eclectech,
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A chat on here yesterday reminded me of the 1980's film The Apple which is... well... something.

I made a few gifs from it a few years back & thought I'd lost them, but my digital hoarding habit is victorious.

Going to do a wee thread of them, as they make me giggle so much they will surely entertain someone else as well.

I don't usually just grab clips from other media, but it's quite an obscure film & I'd not seen any others circling about so...

Close up of a mans face. He is bearded, with eye make-up and a symbol on his forehead. He wears a slightly shiny grey suit and bow tie, with white shirt. He looks coquettishly at the camera.

Encelade,
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@eclectech
Thank you for that. 🤩
And for all the rest.

eclectech,
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@Encelade You are very welcome 😊

derphilipp,
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@eclectech This looks amazing! Do you know if one can stream it somewhere / watch it?

eclectech,
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@derphilipp Funnily enough when an old friend badgered me to watch it many years ago we ended up buying the only DVD we could find, a German version, so we could watch it BUT there are a couple of places claiming to have it now.

Searches get a bit overwhelmed by Apple TV references, but if justwatch is reliable they claim there are two places (this is the right film)

https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-apple

derphilipp,
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@eclectech Ah, what a pity - no option for Germany at all - thanks for looking it up anyway, I got to keep this in my backlog; it seems like a lot of fun

eclectech,
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@derphilipp Oh that's a shame. Definitely one to look out for, it's a hoot!

davefischer,
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@eclectech The greatest disco dystopian film ever made.

mothninja,
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@eclectech already winning Most Useful Gif award

eclectech,
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@mothninja It is a delight isn't it?!

mothninja,
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@eclectech spectacular. Added to the must-watch list :)

eclectech,
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The musical numbers are AMAZING.

A short video clip of a man in a maroon and silver jump suit standing on a table and spinning around in a dance move. Behind him a number of women in sequinned swimsuit style dance outfits and hats do the same move.

eclectech,
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Visually it is... striking.

Two characters from the film The Apple. They are wearing glitzy clothes and make up, and the one on the left gives a very camp slap to the one on the right, before looking at the camera and winking.

eclectech,
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Drinks highly recommending during viewing.

Six people stand behind a stone like bar, with cocktail drinks in front. They wear gaudy outfits and move their heads in front of outstretched hands. A man sits in the front, holding a drink and plate, wearing a blue and silver jumpsuit and flicking his hair dramatically in time with the others.

eclectech,
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If you grew up thinking the future would involve wearing a lot of silver lame fabric, this is the film for you.

A video clip in a hospital surgical theatre. Everyone is doing a kick dance. They wear silver lame surgical outfits.

mothninja,
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@eclectech omg. how HOW have I never heard of this film before?? You are truly performing a public service here by sharing it with the wider world

eclectech,
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@mothninja Hahaha, oh just wait for the next gif. It's perfection.

eclectech,
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Watch with a friend. You end up looking at each other like this. Guaranteed.

Two people, bald with upturned fangs, leather jackets and marks on their foreheads, look at each other in confusion. Cut to two more people, wearing silver suits, with silver symbols on their foreheads, and blue / silbver "futuristic" hairdos look at each other in much the same way.

eclectech,
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Every time you watch, something else makes you go "eh? WTF?!?"

A short looping film clip. In the centre a silver jump suit clad person going backwards and forward on something resembling a silver scooter. Either side people site at small desks. They wear black undies with transparent baggy body suits and silver sequinned hats. They each hold a large silver ball on a stick, and they are swaying side to side, moving their balls & sticks as they go.

eclectech,
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And that, I'm afraid, is that.

Until I watch it again, and think "oooh, that'd make a good gif".

A short video loop of a man wearing a shiny suit, a shiny necklace, and with a shiny symbol stuck to his forehead. His eye make-up is... you guessed it - shiny. He is looking, erm, happy while visibly sighing, eyes slowing closing on the breath out. Genuinely can't remember the context.

eclectech,
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Oh, I should point out two more things.

  1. For the avoidance of doubt, all the above come from this film
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apple_(1980_film)

  2. Miriam Margolyes doesn't feature in the gifs but does feature in the film. I mean. Miriam Margolyes.

BigTheDave,
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@eclectech The Apple is certainly something.

A musical set in the near future of 1994, where the 60s never went out of style, there is no industry except the Music industry, where the main characters get tempted by fame and fortune as a not-so-subtle Christian allegory.

Except it stops being an allegory when we find out the bad guy is Satan, and God arrives in his golden Cadillac and raptures the good guys.

Oh, and the lead guy motorboats his landlady.

curved_ruler,
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@eclectech gonna tell the kids this was the Mac launch party

mothninja,
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@eclectech OMG.

eclectech,
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@mothninja Do give me a shout with your verdict if you get round to watching it.

mothninja,
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@eclectech I absolutely will 🫡

mrsbeanbag,
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@eclectech is that The Master out of old Dr Who?

Grandalf,

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No, but he would have made a fantastic Master.

eclectech,
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@Grandalf @mrsbeanbag This is very true.

michaelelliottphotography,

@eclectech Truly freaky.

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