Haystacks Calhoun, arguably the heaviest wrestler of all time, has a role in the film. He makes
grilled cheese sandwiches and strawberry pancakes by sitting on them while wearing blue jeans set
aflame in a scene where Elmira introduces him to Ronald, a wrestling fan she picks up at a
Connecticut match that is lost by Calhoun when he falls on his back and cannot get up. The plot
takes many twists through the four hours the film lasts.
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Taste My Morbid Wine, 1962
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Trace Tinkerton could have become a huge success in the movies if he only would have paid attention
to what the public wanted to see in a film. Instead, Trace wandered with his mind and presented
this film, one of 34 he made but could not get distributed (no one ever discovered how he financed
his films).
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In this film Trace's antagonist is a man who thinks he is a criminal. Running from whom he thinks
is the FBI, the man disguises himself as the head of a winery called Wrath’s Grapes. He becomes
addicted to the pesticide sprayed on his crops and begins to collect rare coins. For him, any coins
he finds are rare, since he only deals with paper money and most of that he steals from people who
order wine that he never produces. Convinced the FBI is closing in on him, the man decides to go
where no one could ever find him - he gets a job for the U.S. Postal Service. What happens next is
surprising and makes me nauseated.
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In the future I will write about more of the strange films I have grown to love as my love for
strange film has grown over the years.
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Frank Cotolo can be found hosting the talk and interview programme Cotolo Chronicles. You
can send him an e-mail at this address: frank@148.ca.
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