September 15, 2007

"THE SALVAGE" (1981)

Stills from Wayne Spitzer's 1981 home movie, The Salvage. '70s kids make Raiders of the Lost Ark pastiche at Dawn of the Reagan Era.

Above: The Red-hatted villian (Wayne Spitzer) opens fire. Firecrackers, of course.

"Sancho" (Mike Moss) emerges onto a clearing.

"Sancho" runs like the dickens, holding onto hat.

Our Hero (Max DeLaubenfelts) returns fire. Max and Wayne were Dungeons & Dragons buddies, back in the day.

After taking a gutshot, the Villian (Wayne Spitzer) struggles to right himself. He's been struggling ever since.

A nice Raiders-inspired silo shot of Our Hero (Max Delaubenfelts) and "Sancho" (Mike Moss).

The Villian (Wayne Spitzer) comes to a dramatic pause. Note that Wayne is running about a decade behind the times, hairdo-wise.

About to die, the villain (Wayne Spitzer) keels to the left. Note that at 16 his over-acting ability is already quite evolved.

The Salvage closes with a dynamic zoom-in on an Army surplus flashlight. Significant? Nah. Super 8mm film cartridges were short. They were out of film.

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