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From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie )
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Subject: Re: Night Of The Comet
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Date: Thu, 29-Nov-84 14:03:10 EST
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> Actually, the recursive dream (nightmare) idea was done much
> better in "An American Werewolf in London".  In "Werewolf"
> it helped reinforce the feeling of the onset of lycanthropy.
> You *knew* something strange was happening.  In "The Night
> of the Comet" it was just a chance to show a little flesh
> and give us a little scare.  The moment I saw the scene,
> I immediately said "what a rip-off!, they stole this idea
> from John Landis".  If John Landis stole it from someone else,
> I am unaware of it.  If I want to see rip-offs, I'll go see
> a Brian DePalma film (in a recent movie article, the reviewer
> called him "A hack of all trades").  I guess I just expect
> a little more originality.  Oh well.
> 
> Gordon Strong
> ihnp4!mit-eddie!gs
> GS@MIT-XX

I remember watching a movie with Humphrey Bogart with a double-flashback.
In the movie, the head of a group of Free-French bomber crews was flashing
back to Humphrey Bogart telling a story on a ship at the time of the
German occupation of France where he flashes back to being in Guinea.

-Ron