Re: A particular post-apocalyptic movie title?
Arthur Lipscomb
"Gas Bag" <shaz...@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
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>A while ago I was browsing about looking at various post-apocalyptic
> movies. There was one brief movie clip I came across that appeared to
> be from a VERY alternative looking movie. It was quite modern, and
> shot in black and white (or very faded colour). It showed a man
> alongside a bridge or pier, or possibly alongside one of those planes
> that can land on water. He was taking off a gas mask and quickly
> gulping down mouthfuls of water, before quickly putting his gas mask
> back on. There was no background music, and no fancy photography. It
> was the type of movie that would appear at an art house cinema. At a
> glance, it seemed very similar to:
>
> Ever Since the World Ended
> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283337/
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zrvTJx8j5Y
>
> If anyone knows of this movie title, I would really like to know.
I'm not sure I know what movie you're referring to. I spent most of my
youth watching post-apocalyptic movies. It felt like they used to make 10 a
week in the 80s. And USA up all night showed them all. The only modern
faded color movies I can think of are
Casshern
http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Casshern/70076356?lnkce=seRtLn&trkid=222336&lnkctr=srchrd-sr&strkid=285675783_0_0&strackid=3d314139e099db4b_0_srl
and
Immortal
http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Immortal/70033146?trkid=496751
But I don't think either of those movies had gas masks, maybe Casshern, but
no sea plane.
If you've never seen it before, watch "The Quiet Earth" instead.
Or try "A Boy and his Dog"
And no list of post-apocalyptic movies would be complete without mentioning:
Hell Comes to Frog Town
http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Hell_Comes_to_Frogtown/60024250?lnkce=seRtLn&trkid=222336&lnkctr=srchrd-sr&strkid=42205828_0_0&strackid=7cc40f02fad0f597_0_srl
Night of the Comet
http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Night_of_the_Comet/70061282?lnkce=seRtLn&trkid=222336&lnkctr=srchrd-sr&strkid=974993949_0_0&strackid=6c18bf05cda1b3c3_0_srl
And
I'm not saying these are all good movies. But if I had to sit through them
why shouldn't you?
kir...@q.com
> A while ago I was browsing about looking at various post-apocalyptic
> movies. There was one brief movie clip I came across that appeared to
> be from a VERY alternative looking movie. It was quite modern, and
> shot in black and white (or very faded colour). It showed a man
> alongside a bridge or pier, or possibly alongside one of those planes
> that can land on water. He was taking off a gas mask and quickly
> gulping down mouthfuls of water, before quickly putting his gas mask
> back on. There was no background music, and no fancy photography. It
> was the type of movie that would appear at an art house cinema. At a
> glance, it seemed very similar to:
>
>
> If anyone knows of this movie title, I would really like to know.
I remember seeing this trailer somewhere, and have also been wondering
what the title was. Wasn't it a Japanese film? There was no sound
until he takes off the mask, and then, you hear some kind of radio
broadcast briefly before he puts the mask back on, I think.