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Good Movies / Re: 2026 - TRACK THE MOVIES YO...
Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 02:29:03 PMLogged 149 movies in 2025.
3.5/5
The Plague (2025)
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The Plague (2025)
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Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 02:17:36 PMTHE PLAGUE (2025): A tween goes to a water polo themed summer camp and tries to fit in with the other boys, who make merciless fun of the weird kid by claiming he's got a contagious disease they call "the plague." A adolescence drama executed with horror movie aesthetics; the plague may be a pernicious form of same-sex cooties, but the real horror is conformity. 3.5/5.
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Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by M.10rda - Today at 12:47:25 PMLAST OF THE AMERICAN HOBOES (1967):
Titus Moody (aka Moede) played "Boo Boo" in R.D. Steckler's immortal RAT PFINK A BOO BOO and shows up frequently (sometimes uncredited) in all manner of low-budget flicks from the 60s and 70s. Moody also directed some shorts of his own, one narrative feature, and this 90-minute passion project that is a documentary in roughly the same way that LEGEND OF BOGGY is a documentary.
Moody, apparently self-conscious about the verity of his finished product, even opens the film with a disclaimer about the difficulty of recording useable footage and sound on hobo-relevant locations (stock cars, crowded shelters, the woods, etc) though he assures us that he has preserved the essence of his subjects' stories.
That's probably true, and lots of this footage is clearly of real "hoboes" across the US, doing their thing. There are also obvious recreations (such as of the execution of labor organizer Joe Hill). Then there's a lot of footage that blurs the line, with the easily recognizable Moody in hobo drag hiking with a rucksack and chatting with other hoboes in interviews that often seem scripted and rehearsed (or even post-dubbed). This isn't mere speculation - there are appearances by other recognizable indie actors from the era, playing hoboes... like Corman regular Bruno VeSota and RED ZONE CUBA director/star Coleman Francis... who according to some reports eventually became a hobo in real life in the early 70s, prior to his death. 
Thus he's pretty convincing, anyway!
Moody edits the film in a brisk and creative way, but LOTAH is ultimately a boutique item, possibly of interest to historians and otherwise only of fans (like me) of obscure 60s movie artists. Honestly the topic and Moody's handling of it bummed me out a bit. I suppose the hobo lifestyle was celebrated because of their commitment to freedom and refusal to conform to society's expectations, or - something. Hoboes haven't vanished, however - they're still everywhere in the US - they're called "the homeless", and we just stopped celebrating them and started vilifying them on talk shows.
3/5 The film also serves as a feature length commercial (or music video) for its soundtrack album of (mostly electric) covers of early 20th century folk songs. There's even an opening credit reminding viewers to go buy it.
Titus Moody (aka Moede) played "Boo Boo" in R.D. Steckler's immortal RAT PFINK A BOO BOO and shows up frequently (sometimes uncredited) in all manner of low-budget flicks from the 60s and 70s. Moody also directed some shorts of his own, one narrative feature, and this 90-minute passion project that is a documentary in roughly the same way that LEGEND OF BOGGY is a documentary.
Moody, apparently self-conscious about the verity of his finished product, even opens the film with a disclaimer about the difficulty of recording useable footage and sound on hobo-relevant locations (stock cars, crowded shelters, the woods, etc) though he assures us that he has preserved the essence of his subjects' stories.
That's probably true, and lots of this footage is clearly of real "hoboes" across the US, doing their thing. There are also obvious recreations (such as of the execution of labor organizer Joe Hill). Then there's a lot of footage that blurs the line, with the easily recognizable Moody in hobo drag hiking with a rucksack and chatting with other hoboes in interviews that often seem scripted and rehearsed (or even post-dubbed). This isn't mere speculation - there are appearances by other recognizable indie actors from the era, playing hoboes... like Corman regular Bruno VeSota and RED ZONE CUBA director/star Coleman Francis... who according to some reports eventually became a hobo in real life in the early 70s, prior to his death. Thus he's pretty convincing, anyway!Moody edits the film in a brisk and creative way, but LOTAH is ultimately a boutique item, possibly of interest to historians and otherwise only of fans (like me) of obscure 60s movie artists. Honestly the topic and Moody's handling of it bummed me out a bit. I suppose the hobo lifestyle was celebrated because of their commitment to freedom and refusal to conform to society's expectations, or - something. Hoboes haven't vanished, however - they're still everywhere in the US - they're called "the homeless", and we just stopped celebrating them and started vilifying them on talk shows.
3/5 The film also serves as a feature length commercial (or music video) for its soundtrack album of (mostly electric) covers of early 20th century folk songs. There's even an opening credit reminding viewers to go buy it.
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