disgust, the beauty of obscenity.” Oh, Freddie Jones, you had me at vile. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr – as they do a ride-along with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee for their last Hammer film together, The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973).
Decades of Horror 1970s
Episode 188 – The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)
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In 1974, Scotland Yard believes it has uncovered a case of vampirism, so they call in veteran vampire researcher Professor Lorrimer Van Helsing.
Director: Alan Gibson
Writer: Don Houghton (screenplay by)
Music by: John Cacavas
Cinematography by: Brian Probyn (director of photography)
Film Editing by: Chris Barnes
Selected Cast:
Christopher Lee as Count Dracula / D.D. Denham
Peter Cushing as Lorrimer Van Helsing
Michael Coles as Inspector Murray
William Franklyn as Peter Torrence
Richard Vernon as Colonel Mathews
Joanna Lumley as Jessica Van Helsing
Valerie Van Ost as Jane
Barbara Yu Ling as Chin Yang
Freddie Jones as Dr. Julian Keeley
Maurice O’Connell as Agent Hanson
Richard Mathews as John Porter, MP
Patrick Barr as Lord Carradine
Lockwood West as General Sir Arthur Freeborne
Peter Adair as doctor
John Harvey as the Commissionaire
Maggie Fitzgerald, Pauline Peart, Finnuala O’Shannon as vampire girls
Mia Martin as girl on altar
Marc Zuber, Paul Weston, Ian Dewar, Graham Rees as guards
It’s time to cover the final pairing of Peter Cushing as Van Helsing and Christopher Lee as Count Dracula in Count Dracula and His Vampire Bride! Wait, no… The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973). Two years after the events of Dracula A.D. 1972, Cushing’s Van Helsing discovers Lee’s Dracula is still alive… and living in London… (see what I did there) and is now a wealthy CEO. But, he still has dastardly plans in his cape. Ironically, while this film did not land state-side until 1978 keeping U.S. fans waiting, it is now, sadly, in the public domain… sigh. Regardless, if you watch a sharp HD cut from an original print, you can catch glimpses of the powerhouse horror film company Hammer used to be as Helsing and crew literally use every method possible to dispose of the vampires lurking about. C’mon, despite its questionable quality, you gotta see this.
At the time of this writing, The Satanic Rites of Dracula is available to stream from the Roku Channel, Tubi, Popcornflix, Freevee, Screambox, and a variety of PPV sources. It is also available on Blu-ray from Warner Archives.
Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror 1970s is part of the Decades of Horror two-week rotation with The Classic Era and the 1980s. In two weeks, the next episode, chosen by Jeff, will be Paul Naschy’s The Werewolf and the Yeti (1975). Or is it Night of the Howling Beast? Or La maldición de la bestia? Or Il licantropo e lo yeti? Or Horror of the Werewolf? Or The Curse of the Beast? Or Hall of the Mountain King? Anyhoo, have you seen any of these?
We want to hear from you – the coolest, grooviest fans: comment on the site or email the Decades of Horror 1970s podcast hosts at [email protected].
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Barbara Yu Ling as a taxi driver in The Prisoner (1967)
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The Satanic Rites of Dracula (Alan Gibson, 1973)
#The Satanic Rites of Dracula#Alan Gibson#Christopher Lee#Peter Cushing#Michael Coles#Barbara Yu Ling#Joanna Lumley#Richard Matthews#Valerie Van Ost#Pauline Peart#Mia Martin#Finnuala O'Shannon#Maggie Fitzgerald#Dracula#Hammer Films#Halloween#Film#Brian Probyn
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Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros Years
#Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros Years#Marcus Hearn#The Satanic Rites of Dracula#Alan Gibson#Barbara Yu Ling#Horroredit
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Actress Barbara Yu Ling in a 1967 publicity photo for “The Prisoner”, a television show.
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The Prisoner: Arrival (1.1, ITC, 1967)
"Now be reasonable, old boy - it's just a matter of time. Sooner or later you'll tell me. Sooner or later you'll want to."
#the prisoner#the prisoner rewatch#itc#1967#patrick mcgoohan#classic tv#george markstein#david tomblin#don chaffey#guy doleman#george baker#virginia maskell#paul eddington#barbara yu ling#fabia drake#christopher benjamin#peter swanwick#fenella fielding#angelo muscat#denis shaw#so i'm watching these again for the first time in maybe ten years. straight away im struck by one main question which is how the hell did#mcgoohan get this off the ground? it's difficult to overstate what an ambitious and courageous project this was. everything about this firs#episode is designed to disorientate and confuse the viewer from the set designs to the costumes to the frustratingly elusive script#and the direction and editing! incredible. chaffey uses a lot of high and low shots and every time n.6 is confused or angry he uses#incredibly rapid cuts and a wheeling camera to add to that sense of menace and otherness. then there's the incredible introduction of rover#no explanations save 'that would be telling'. just a bizarre confusing moment of pure uncanny weird. that mcgoohan got it made at all is#surprising but that he managed to get 17 episodes is nothing short of a miracle. i'm watching on blu ray and the restoration is amazing#having for years assumed that the opening credits were shot at dawn or dusk we can now see it was brilliant daylight. that was just dirt#years of dirt on the prints. everyones excellent in this first episode bt special mention to guy doleman as the first n.2. all cheshire cat#smile but giving away nothing and only adding to the sense of frustration and confusion. mcgoohan is great of course
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MORE PHOTOS... GLIMPSES OF MAHA MAHESHWARA PUJA (DAY 3) || 13 APRIL 2021 THE VISION OF BRINGING GLOBAL PEACE AS DECLAR...
MORE PHOTOS... GLIMPSES OF MAHA MAHESHWARA PUJA (DAY 3) || 13 APRIL 2021 THE VISION OF BRINGING GLOBAL PEACE AS DECLARED ON JAN 1ST, 2021 IS INDEED A RESPONSIBILITY THAT CAN BE ENVISIONED AND EXECUTED IN LIVING REALITY WORLDWIDE ONLY BY THE LIVING INCARNATION OF PARAMASHIVA HIMSELF. THE SPH NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM GRACIOUSLY ACCEPTED THE REQUEST OF KAILASA'S DEPARTMENT OF RELIGION IN COLLABORATION WITH DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICE OF A SPECIAL MAHA MAHESHWARA PUJA THAT WOULD BE HAPPENING ON 11TH, 12TH AND 13TH OF APRIL 2021. OVER 500 LIVES WERE OFFERED AT THE FEET OF THE SPH NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM DURING MAHESHWARA PUJA. MAHESHWARA PUJA IS HINDUISM'S PRESCRIPTION IN LIBERATION OF THE DEPARTED SOUL. KARMA, AS DEFINED BY THE SPH IS THE CYCLE OF CHOOSING IMPOSSIBILITY OVER POSSIBILITY. KARMA , AS SUCH CARRIED BY ANCESTORS FOR GENERATIONS DOES INFLUENCE THE SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE OF ONE'S LIFE. MAHESHWARA PUJA IS HINDUISM IN ITS FINEST TO LIBERATE YOUR ANCESTORS FROM THEIR KARMAS AND FREE YOURSELF ONCE FOR ALL FROM THE EFFECTS OF THEIR KARMA ON YOU. OFFERING MAHESHWARA PUJA FOR YOURSELF WHILE LIVING ASSURES MUKTHI FOR YOU, AND IMMENSELY SUPPORTS YOU IN LIVING ENLIGHTENMENT (JEEVAN MUKTHI). CONSIDERING THESE COUPLE YEARS HAVE BEEN THE TIPPING POINT FOR A NEW WORLD ORDER, WHEREIN MANKIND AT LARGE ARE FORCED INTO TERROR PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY, PSYCHOLOGICALLY AND CONSCIOUSLY, WHEREIN LOSING LIVES DUE TO PANDEMIC AND ITS EFFECTS, LOSING LIVELIHOOD, THREATENED WITH BIO WAR, ETC - SPIRITUAL HEALING IS A DIRE NEED! HINDUISM PRESCRIBES VARIOUS METHODS FOR GLOBAL HEALING - ONE SUCH IS MAHESHWARA PUJA. NULLIFYING COLLECTIVE NEGATIVITY SIMPLY THROUGH THE PRESENCE OF THE AVATAR AND HIS ORDER OF MONKS. THE SOMASAMBHU PATATI SAYS, IT IS THOUSAND TIMES MORE GREATER THAN OFFERING ANY “SHRAADDHA”, ANY “PINDA”, IN ANY RIVER, ANY WATER-BODY, ANY LAKE, ANY HOLY LAND, ANY HOLY PLACE. OFFERING IT IN THE STOMACH OF THE LIVING INCARNATION OF PARAMASHIVA IS THE BEST FORM OF “PINDA THARPANA” AND 'SHRAADDHA'. IN HINDUISM, SHRAADHHA WHEREIN FOOD IS OFFERED TO SANYASIS FOR THE COMPLETION WITH THE DEPARTED SOULS, IS CALLED MAHESHWARA PUJA. IN THE SOMASHAMBHU PADDHATI, SHRAADHHA VIDHI,SLOKA 3 लिङ्गिनो ब्राह्मणाद्याश्च श्राद्धीयाः शिवदीक्षिताः । LIṄGINO BRĀHMAṆĀDYĀŚCA ŚRĀDDHĪYĀḤ ŚIVADĪKṢITĀḤ । THE TRANSLATION GOES “THE SANNYASIS AND BRAHMANAS WHO HAVE BEEN INITIATED INTO THE SHIVA DEEKSHA ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE APPOINTED AS THE REPRESENTATIVES OF PITRUS IN THE SHRAADHHA.” REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS THE SOUL WOULD HAVE TAKEN, REGARDLESS OF THE SOUL, WHILE EMBODIED HAVING BEEN INITIATED BY THE MASTER OR NOT IN HIS LIFETIME - THE MASTER CAN INTERVENE AND MAKE HIS PRESENCE AVAILABLE IN THE DEPARTED SOUL’S LIFE AND LEAD IT TO ENLIGHTENMENT! THIS IS POSSIBLE ONLY THROUGH MAHESHWARA PUJA! 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"ONCE UPON A TIME . . . IN HOLLYWOOD" (2019) Review
"ONCE UPON A TIME . . . IN HOLLYWOOD" (2019) Review
When I had first learned that producer-director Quentin Tarantino had plans to make a movie about "Old Hollywood", I assumed that it would be set during the early 20th century - at least sometime between the 1920s and the 1940s. I had no idea that the movie would be set near the end of the 1960s.
The reason behind my initial assumption was that I have never considered the 1960s decade to be a part of . . . "Old Hollywood". For me, that era in film history had ended by the late 1950s. I eventually learned that a good number of movie stars - Rock Hudson being one of them - had retained contracts with the industries movie studios even during the Sixties. Even those who had transferred from movie to television productions. Then . . . I heard that the movie would be about the LaBianca-Tate Murders from August 1969. Familiar with the level of violence featured in past Tarantino movies, I was pretty determined to avoid this movie. I am used to the violence featured in the director's past movies. But I really could not see myself sitting in a movie theater and watching a re-creation of the murder of actress Sharon Tate, Hollywood hairdresser Jay Sebring and a few other friends at the hands of Charles Manson's Family. I had seen the 1976 movie, "HELTER SKELTER" when I was a kid. Once was enough and that was only a two-part television movie. But when I had eventually learned that "ONCE UPON A TIME . . . IN HOLLYWOOD" was a revisionist movie like his 2009 film, "INGLORIOUS BASTERDS", I decided to give it a chance.
"ONCE UPON A TIME . . . IN HOLLYWOOD" covered a six month period near the end of the 1960s - from February to August 1969. To be honest, the movie is divided into two time periods. Two-thirds of the movie is set during a 36-hour period in early Februrary 1969. The last third of the film is set during the afternoon and evening hours of August 8-9, 1969. The movie is about the experiences of two men - Hollywood television actor Rick Dalton and his friend/stunt man/chauffeur Cliff Booth. Following the cancellation of his television series, "Bounty Law", Rick had been making guest appearances in various television shows as villains. Casting agent Marvin Schwarz warns Rick that the longer he continues appearing in television episodes as the villain, his career will eventually die and no one will remember him from "Bounty Law". The agent suggests that Rick consider going to Europe to star in an Italian western or two. And Cliff find his career as a Hollywood stuntman over due to rumors that he may have killed his wife and an altercation with Bruce Lee on the set of "THE GREEN HORNET". Only his job as Rick's chauffeur/handyman has allowed Cliff to earn any cash, thanks to the actor's alcoholism and collection of DUIs that led to the removal his driver's license.
Rick has also acquired new neighbors - Polish-born director Roman Polanski and his actress wife Sharon Tate - both with Hollywood careers that seemed to be on the upswing. The couple had just began leasing the home of music producer Terry Melcher. Rick has dreams of befriending them as a means to revive his career. Meanwhile, he contemplates accepting Marvin's suggestion, while he begins work on his current job - a guest appearance as another villain in the pilot episode of the TV western called "LANCER". As for Cliff, he becomes acquainted with a beautiful hitchhiker named Pussycat. She turns out to be a member of the Manson Family, who are staying at Spahn Ranch, where he and Rick used to film "Bounty Law". Cliff's encounter with the ranch's owner, the blind and aging George Spahn and members of the Manson Family foreshadows a later encounter on that infamous night, six months later.
While contemplating his career, I noticed all of the four movies made by Quentin Tarantino in the past ten years were period pieces. All of them . . . from "INGLORIOUS BASTERDS" to this current film, "ONCE UPON A TIME . . . IN HOLLYWOOD". I would never consider the other three films as nostalgic, but a part of me cannot help but wonder if I could say the same about this latest one. The pacing for "ONCE UPON A TIME . . . IN HOLLYWOOD" struck me as a lot more detailed, relaxed and reflective than any of his previous movies. It almost seemed as if Tarantino was paying some kind of loving tribute to the end of the old Hollywood studio system. For me, this seemed like both a good thing and a bad one.
Tarantino always had a reputation for scenes that featured long stretches of dialogue or detailed action sequences. And yes, the pacing in his films - with the exception of scenes featuring action or revelations of previous mysteries - can be a tad slow upon first viewing. But "ONCE UPON A TIME . . . IN HOLLYWOOD" marked the first time I can recall such a small amount of violence or action. Tarantino seemed more evoking a sense of the past than in any other of his period films. For "ONCE UPON A TIME . . . IN HOLLYWOOD", it was a good thing for the film managed to permeate the end of the 1960s in Los Angeles and the Hollywood Studio system thanks to Tarantino's direction, Barbara Ling's superb production designs, Arianne Phillips' costume designs and the art direction led by Richard L. Johnson.
On the other hand, Tarantino's in-depth peek into Los Angeles 1969 also had a negative impact . . . a minor one, if I must be honest. This slow exploration also included a look into actress Sharon Tate's life . . . at least in the first two-thirds of the film. Basically, the movie reflected a peek into the daily life of the actress - attending a party at Hugh Hefner's Playboy mansion, visiting a bookstore in the Westwood Village, and watching her latest film ("THE WRECKING CREW") at the theater. I realize that Tarantino was trying to pay some kind of homage to Tate, but I found this . . . homage rather dragged the film's pacing.
There were two other aspects of "ONCE UPON A TIME . . . IN HOLLYWOOD" that I found troubling. One brief scene early in the film featured an appearance by Charles Manson at the Polanski-Tate home, searching for music producer Terry Melcher, who owned it. In real life, Manson had visited the house on several occasions, searching for the music producer. These visits had led to the Tate-LaBianca murders. But the movie only featured one visit by Manson and it happened early in the film . . . six months before the night of August 8-9. I believe this is where Tarantino's narrative structure for the film had failed. I belief the film's second act, which is set during that very night, should have began at least a few days or a week or two earlier, allowing one or two more visits by Manson to 10050 Cielo Drive and setting up his plan to send some of his followers to kill its inhabitants.
And there was Cliff's infamous fight with Bruce Lee that outraged a good number of critics and moviegoers and led them to accuse Tarantino of disrespct toward the actor/martial artist and racism. Many took umbrage at Tarantino's portrayal of Lee as a braggadocio who needed to be taken down by a white man in a fight - namely Cliff. If I must honest, I felt the same. I still do . . . somewhat. I recently discovered that one of the production companies backing the film is Bona Film Group, a Chinese organization controlled by Yu Dong and Jeffrey Chan. As producers and co-financiers of the film, why did Bona Film Group fail to protest against the Booth-Lee encounter? Did the company's executives have a personal grudge against the late martial artist? Was this lack of protest due to some unpopularity of Lee in mainland China? Or did the production company simply not cared? One minor nitpick . . . actor Mike Moh's hairstyle for Lee was a bit too long for that 1966 or 1967 flashback. Personally, I think Tarantino should have never added that scene in the first place. It was not that relevant to the film's overall narrative. Or he could have easily allowed Cliff to have a fight with a fictional character, instead of Lee . . . anything to avoid the unnecessary controversy that followed.
Despite these flaws, I really enjoyed "ONCE UPON A TIME . . . IN HOLLYWOOD". As I had stated earlier, I really enjoyed the film's atmospheric setting of the Hollywood community at the end of the 1960s. The movie also did an excellent job in conveying Tarantino's talent for creating a narrative structure for his films. The director allowed moviegoers a peak into a Hollywood industry that was in the process of change from the old studio system to the industry's American New Wave era between the mid-1960s and the early 1980s. This transistion was conveyed in the film not only marked by Rick Dalton's anxiety over his foundering career, but also capped by the Manson Family's attack upon Cielo Drive. However, Rick was not the only one anxious about his future. Cliff Booth faced professional oblivion following Rick's marriage to an Italian actress in the film's second half. Despite their close relationship, Rick made it obvious that he could not afford to keep Cliff in his employ. The night of August 8-9 was supposed to be his last night in Rick's employ. What is also interesting about this film is that like "THE HATEFUL EIGHT", it ended on an ambiguous note. Was Rick's career ever salvaged? Also, many have forgotten that on the following evening, Charles Manson himself led a second attack upon Leno and Rosemary LaBianca in Los Angeles' Los Feliz neighborhood. Did the revisionist ending of "ONCE UPON A TIME . . . IN HOLLYWOOD" prevent these murders? I wonder.
The movie also featured many sequences that I found very enjoyable to watch. They also help set up and maintain the film's narrative. These scenes included Marvin Schwarz's frank assessment of Rick's career, Polanski and Tate's appearance at a Playboy Mansion party, Rick's delightful interactions with an eight year-old actress named Trudi Fraser on the "LANCER" set that helped him turn in a memorable performance, Rick's breakdown in a trailer after flubbing his lines, and Cliff's meeting with Pussycat. But there were two scenes that really stood out for me. One of those scenes were Cliff's encounter with the Manson family at Spahn's Ranch seemed like Tarantino's take on what happened between "the family" and a stuntman named Donald Shea in late August 1969. I thought Tarantino did a superb job with this scene. It was well-paced, filled with a great deal of tension.
I can say the same about the movie's last sequence that featured the Manson Family's attack upon Cielo Drive during the night of August 8-9. This is where Tarantino' use of historical revision came into play. The director-writer used Rick's constant complaints about "hippies", his celebrity as a former television star and Cliff's previous encounter with the Manson Family to re-direct the latter's attack from the Polanski-Tate household to the Dalton household. And what unfolded was chaotic, occasionally funny and yes, very scary. It truly was a well shot and well-acted sequence.
"ONCE UPON A TIME . . . IN HOLLYWOOD" featured a good deal of cameos - probably a lot more than any previous Tarantino film (I could be wrong, since I have not seen all of his films). Making solid cameos were Damian Lewis, Michael Madsen, Timothy Olyphant (as actor James Stacy), Luke Perry (as actor Wayne Maunder), Damon Herriman (as Charles Manson), Ramón Franco, Lena Durnham, Rumer Willis, Martin Kove, Clu Galagher, Rebecca Gayheart, Brenda Vaccaro, Scoot McNairy, Clifton Collins, Jr., James Remar, and Toni Basil. The movie also featured some very memorable supporting performances - especially from the likes of Al Pacino, who delightfully portrayed casting agent Marvin Schwarz; an entertaining Kurt Russell who not only portrayed stunt gaffer Randy Miller, but also served as the film's narrator; Zoë Bell, who was equally entertaining as Randy's stunt gaffer wife Janet; Mike Moh, who gave a colorful performance as Bruce Lee; Lorenza Izzo, as Rick's wife Francesca Capucci; a rather frightening Dakota Fanning as Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, Manson family member; Maya Hawke as "Flower Child"; Nicholas Hammond as actor-director Sam Wanamaker; Rafał Zawierucha as Roman Polanski; Julia Butters as the delightful child actor Trudi Fraser; a very charming Emile Hirsch as Jay Sebring; the always entertaining Bruce Dern as George Spahn; and Margaret Qualley, who was very memorable as Manson Family member "Pussycat".
I will be the first admit that Tarantino made little use of Sharon Tate in this film. It was quite clear that her presence really served as a catalyst for Tarantino's story and possibly a muse. But I cannot deny that Margot Robbie gave a very charming and ellubient performance as the late actress. Brad Pitt, on the other hand, gave a very subtle yet memorable performance as former stuntman Cliff Booth, whose career had seen better days. This was due to the mysterious circumstances behind the death of Cliff's wife. Many believe he may have killed her and got away with the crime. And Pitt managed to reflect this ambiguity in his performance and in his eyes. There were times when it seemed there was a bit of a "cool superhero" element in the character that at times, made it a bit difficult for me to relate to him. But thanks to Pitt's natural screen persona and a very subtle performance, I was able to do so in the end.
If I had to choose the most complex character in the entire movie, it would have to be former television star Rick Dalton. And I cannot deny that Leonardo DiCaprio did an exceptional job of conveying this character to the movie screen. Thanks to DiCaprio's performance and Tarantino, Rick is such a conumdrum. One could label him as one of those actors from the late 1950s and early 1960s, who became television stars and later tried to make the transition to film. I have read many comments that Rick has a conservative outlook on his tastes and acting skills that will forever limit him from becoming a star in Hollywood's New Age in films. This is very apparent in Rick's pompadour hairstyle in the film's first half, his occasional rants against hippies and his reluctant to adapt to the new Hollywood. And yet . . . Rick eventually concedes to Schwarz's suggestion that he try Italian westerns, he changes his hairstyle and wardrobe to reflect the fashions of the late 1960s and early 1970s, and he seeks to make social connections with Polanski and Tate to further his career. Rick is also an alcoholic and might be bipolar. DiCaprio did an excellent job in conveying Rick's emotional state that reflect these traits.
"ONCE UPON A TIME . . . IN HOLLYWOOD" is not my favorite Quentin Tarantino film, it has became my favorite film of 2019. I do not think it has a chance of winning any of the big prizes during the awards season of 2019-2020. I have a deep suspicion that the media and the Hollywood community is not as enamoured of it as I am. Which is okay . . . to each his or her own. But damn it, the movie was superb. I have heard rumors that Tarantino plans to retire from filmmaking. Personally, I think this is a mistake on his part. Perhaps he wants to end his career on a high note. And "ONCE UPON A TIME . . . IN HOLLYWOOD" is certainly a reflection of it, thanks to Tarantino's direction, his screenplay, the movie's production values and especially the cast led by Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt. But I hope that Tarantino continues to make movies.
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