Outfit I'll be wearing for my YouTube review of "Mystery of the Leaping Fish" (1916).
I'm doing a YouTube review series for old noir films, where I'll be dressed up in vintage fashion for each one. (And yes, a disproportionate number will be Peter Lorre movies.) I've been planning this series for years, but things kept getting in the way and delaying it. But it turned out that was for the absolute best, because six months ago I moved into the most sweet-ass noir apartment ever.! This brick background is one of my own walls. On the inside.
The plan is to film a handful of videos over the next couple months, before the summer heat hits (I don't have A.C.). Then gradually edit and release them over the next year or so. After that, I'll add new reviews casually, whenever I feel inspired and find the time.
"Mystery of the Leaping Fish" is the first review I filmed so far, but it won't be the first one I post. I'm filming out of order, because I have different things planned for different videos. This was sort of a test run, so I used something short and silly. The first review will be "Casablanca" (1942) followed by "Plan 9 From Outer Space" (1959), as "the Greatest Movie Ever Made" and "the Worst Movie Ever Made" are the two by which all other old movies shall be measured.
I'll be posting the videos to this blog when they're up. The first review, "Casablanca," will hopefully be up this summer.
