{"id":46,"date":"2006-03-08T11:01:02","date_gmt":"2006-03-08T18:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=46"},"modified":"2021-03-14T00:31:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T07:31:43","slug":"vortex-1982","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=46","title":{"rendered":"Vortex (1982)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;There was something suspicious in his voice &#8212; I had the feeling I was the last ditch for him.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Vortex-Poster-196x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-58287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Vortex-Poster-196x300.png 196w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Vortex-Poster-84x128.png 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Vortex-Poster-177x270.png 177w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Vortex-Poster.png 647w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nDetective Angel Powers (Lydia Lunch) attempts to uncover the truth behind a murder case involving corporate espionage.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Genres: <\/strong> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Detectives and Private Eyes<\/li>\n<li>Dick Miller Films<\/li>\n<li>Experimental Films<\/li>\n<li>Murder Mystery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, this &#8220;curious cult film&#8221; &#8212; an experimental mix of <em>film noir<\/em> and sci-fi, written and directed by underground favorites Seth B. and Beth B. &#8212; &#8220;tends to be slow and confusing at times&#8221;. Indeed, because the narrative is so difficult to follow, its primary interest lies in the stunning visuals and pulsating soundtrack. <em>Vortex <\/em>won&#8217;t be appealing to most, and was likely included in Peary&#8217;s book simply because of Lunch&#8217;s one-time notoriety.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Haunting, creative visuals<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Vortex-Visual.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Vortex-Visual.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Vortex-Visual-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Vortex-Visual-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Vortex-Visual-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Vortex-Visual2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Vortex-Visual2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Vortex-Visual2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Vortex-Visual2-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Vortex-Visual2-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>An eerie soundtrack <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, unless you&#8217;re curious about experimental indie films before the age of video. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0086560\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1982\/10\/01\/movies\/vortex-from-scott-b-and-beth-b.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lydia-lunch.net\/\">Official Lydia Lunch Website<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;There was something suspicious in his voice &#8212; I had the feeling I was the last ditch for him.&#8221; Synopsis: Detective Angel Powers (Lydia Lunch) attempts to uncover the truth behind a murder case involving corporate espionage. Genres: Detectives and Private Eyes Dick Miller Films Experimental Films Murder Mystery Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary notes, this &#8220;curious cult film&#8221; &#8212; an experimental mix of film noir and sci-fi, written and directed by underground favorites Seth B. and Beth B&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=46\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70520,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions\/70520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}