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Publicity photos of POPEYE (1980).

The second film I ever saw (the first being Disney’s JUNGLE BOOK). I was too young to really understand it, so what stayed with me were vague impressions, like fragments of a dream. The grubby, greenish sea water, the menacing eye of the octopus beneath the waves, the shanty town and its wandering, mumbling townsfolk pottering about. Olive Oyle running around and making strange moaning sounds, like a chicken that’s about to lay an egg. And Bluto, who looked like some dirty mineworker from an Italian B-film.

There wasn’t much of a story: the film was basically just a visit to the lively town of Sweethaven. I loved it all (even though I think the film is bad). I was a big Popeye fan anyway. For carnival that year, I dressed up as Popeye: a Popeye with long blonde hair. I still have the photos.

I’m rambling, I know.

I never think of this as a bad film. If you look at some of the really old Popeye cartoons, I think they sort of nailed that weird, chaotic, ten-things-happening-at-once, vibe. Fun film with great performances and quite the mood.

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