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Tobe Hooper developed the idea for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre in the 1970s while working in film in Texas. He drew inspiration from the murderer Ed Gein and incorporated elements of isolation, darkness, and Gein's house furnishings made from human skin. The film featured unknown actors at the time and told the story of a group of friends who encounter a cannibalistic family while traveling through rural Texas. It was a low-budget, independent film that became a major commercial success and is considered one of the most influential horror films ever made.
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isn’t unreasonable to say this is a film about
patriarchal law’s last gasp, especially since
the killing of an older man is at the center of
the narrative. Thomas shouts at his models,
at one point grabbing one physically to push
her into position. The image of James Stew-
art holding a camera with an outsized lens
(in Rear Window) became a much-used sym-
bol for film studies of the impotent,
voyeuristic male. Thomas takes this much
further, using the camera as a phallus as he
unconsciously mimes intercourse, complete
with shouts of “Yes!, Yes!” as he photographs
the leggy, then-trendy model Veruschka; as
usual, the male achieves “orgasm” (Thomas
collapses on a sofa) while the female is merely
a receptacle left on her own.
The moment, reproduced on virtually
every poster for the film, might be a bit ripe,
but the point is made. It is later repeated,
with emphasis on Thomas’s sadism, in the
famous nude romp with two giddy, aspiring
teenage models (Jane Birkin and Gillian
Hills), who end up as servants, dressing
David as he stares at his mysterious pho-
tographs. As in Red Desert, the sex act is
achieved, but it is poisoned, bringing no ful-
fillment to male or female.
The film opens with a car full of mimes,
the famous Rag Week troupe, barreling
around the drab urban citadel of The Econo-
mist magazine. At the film’s end, Thomas
spots them at a tennis court in Maryon Park,
about which he continues to obsess. Two of
the troupe’s members “play” tennis without
rackets or balls. When they hit a “ball” over
the fence, they beckon to Thomas, who joins
in the mimed game, picking up the invisible
ball, tossing it back. He enters the realm of
metaphysics as he watches the game with a
small smile—he even seems to hear the ball
being struck. This object is invisible, yet it
becomes the reason for unity—until
Thomas’s smile turns to a frown. The
mimes’ society is too marginal and bizarre
to offer consolation. Thomas actually fades
into the landscape as the camera pulls back,
consciousness shutting down.
When I first looked at the Criterion Blu-
ray of this film, I was startled, thinking I had
time-warped back to my initial viewing in
1966. Every print of the film since then has
been inferior, my measure being the deathly
greenness of Maryon Park. I find no fault
with this magnificent 4K edition, yet another
of Criterion’s sterling achievements. The
supplements are rich and plentiful, includ-
ing Garner’s substantial remarks as well as
those of photo and art historians Walter
Moser and David Alan Mellor. There is an
intelligent 2016 documentary on the making
of and legacy of Blow-Up, conversations
with Antonioni (pretty slim), David Hem-
mings, Jane Birkin, and a lengthy recent
interview with Vanessa Redgrave. The pack-
age also includes an essay by David Forgacs
and Stig Björkman and the famous—but
marginally relevant—short story by Julio
Cortázar.—Christopher Sharrett
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- 1. The Texas Chainsaw massacre Luke McGregor
- 2. How itstarted How Tobe Hooper made the film. The idea for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre first began in the 1970s when Tobe Hooper was working as an assistant film director at the University of Texas at Austin and as a documentary cameraman. The story was already developed including elements of isolation, the woods, and darkness. He took elements for leatherface and the setting (the house) from the murderer Ed Gein and his house as Ed Gein had furniture and clothing made out of human skin this is imitated later on in the film when you see the interior of the house. Released: Oct 1, 1974 Directed By: Tobe Hooper Horror, Mystery and Thriller Rated R Runtime: 1h 23m
- 3. Reviews https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1021112-texas_chainsaw_massacre/reviews?type=&sort=&page=2
- 4. Thecast Marilyn Burns : Sally Allen Danziger : Jerry Paul A. Partain : Franklin William Vail : Kirk Teri McMinn : Pam Edwin Neal : Hitchhiker Jim Siedow : Old Man Gunnar Hansen : Leatherface John Dugan : Grandfather John Larroquette : Narration (voice) The cast were little known at the time of shooting.
- 5. Somefacts aboutthefilm 1. It was inspired by a Christmas shopping crowd. The inspiration for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre range from a modern retelling of Hansel and Gretel to the actual murderer and corpse defiler Ed Gein. Hopper told Texas Monthly that the moment he came up with the chainsaw aspect was in the middle of a mall. ”There were these big Christmas crowds I was frustrated, and I found myself near a display rack of chain saws.” and he thought ”I know a way I could get through this crowd really quickly”. Jackson, M . (2018). 20 terrifying facts about the Texas chainsaw massacre . Available: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/501843/20-terrifying- facts-about-texas-chainsaw-massacre. Last accessed 26th Nov 2020. 2. In his much-praised book, “Chain Saw Confidential“, Gunnar Hansen, who played the character of Leatherface, said that the name of the depraved family In the first film is Slaughter, not Sawyer. If you look above the Coca-Cola sign at the gas station you will see “W. E. Slaughter BBQ.”W.F., Strong & Seymour, A. (2016). 10 1/2 Frightening Facts About The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Available: https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/10-and-a-half-frightening-facts- about-the-texas-chainsaw-massacre/. Last accessed 26th Nov 2020.