IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Blorptube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this Friday Movie Night, first up is Johnny Got His Gun (1971), an adaptation of Dalton Trumbo’s 1938 novel of the same name, directed by Trumbo himself, in his only stint in the director’s chair. A World War I soldier whose face and limbs have been blown off awakes in the hospital in extreme pain, and uses his memories of how he got there as a temporary respite from his misery. War bad. Think of this as a predecessor to Jacob’s Ladder (1990), to which it is often compared. Critics rave about this one, so let’s check it out.

After that is Us and Them (2018), a Chinese romance about a young couple who meet in 2007 during the mass holiday migrations. One is an aspiring video game designer, and the other a hopeless romantic who makes up stories about non-existent boyfriends. They fall in love, separate again, find each other again, and all that. Can they rekindle their flame after ten years apart? This sounds like one Netflix-ass premise, but hey, the reviews are good, so we’ll give it a whirl anyway. Director is Rene Liu, in her only feature film to date; this is currently the highest-rated Chinese film on Letterboxd directed by a woman. Okay, fine, we’ll check it out.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Blorptube, right here:

https://blorp.bot.nu/o/visual_cuisine

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Johnny Got His Gun: https://letterboxd.com/film/johnny-got-his-gun/
• Us and Them: https://letterboxd.com/film/us-and-them-2018/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Johnny Got His Gun: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067277/parentalguide/
• Us and Them: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/149275

CWs for Johnny Got His Gun:

• Nudity.
• Objectification of female characters.
• PTSD.
• Gun violence.
• Body horror.
• Hospital scenes.
• Alcohol.
• Smoking.
• Dead bodies.
• Warfare.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Sad ending.

CWs for Us and Them:

• Kissing.
• Sex.
• Cheating.
• Death of parent.
• Alcohol.
• Smoking.
• Profanity.

Links to movies:

• Johnny Got His Gun: https://tankie.tube/w/q4qrc9Vjx1QwpmLc1DsoKr
• Us and Them: https://tankie.tube/w/mwBbV48hL9tqXHu7ytBdgQ