Oddball Films present What the F(ilm)?! 10: The Cine-insanity is Back... with a Vengeance! , an evening of some of the most bizarre, hilarious and insane films from our massive 16mm collection. This time around, we've got lady wrestlers, superhero dating services, Brando spoofs, sneaky squeaky squirrels, forest orchestras and much much more! Zip along with Captain Mom (1972) as he woos the domineering super-heroine of his dreams in a wacky short from pixilation duo Len Janson and Chuck Menville. Take a crazy trip to SF's own Chinatown in the local Coppola spoof, Porklips Now (1980). Fall in love with Squeak the Squirrel (1957), a little ground squirrel in search of a nut and willing to perform any number of tricks for those sweet nutty treats. Chuck Braverman sends us through Television Land (1971) in a manic, madcap montage in his own signature kinestatic style. For the ladies, learn how to catch a man by shutting your mouth in a laughably un-feminist excerpt of Why Not Be Beautiful? (1969). Watch as Mildred Burke and Mae Weston duke it out in the center ring in Lipstick and Dynamite (1949). Take a musical break with the cheeky all-girl big band soundie Feed the Kitty (1942) and head to a musical forest with a man in a tuxedo that can conduct the elements in the inexplicable Etude (1971). Back by baffled demand, the animated space opera using super-imposed human mouths for dialogue, it's Space Angel (1963). Plus an excerpt of Ways to Ruin Your Child's Life and more surprise insanity!
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Captain Mom (Color, 1972)
A bizarro superhero spoof from Oscar-nominated pixilation duo Len Janson and Chuck Menville (Stop, Look and Listen, Blaze Glory). Captain Mom (played by Menville himself) is on a romantic mission as he signs up for a superhero dating service and lands the she-hulk of his dreams!
Hilarious by some accounts, incredibly stupid by others, this spot-on low budget spoof of Francis Ford Coppola’s “Apocalypse Now” made just one year later features Billy Gray (of Father Knows Best fame) as Dullard, a young barbeque chef who is sent into Chinatown to end the career of Fred "Madman" Mertz, an insane butcher who's cutting meat prices to pennies per pound. Filmed in San Francisco!
Brilliant, impressionistic, narration-free history of Television utilizing original clips, similar to the Oddball Films favorite “The Car of Your Dreams”. Directed by Charles Braverman, this snappy montage is divided into three sections: entertainment, news and commercials.
Why Not Be Beautiful? (Color, 1969, excerpt)
Furious femmes in an all-out she-brawl! Sensitive portrayal of a premier woman’s sporting event! Which is it? Come see and decide for yourself as Mildred Burke (from Los Angeles) and Mae Weston (of Columbus, Ohio) contend for the women's wrestling championship of the world.
