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Watch This: It's 'Red Dawn' in a Nudist Colony ... with Rob Schneider?
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Wouldn't every movie be better if it featured naked people? That was my thinking as an overheated youth in the late 70s and early 80s, and, fortunately for me, theaters were flooded in those days with naked people -- almost all lovely young women. Of course, some movies resisted that notion, insisting on keeping characters fully clothed for reasons of "artistic integrity," "narrative logic," or "refusal of actresses to cheapen themselves by appearing in gratuitous nude scenes."
One such movie was John Milius' Red Dawn, the gloriously jingoistic paen to teenagers arming themselves with machine guns and mowing down invading Russians, in which Lea Thompson and Jennifer Grey kept their clothes on as soldiers of misfortune. An official remake is in development, but if you don't want to wait for that, the very talented Jake Szymanski (The Dirty Garage) at Funny or Die has forged ahead with his own version ... set in a nudist colony.
Frankly, this is not quite my dream remake. For one thing, the faux trailer features frontally nude men almost exclusively, without a modern, naked equivalent of Lea Thompson or Jennifer Grey in sight. Still, a fully-clothed Mena Suvari appears, wielding a whip, and Vinnie Jones chews up the scenery as the Russian leader. A very naked Rob Schneider leads the rebellion. Which is more frightening: an invading foreign army, or Rob Schneider naked? Watch it and decide for yourself. WARNING: NSFW due to nudity.
Watch This: The Dirty Garage
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Is anyone else sick of those quirky wandering romantic dramedies that tell of a relationship in trouble and feature an ensemble cast full of five o'clock shadows and skinny bra-less hipster chicks? I guess it all started with the so-called "Mumblecore" movement, and a group of filmmakers who created works of art on the cheap and collaborated with one another in an effort to churn out films like a factory -- only to watch them premiere at SXSW and then either fade into oblivion or enjoy a small day-and-date release through someone like IFC (who, to their credit, take a lot of chances on these tiny low-budget DIY films).
Granted, in the past year I've watched these Mumblecore-ish pieces evolve into films with tighter scripts and a lot more substance -- but there's been so many of them lately that it was only a matter of time before someone came along with a spoof. That said, Funny or Die -- and the talented Jake Szymanski -- have just arrived on the scene with The Dirty Garage, which is essentially a spoof of all those dry, dialogue-heavy indie flicks and the quirky soundtracks that populate most of the running time. And while I absolutely adore all my filmmaker friends who've been part of this movement -- and encourage them to continue following their vision -- you have to admit this is pretty hilarious. Check it out below.
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