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I wanted to go with a classic for this year's October MotM and it just so happens Cat People (1942) is turning 80 this year!  It’s about Irena, a woman exiled from Nazi invaded Serbia, who believes she’ll turn into a wild cat if she’s aroused to passion. The film is directed by Jacques Tourneur with cinematography by Nicholas Musuraca. Just a few years before Cat People Nicholas Musuraca worked on Stranger on the Third Floor (1940), one of the earliest film noirs that also set the style for future noirs. Jacques Tourneur would later direct the classic film noir, Out of the Past. Cat People leans on the film noir style to great effect. Tons of moody lighting and some great use of shadows. While the plot is a bit simplistic, boiling down to a love triangle by the end, it is rich in subtext involving displacement and sexual repression. https://i.imgur.com/FuPommf.mp4 https://i.imgur.com/rWdeqSE.mp4 https://i.imgur.com/PqsSzko.mp4 I think it’s an incredibly cool movie that I hope you all enjoy. If you enjoy this, there's a sequel, Curse of the Cat People and a 1982 remake directed by Paul Schrader. It's available on HBOmax (USA at least) in HD and you can also find it on archive.org.
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I didn't nab a screen grab of it, but there's a great shot where Irena is standing in front of a portrait with cats in the painting and they seem to be looking at her. It's very on the nose but also looks so good
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Night of the Demon is so dope.
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