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CAT OF THE DAY 043: THE GETAWAY
CAT OF THE DAY 043: THE GETAWAY (1972 & 1994) Treacherous bank robber Rudy is shot and left for dead by “Doc” McCoy, but has sneakily put on a bullet-proof vest and survives with a shoulder wound. He makes it … Continue reading
Posted in Catpanion, Catscallion, Kitten, Pussilla
Tagged Al Lettieri, Michael Madsen, The Getaway
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CAT OF THE DAY 042: TROIS COULEURS: BLEU
CAT OF THE DAY 042: TROIS COULEURS: BLEU (aka THREE COLOURS: BLUE) (1993) Julie (Juliette Binoche) finds a family of mice in her cupboard, so she borrows a ginger tom from a neighbour and shuts it in the cupboard with … Continue reading
Posted in Cataphor, Catzilla
Tagged Rue Mouffetard, Three Colours: Blue, Trois Couleurs: Bleu
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CAT OF THE DAY 041: KURONEKO
CAT OF THE DAY 041: KURONEKO (1968) This Japanese ghost story was written and directed by Shindô Kaneto, a former assistant to Mizoguchi Kenji and probably better known in the west as the writer and director of Onibaba, though he later went … Continue reading
Posted in A Major Cat Movie, Black Cat, Catagonist, Cataphor, Catscallion, Catshock, Catzilla
Tagged kaibyo, Kuroneko
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CAT OF THE DAY 040: A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
CAT OF THE DAY 040: A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971) Meet Miriam Karlin as Catlady, doing her yoga exercises in a baggy green leotard (this was in the days before Spandex), surrounded by her feline familiars. She is, of course, doomed. … Continue reading
Posted in Catpanion, Multicat, White Cat
Tagged A Clockwork Orange, Kubrick, Miriam Karlin
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CAT OF THE DAY 039: CLÉO DE 5 À 7
CAT OF THE DAY 039: CLÉO DE 5 À 7 (1962) A pop star (Corinne Marchand) wanders around Paris, confronting her own mortality as she waits to hear the results of a medical test in Agnès Varda‘s film, one of … Continue reading
Posted in Black Cat, Catpanion, Kitten, Multicat
Tagged Agnès Varda, Cléo de 5 à 7, Cleo from 5 to 7
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CAT OF THE DAY 038: THE MAN WITH TWO BRAINS
CAT OF THE DAY 038: THE MAN WITH TWO BRAINS (1983) Dr Michael Hfuhruhurr: “Get that cat out of here!” The following clip features additional cat-related dialogue, brief nudity and a pre-Re-Animator Jeffrey Combs as the man with the razor. It does … Continue reading
CAT OF THE DAY 037: THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE
CAT OF THE DAY 037: THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1946) (Note: Cora Smith and Frank Chambers are plotting to kill her husband Nick and make it look like an accident, but their first attempt is thwarted by a stray … Continue reading
CAT OF THE DAY 036: THE MATRIX
CAT OF THE DAY 036: THE MATRIX (1999) “A black cat went past us, and then another one that looked just like it.” CAT OF THE DAY 036: THE MATRIX (1999) “A black cat went past us, and then another … Continue reading
CAT OF THE DAY 035: MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO
CAT OF THE DAY 035: TONARI NO TOTORO (aka MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO) (1988) The cat bus. I am posting these pictures in the hope that an automobile engineer will see them and use them as blueprints. Please note the tail-lights … Continue reading
CAT OF THE DAY 034: THE WAY OF THE DRAGON
CAT OF THE DAY 034: THE WAY OF THE DRAGON (1972) Because, sometimes, a fight to the death between the World’s Greatest Kung-Fu Star and the six-times Professional Middleweight Karate Champion of the World, in one of the most famous … Continue reading
Posted in Cataphor, Catscallion, Catshock, Kitten
Tagged Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, Colosseum, The Way of the Dragon
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