forestine
whoa, synth legend Suzanne Ciani did the score for this! #TheIncredibleShrinkingWoman #comedon
this makes sense because Ciani did a lot of advertising scores and this movie is full of jingles for fake products. perfect choice in fact.
Here's her advertising playlist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CchYT2lUR6o&list=PLJPztq7aAo9zR17frOo6-SUuzsmDWcDaw
Suzanne Ciani - Columbia Pictures Introduction Logo
well i didn't see anyone else at the watch party but:
- Ciani score
- Pointed commentary
- When she's on Mike Douglas and she says before she shrunk, nobody listened to her, and then they cut to commercial instead of letting her speak
- Lily Tomlin rules
- Pastel colour blocked everything
- Tiny Lily Tomlin smoking a huge cigarette
recommended
#TheIncredibleShrinkingWoman #comedon
bonus: 10 minute behind the scenes of Suzanne Ciani doing the music for an 80s dishwasher commercial. i spy a buchla and a synclav?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxUTtUue5RQ
#TheIncredibleShrinkingWoman #comedon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxUTtUue5RQ
#TheIncredibleShrinkingWoman #comedon
Suzanne Ciani - GE Dishwasher Production Session
more thoughts but i'll stop spamming the local timeline
One of the letterboxd reviews was by someone who loved it as a kid and rewatched it now and said "it's definitely a kids' movie" but... i really disagree!
There is quite a bit of feminist bent in this film, comparable to something like The Stepford Wives that way.
Nobody listens to Pat and it gets worse and worse as she gets smaller. There is a point where she is so small she has to live in a doll house and she is trying to control her rowdy kids but it is as if she isn't even there.
As I said before, Pat goes on a talk show and when asked about the pros and cons of shrinking, says well nobody listened to her before. For example... And the show cuts to commercial before she can speak.
While she does insist on being independent as her circumstances change, her family expects her to continue with housework and cooking despite becoming so small it becomes dangerous to cook bacon. It becomes extremely laborious for her to do regular tasks like folding laundry when the clothes are much larger than she is.
When 6 inch tall Pat suggests that advertising got them into this mess (she has been shrunken by commercial household products), her husband gets so angry at her criticizing his field of work that he takes the kids and leaves.
+ the repeated gag of her husband reading a book about getting used to a sexless marriage.
But fine there is also a guy in a gorilla suit.
handmade ghost@forestine I think it's not intended as but can be a good film for kids though--my kiddo loved it when young bc they noticed it was just like their picture book about a little boy's dragon who gets bigger and bigger every time his parents and neighbors pretend they don't believe in dragons. Such an easy way into talking about feminism, the power of controlling the narrative, who gets believed/gets voice/gets space and how that feels, but in story/kid language. But gorilla suit parents might have other aims lol.
@handmade_ghost yeah. the review was basically saying the movie didn't hold up because the person is an adult now. i think it has lots for adults
The Other Brook@forestine @handmade_ghost I was 15 when it came out and even though I didn't see it I read all the reviews of every new movie. I don't remember any discussion of it as a kids' movie, but lots of discussion of it as a feminist statement. I probably missed all the marketing for it though.
@theotherbrook @handmade_ghost yeah. might have some elements kids would like but not a movie specifically "for kids"
@forestine @theotherbrook oh yeah, absolutely not made as a kids movie