Gwen and Gretchen dissect and discuss (and savor!) the many layers of Larry Cohen's 1974 creature feature It's Alive. An initial bomb at the box office, the sleeper hit was re-released in theaters in 1977. Critics agree that this is a nuanced look at the paranoia and fear of the late 70s, when Roe v Wade established women's right to choose in our cultural code, and family planning was seen as a threat to the American way. It's Alive gives us several iconic cinematic moments - blood and milk, the baby POV cam, and smoking in the father's waiting room in the hospital (actually, smoking EVERYWHERE!) - and Gwen and Gretchen take a moment to appreciate the character driven subtleties of the film, and dispel the notion that it's only b-movie schlock.
"๐ฏ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ ๐ถ๐๐น๐พ๐๐๐ธ๐ ๐๐ ๐น๐๐ธ๐พ๐น๐ ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐น ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐โ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐๐๐๐น ๐ท๐. ๐ช๐๐ธ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐พ๐น๐ ๐๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฝ๐พ๐๐ ๐ท๐๐ธ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐พ๐๐๐๐ถ๐. ๐ฏ๐ฝ๐ถ๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐พ๐๐ ๐น๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐พ๐ธ๐ถ๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐ธ๐ถ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ ๐น๐๐ถ๐๐ถ ๐ธ๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ ๐น๐๐๐ท๐ ๐ถ๐๐น ๐๐ฝ๐ ๐น๐๐ท๐ถ๐๐."
~๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐น ๐พ๐ โ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐๐: ๐ฏ๐ฝ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ป๐ป ๐๐ป ๐ข๐๐น๐ ๐ถ๐๐น ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ ๐ท๐ ๐๐พ๐ธ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ #itsalive1974 #larrycohen #itsalivemovie #itsalivebaby #rickbaker #bernardherrmann
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