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CAT OF THE DAY 045: LOGAN’S RUN
CAT OF THE DAY 045: LOGAN’S RUN (1976) Logan: “Are you alone here?” Old Man: “Oh hardly. I’ve got all these cats.” Logan: “Is that what they are called? Cats?” Old Man: “Yeah, and they’ve each got their own name. … Continue reading
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 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 031: GOLD DIGGERS OF 1935
CAT OF THE DAY 031: GOLD DIGGERS OF 1935 (1935) Busby Berkeley‘s backstage musical was the first of his films on which he got sole directing credit (previously he had been credited as either co-director or choreographer). The highlight is … Continue reading
CAT OF THE DAY 030: THE GODFATHER
CAT OF THE DAY 030: THE GODFATHER (1972) “No Sicilian can refuse a request on his daughter’s wedding day.” At the start of the film, during his daughter Connie‘s wedding, Don Vito Corleone sits in the semi-darkness of his study, … Continue reading
CAT OF THE DAY 029: THE SENTINEL
CAT OF THE DAY 029: THE SENTINEL (1977) If there’s one thing worse than being disturbed by neighbour noise, it’s being disturbed by neighbour noise and then being told you don’t have any neighbours. Cristina Raines plays a supermodel who … Continue reading
Posted in A Major Cat Movie, Catpanion, Catscallion, Catshock, Catzilla
Tagged The Sentinel
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CAT OF THE DAY 027: THE YAKUZA
CAT OF THE DAY 027: THE YAKUZA (1974) Heavyweights Paul Schrader and Robert Towne were responsible for the screenplay of this cracking east-meets-west thriller – directed by Sydney Pollack in his interesting 1970s period – in which Robert Mitchum goes … Continue reading
CAT OF THE DAY 025: LE CERCLE ROUGE
CAT OF THE DAY 025: LE CERCLE ROUGE (1970) André Bourvil, one of France’s best-loved comedians, plays it straight as Commissaire Mattei (a role originally intended for Lino Ventura) in Jean-Pierre Melville‘s existential cops and robbers drama. It was to … Continue reading
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