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For this Wednesday Super Slop Night, first up is The Thief of Bagdad (1940), a British fairy tale in Technicolor inspired by the Arabian Nights. A evil vizier casts a prince out of his palace and holds a princess hostage; the prince has to team up with a scrappy thief named Abu to get back into the palace and beat the bad guy. Magical adventures ensue. This was the primary influence on Disney’s Aladdin, which ripped off several elements, including a genie (jinn) that grants specifically three wishes, and a villain named Jaffar. Many of the things you think you know about the Arabian Nights actually derive from this movie. Lead director was Michael Powell, who was also behind The Red Shoes (1948) and A Matter of Life and Death (1948), among others. This film was considered a special-effects marvel in its time, even winning an honorary Oscar for its technical innovations.

After that is Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), the highly-regarded remake of the classic 1956 paranoia-fuel horror film about a man, played by Donald Sutherland, who finds that everyone around him is suddenly becoming weird, while denying that anything has changed. Oh god! They’re being replaced by evil space aliens! Can the protagonist stop their madness and find someone he can trust? I guess we’ll find out. Director is Philip Kaufman, who is otherwise best-known for the astronaut film The Right Stuff (1983). Oh, and Leonard Nimoy and Jeff Goldblum are in this. Looks cool; let’s watch.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• The Thief of Bagdad: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-thief-of-bagdad-1940
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers: https://letterboxd.com/film/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1978/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• The Thief of Bagdad: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033152/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/27821

CWs for The Thief of Bagdad:

• Orientalism.
• Ethnic stereotypes.
• Several brownface characters, though the main character is played by an actual POC, which was unusual for the era.
• Kissing.
• Shirtless men.
• Sword fighting.
• Animal abuse.
• Child endangerment.

CWs for Invasion of the Body Snatchers:

• Death of dog.
• Stalking.
• Gaslighting.
• Dead animals.
• Death of pet.
• Someone is drugged.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Body horror.
• Squashed head.
• Unconsciousness.
• Cheating.
• Death of family member.
• Jump scares.
• Trypophobia.
• Farting.
• Needles.
• Body horror.
• Claustrophobia.
• Shaky cam.
• Childbirth.
• Fetuses.
• Nudity.
• Homelessness.
• Sad ending.
• Honking horn.
• Someone is hit by a car.
• Explosions.
• Blood and gore.

Links to movies:

• The Thief of Bagdad: https://tankie.tube/w/duuy6Xy3ytrhZ5KCWQJLd4
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers: https://tankie.tube/w/vtqTNUs11MSYLWW4c9TBu4