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Eurotika1955	The Atomic Submarine (1959)	Lead	[-]
Posts: 145 (05/07/08 10:22:26) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None I rented this film from Netflix, the Criterion Collection, and really enjoyed it. Ok, so it has cheezy special effects (that I thought looked decent in black and white) and a story that left a lot to be desired. But can any movie with Joi Lansing be all bad? I think not. Not to mention a couple of my favs - Arthur Franz (Monster on the Campus) and Tom Conway (The Seventh Victim). A nice little time waster. "Drama is life with the dull bits cut out." Alfred Hitchcock
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Posts: 1276 (05/07/08 11:06:06) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I've wanted to see all of the films in the Monsters & Madmen set, but $80 is just too, too much. Luckily, the Chicago Public Library has them all. The two Karloffs are actually on hold for me today at the library, so after those two I'll add the sci-fi flicks. Thanks for the positive rec for the Atomic Sub, Eurotika! And, MONSTER ON THE CAMPUS is a not-so-guilty pleasure of mine...love it and it's simple storytelling. Ben
Studio Z	ATOMIC SUBMARINE	#2	[-]
Posts: 160 (05/08/08 12:52:02) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I picked up the solo disc from Image last year. An unusual little film. I got up a copy of the script (along with that for FIRST MAN INTO SPACE and still for both) from Richard Gordon in the '70s. It's one of the first sci-fi flicks I particularly recall seeing on TV as a kid -- particularly the deaths in the saucer stuck with me for years. In retrospect, my only real compaint is the talkiness and overlaid narration in spots. Sure you can see the wood grain in closeups of the subs, and the submarine lines is detailed with the bottom half of the engine pods from a model of a B-52, but this is part of the film's innate charm...
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Posts: 2570 (05/08/08 14:05:28) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I have the Monsters & Madmen set but I haven't opened it up yet but I've seen the trailer and it looks like fun of course I'm a sucker for most of the 1950's Sci Fi films. Luis Last Edited By: luisj40 05/09/08 07:28:20. Edited 1 times.
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Posts: 790 (05/08/08 16:43:26) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I love The Atomic Submarine. A great "B" movie cast and a penisaurus alien for giggles. "Some days its not worth the effort of chewing through the restraints".

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