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From: gs@mit-eddie.UUCP (Gordon Strong)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Re: Night Of The Comet
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Date: Wed, 28-Nov-84 14:49:06 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 28 14:49:06 1984
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Re: dreams within dreams.

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
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