Comments on: A Cave Worthy of Plato (with added monster) http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/a-cave-worthy-of-plato-with-added-monster/ david cairns Fri, 24 May 2013 16:44:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: dcairns http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/a-cave-worthy-of-plato-with-added-monster/#comment-46929 Tue, 15 May 2012 12:34:10 +0000 http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=19138#comment-46929 Given that the cyclops resembles the ymir and the kraken facially, it could well be that the design came first and Thatcher was cast in part because of his resemblance.

Apparently inadvertent things are rarely inadvertent — everybody on a movie has too much time to think about this stuff.

]]> By: Ro-ManXP47 http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/a-cave-worthy-of-plato-with-added-monster/#comment-46928 Tue, 15 May 2012 10:28:38 +0000 http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=19138#comment-46928 The brotherly resemblance between Thatcher and the cyclops has indeed occurred to me, and in fact occurred to me the first time I saw the film as a child in ’58. Your giving expression to is is very astute, however. It’s one of those odd , likely inadvertent things that contribute to overall effect of the movie.

]]> By: dcairns http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/a-cave-worthy-of-plato-with-added-monster/#comment-46147 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:59:05 +0000 http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=19138#comment-46147 A Condemned Man Escapes and Directs Skinflick.

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