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<blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 431550" data-attributes="member: 57984">TWO ON A GUILLOTINE (1964) with Connie Stevens just came across my TV without asking my permission. And it reminds me instantly of DEAD RINGER (1964) with Bette Davis, in that the opening scene of DEAD RINGER and the first post-opening credits scene in GUILLOTINE occur at a funeral in a cemetery.What&#039;s striking is that both scenes could be from the same movie, a crisp, lushly-stark black-and-white clarity from 1964 only five seconds before black-and-white went away -- pretty much forever. It&#039;s like a funeral among funerals, just after JFK died, and moments before the culture changed irrevocably.Not to read too much into it, naturally. But stuff resonates and there are last vestiges, and whatever.It&#039;s a zeitgeisty thing.They&#039;re both kind of B-movies but polished ones.<img src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-n4igR05kPkE/VwMQF_1H25I/AAAAAAAAKFE/p_vweSwuA64KBLRZuIDW3KVp0_Ycdkexg/s1600/db04d2f22d5c3ade2f80c6f75c422ff6.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 823px" /><img src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.319ebdca7a130e346936db82e39fec0e?rik=IYQAPLhTHGD0pA&amp;riu=http%3a%2f%2fwww.dvdbeaver.com%2ffilm3%2fdvd_reviews51%2ftwo_on_a_guillotine_%2fTwo_on_a_Guillotine_R0_Warner_Archive_DVD_00904.jpg&amp;ehk=y9AaaYycL%2baSSptlvuffs%2bEU0GZhGLbSoqMQOf73sdg%3d&amp;risl=&amp;pid=ImgRaw&amp;r=0" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 823px" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarky Oracle!, post: 431550, member: 57984"] TWO ON A GUILLOTINE (1964) with Connie Stevens just came across my TV without asking my permission. And it reminds me instantly of DEAD RINGER (1964) with Bette Davis, in that the opening scene of DEAD RINGER and the first post-opening credits scene in GUILLOTINE occur at a funeral in a cemetery. What's striking is that both scenes could be from the same movie, a crisp, lushly-stark black-and-white clarity from 1964 only five seconds before black-and-white went away -- pretty much forever. It's like a funeral among funerals, just after JFK died, and moments before the culture changed irrevocably. Not to read too much into it, naturally. But stuff resonates and there are last vestiges, and whatever. It's a zeitgeisty thing. They're both kind of B-movies but polished ones. [IMG width="823px"]https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-n4igR05kPkE/VwMQF_1H25I/AAAAAAAAKFE/p_vweSwuA64KBLRZuIDW3KVp0_Ycdkexg/s1600/db04d2f22d5c3ade2f80c6f75c422ff6.jpg[/IMG] [IMG width="823px"]https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.319ebdca7a130e346936db82e39fec0e?rik=IYQAPLhTHGD0pA&riu=http%3a%2f%2fwww.dvdbeaver.com%2ffilm3%2fdvd_reviews51%2ftwo_on_a_guillotine_%2fTwo_on_a_Guillotine_R0_Warner_Archive_DVD_00904.jpg&ehk=y9AaaYycL%2baSSptlvuffs%2bEU0GZhGLbSoqMQOf73sdg%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=0[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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