[aruanan]

”Little Shop of Horrors”

1960 folks. This film was produced in 1960. I was ten years old.

It had been a stage musical then this movie came out and at some point in time I saw either the original musical or this film but I can’t remember which came first.

Thus many readers may not have ever heard of this musical/movie, particularly those of tender years.

By me it’s still a classic, a hoot, campy, cool, neato and filled with some truly great songs.

The remake of the film was not 1960. The Jack Nicholson version is the 1960 one. The remake (which includes Steve Martin as the sadistic dentist) is the one to watch.

[Fishtalk]

Dear Lord. Thanks so much for the correction.

The one with STEVE Martin IS the one I watched.

I will correct the Blog.

[supercat]

The remake of the film was not 1960. The Jack Nicholson version is the 1960 one. The remake (which includes Steve Martin as the sadistic dentist) is the one to watch.

I think both films are worth watching. To be sure, the original doesn't achieve the level of technical brilliance of the remake (some of the long master shots are pretty amazing. As Audrey sings the end of "Somewhere that's green" a crane shot tracks out of her window, down along the street, and then up to a rooftop where the Chiffons begin their next number; they get all the way through the first verse before the next shot.

BTW, technical trivia: the shot where the plant grows in size was not done using CGI or anything of the sort, nor even double photography/matting. The plant was behind the flower pot on a track; to make the plant get bigger, they slid it toward the camera. This principle was used 80+ years ago (though with double photography) in George Méliès' "The Man with the Rubber Head".