{"id":52898,"date":"2020-11-02T23:27:44","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T06:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=52898"},"modified":"2020-11-23T01:15:15","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T08:15:15","slug":"hot-tomorrows-1977","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=52898","title":{"rendered":"Hot Tomorrows (1977)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;That&#8217;s what&#8217;s so great about old movies: you get to enter the land of the dead.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Poster-224x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-52901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Poster-224x300.png 224w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Poster-96x128.png 96w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Poster-201x270.png 201w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Poster.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA death-obsessed aspiring writer (Ken Lerner) goes out on the town with his buddy (Ray Sharkey) and has a series of odd adventures across Los Angeles.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Death and Dying<\/li>\n<li>Los Angeles<\/li>\n<li>Writers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nWriter-director Martin Brest&#8217;s feature debut is, unfortunately, little more than a slightly-higher-budget b&#038;w student film. There is nothing at all inherently interesting about the protagonist, who fantasizes about his great-aunt&#8217;s death to a morbid degree:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Grandma.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Grandma.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"704\" height=\"528\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Grandma.png 704w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Grandma-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Grandma-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Grandma-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; hangs out watching <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=25423\">Laurel and Hardy films<\/a> with a clueless friend (Sharkey):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Laurel-and-Hardy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Laurel-and-Hardy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"704\" height=\"528\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Laurel-and-Hardy.png 704w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Laurel-and-Hardy-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Laurel-and-Hardy-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Laurel-and-Hardy-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; gets to know tiresome strangers &#8212; including a sullen, drunken dwarf (Herv\u00e9 Villechaize) &#8212; at a night club:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Herve.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Herve.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"704\" height=\"528\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Herve.png 704w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Herve-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Herve-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Herve-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; visits a morgue just for kicks (and free coffee):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Morgue.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Morgue.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"704\" height=\"528\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Morgue.png 704w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Morgue-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Morgue-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Morgue-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and obsesses over the elderly women he sees around him. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Elderly.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Elderly.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"704\" height=\"528\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Elderly.png 704w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Elderly-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Elderly-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Elderly-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This one will strictly be of interest to hardcore devotees of Brest. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The unexpectedly creative closing sequence<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Closing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Closing.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"704\" height=\"528\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Closing.png 704w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Closing-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Closing-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hot-Tomorrows-Closing-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNope; you can definitely skip this one. Listed as a Sleeper and a Personal Recommendation in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0076160\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1977\/10\/04\/archives\/hot-tomorrows-is-grim-film.html\">NY Times Original Review (spoiler alert)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/hot-tomorrows\/review\/101317\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shockcinemamagazine.com\/hot.html\">Shock Cinema Magazine Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s what&#8217;s so great about old movies: you get to enter the land of the dead.&#8221; Synopsis: A death-obsessed aspiring writer (Ken Lerner) goes out on the town with his buddy (Ray Sharkey) and has a series of odd adventures across Los Angeles. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Death and Dying Los Angeles Writers Review: Writer-director Martin Brest&#8217;s feature debut is, unfortunately, little more than a slightly-higher-budget b&#038;w student film. 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