#Monsterdon is a weekly fediverse community event (Sundays @ 9 PM ET) where a bunch of folks watch a monster/SF movie of some description in sync with each other and post about it. Partial list of past movies: https://wiki.neuromatch.social/Monsterdon#Movie_List
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wow, 2 minutes to stop-motion
a #Monsterdon record?
already the orientalism is wearing on me but at least it's shot competently
the spinning prop treasure on a bit of string flying towards the camera while spinning is very cute, 70s core VFX for sure
we're getting truly spoiled by VFX in this first 10 min, expecting the movie to pump the brakes on us sometime here unless this budget was enormous
the budget was $982,351 dollars (1973 dollars) according to Wikipedia
ETA: that's about $7M today.
a random website tells me the average film budget in 1978 was about $5M, and Wikipedia points out that this movie coming in just shy of $1M was a small budget for the time
in light of this, I'm pleasantly surprised by how much value they're getting on their money. really effective filmmaking tbh
Wikipedia says the film grossed $11M, so as far as all movies are investment schemes that produce entertainment as a side effect, this one was a damned fine exercise, 10Xing the budget ain't nothing to sniff at
Regarding the proverb given in this movie: "Trust in Allah, but tie up your camel", it seems to be a translation of a real hadith
[terrible accents intensify]
If anybody is personally familiar with the text of "Sinbad the Sailor" I would love to know more about how this movie follows or deviates from myth.
That kind of analysis has been some of my favorite posting in this little series on ancient mythology we've got going
kid understands what's up, he doesn't want to get Harryhausen-ed and promptly splits
Meanwhile, #Monsterdon roaring with approval as the big wooden lady kills a guy
statue starts doing the backstroke
"Mandrake root and a few chemicals is all that is needed"
is a real "and now, MAXIMUM ENERGY" type line IMO
surely we've seen blood magick on #Monsterdon before, but I cannot recall another time off-hand?
anyway, this is cool
SnoopJ
Geoff Wozniak