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THE BOOTLEG FILES: "BUGS BUNNY NIPS THE NIPS"

By | March 2008

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of classic and kooky flicks that can only be found on bootlegged videos and DVD. This week, Phil revisits a cartoon that’s overstuffed with wartime racism…

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Bootleg Files Features

THE BOOTLEG FILES: "BUGS BUNNY NIPS THE NIPS"

BOOTLEG FILES 224: “Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips” (1944 animated short). LAST SEEN: Available for viewing on numerous web sites. AMERICAN HOME VIDEO:...

SOMETHING TO MUMBLE ABOUT (PART 2)

Last year seemed to be the big year for Mumblecore and it seemed like that last year might be the big send off. But this year, a bunch of the same group...

SOMETHING TO MUMBLE ABOUT (PART 3)

“Nights and Weekends” is your fourth feature in four years to premiere at SXSW. How do you feel coming into this one?Joe Swanberg: I feel really good...

Bootleg Files Features

THE BOOTLEG FILES: "MANHATTA"

BOOTLEG FILES 223: “Manhatta” (1921 short by Charles Sheeler and Paul Strand). LAST SEEN: Available for viewing on numerous web sites. AMERICAN HOME...

2002 SXSW BURGER HUT TRAILERS: A LOOK BACK

There's been more than a few hints that the 2008 SXSW Film Festival will feature the return of the wildly popular Burger Hut trailers, previously seen...

START THE BARBECUE: FILM THREAT AT THE 2008 SXSW FILM FESTIVAL

Catering to the cinema-crazed, BBQ-starved malcontents that we are, the 2008 SXSW Film Festival gets underway this coming Friday in Austin, TX and Film...

"FRIDAY THE 13TH": A SERIES RETROSPECTIVE (PART 2)

One Hell of a Weekend: "Parts 2" to "4"These three movies (along with the first film) are the beating heart of the series and the reason that it's kept on...

"FRIDAY THE 13TH": A SERIES RETROSPECTIVE (PART 3)

Oh how quickly we wander from the path: "Parts 6" through "8"This is when the "Friday..." movies started to suck balls. Still, as bad as these entries were...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: "THE HEARTS OF AGE"

BOOTLEG FILES 222: “The Hearts of Age” (1934 short starring and co-directed by a 19-year-old Orson Welles). LAST SEEN: Available for viewing on...

"FRIDAY THE 13TH": A SERIES RETROSPECTIVE

I'm a perpetual editor. I think and rethink every word I write until I either achieve what I consider perfection or I become so frustrated with my...

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