the incredible melting man is a 1977 american science fiction horror film directed and written by william sachs .

the plot concerns an astronaut whose body begins to melt after he is exposed to radiation during a space flight to saturn , driving him to commit murders and consume human flesh to survive .

during post-production , the producers reshot scenes without sachs ' participation .

the film starred alex rebar as the main character , alongside burr debenning as a scientist trying to help him and myron healey as a united states air force general seeking to capture him .

while writing and shooting , sachs was influenced by the night of the living dead .

with the changes by the producers , the final film has been described as a remake of first man into space ( 1959 ) , which in turn was directly influenced by the quatermass xperiment , even though sachs had never seen either of those films .

the screenplay which sachs dramatized was originally intended as a parody of horror films , but comedic scenes were edited out during production and new horror scenes added .

sachs claimed that the producers decided during shooting that a straight horror film would be more financially successful , and that the film suffered as a result .

the incredible melting man was produced by american international pictures , which also handled the theatrical distribution .

the film includes several homages to science fiction and horror films of the 1950s .

makeup artist rick baker provided the gory makeup effects for the film .

he originally created four distinct stages of makeup design so that the main character 's body would appear to melt gradually , but the stages were ultimately cut from the final film .

the film was commercially successful , but it received largely negative reviews , although even critical reviews complimented baker 's makeup effects .

according to writer/director sachs , many scenes that were re-shot and changed by the producers proved problematic due to their inferior acting .

the incredible melting man was featured in the comedy it came from hollywood ( 1982 ) and inspired the makeup effects for a scene in the science fiction-action film robocop ( 1987 ) .

it was also featured in a season 7 episode of the comedy television series mystery science theater 3000 .

the incredible melting man

shock splats out 9 shots from the 1977 gore classic the incredible melting man .
the title promises a melting man and damn it , we get a man who is melting .
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is manhandled onto power lines by the incredible melting man . instead of merely being electrocuted
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please note the following review is for the arrow uk blu ray release of the incredible melting man .
the incredible melting man ( 1977 ) cited by special makeup effects artist rob bottin as influence .
shock splats out 9 awesome images from the incredible melting man . and almost 40 years later…they’re still pretty repellent !
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ironically , unbeknownst to the crew , incredible melting man was also put through the wringer by its producers , and the director wound up loving the episode .
and then you melt . i liked the melting man gimmick . kudos to rick baker .
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when the melting man kills a character who resembles bill gates .
i ' m melting : well , obviously . though it must be said that the melting man seems to melt at the speed of plot .
the melting man ' s death scene is particularly gruesome , though . ( but hilarious ! )
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even if the incredible melting man were deliberately retro , re - creating the look and feel of a stultifying drive - in undercard isn ' t exactly a laudable achievement .
before the word splatter was officially part of the cinematic lexicon , writer / director william sachs trashy galactic gore gem the incredible melting man was defying audiences not to lose their collective lunches .
although the footage apparently no longer exists , here is a still i scanned from my stash of jonathan demme ' s ( mpaa - deleted ) disemboweling from the incredible melting man .
ted nelson was found alive , and of normal size . there was no melting man .
melting man looks at his reflection . mike “i think it’s starting to clear up a little . ”
stands by and does absolutely nothing while the melting man overpowers the sheriff and subsequently tosses him into some power lines .
title is similar to the incredible shrinking man but the incredible melting man has none of that inventiveness or ingenuity . it is more like a nostalgic , cheesy fun ride . those who love cinema ' so baaad it ' s good ' ( like this reviewer ) will get the most out of this shout ! factory
in closing , if you ever asked the question : what would happen if you took a 50’s monster movie and added 70’s smarm what would you get ? the answer is the incredible melting man .
dr . ted nelson was found alive and of normal size . there was no melting man .
10 . the news report from culver university in the incredible hulk can also be seen on a screen at the end of iron man 2 .
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i always get a good laugh early in the film when the melting man is chasing the chunky nurse and when they show it from the melting man’s pov it’s obvious the camera is on a rail , when servo pipes up that he’s chasing her on roller blades .
pretty much mixed reviews on amazon , but they have mostly one thing in common , most say the incredible melting man is just awful and would recommend you avoid it like the plague , . . .
i do have to look away , though , when the melting man is on - screen . boy , that’s nauseating .
an antecedently unfashioned breviloquent telegenic pericope of recrementitious vernacular ( 2012 ) ( short ) the melting man from the toxic waste is mentioned .
from the very first frames , with a hair prominently caught in the film gate , you know you ' re in for something special , and the incredible melting man ( 1977 ) delivers , not missing . . .
in a similar way to the george a . romero / stephen king collaboration creepshow , the incredible melting man tries to recapture the comic book panel effect with a lot of its shots and angles , and it largely succeeds as william sachs obviously knows how to frame an image . it also helps that the look of the melting man is similar to the cartoonish zombies that you used to see in the likes of ec comics , so stylistically the incredible melting man hits its mark and is an obvious inspiration for movies such as robocop and any amount of neon - lit madness from troma .
danger takes a backseat : the melting man kills an elderly couple when he creeps into the back of their car before they come back .
check out this clip from the incredible melting man and buy the blu ray at : urltoken colonel steve west has just returned from an incredible history - making flight to saturn when he is hospitalized with an ailment that baffles the entire medical community . his flesh is melting and to stay alive he must consume human flesh and blood . the infected colonel west escapes from the doctors ' supervision and hides in the surrounding community where he begins to hunt for human flesh . who can stop the incredible melting man ? want more screams ? subscribe here : urltoken check us out on facebook : urltoken follow us on twitter : urltoken
when the nurse ( from being frightened by the sight of the melting man ) smashes through the glass door out of the hospital , there is no stock smashing noise .
5 . a clip of actor bill bixby , who played david banner in the incredible hulk tv show from the ' 70s , can briefly be seen in 2008 ' s the incredible hulk .
the incredible melting man [ dvd ] : urltoken alex rebar , burr debenning , miron healey , michael aldredge , ann sweeney , cheryl smith , lisle wilson , william sachs , samuel w . gelfman : dvd & blu - ray
ted nelson is shot and killed while trying and failing to convince a security guard that the melting monster is a man in need of rescue .
sure , it ' s hard out here for an incredible shrinking man . but it gets easier . the only thing that hurts is shrinking away from it .
the incredible , inedible melting man oozes nicely into the “cautionary tales of space travel” genre of monster a go go and night of the blood beast , except this one was made post - moon landing . it’s kinda the anti - 2001 : a space odyssey .
check out the ‘70’s porn mustache on the title character in the movie opening before he starts melting .
: an oddly framed shot of the melting man walking through a forest with a branch in the foreground while dr . ted nelson calls for him . the riff :
“ted nelson was found alive , and of normal size . there was no melting man . ” ( monster a - go go ) .
there were a lot of steve’s in season 7 . what with the “planet of the steve’s” in blood beast , and the melting steve here . was the brute man a steve ?
the melting man emil attempts to run robocop over with a van - but instead , the criminal runs head on into a vat of toxic waste . swept out the rear of the van , emil emerges from the steaming muck with the flesh melting off his hands and face .
bc watched two movies about people melting in the same day and wrote about it .
oh , my god , it ' s his ear !
and so it goes with the incredible melting man , a piece of sci - fi cheese so pungent that it was honored with its very own mystery science theater 3000 episode .
my favorite has already been mentioned : “ted nelson was found alive , and of normal size – there was no melting man . ” – crow
in an intriguing coincidence , crow finally gets to direct his first feature film ,
earth vs . soup
, in between viewing the incredible melting man ( 1977 ) , a film about a incredibly ' 70s . . . see full summary »
regrettably i ' ll be aping the consensus on this one . apart from rick baker ' s awe - inspiring , excellent makeup effects (
incredible melting man
more or less marking the beginning of a brilliant career ; good thing this movie didn ' t prematurely kill it ) ,
the incredible melting man
is horrendous , unpleasant viewing , a confused mess of a monster movie that seems to awkwardly stumble toward being a straight horror movie before stumbling back to a parody / homage of creature features .
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so a word to the b - movie wise . if you can get past the flat delivery when burr debenning dolefully intones ,
oh god . it ' s his ear !
without braying with laughter , then you ' re probably missing the point of the incredible melting man .
i want them screaming that they have been plagued and deformed by the ills of science . i want the incredible melting man to shake his degenerating fist at the heavens , and i want swamp thing to weep bitter tears for his lost humanity into fetid , swamp - infested water .
6 . the voice of bruce banner from the ' 60s hulk cartoon , paul soles , plays the owner of the pizza shop in the incredible hulk .
there ' s a powerful temptation to say that you never thaw a movie as foolish as “the incredible melting man . ” but the fact is that each spring brings similar releases to fill the need of drive‐in operators for something cheap to put on the screen for the kids in the cars to ignore or laugh at .
the incredible melting man is a cheeseball 1977 american sci - fi horror film about an astronaut who is exposed to outer - space radiation and then comes back transformed into a hideous monster . the good news is that unlike the last time this happened , there really is a monster here !
miami - based artist augusto esquivel designed these incredible fun fair - inspired button sculptures from hanging strips .
“it’s a glop movie , ” writer - director william sachs admits with a shrug on the special features of the incredible melting man , his hilariously misbegotten 1977 science - fiction / horror movie . and this is absolutely true : the main reason the incredible melting man still gets talked about in cult circles—beyond being mocked in the seventh season of mystery science theater 3000 —are the gloppy makeup effects by the legendary rick baker . the “melting man” of the title , an astronaut who returns home infected from a voyage to saturn’s rings , stumbles around the movie like an unlicked ice - cream cone left in the summer sun , french vanilla and raspberry swirl pouring from the top . this isn’t refined , subtly detailed makeup artistry—it’s blood and pus applied with a trowel . the word “vat” is used more than once in reference to baker’s materials .
- the grand opening : part 2 ( 1977 ) . . . man # 1
- the grand opening : part 1 ( 1977 ) . . . man # 1
then of course , there is the film’s hilariously grisly conclusion where the puddle that once was mr . west receives an unceremonious disposal . as sachs himself said when discussing ‘the incredible melting man”s horror - comedy origins , “how can a serious horror movie end with the monster being shovelled into a garbage can ? ”
when the nurse enters the room of the melting man , she drops the blood containers and it splatters her shoes ; then , as she runs away down the hallway , her shoes are completely clean . see more »
in an intriguing coincidence , crow finally gets to direct his first feature film ,
earth vs . soup
, in between viewing the incredible melting man ( 1977 ) , a film about a incredibly ' 70s physician trying to stop an astronaut from gradually turning into soup .
director william sachs originally intended the film to be a campy , comic book - type homage to old school monster movies . however , the producers wanted a more grim straight - forward horror picture . the clashing of ideas resulted in much of the off - beat ( and occasionally bizarre ) tone of the incredible melting man .
in his instagram post , nicotero mentions that viewers didn ' t really get a good look at this walker during the carnival - centric rick and michonne episode , but you can view it in its full , gory glory below , along with an image from the incredible melting man for comparison .
shared on instagram ( and initially reported on by bloody disgusting ) , nicotero ' s new walker image shows a member of the living dead legion whose slimy , shiny skin and deformed facial features are an homage to rick baker ' s amazing effects work on the incredible melting man ( 1977 ) .
28 . during the new years eve scene at the beginning of iron man 3 , tony stark drunkenly meets both professor yensin , who would later help him create the first iron man suit , as well as dr . chen lu , also known as the super villain radioactive man .
citizen kane ( 1941 ) a man passes away and only puzzled memories remain .
the seventies : nothing to clearly indicate it , but the score lifted from the incredible hulk and judy ' s odd body shape give it away .
8 . lou ferrigno , who played hulk in the the incredible hulk tv show from the ' 70s , makes a cameo as a security guard .
swamp thing is out aug . 6 from scream ! factory on dvd / blu - ray combo pack ; the incredible melting man is out now on blu - ray from shout ! factory . next week on dvdanger : we ' ll be looking at all that heavenly glory with the bruce lee legacy collection .
( when melt’s eyes are melting ) “and he still sees 20 / 20 . ” – crow
tasteless or not , the melting man sequence scored highly with audiences - and with the ratings board . it was one of the scenes that the mfaa wanted to cut out . but the movie team fought like crazy to keep it in . one of their weapons was the fact that during some early screenings , the national research group had asked people what their favorite thing in the movie was - and the answer was the melting man . at that point certain people took a stand against the mpaa , because it just seemed ridiculous to cut out the one thing that audiences liked best ! ultimately they won . actually , though , the melting man also rated highly as the least favorite thing in the movie . so it got a lot of reaction .
but the sad truth about the incredible melting man is this : it’s a compromised glop movie . working on the cheap for american international pictures , sachs claims he intended a winking nod to science - fiction comics from the 1950s , as well as classic monster movies , but his vision was so mangled by the producers that he nearly took his name off the film . in the decades since its release , the film has tasted the sweet nectar of infamy , spending some time on the imdb’s bottom 100 rankings , but it remains a guilty pleasure for some , particularly fans of baker’s old - school gross - out effects . he’s the real auteur of the incredible melting man , and the sole discernible reason a new special - edition blu - ray has found its improbable way into the world .
the incredible melting man was originally entitled the ghoul from outer space and yeah , i know what you ' re thinking , and baker was thinking the same thing too . why the hell would anyone want to make a film called the ghoul from outer space in 1977 ? ( double embarrassment for baker : this was his first gig after designing the cantina aliens for star wars . )
first published back in 1978 , the novel for “the incredible melting man” was adapted from william sachs’s screenplay for the 1977 movie of the same title . the film draws heavily from both robert day’s 1959 movie “the first man into space” and irvin s yeaworth jnr’s 1958 sci - fi b - movie “the blob” . not exactly the most complex of plots , phil smith attempts to work from a film screenplay that relied heavily on the very talented rick baker’s gut churning special effects and make - up . with a simplistic
rarely do i watch anything covered by mst3k without the robots because most of the time they ' re no good . unfortunately , the incredible melting man is also no good without riffing . the only thing the uncut version offers is more gore and cheryl
rainbeaux
smith ' s breasts . the effects are pretty excellent , but they are used in the service of a poor ripoff of the quatermass experiment with a leading man who you ' d like to see get killed as quick as possible . unless there ' s a silouhette of a man and two robots in the corner of the screen , stay away .
nerdland ( 2016 ) robo wizard parodies robocop with the half - man , half - robot concept .
peep show : the man show ( 2004 ) ( tv episode ) mark and sophie watch the film on television .
the mechanical man ( 2011 ) ( short ) clips are seen in the montage of dillon watching videos about robots .
didn ' t think this through : as the sheriff points out ( right before he ' s killed ) , dr . ted nelson apparently never considered what they would do if they ever caught up with the melting man .
but it ' s definitely worth seeing , not just for the unintentional comedy ( it doesn ' t even need tom servo to be funny ) , but also for the early fx work by rick baker . apparently the actor playing incredible melting man was a pain in the ass and didn ' t want to deal with baker ' s more elaborate makeup ideas ( which were also hindered by the budget and short production time ) , so he had to scale it back - but it ' s still a pretty impressive getup , one that looks great in high def . incredible melting man is only seen in human form in his flashbacks ; after about 20 minutes he already looks like ms . rose looks like in the 3rd act of
the halloween season which followed the film ' s release brought at least two official merchandising products . collegeville produced a ready - to - wear children ' s costume , and imagineering offered a melting man face make - up kit .
this is a middle of the road episode , like all of season 7 save laserblast . a nice double feature with say , the amazing colossal man or the amazing transparent man . and the host segments were much better than the standard mike - cc era fare .
the movie almost begs for ' batman ' - style sound - effect captions , but provided by don martin : ' sklishity , skloshity ! ' when the melting man leaves his gluey footprints ; ' poit ! when his eyeball plops to the ground .
to achieve the gruesome melting man monster , makeup effects artist rick baker fashioned a slightly over sized skull - shaped helmet for actor alex rebar to wear . the piece was painted flesh tone and then was cover by a gooey concoction of syrup and paint . the drippy substance would have to be re - applied for every take of the melting man . at the end of each shoot rebar would have so much of the sticky stuff on him that he would literally have to peel his costume off .
monsters : the family man ( 1990 ) ( tv episode ) small poster on boy ' s bedroom wall .
emi’s two outfits the h - man . © 1959 columbia pictures industries , inc . dvd : columbia pictures .
designated hero : ted nelson doesn ' t do a single heroic thing at all . hell , the woman who cut off one of melting man ' s arms when he tries to kill her comes off as more heroic .
the lowdown director william ‘bill’ sachs originally envisioned his 1977 sci - fi the incredible melting man as a comic book spoof called the ghoul from outer space . he may have lost that fight , but his grisly humour is still very much evident ; a turkey leg mistaken for a decapitated limb is a standout , as are the closing scenes in which steve’s liquefied remains gets unceremoniously shoveled into a rubbish bin .
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) . luckily for me , the two films couldn ' t be less alike - their melting protagonists are the only thing they share .
the grand canyon , yellowstone , arches and glacier national parks compete for your attention with the iconic sights and culture of san francisco , boston and new orleans . eastern energy , slow - paced deep southern charm and the laid back lifestyle of the west coast combine to create an incredible melting pot of virtually anything .
and i also find the scene where the old couple for some inexplicable reason opt for a moment of childish rebellion to steal some lemons only to be killed by the melting man . their attempts at being kittenish are so over - the - top i can’t help but laugh .
the italian title of this movie is ' l ' uomo di cera ' , which means ' wax man ' .
the performances are decent if unremarkable , and there is a half - hearted attempt at some ‘who’s the real monster ? us or him ? ’ cloying morality , but it falls flat . like many of the aforementioned 1950s movies from which ‘the incredible melting man’ so clearly draws its inspiration , once we’ve seen the monster in action its starring scenes quickly become all that we care about and the rest of the film becomes a tedious waiting process for our gore oozing protagonist to return to the screen .
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this walker from this weeks episode was an homage to rick baker ' s work in the incredible melting man and unfortunately you didn ' t really get a chance to see it in the episode but kerrin jackson and kevin wasner did a great job on this i believe the sculpture was done by norman cabrera . i loved the thick layer of ultra ice that was added to make the veins look deep under the skin @ therickbaker @ somemonsterism
action survivor : a random woman is not only one of the few people to survive a close encounter with the melting man , but she ' s also the only person in the entire film who manages to seriously wound it ( by chopping off its arm ) and drive it away .
liquefaction , turgidity , heat the h - man . © 1959 columbia pictures industries , inc . dvd : columbia pictures .
froggy liquid , puritan fire the h - man . © 1959 columbia pictures industries , inc . dvd : columbia pictures .
callback not listed by sampo : “i don’t follow you man . . no way” ( san francisco international )
9 . composer craig armstrong also gave a nod to the original tv show when he echoed
the lonely man theme
made popular by the family guy .
the incredible melting man ( 704 ) : every episode of the show’s abbreviated , six - episode season is a home run , perhaps because they were stinging from the dual disappointments of the big screen version’s poor development process and comedy central’s disregard for what was once their flagship show . but this episode about a killer astronaut with serious skin problems , with its countless inexplicable moments ( the overweight nurse running through a plate - glass door , the sexed - up retirees , and , best of all , the hysterical scene where a security guard shoots a defenseless man after he shouts “i’m ted nelson ! ” ) , is the crown jewel .
and how bad is rebar as the titular decomposing astronaut ? if you want a good reason to watch the incredible melting man , ( and i ' m not trying to give you one ) , it ' s to prove that there ' s a lot more to being a good movie monster than putting on a mask and schlepping around going
urg urg urg .
let ' s just say rebar is no kane hodder .
the role of matt winters , the man ted kills after he kills general perry and leaves steve ' s house , is played by jonathan demme .
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sort of a proto - robocop .
steven west , astronaut from saturn , is melting . he must have human cells to survive . he is a living time bomb !
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29 . the rock - man thor battles at the start of thor : the dark world is korg the kronan , who appeared in the same comic book thor first appeared in , journey into mystery # 83 .
1977’s ‘the incredible melting man’ falls firmly in the b - movie category . steve west ( alex rebar ) is an astronaut and the lone survivor of a mission to saturn that saw the rest of his crew killed by an explosion of deadly radiation . upon his return to earth he is taken to hospital , where doctors are baffled as to how he was able to survive while his crew - mates perished . while alone , west removes his bandages and finds to his horror that his flesh is melting away . terrified and angry , he leaves the hospital – not before murdering a screaming nurse – and goes on the rampage , presumably driven insane by the increasingly sticky situation he finds himself in .
what to do with the incredible melting man except have him melt some more ? the film - makers never really resolve this sticky problem once their burned - up astronaut busts out of hospital and , at a snail ' s pace , starts eating the local population . this z - grade effort , lacking any low - budget energy , takes its cue from the central character : it ' s tacky and bumbling and sinks into its own morass long before its subject finally dribbles apart , slurp , glub .
there was also another callback that might have been missed : as the melting man is being shown on a hill with the sunset beyond him – a typical ’70’s shot – you hear m & tb softly singing the love song from “the sidehackers” , “only love ( pads the film ) ” . i love it when they go way back on a reference !
still , even if the incredible melting man were deliberately retro , re - creating the look and feel of a stultifying drive - in undercard isn’t exactly a laudable achievement . it doesn’t seem that difficult to track down a slow - moving man - beast who leaves pools of glop ( and facial features ) wherever he goes , but poor dr . ted just pokes around with his geiger counter like a retiree trolling the beach with a metal detector . the events that pass between baker’s makeup effects are as arid and nondescript as the california valley on which they were shot . it helps to have mike , crow , and tom servo around as company .
okay , now for the bad stuff : the movie is also poorly written , dimly lit , loaded with uninteresting characters , and contains an extremely bad and unsatisfying ending in which nearly everyone with a speaking part dies and the incredible melting man melts . incredibly . and is thrown away by a janitor . the director wanted to do the movie as a parody , which could have indeed workedseveral things left in the final film even hint at this original planbut sadly , the studio forced him to turn it into a straight horror flick , resulting in the ludicrous mess moviegoers wound up seeing .
movie : ( 1977 ) upon his return to earth , an astronaut develops melting skin and murderous tendencies , and the authorities try to hush it all up .
i also never quite understood what incredible melting man hoped to achieve by killing folks every now and then . i thought there would be some sort of built in nonsense where he could consume flesh to slow / reverse the melting process , but he just gets worse throughout the film , despite racking up a decent body count ( 5 or 6 ) . i guess he just went crazy , but there ' s still a shred of his humanity in there as he saves nelson ' s life in the climax , so i dunno . all i know is , nelson ' s attempts to find / save him are limited to wandering around with a geiger counter every now and then , calling his wife to give vague status updates , and telling cops his name . and thanks to writer / director william sach ' s bizarre idea that we shouldn ' t know anything about incredible melting man until the end , there isn ' t much to his character to make him sympathetic - if sachs had his way , what little we do know would have been revealed at the end , so it would have been 80 minutes of a random melting guy killing people while a vague friend of his tries to find him when he ' s not scolding his wife for forgetting the crackers .
drive ( 1991 ) the driver continues :
and robocop and die hard and die harder and batman and every other white man movie .
rob bottin conceived , designed and fabricated the makeup , which was called
the melting man
in homage to rob ' s earlier work with rick baker on a picture called
the incredible melting man .
the makeup was rob ' s conception of what someone would look like dumped into hot waste . he decided to make emil literally melt , to have his whole face start to be pulled down by gravity instead of just going through the usual blisters - and - disintegration route . the look of that makeup suggests an actual drooping of all the muscles , as if they are starting to slide off emil ' s skeleton . as the toxic waste cascades through emil ' s truck , a stuntman wearing a fairly simple makeup is washed out of the van . the next cut picks up the first stage of bottin ' s creation as actor paul mccrane staggers to his feet and realizes that he is literally failing apart .
# 52 – “callback not listed by sampo : “i don’t follow you man . . no way” ( san francisco international ) ”
incredible melting man is a delightfully bad 1977 sci - fi horror about ill - fated astronaut steve west who returns from a space mission exploring saturnâ ( tm ) s rings with a bizarre condition where his flesh is melting . for some reason , just as mystifying as to how he got this condition ( there is a hint it was caused by viewing the sun through saturn ' s rings but , never confirmed . ) , steve must consume human flesh to slow down the degeneration . and the hunt is on as west escapes the hospital and begins to chow down on the locals . the only positive things about this production is it ' s heart is in the right place and the really cool melting / gore effects by future oscar winner / fx legend rick baker . the filmmakers are really trying hard here to deliver a new and horrifying movie monster but , the talent ( aside from baker ) is just not there behind or in front of the camera . the dialog is just as bad as the acting and the inept cast of unknowns stumbling around finding body parts both of the victims and the melting man , produce far more laughs then chills . i had fun when i saw this at the legendary oritani theater in hackensack , n . j . back in 77 and it was gleefully for all the wrong reasons . written and directed by william sachs who was responsible for the equally bad galaxina .
did you ever see that wonderful black - and - white movie from the 1950s ,
the incredible shrinking man
? the hero , scott carey , blond and tall , is sailing his boat in the ocean beneath an infinite sky . suddenly a mist appears and covers him with a radioactive dust . slowly , he goes from 6 feet to 3 feet to 3 inches to infinitesimal .
steven west , astronaut from saturn , is melting . he must have human cells to survive . he is a living time bomb ! see more »
the incredible melting man is a decent b movie that displays some impressive special effects with a so - so storyline . this is one of those movies that should have been truly a memorable addition to the genre , but as it stands it ' s a mildly entertaining film that should have been much better than the finished product . despite the so - so ideas on - screen , this is still a worthwhile film to watch due to effective effects , which are sure to please the most diehard gore hound . the film has a decent plot , but it could have been developed a bit more to really make this one stand out . i read that this film received a lot of flack ; however i think it doesn ' t deserve all the negativity it has received . this film despite all its imperfections is a benchmark in special effects design and influenced many films years later . there are no standout performances as this is more a horror film that is designed to be a vehicle for its effects . with a decent story that is of course predictable , but is a fun film for what it is . if you enjoy low budget schlock fests , then the incredible melting man is the film to watch . rick baker ' s effects are the best aspect of the film , and really is the reason to watch the film . i enjoyed the film for what it was , and thought it was a really creative horror picture in terms of special effects , however the film could have benefitted from a rewrite in terms of storyline . adding more depth to the film ' s story would have made the incredible melting man a standout horror picture . worth checking out and it is a gooey good time from start to finish despite its shortcomings .
when we choose to be here for god - - everywhere , always love , compassion and wisdom - - our ego shrinks without pain and our work becomes effortless . the more we choose to be here for ourselves , the greater our ego swells and the rest of the body , physical and mystical , suffers . either way , life says to us : you will become an incredible shrinking man .
4 . a partially disassembled prototype of captain america ' s shield can be seen in tony stark ' s workshop in iron man .
8th man ( 1965 ) ( tv series ) cited by director paul verhoeven , writer edward neumeier and fx artist rob bottin as influence .
the plot concerns an astronaut ( alex rebar ) whose biochemistry is irrevocably altered by the sun ' s rays reflected through the rings of saturn . the sole survivor of the failed space mission , he is treated on earth but soon begins to find himself with a case of very , very advanced leprosy , parts of his body dripping and falling off . the only remedy for lost cells , we ' re told , is eating those of someone else . seems logical . thus we get a wanton path of blood and destruction from the
incredible melting man ,
with only dr . nelson and an ineffectual assortment of military and police to try to stop the thing .
first off , the film has all the production values of a mid - season episode of the six million dollar man . all the money went on hiring rick baker to create the melting man , although legend has it that that rebar refused to wear half the prosthetics , so that was cash well misspent . the money shot , when west collapses like a rotting gourd , is pretty spectacular . although , as baker says , considering that his assistants on this went to be a who ' s who of 80s practical effects gurus , it ' s a damn shame the rest of it doesn ' t look that good .
† the new dvd gives us the choice of watching either the english - language version of the h - man or the japanese original . with a strange contempt , though , sony has retained the export title for the dvd menu of both versions , and has not even subtitled the japanese title when it appears on screen in the original version . here i’ve chosen to use its literal translation , in the shortened form of liquid human . to anglophone viewers , the “h” in the h - man is no doubt quite expressive ( of the homo , the he - man , the human , and the h - bomb , not to mention horror and hell ) ; but liquid human , in suspending the antitheses between definite / indefinite , singular / plural , and male / female , names something more fundamental to the film .
the first new horror creature before he turned his hand to lycanthropes in an american werewolf in london , shuffling zombies in the thriller music video and hostile extra - terrestrials in men in black , special effects legend rick baker lent his talents to the creation of another memorable horror creature . step forward , the incredible melting man ! when spacecraft scorpio v returns to earth following a mission to saturn , two of the crew are dead and the third , astronaut steve west , is in a critical condition . critical , that is , until he rises from his hospital bed to bite chunks out of a nurse before escaping into the surrounding countryside . the authorities set about trying to track steve down before he claims any other victims , but they don’t know the really bad news yet - steve is also highly radioactive ! the incredible melting man offers up a wealth of show - stopping b - movie moments in its relatively modest running time – chief among them , the scene in which a disembodied head floats down a river only to smash messily on the rocks further downstream – but the real star of the show here is baker’s ultra - icky special effects work which let you see the melting man’s transition in all its gooey , glistening glory . special edition contents : - high definition blu - ray ( 1080p ) and standard definition dvd presentation of the feature , transferred from original film elements - original mono audio ( uncompressed pcm on the blu - ray ) optional english subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing audio commentary with william sachs - super 8 digest version of the film - interview with writer / director william sachs and make - up effects artist rick baker - interview with make - up effects artist greg cannom - reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by gary pullin - collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film and more !
i ' m surprised there is no thread based on this . anywho scream factory is releasing a remastered bd release of the 1977 schlock cult sci - fi horror film
the incredible melting man
on july 28th with extras being commentary , interviews with rick baker and greg cannom , photo gallery and trailers . i hope this looks and sounds better than ever on hd , this movie is a guilty pleasure of mine since i was a kid when i rented it on video and i also enjoyed mst3k ' s version of it as well . i also hope later this winter shout releases the mst3k version in the next boxset .
red dwarf : d . n . a . ( 1991 ) ( tv episode ) lister ' s
man - plus
outfit is basically the same design as robocop .
community : pillows and blankets ( 2012 ) ( tv episode ) as the abed ' s secret weapon , pierce is
part man , part pillow , all carnage .
there are so many mysteries to the incredible melting man . why , even after much of his skin has turned into irradiated suppurating lesions , does he still have eyebrows ? why is he being treated in what looks like a warehouse ? is this really the weirdest episode of storage wars ever ? why does that nurse run through a glass door in slooooooow mooooottttiiiiooooon ? how does that child not know the rules to hide and go seek ? why are there only three people involved in a government hunt for a flesh - eating astronaut ? why does doctor nelson ' s wife invite all three over for a dinner party ?
beyond the makeup and gore effects , the most distinctive element of the incredible melting man is how much of a throwback it is to z - grade 1950s science fiction , to the point where it barely resembles a movie from 1977 . if not for the gore , a bit player doffing her top ( courtesy of american international pictures , no doubt ) , and some weird , almost avant - garde touches on the soundtrack , nobody would be able to tell the difference . the space effects are stock footage of a completely different grain from the rest of the movie , but the wooden performances are what stands out . sachs actually likens healey to character actor turned spoof legend leslie nielsen , but the entire cast reads their lines as if marlon brando and method acting had never happened . it’s so uncanny that it almost feels deliberately retro .
as you’ve more than likely concluded , ‘the incredible melting man’ is centered around a ridiculous premise worthy of the schlockiest 1950’s drive - in fodder . it would be an entirely forgettable piece were it not for one key element – the special effects and make - up of one of the all - time great monster maestros , rick baker . baker’s work is , as ever , exemplary and west’s deterioration looks both realistic and grotesque in the extreme . unfortunately while this means that the ( far too few ) scenes with west hold your attention and provide some gross - out chills , it also highlights just how boring the rest of the film is , with long drawn - out dialogue scenes of doctors and military personnel talking and essentially saying nothing .
not surprisingly , the film has a minor cult following and appeared as an episode of the always amusing film - riffing show ‘mystery science theatre 3000’ – and if you’re going to check the film out , i’d suggest that is the version to go for as you’ll both get to see the truly great make - up effects and be kept entertained during the long lulls in monster activity . it also frequently appears in the imdb ‘bottom 100 of all time’ list – an inauspicious distinction that i don’t think it truly deserves . while i certainly wouldn’t call it a good movie , it has its moments and i’ve definitely seen much worse . while steve west may have found his ultimate end in the bottom of a garbage can , thanks to rick baker in my opinion ‘the incredible melting man’ narrowly avoids warranting the same fate .
after a mishap in space , an astronaut returns to earth where he starts turning into a murderous melting monster . i must admit that while watching this b monster movie my opinion of it did change a few times . at first , after the first 15 minutes or so , i thought that this was going to be one cheesy mess of a movie . however i found myself enjoying this campy flick the further i got into it . i mainly have the great makeup effects of a young rick baker to thank for it too ! baker ' s talents are evident even in this early movie with it ' s bloody good makeup work . the oozing melting man effects are impressive for a low - budget production . there ' s also a great death - by - power line scene . still , this movie isn ' t flawless now . the performances of the cast are pretty weak and the movie has its share of silly scenes - like an overacting nurse running through a window to escape the title character or a scene where an elderly couple decide to steal some lemons and end - up paying big time ! the incredible melting man is a mixed - bag of b horror fun . nothing to be taken seriously , for sure , but b horror fans may just dig it . * * 1 / 2 out of * * * *
26 . in one scene in the avengers , tony stark can be seen wearing a black sabbath t - shirt . this is likely a reference to the song
iron man ,
which isn ' t actually related to the marvel character of the same name .
ted nelson might have been able to save his friend if he could have studied him , but then he randomly gets shot by a security guard . steve kills the guards in retaliation and ends up melting to death .
47 . in the avengers , mark ruffalo , as dr . bruce banner , mentions a botched suicide attempt :
i put a bullet in my mouth… and the other guy spit it out .
this suicide attempt is a deleted scene from 2008 ' s the incredible hulk with edward norton as bruce banner .
there ' s nothing in
melting man
you can ' t get from
the toxic avenger ,
a movie that functions as a better straight monster movie and satire of the same . when a troma film - - even one as magnificent as
toxic avenger
- - makes your movie look cheap , cut - rate , and insipid by comparison , you ' ve lost your right to work in the medium of film .
38 . nick fury ' s grave has the quote
the path of the righteous man…
on it from ezekiel 25 : 17 . this is a reference to the film pulp fiction . the character played by samuel l . jackson in that film has that same passage memorized , and recites it several times throughout the film .
to celebrate halloween and october , the we live film family will be reviewing various types of horror films throughout the month of october . these will range from classic horror films to lesser known films and even some b movies to add some range to the type of films being reviewed . day 13 : the incredible melting man critic : joe cauwel ( cauwel3 ) plot : an astronaut is transformed into a murderous gelatinous mass after returning from an ill - fated space voyage . cast : alex rebar , burr debenning , myron healey , ann sweeny , and janus blythe director : william sachs subscribe to joe at urltoken subscribe to we live film : urltoken join us on facebook : urltoken follow us on twitter : urltoken


war hunt is a 1962 war film starring john saxon , robert redford and charles aidman .

the film was directed by denis sanders , produced by his brother , terry sanders for t-d enterprises , and released by united artists .

the movie features the film debuts of sydney pollack and tom skerritt and the first major role for redford .

redford and pollack met on the set of this film as actors .

the two would later form a prolific working relationship , with pollack eventually directing redford in seven films .

the national board of review named the film as one of the ten best films of 1962 .

it won the silver sail best feature film award at the 1962 locarno international film festival and was nominated for a un bafta award in 1964 .

war hunt

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pows and intel at fort hunt in world war ii ( u . s . national park service )
a war hero tries to help a kill - crazy private during the korean war .
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some movies are better known for events surrounding the film than for the actual contents .
war hunt
is a prime example .
one of my favorite parts was the brief introduction of the wild hunt . previously , all i really knew about the wild hunt came from previews of the witcher 3 .
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i’m sure i could go on all day about folklore and different references to the wild hunt , so let’s get back to the witcher saga’s wild hunt . early on in the time of contempt it’s mentioned that the wild hunt has been seen , and then we get to see them for ourselves as ciri flees through a storm filled with specters from her past–and the specters of the wild hunt .
there are very few films of the korean war and this one certainly gives pause for thought concerning war and life in general .
the king of the wild hunt spurs on his skeleton steed and erupts in wild , horrifying laughter .
in 1932 , the war department sold fort hunt to the public buildings and public parks of the national capital , whose functions were taken over by the nps in 1933 .
begins , ash sets off to war . her story , while fiction , is no fantasy : one of the books laird hunt acknowledges is deanne blanton’s and lauren m cook’s
according to pro - hunt campaigners , the fuel protests would be timed to take advantage of british troops preparing for war as well as capitalising on any future strikes by firemen .
now , in folklore , the “ wild hunt ” is basically a group of spectral huntsmen galloping through the sky . it’s considered a sign of bad luck . the song “ghost riders in the sky” is a reference to the wild hunt . the great hunt and the heroes of the horn in the wheel of time series may also be a reference , especially since the hunters in the wild hunt are often said to be gods or heroes , such as woden or king arthur . of course , sometimes the wild hunt is depicted as evil , too .
future famous director sydney pollack ( as
van horn
) and the squad ( robert redford as
loomis ,
gavin macleod as
crotty ,
john saxon as
endore ,
) roll toward the front in the korean war drama war hunt , 1962 .
a concerted campaign of major disruption is being planned by pro - hunt militants following last week ' s protests outside parliament .
a harbinger of future disruption arrived in the summer when hunt supporters caused traffic chaos by driving on the m25 at 10mph .
future famous director sydney pollack ( as
van horn
) and the squad ( robert redford as
loomis ,
gavin macleod as
crotty ,
john saxon as
endore ,
) roll toward the front in the korean war drama war hunt , 1962 . >
civil war re - enactors at gettysburg . photo : john moore / getty images
the king of the wild hunt laughs , the rotten teeth snapping above his rusted gorget . the skull’s eye sockets glitter lividly .
hunt for the wilderpeople tackles some fairly serious issues , but it handles those issues with just the right sense of the sweet .
caption ( below ) : west chester’s uriah hunt painter followed the course of the civil war from the front lines , reporting to the american public through the philadelphia inquirer . photo courtesy of the chester county historical society .
plans to bring britain to a standstill follow ugly scenes when pro - hunt supporters attempted to storm parliament as mps debated the hunting bill .
replacement loomis ( robert redford ) meets sergeant van horn ( sydney pollack ) , then chats with crotty ( gavin macleod ) , showalter ( tom skerritt ) and fresno ( tony ray ) , early in war hunt , 1962 . >
a novel of the american civil war that combines realism with the powerful folklore surrounding defiant women .
revolutionary war new jersey the ultimate field guide to new jersey ' s revolutionary war historic sites ! trenton new jersey revolutionary war sites • trenton new jersey historic sites trenton battle monument • st . mary ' s church • colonel rall headquarters • john fitch ' s gun shop • st . michael ' s church • abraham hunt house site old barracks • first presbyterian church cemetery • quaker meeting house • alexander douglass house • william trent house
other plans touted by pro - hunt activists include blocking motorway junctions for half an hour at every fifth junction of every motorway on every monday morning .
hessian commander johann rall , who died of wounds suffered at the battle of trenton , is buried in this cemetery . so is abraham hunt , the man whose house rall had been entertained in on the night before the battle of trenton . ( see abraham hunt house site entry above on this page . )
the old barracks served multiple functions at different times during the revolutionary war : as a barracks , as an army hospital , and to hold prisoners of war . it is now a museum . see the
the captain ( charles aidman ) tries to calm sullen endore ( john saxon ) about his citation for bravery , then they interrupt loomis ( robert redford , in his first feature ) and charlie ( tommy matsuda ) playing catch , in war hunt , 1962 . >
michael gove has hit out at tv shows and historians who depict the first world war as a
misbegotten shambles
. but does satirising or criticising the great war really denigrate ordinary british soldiers , asks stuart jeffries
the back of photos sent to ginny koesters in the 1950s from indiana soldier who served in the korean war .
with the help of her daughter , perlee was able to provide some information on smith’s life following the war .
as donald a . ritchie , ph . d . , historian of the u . s . senate states , “when the civil war began , the publisher of the philadelphia inquirer hired the young uriah hunt painter to ‘go wherever you think it will advance the enterprise of the inquirer . ’”
messages intercepted on the internet by anti - hunt campaigners after the violence indicate hardline pro - hunt factions are preparing for a radical campaign of confrontation and disruption . members of one radical splinter group , the countryside action network , were known to be in the parliamentary protests during which smoke bombs were hurled and an mp was shot at with a flare .
what a passage ! as soon as i reached that , i couldn’t wait to learn more about the wild hunt–and just what’s up with ciri , our mysterious child of prophecy .
• the industrial economics subsection , focused on german industrial production and its ability to sustain the war effort’s production needs .
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robert redford ' s feature debut from 50 years ago is not without merit , yet even it ' s good points can ' t save war hunt ' s weak script . fun to see a young redford , along with early performances by tom skerritt , gavin macleod , john saxon and sydney pollack .
during world war ii , two americans are forced to bail out and parachute into a small german town . herr frick , being equal parts patriotic and lonely , keeps them as prisoners of war in his . . . see full summary »
by 1923 , only a caretaker remained at fort hunt . from 1931 through 1933 , the first african - american rotc unit in the nation trained and then later drilled at the site .
nearly 150 years ago , chester countian uriah hunt painter was exactly where he wanted to be –in the middle of one of the biggest battles in american history , the battle of gettysburg .
this is a good war movie starring robert redford and john saxon during the korean war . this movie is in black & white ; and is widescreen ( 1 . 66 : 1 ) . this movie also stars ; sydney pollack , gavin macleod , charles aidman , tom skerritt , tommy matsuda , plus others . overall this is a good war movie to have .
that little tease is the wild hunt’s only real presence in the time of contempt , but that’s a good thing . if i’d read the book when it first came out , instead of after learning about the third game , i wouldn’t have realized the wild hunt’s significance . it serves as a tiny hint of stranger things on the horizon , and i think it works very well .
both perels and zuroff agree that , as a result of the failures of the justice system in the past , there ' s not much time left , and that it ' s a matter of respect for the victims that the hunt for the last remaining war criminals should be intensified before it ' s too late .
a schizophrenic soldier in korea is avoided by his buddies even after he adopts an 8 year old war orphan . in hd .
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andrea geyer , sharon hayes , ashley hunt , katya sander , david thorne . 9 scripts from a nation at war . 2007 . ten - channel video installation ( color , sound ) . the museum of modern art , new york . committee on media and performance art funds . © 2012 the artists . photograph by jonathan muzikar
after the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 , the war department determined that two domestic military intelligence centers would be needed and selected fort hunt as the center on the east coast . on may 15 , 1942 , the department of interior issued a special use permit to the war department for the duration of the war plus one year for the establishment of the center . the site became known only as “p . o . box 1142 , ” the center’s mailing address in alexandria , virginia . at its height , p . o . box 1142 had 87 temporary and permanent structures .
meanwhile , in berlin ' s theater des westens , the theatre where the kaiser sat , war horse is being performed each night .
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laird , matthew r , “by the river potomac , an historic resource study of fort hunt park , george washington memorial parkway , mount vernon , virginia , ” prepared for national park service , august 2000 .
the story of uriah hunt painter and the countless other stories of chester county during the civil war will be part of “on the edge of battle : chester county and the civil war . ” this exhibition opens to the public on friday , oct . 19 , with a special opening reception featuring a keynote address by historian of the u . s . senate donald a . ritchie , ph . d . on thursday , oct . 18 . for more information , visit urltoken .
in 1860 , on the eve of the civil war , painter found himself writing for the inquirer as a correspondent in washington d . c . by the battle of bull run in 1861 , the 24 - year - old directed the entire war bureau of the newspaper .
he would not confirm whether security services had approached the league for information on potentially militant hunt groups . but he claimed last week ' s protests were proof that peaceful protests have been ditched in favour of violence .
o . k . low - budget korean war movie ; although the best one in my opinion is the bridges at toko - ri .
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during world war ii , fort hunt was the location of a top - secret military intelligence installation ( p . o . box 1142 ) , where high value german captives were interrogated , and means were developed for the escape of captured u . s . servicemen . after the war , some german scientists who chose to come to the u . s . rather than go to the soviet union were debriefed at fort hunt . thereafter , almost all the buildings were leveled and the servicemen who worked there sworn to secrecy . as a result , no one knew the importance of what had occurred there until the 1990s , when the information was declassified . even now , information is only slowly coming to light .
in 1909 , when young paiute indian willie boy returns to his california reservation to be with lola , whose father disapproves of him , a killing in self defense takes place , triggering a massive man hunt for willie .
o , child of the elder blood ! you belong to us ! you are ours ! join our procession , join our hunt ! we will race , race unto the very end , unto eternity , unto the very end of existence ! you are ours , starry - eyed daughter of chaos ! join us ; learn the joy of the hunt ! you are ours . you are one of us ! your place is among us !
the servicemen stationed at p . o . box 1142 were sworn to secrecy never to divulge their role in world war ii . after fort hunt was declared surplus in november 1946 , the army corps of engineers removed dozens of temporary wartime buildings . the property was returned to the nps in january 1948 , with only a handful of buildings remaining . the nps converted fort hunt into a park unit within the george washington memorial parkway . based upon intensive public use of the park , the nps decided in the 1960s to build a main picnic pavilion with 8 , 000 square feet of usable space ( picnic pavilion a ) on the site of the demolished post hospital , where the e & e program had been based . in 1980 , fort hunt park was added to the national register of historic places .
on august 20 , 1945 , the war department ordered all records of the e & e program at p . o . box 1142 destroyed .
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the camera work is often striking , especially night scenes shot on a soundstage . . . artfully dressed as landscape . don ' t expect hawkeye or trapper ( of m * a * s * h * ) to pop up with some witty repartee . war hunt is a good little yarn about how people change , often for the worse , under battle conditions .
i saw this film in the theatre and wanted to relive the experience . i thought the acting was good . the korean war is fading away . this movie shows us the psychological impact of war whether total or limited . we continue to expose our young people to unwinnable and unsuccessful wars .
the two discussed bobby max’s life after the war . he was well - known and well - liked in the scircleville area where he grew up .
a spokesman for the league against cruel sports said : ' it is clear that hunt supporters , formerly engaged in lawful protest , are becoming increasingly frustrated and angry . they are now willing to step up the nature of their campaign . '
while washington ' s army were preparing for their crossing of the delaware , the hessians stationed in trenton had no idea that the following morning would bring a surprise attack , the first battle of trenton . the hessian commander colonel johann rall was entertained that christmas evening at the house of abraham hunt . that house no longer stands , but a plaque on the n . warren street side of the mary g . roebling building identifies this as the site of the house of abraham hunt .
dispatched to the front lines during the korean war , an idealistic american soldier discovers the horrors of combat and comes at odds with a psychopathic member of his platoon .
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as in every other facet of american life , the civil war proved to be a turning point in the history of journalism . as relayed by j . cutler andrew’s the north reports the civil war , before the war , newspapers were “small scale enterprises . ” before 1861 , there was little urgency to news reporting . journalists regarded the telegraph as a cumbersome and expensive way to relay news . the wires were hard to access and unreliable . working as a journalist was dull , poor - paying work .
a weird korean war story that is interesting mostly because it features robert redford ( in his film debut ) acting with his future favorite director sydney pollack . pollack plays the stereotypical , cigar - chewing , 20 - year veteran army sergeant . redford is the innocent private struggling with the harsh absurdity of war - - and with a bat - shit crazy john saxon who creeps out of camp every night to slaughter the enemy . while some might consider this bleak tale ahead of its time , i feel it is too far out there to be meaningfully gripping . american film would later master depicting the post - wwii anti - war sentiment after the insane experience of the vietnam war .
ccc camps were set up around the country , including the one established at fort hunt on october 17 , 1933 , which was designated np - 6 . the ccc was a jobs program authorized under the federal unemployment relief act of 1933 to address joblessness in the great depression . after germany invaded poland in 1939 , np - 6 enrollees increasingly performed national defense work . along with other ccc camps , np - 6 was terminated in march 1942 , as fort hunt was made ready for a new and even more significant chapter .
another clue reporters missed : weeks before the war began , the transcript of hussein kamel’s 1995 private briefing to u . n . inspectors was leaked and posted to the internet (
' maybe the country losing millions a day might make these so - called leaders of ours listen to the people , ' one message from a pro - hunt campaigner read . another added : ' action in all the main cities at the same time is the next step . '
the civil war isn’t just something in america’s past . this past winter , marchers have filled the streets of the country’s cities , calling for justice on behalf of those unarmed , young black men shot by police . in the us , white people have 13 times the net worth of black people , a gap that has vastly increased since the late 1980s . ash’s gender , though it’s the hook of this novel , isn’t really the point of the tale . hunt demonstrates that this was – and is – everyone’s war . yet when the war is done , ash reads what historians have written and finds that she has been erased . “in these stories women are saints and angels and men are courageous noble folk and everything they do gets done nice and quick and nothing smells like blood . ” but it does smell like blood – still .
9 scripts from a nation at war ( 2007 ) , a 10 - channel video installation recently acquired by moma , marks the first work for which artists andrea geyer , sharon hayes , ashley hunt , katya sander , and david thorne have collaborated . the work responds to knowledge production and communication in the context of the iraq war since the initial invasion by u . s . military forces in march 2003 . the 10 videos comprising the large - scale , spatial installation cast inquiry into the position of the individual amidst roles constructed by war . each video stages the speaking of a script from the following perspectives : citizen , blogger , correspondent , veteran , student , actor , interviewer , lawyer , detainee , and source . the scripts are enacted by both actors and non - actors , some speaking their own words , some reciting the words of others . displayed as projections and seated viewing stations in a circuitous , non - narrative structure , the performative videos create a charged environment questioning the implications of war on individual and collective subjectivity .
a similar case was kenneth pollack , the influential and heavily cited war advocate at the brookings institution . before the war , pollack had absolutely no doubt saddam hussein was hiding weapons . “does he have the ability to attack us here in the united states ? ” oprah winfrey asked him on her talkshow ( 10 / 9 / 02 ) . “he certainly does , ” pollack explained .
this was once the site of a tavern that was the site of important events in the1780 ' s . plaques on the building commemorate several revolutionary war era events that occurred at this site :
the simon wiesenthal center has started a poster campaign with the slogan
late , but not too late .
it wants the public ' s help in finding the last remaining nazi war criminals .
war hunt is an absorbing comparison of the effects of war on two individuals . one responded to the emotional impact of killing by embracing it . he becomes an isolated , cold and silent killing machine who creeps up at night and kills with a knife , then dances around the bodies . his only emotinal connection is with a young house boy . his influene on that child is chilling . the second is embodied in the introdcution of robert redford to the screen . the war seen through his eyes is tragic and wasteful . his bravery in confronting the evil influence of the first soldier represents a nobility in a man that is in sharp contrast to the dehumanizing effects of the war . some would argue that the film effects , representing the state of the art in 1961 give a dated feel that is distracting . however this lends a grittiness and documentary feel that enhances the message . the popcorn will be forgotton . save if for a second feature of a much lighter or comic vein , as this heavy film is better digested in pieces over time than brooded over as the only thought late in the evening .
i liked a lot this little known 1962 black and white war movie . it is an independent production made on a little budget with actors who were then completely unknown , but it packs . . .
so went the weapons hunt . on numerous occasions , the discovery of a stash of illegal iraqi arms was loudly announced–often accompanied by an orgy of triumphalist off - the - cuff punditry–only to be deflated inconspicuously , and in a lower tone of voice , until the next false alarm was sounded . in one episode , embedded
kleinman , steven m , “the history of mis - y : u . s . strategic interrogation during world war ii , ” unclassified thesis submitted to the faculty of the joint military intelligence college , august 2002
in the very paper that so grotesquely called into question ralph miliband ' s wartime service in the royal navy , the education secretary has sought to blame
leftwing academics
for misrepresenting the first world war .
after years of apprenticeship on the stage and in television , robert redford finally made his feature - film debut in this odd , low - budget war film . he plays the new man , a replacement sent to a front - line platoon under aidman ' s command in korea . under the tutelage of the other men , many of them ww ii veterans , redford quickly loses his illusions about war . . . read more
so , first of all , some history . much of hastings ' s case is an update of the scholar fritz fischer ' s 1961 work , germany ' s aims in the first world war , which fully laid the blame for the war on the german lust for european and colonial power . few on the left would wish to defend kaiser wilhelm ii against such charges of militarism .
first cow the socialists , behead them and make them harmless , with a bloodbath if necessary , and then make war abroad . but not before and not both together ,
was his advice to his chancellor , bernhard von bülow , in 1905 .
he served as a colonel in the new jersey militia during the revolutionary war , and later signed the united states constitution for the state of new jersey . there were four signers for new jersey . the other three were
' cow the socialists , with a bloodbath if necessary , and then make war ' : few on the left would defend kaiser wilhelm ii , pictured in 1906 with winston churchill , from charges of militarism . photograph : corbis
between the government ' s partisanship and morpurgo ' s play , i know which is more likely to generate the kind of reflective understanding of the meaning and memory of the first world war that its history so desperately deserves .
but journalists looking for clues should not have had to wait for the end of the war to find evidence of this . “in my view , there are no large quantities of weapons , ” former unscom chief rolf ekeus told
‘ judith miller . a veteran of the iraqi wmd beat , miller has accumulated a bulging clippings file over the years full of splashy , yet often maddeningly unverifiable , exposés alleging various iraqi arms shenanigans : “secret arsenal : the hunt for germs of war” ( 2 / 26 / 98 ) ; “defector describes iraq’s atom bomb push” ( 8 / 15 / 98 ) ; “iraqi tells of renovations at sites for chemical and nuclear arms” ( 12 / 20 / 01 ) ; “defectors bolster u . s . case against iraq , officials say” ( 1 / 24 / 03 ) .
our mad quest to catch up on the entire witcher saga before the witcher 3 : wild hunt comes out in may has brought us to the time of contempt , the second full novel in the witcher saga . the previous book , blood of elves , set the stage for ciri’s story , which properly began in the short story collection sword of destiny .
at points , painter even influenced the course of the war effort . in september 1862 , following the battle of chantilly in northern virginia , painter acquired new information about the course of lee’s army . confidently , painter reported to the inquirer and the war department that the rebel army was heading north into maryland , not towards washington as other papers reported . in the end , painter’s controversial report accurately foretold lee’s crossing into maryland for what would ultimately become the bloody battle of antietam .
i ' m surprised this movie managed to get made , given the psychological - tolls - of - war plot which can easily be interpreted as anti - war . . . though i guess endore can be seen as just a ' bad egg ' but i think the close up shots and the monologues make him sympathetic . beautifully shot ( or is that just young robert redford ? * rimshot * ) , great close ups . interesting little film that holds up pretty damn well .
as pollack is a former cia analyst who specialized in persian gulf military issues , many reporters no doubt took these as first - hand assessments . yet in a post - war interview , when asked to defend his claims about iraq’s arsenal , pollack demurred (
that is surely the point . this year ' s anniversary events need to reflect and embrace the multiple histories that the war evinces – from the royal british legion to the national union of railwaymen to the indian , ethiopian and australian servicemen fighting for the empire .
south river walk park is an esplanade along the delaware river . it features a series of historical plaques set into pavement that tell the history of trenton from the 1600 ' s to the present , including a number of plaques related to revolutionary war era events .
by evening , the american troops had held their position , but they faced difficult choices as to their next move . the following day , the british would have a full day of daylight to attack , and the british troops now greatly unnumbered the americans . washington called a council of war at the house of alexander douglass , which had been used as the headquarters of general arthur st . clair during the battle . at this council of war , the bold plan to attack princeton was decided upon . ( see next entry )
, in which the authors supply evidence of at least 250 women who took part in the fighting . but one of the strengths of this compelling novel – the first of hunt’s to be published in the uk , though he is well established in his native us – is its blend of realism with a powerful sense of the folklore around women who defy the expectations of the societies in which they find themselves .
' people are starting to realise we have a war on . it ' s really a case of doing enough to put the wind up the government without alienating the general public too much . we need to raise the stakes in terms of irritating and inconveniencing the government . '
the third program at p . o . box 1142 was the military intelligence research service . this program’s translators scoured captured documents , german newspapers , periodicals and scientific journals for information crucial to the war effort . information so gleaned also aided the interrogators in their questioning of prisoners .
he was drafted into the war after high school and served as an army corps engineer . while away in korea he received an injury to his shoulder , cutting short his military career . he then returned to scircleville to farm corn and soybeans , of which he was very well known .
lt . john fitch ( 1743 - 1798 ) , who served as new jersey ' s official state armorer during the revolutionary war , operated his gunshop at this site . [ 12 ] when hessian soldiers occupied trenton in december 1776 , fitch and other known supporters of the american cause fled the city . he then served in the militia in buck ' s county , pennsylvania . in 1782 , fitch was held for at time as a prisoner of war by the british in canada . john fitch died by suicide sometime between june 25 and july 18 , 1798 . [ 13 ]
four days before the war started ( 3 / 16 / 03 ) that one reason u . n . inspectors didn’t find any weapons stockpiles “is because there may not be much of a stockpile . ” or rolf ekeus , the former head of unscom , who told a harvard gathering three years ago (
zuroff hopes that the munich ruling now opens the possibility of bringing a few more ns henchmen to justice , even though it ' s become increasingly difficult to provide the evidence needed . the poster campaign is intended to work with the public ' s support , says zuroff :
we ' re saying that millions of innocent people were murdered by nazi war criminals ; some of those nazi war criminals were never brought to justice and they ' re still alive : help us bring them to court .
and he adds ,
worthwhile information can get a reward of up to 25 , 000 euros .
in the evening after the fighting in the second battle of trenton , general washington held an important council of war at the alexander douglass house . ( at that time the house stood on what is now south broad street in trenton . ) the house had served as the quarters of general arthur st . clair during the battle . after a day of fighting , the british and american troops were on opposite sides of the assunpink creek . washington called a council of war here to consider a plan of action for the following day . the officers in attendance , including generals arthur st . clair , nathanael greene , james sullivan , hugh mercer , and henry knox , discussed the difficult situation they were in . to continue the battle the next morning would likely lead to a british victory ; to retreat to their position down river be difficult . revolutionary war officer james wilkinson later wrote of this council in his memoirs : [ 25 ]
even before the battles of trenton , this quaker meeting house had been touched by the war . at some time in the first half of 1776 , american troops stayed at the meeting house . during the first half of 1776 , the meeting house was occupied by american troops en route from pennsylvania to amboy and woodbridge . this apparently caused concern to quakers who , because of their pacifistic beliefs , were opposed to any involvement in the war . [ 21 ] they had no way of knowing that their meeting house would soon be occupied by both hessian and british troops , and would be in the middle of actual combat .
to the government ' s credit , it is using the £50m commemorations fund to revamp london ' s imperial war museum and to offer school visits to the battlefields of northern france . sadly , the tories have decided to use this year ' s anniversary to sow division with ugly attacks on
leftwing academics
.
review : after years of apprenticeship on the stage and in television , robert redford finally made his feature - film debut in this odd , low - budget war film . he plays the new man , a replacement sent to a front - line platoon under aidman ' s command in korea . under the t… ( more )
the offer of a reward has led to criticism . the german - israeli historian michael wolffsohn calls it a bounty and says the action is tasteless and damaging , since it ' s more likely to lead to sympathy for the elderly war criminals . the former professor of politics joachim perels , whose father was executed by the nazis and who has been working on issues concerning the nazi period for years , says the simon wiesenthal center has done much good in hunting down war criminals and in supporting the authorities with its research , but he says there ' s already a functioning prosecuting authority in ludwigsburg with committed prosecutors who are currently pursuing cases against 50 former concentration camp guards .
even more secret than the strategic interrogation program was fort hunt’s escape and evasion ( e & e ) program ( mis _ x ) . even the fort’s commandant was unaware of this mission to prepare u . s . servicemen to evade capture by the enemy and , if captured , to escape . this was particularly crucial for the army air force . the eighth army air force flew daylight bombing raids over nazi - controlled europe and germany itself , a hazardous undertaking in which numerous planes were shot down and survivors captured .
with the onset of the war , people wanted their news as instantaneously as possible . correspondents followed armies with voracious competitiveness and newspaper sales increased exponentially . between 1859 and 1863 , the circulation of painter’s own inquirer skyrocketed from 7 , 000 to 70 , 000 . as summed up by andrew , people wanted an “uninterrupted flow of news . ”
the british had already discovered the need for such a program , having started such bombing before america entered the war . the p . o . box 1142 program was modeled on the british one and began operations in february 1943 . the nerve center of this program was located in the renovated old post hospital , the site of the current picnic pavilion a .
later in the conflict , painter formed an alliance that gave him a great advantage over other reporters . as a close friend of secretary of war edwin stanton , painter had access not only to restricted information , but also stanton’s own telegraph line and cipher . such an alliance proved incredibly beneficial in an age when censors scrutinized telegraph correspondence to eliminate objectionable material .
recruits head to the front lines towards the close of the korean war . the interaction between two of the soldiers . . . an idealistic newcomer and a psychotic who goes on one - man patrols slitting enemy throats under cover of night . . . and the orphan boy who comes between them is examined . the cease - fire brings the three to a final resolution .
that was above all because of the continuity in the justice system .
in the 50s and 60s , three quarters of the judges and prosecutors had been active in the third reich in people ' s courts , special courts or in normal courts ,
says perels . that meant that , even decades after the war , there were
serious miscarriages of justice .
the plot threads the previous book introduced are expanded upon , and it still sets the stage for future events , but its central plot feels more focused . while the time of contempt works toward the overarching saga with hints of prophecy and the wild hunt ( we’ll get back to that in a minute ) , it concentrates on the political machinations and conflicts that are immediate threats , such as the growing power of the sinister empire nilfgaard . it also feels much more balanced between its protagonists . while ciri remains at the core , geralt has a strong role in the story as well .
none of which is to belittle the significance of the first world war – its heroism , military engagements or social and cultural consequences . indeed , the events of 1914 - 18 proved one of the prime motors of social change in modern british history . the growing impact of the state on production , employment and welfare soon came to affect most aspects of the lives of uk citizens .
the ghastly cavalcade turns and hurtles straight at her . the hooves of the spectral horses stir up the glow of the will ‘o the wisps suspended above the swamps . at the head of the cavalcade gallops the king of the wild hunt . a rusty helmet sways above his skull - like face , its gaping eye sockets burning with a livid flame . a ragged cloak flutters . a necklace , empty as an old peapod , rattles against the rusty cuirass , a necklace which , it is said , once contained precious stones , which fell out during the frenzied chase across teh heavens . and became stars…
during the war , the germans captured 95 , 532 u . s . servicemen . of those 737 escaped . it is not known how many managed to evade capture due to the e & e program . while the number of escapees was not large , the e & e program contributed to the morale of u . s . airmen sent on dangerous missions over enemy territory and of those captured .
whether you agree or disagree , given the deaths of 15 million people during the war , attempting to position 1918 as a simplistic , nationalistic triumph seems equally foolhardy , not least because the very same tensions re - emerged to such deadly effect in 1939 . in the words of professor richard j evans :
propagating inaccurate myths [ … ] is no way to create a solid national identity .
the victory at the first battle of trenton turned around the face of the war . after months of defeat and retreat for the american army , this victory changed the morale of both the army and the country . it was followed up over the next ten days by additional victories at the second battle of trenton ( see entry below on this page ) and the battle of princeton . [ 7 ]
recruits head to the front lines towards the close of the korean war . the interaction between two of the soldiers . . . an idealistic newcomer and a psychotic who goes on one - man patrols slitting enemy throats under cover of night . . . and the orphan boy who comes between them is examined . the cease - fire brings the three to a final resolution . written by martin h . booda
the intelligence gleaned through this program was invaluable to the allied war effort . for example , german rockets , including the v - 1 and v - 2 rockets used to attack england , were made at peenemunde . the interrogation team learned that fact , and soon thereafter peenemunde became a target of intensive allied bombing . other important information was gained about enemy military operations , weapons technology and other key subjects .
miller’s most noted contribution to the postwar media weapons hunt was a widely criticized article ( 4 / 21 / 03 ) about an iraqi scientist in u . s . custody who led soldiers to a batch of buried chemicals that he claimed had been part of an illegal weapons program . ( he also testified that materials had been smuggled into syria and that the iraqi government was liaising with al qaeda . ) despite having been written under a bizarre set of military - imposed ground rules–barring miller from talking to the scientist , visiting his home or naming the chemicals in question , and establishing a three - day embargo on the article’s publication–the
what is more , the historian christopher clark has suggested that serbia deserves significantly more blame for the spark of june 1914 , while us scholar sean mcmeekin has even argued that russian attempts to break up the ottoman empire played an incendiary role in the fallout from sarajevo . in clark ' s judgment , other nations were just as imperialistic as the germans and any attempt at a first world war blame game is futile .
following the war , painter continued as a correspondent for several other prominent newspapers . he spent many years reporting from washington , and frequented the capitol reporting on congressional matters . in fact , dr . ritchie dedicates an entire chapter in his work press gallery : congress and the washington correspondents to painter’s work in d . c . dr . ritchie conducted research at the chester county historical society for portions of the chapter .
there was always a fear that the timing of the great war anniversary , alongside the may 2014 european parliament election and the rise of ukip could undermine a dignified response to the events of 1914 - 18 . yet few imagined the conservatives would be this crass . the reality is clear : the government is using what should be a moment for national reflection and respectful debate to rewrite the historical record and sow political division .
may , 1953 . us army private roy loomis is just starting his first combat assignment on the front line in korea . although scared , he is not cowardly but rather overwhelmed by everything that he experiences . the last man loomis meets among the rank and file within his squad is private raymond endore . on his own initiative , endore heads off every night on unofficially sanctioned reconnaissance missions , which squad leader , captain wallace pratt , finds invaluable . along the way , endore is not averse to killing enemy soldiers by stabbing , which he does with seeming ease . endore seems to be fighting his own war beyond what he is required to do as an army private . also traveling with the squad is a young korean boy named charlie , orphaned by the war . loomis , who tries to befriend charlie , learns that he is unofficially endore ' s ward , and loomis is better off not crossing endore in any manner , especially with regard to charlie . charlie does end up becoming a tipping point between the two men , as loomis believes endore is teaching charlie to be a killing machine in his own mold , and has made promises to him about their future together which endore cannot possibly keep . loomis ' beliefs about endore and charlie become all the more important with the official end of the war .
by the time the war against iraq began , much of the media had been conditioned to believe , almost as an article of faith , that saddam hussein’s iraq was bulging with chemical and biological weapons , despite years of united nations inspections . reporters dispensed with the formality of applying modifiers like “alleged” or “suspected” to iraq’s supposed unconventional weapon stocks . instead , they asked “what precise threat iraq and its weapons of mass destruction pose to america” (
the two met briefly on the campus of asbury hospital one summer weeks before smith was sent to serve in the korean war . though their introduction was brief , smith left a lasting impression on koesters , so she agreed to write to him while he was away . he would send pictures and letters to her for roughly four months , until the correspondence suddenly stopped — leading koesters to assume the worst , but hope for the best .
a very low - key korean war film that centres on the story of a company of soldiers . the long stretches of silence , or at least lack of dialogue , add to the muted atmosphere . redford ' s film debut is effective and understated , certainly pointing toward his lengthy and successful acting career . saxon plays a nut - job who sneaks out on solo night missions , but his skills keep him in good stead with the brass .
and everywhere is the queer horror of the cost of that war . “here and there you met a body part had broken off acquaintance with its owner . a glove had gone with a hand and a boot with a foot . . . there were dead men sprinkled all around . you would have thought to look at them that they had just got winded and decided to punk down . have a smoke . think it through a spell . ”
having suffered a series of public humiliations from the conspicuous absence of unconventional weapons , the administration made it known that it was pinning its hopes on two trailers found in northern iraq , which they termed mobile biological weapons labs . on may 12 , nbc news correspondent jim avila , reporting from baghdad , declared that the labs “may be the most significant wmd findings of the war . ” joining him was hawkish former u . n . nuclear inspector david kay ( now an “
meanwhile , union supporters celebrated a false bull run victory that washington press had erroneously reported . when painter’s article announced the devastating news of northern defeat , a mob formed outside of the inquirer offices until news was confirmed . as dr . ritchie explains , “when union troops lost that battle , the war department censored telegraph reports from washington . ” by taking the train directly to philadelphia , painter bypassed the censorship of the telegraph lines to report the news directly , in person .