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Topic: Ken Films & Columbia Digest Narration
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James N. Savage 3
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1375
From: Washington, DC
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted September 22, 2010 06:10 PM
As Gary mentions, sometimes the narration works, sometimes it doesn't, and sometimes comes off with hilarious results.
One digest where I thought that the Columbia narration worked well was "Requelm for a Heavyweight". It wasn't overdone or campy, so the mood of the film wasn't lost.
Then, on the other side......
A FUNNY example of narration is the 200 foot digest of "Coffy" (the narration is not in the 400 foot digest).
For those familiar with the blaxploitation flick, its the scene near the end of the movie where the thugs drug Coffy (Pam Grier), and drive under a bridge to kill her. As the lead thug Omar (Sid Haig) carries her out of the back seat, the Ken Films narrator voices "Omar's orders are to kill Coffy......But he wants his T-H-R-I-L-L-S first", putting a strong emphesis on "thrills", knowing what being implied.
I don't know, its sick, funny, and campy at the same time. My teenage friends just couldn't stop laghing after that.
James.
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