Magnificent!

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Camp from start to finish.

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From the special effects to the casting.

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You know a movie's in trouble when its best line is in credits!


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The Ramones. Nuff said

can't HELP but be camp!

Between Tim Curry in "It" and "Killer Klowns from Outer Space," my kids never ever asked to go to the circus --- which was fine with me 'cause clowns creep me out (no offense to any clowns out there)!

self explanatory, really.

Every time I see graffiti, especially on trains, I think of this movie.

Are you talking about "The Brother From Another Planet", directed by John Sayles?

How does it meet the definition of "camp"? "Camp", as I've always understood it, generally refers to something cheesey, ridiculous, so-bad-it's-good, with awful acting - the sort of movie that made perfect fodder for Mystery Science Theater.

"The Brother From Another Planet" is none of those things. It's poignant and well-acted, and a compassionate social commentary delivered with sometimes dark humor. Yes, it's low budget, but the cinematography is excellent, and Joe Morton in the lead role as a mute alien delivers a bravura performance through just facial expressions and body language alone.

It is NOT camp, dammit!

i should watch it again. i remember finding it deliciously silly. the poking fun at the blacksplotation genre was very witty.

"The Brother from Another Planet" bears no relation whatsoever to the blaxploitation genre that I can see. It somewhat resembles "Starman" (which came out later the same year) - although only superficially in that both stories involve an alien who has crash landed on earth and is being pursued by those who mean him harm.

But, maybe you saw something totally different in the movie than I did.

Just to make sure we're talking about the same movie, here's the IMDB page: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087004/?ref_=ttmd_md_nm

my rec is that i encountered it in that context.
i just found it so flip in so many ways.

it was the silliness of the sets, the simplicity of the costumes.
just had such a deadpan feel. tongue in cheek.

I loved the humor. I loved how John Sayles and David Strathairn played the alien bounty hunters.

But what has always stood out most about this movie for me is the incredible performance by Joe Morton, and the innocence and kindness of the character he played.

and just the funny of john sayles before he was john sayles.
it struck me as finding someones film class movie.
but it was a wonderful story. and well done all in all.

An exercise in frustration at the end of the world.

With a Tangerine Dream soundtrack.

Trailer (not the best trailer, but it ain't the best film. It is high camp, however.):