Very happy to report here that extended family member Christina Buckner has started her very own blog. My wife Karen and I absolutely adore Christina and have come to think of her (and her siblings) as our own flesh and blood. One of my other blogs, http://anddahorseyourodeinon.blogspot.com is dedicated to both her and her brother, Mike.
Having known Christina almost from the day of her birth, it was a total surprise that in some ways she turned out to be very much like me. I’m not sure how this happened because there were huge gaps in time when I wasn’t around her, so I don’t see how my goofiness could have rubbed off on her. However, Karen and I could not possibly be more proud of her if she was our own daughter.
Christina and I share a love of bad movies and all other things absurd. I’m delighted to say that I was able to introduce her to films from my own collection which are universally acclaimed as “turkeys”. You know, films like THEY SAVED HITLER’S BRAIN, ROBOT MONSTER, SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS and THE TERROR OF TINY TOWN (the all-midget Western). It opened up a whole new world for her and for the past 1.5 years or so I’ve been exposing her to more and more films of this type. She’s been having a ball with them!
One of her many talents is her ability to identify the source of a problem and then pound it flat with her commentary until it seems much less like a problem anymore. This is a trait that a lot of politicians have, but Christina is much too ethical to run for political office, so the rest of us get to enjoy her wit sans the restraints of so-called political correctness.
Her inaugural blog entry is her take of last year’s re-make of the movie, I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE. Christina shoots from the hip on this one, so be prepared to laugh. Access her blog here: CHRISTINA BUCKNER'S WORLD
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Friday, October 28, 2011
Thursday, May 27, 2010
THE DEATH OF THE FUHRER
Peripherally reminiscent of the film THEY SAVED HITLER’S BRAIN, this odd novel comes from the pen of one “Roland Puccetti”. I’d never heard of Mr. Puccetti before this book and am unaware of anything he might have published since then.
This book was first recommended to me by writer Jeffrey Wallmann. Another writer by the name of Bill Pronzini was writing a sequel to a study he’d done on bad book fiction called GUN IN CHEEK. For SON OF GUN IN CHEEK, Bill had a copy of THE DEATH OF THE FUHRER on hand, but had no real idea of the treasure contained therein.
Jeff asked Bill for THE DEATH OF THE FUHRER to send to me, but once Bill really found out what the book had in it, he held onto it. The copy I eventually wound up with I found on my own. SON OF GUN IN CHEEK went on to cite the most infamous scene in THE DEATH OF THE FUHRER. At the risk of “spoiling” it for you, I’m going to tell you about this scene.
The hero of our story makes his way through several adventures trying to discover the truth about Adolf Hitler’s death. In the interim, he beds a buxom lady (presumably the woman you see pictured on the cover of the book). Suddenly, as he looks into her eyes during the lovemaking process, she makes a statement confessing to being the Fuhrer! Yes, our hero is screwing Hitler! Adolf’s diabolical brain was transplanted into this woman’s head!
I’ve seen the cover for what I believe the British version of this novel. It kind of gives away this plot detail by showing a woman on the cover wearing a Hitler mustache.
I don’t remember much about the book after the sex scene, because although I knew ahead of time that this scene was coming, I was laughing too hard to recall much of what happened after that. This is why I must re-read it.
For that scene alone, this is a classic novel. Highly recommended. That is, if you can find it.
This book was first recommended to me by writer Jeffrey Wallmann. Another writer by the name of Bill Pronzini was writing a sequel to a study he’d done on bad book fiction called GUN IN CHEEK. For SON OF GUN IN CHEEK, Bill had a copy of THE DEATH OF THE FUHRER on hand, but had no real idea of the treasure contained therein.
Jeff asked Bill for THE DEATH OF THE FUHRER to send to me, but once Bill really found out what the book had in it, he held onto it. The copy I eventually wound up with I found on my own. SON OF GUN IN CHEEK went on to cite the most infamous scene in THE DEATH OF THE FUHRER. At the risk of “spoiling” it for you, I’m going to tell you about this scene.
The hero of our story makes his way through several adventures trying to discover the truth about Adolf Hitler’s death. In the interim, he beds a buxom lady (presumably the woman you see pictured on the cover of the book). Suddenly, as he looks into her eyes during the lovemaking process, she makes a statement confessing to being the Fuhrer! Yes, our hero is screwing Hitler! Adolf’s diabolical brain was transplanted into this woman’s head!
I’ve seen the cover for what I believe the British version of this novel. It kind of gives away this plot detail by showing a woman on the cover wearing a Hitler mustache.
I don’t remember much about the book after the sex scene, because although I knew ahead of time that this scene was coming, I was laughing too hard to recall much of what happened after that. This is why I must re-read it.
For that scene alone, this is a classic novel. Highly recommended. That is, if you can find it.
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