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Frank Cotolo
September 17, 2015 |
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Through the decades of my storied life in and around show business I have always had an esoteric
taste for film. I enjoyed many of the popular movies that have made industry history and I don't
disparage any movie based on its lack of depth or artistry. It just so happens that some of my
favorite films are abstruse works produced and performed by people that never made the mainstream
league. Here are a few of my favorites.
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Institutionalized, 1983
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Peter Pretorious wrote, directed and catered this gripping drama of a man who shakes free of all
commitments while living and working in a Midwest town. All seems to be going well for the rebel
until his wife chases him for child support, even though their marriage never produced children.
Lawyers side with her and the concept of "institutions" is threatened by a judge and jury that
agree with the wife and conspire to convict her husband and not put him in jail as a sentence.
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Stark Raving Mad, 1972
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Clementine Mercury directed this black-and-white feature that was based on a story that was based
on an idea that was based on a nightmare of L. Wentworth Storm, a vagabond journalist.
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