Coleman Francis: Difference between revisions

{{quote|''"Director Coleman Francis uses edits like blunt instruments. [[Shaped Like Itself|He uses blunt instruments like blunt instruments.]] His major themes are death, hatefulness, [[Department of Redundancy Department|death]], pain, and [[Rule of Three|death]]...He hurts us and I want him to know it, except if he's still alive<ref>Kevin has nothing to worry about since Coleman Francis went to that big movie studio in the sky in 1973</ref>, because there's the small chance that he's still strong enough to crush my windpipe with his bare hands."''|Kevin Murphy, ''The [[Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV)|Mystery Science Theater 3000]] Amazing Colossal Episode Guide''}}

{{quote|''"Any discussion of ''[[Red Zone Cuba (Film)|Red Zone Cuba]]'' would be remiss without a mention of its writer, director, and star, Coleman Francis, who's also singlehandedly responsible for two other cinematic abominations, ''[[The Beast of Yucca Flats (Film)|The Beast of Yucca Flats]]'' and ''[[The Skydivers (Film)|The Skydivers]]''. (...) Probability dictates that every now and then, a totally clueless director like [[Manos: The Hands of Fate (Film)|Hal Warren]] or [http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Night_of_Horror_1981.aspx Tony] [http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/The_Curse_of_the_Screaming_Dead_1982.aspx Malanowski] might punch through and end up making one of the worst movies ever just by pure chance, but to make three of them clearly requires active hatred towards paying audiences."|Albert Walker, [[The Agony Booth (Website)|The Agony Booth]]'s [http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Red_Zone_Cuba_1966.aspx recap of Red Zone Cuba]}}

[[So Bad It's Horrible (Darth Wiki)/Film|Imagine the worst possible film you can.]] Pretty awful, right? Now imagine that film is just the best film in an achingly bad film trilogy linked only by the director (who also happens to be writer, producer and star), and a bizarre emphasis on coffee, light aircraft and soul-crushing tragedy. You now have an inkling of what the Coleman Francis trilogy is like.

Each of Coleman Francis' films easily fall alongside such "gems" as ''[[Baby Geniuses]]'', ''[[Monster a Go -Go!|Monster A Go-Go]]'', ''[[Old Dogs]]'', or ''[[Battlefield Earth]]'', but what makes them really notable is that he managed to produce three of them, each utterly terrible, but in completely different ways. All three films have been featured on ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'', [[Hellevator|elevating]] Francis into that elite circle of bad movie directors that also includes [[Uwe Boll]], [[Manos: The Hands of Fate (Film)|Hal P. Warren]], [[Ed Wood (Creator)|Ed Wood]], [[Monster a Go -Go!|Herschell Gordon Lewis]], [[The Room (Film)|Tommy Wiseau]], [[Birdemic (Film)|James Nyugen]], [[Seltzer and Friedberg]], and many more.

* ''[[The Beast of Yucca Flats (Film)|The Beast of Yucca Flats]]''

* ''[[The Skydivers (Film)|The Skydivers]]''

* ''[[Red Zone Cuba (Film)|Red Zone Cuba]]''

** In ''[[Red Zone Cuba (Film)|Red Zone Cuba]]'', the above-mentioned convertible shows up again later (this time with its top up) as a police car.

* [[Shaggy Dog Story]] - All three films. ''[[Red Zone Cuba (Film)|Red Zone Cuba]]'' goes one step further and [[Shoot the Shaggy Dog|Shoots The Shaggy Dog]].

* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]] - In ''[[Red Zone Cuba (Film)|Red Zone Cuba]]'', the camera zooms in on a [[Burma Shave (Advertising)|Burma Shave]] "How will you spend eternity?" advert. Judging by the pacing of the movie, probably watching this scene.