Whats the deal with the Pirate Hats on the Kids...Anyone Know?!?
What's the deal with the Pirate Hats on the Kids? Anyone Know. Just finished watching this film noir. Campy, funny and dramatic.
shareWell, back in the 60s it was not at all uncommon for children to wear pirate outfits. I used to have one myself. I also think in the context of the movie it is an allusion to Peter Pan and the Lost Boys. Perhaps we are to think of Kelly as some sort of Peter Pan figure leading her charges to Neverland. But frankly this movie is so bizarre that I hesitate to make any assumptions about it!
"It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information." Oscar Wilde
I guess I just accepted this as just one more weird element in what has to be one of the most bizarrely entertaining films ever made ... everything about this film is so strange, from the opening when Kelly, her head completely wrapped in a feather boa, sings a song and all you can see is the feathers puffing out from her breathing ... to the scenes where Kelly nurses the kiddies in an evening gown and everyone bursts into song like some psychotic "Sound of Music'" sequence ... to the scene where she batters the pervert to death and no-one seems to mind at all, tis all very strange and rather endearing. Samuel Fuller's other films, "Shock Corridor" (with the deathless quote- "Oh-0h, NYMPHOS!") and the slightly more mainstream, "Pickup on South Street" are very good value too.
But you ARE Blanche ... and I AM.