Incredibly BIZZARE collection of four
(4) religious brainwash film shorts from the 1970's. They combine everything
that is wrong about the teaching of morals to the community, yet they are
inspiringly humorous as they are depressing as HELL!
Cipher In The Snow, 24 minutes, tells the story of a young boy who
is reduced to a total ZERO by his abusive stepfather, teachers,
classmates, etc. He is so ignored that he just DIES one day getting off the
bus. Teachers, parents and everyone else in turn start blaming themselves
for the poor boy's demise. Included is a real emotional scene where the boy
is beat up by some classmates who don't want him to help them with
their snowman. The boy then waits until they all leave and creates a sad
face for the snowman with COINS and a piece of SPEARMINT GUM. Truly a
priceless moment in cinema!
The Trophy Case, 25 minutes, tells the story of a 70's teenager (looks
a lot like Shaun Cassidy, no bargain there!) and his struggles with his
rich father. Some kind of morals are taught herein, as the father insists
the boy be more like himself....also included is some classic
depression soundtrack (like a bad Paul Williams scored film) and some cool
drug abuse scenes and an attempted 7-11 robbery. Campy, yet chic!
The Drop Card, 15 minutes, tells the story of a young Italian girl
who moves away from home to college. This coming of age tripe gets
extremely goofy when the whole theme focuses on her attempt to get her SPEECH
101 class dropped from her schedule. Her professor (who looks a lot like
a sexual predator) refuses to sign her Drop Card and harasses her to no
end. Has a nice entertaining ending that involves PIZZA DOUGH. Love this
one and it's depressing college life and true BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
mantra....
IN ONE BLINDING MOMENT, 17 minutes, tells the story of a young boy on
his way to SHOW AND TELL at school. Along the way comes a speeding
delinquent teenager (got to love those JD's!) who runs over the boy at
incredibly high speed. Film focuses on the dead boy's parents hatred against
the boy who killed their son. They even verbally assault the kid on the way
into court! They then miraculously have a change of heart overnite and
decide to invite the boy who killed their son into their home and bake him
a homemade cake! A TRUE CLASSIC.....you'll need two boxes of tissues
for this one....either to wipe your tears or to catch your phlegm
from laughing so hard!
