best fictional movie title referenced in Seinfeld

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They definitely went too highbrow with a few of these--I guess I could see Malick's Ponce de Leon, but Cronenberg's Prognosis Negative ignores the kind of 90s genre thriller they were getting at (specifically Malice? Extreme Measures?), and really, Rochelle, Rochelle would make much more sense as a Zalman King production than a Von Trier.

rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Saturday, 9 April 2016 16:42 (eight years ago) link

(though how they would have gotten a Bette Midler musical out of either Rochelle, Rochelle idk)

rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Saturday, 9 April 2016 16:43 (eight years ago) link

On the Seinfeld Wiki page--which seems to be the source for the original poll--they suggest that Rochelle, Rochelle is modeled on the Emmanuelle films. I was thinking of something like I Am Curious, Yellow (haven't seen it, always wanted to), although from what I've read, that's also very political. Definitely late-'60s, early-'70s softcore art-porn, though, not Lars von Trier. (Great poster, but they should have worked "from Milan to Minsk" into the tagline.)

clemenza, Saturday, 9 April 2016 18:08 (eight years ago) link

Prognosis Negative made me think of Flatliners for some reason

lute bro (brimstead), Saturday, 9 April 2016 19:02 (eight years ago) link

The world travel aspect of Rochelle, Rochelle does call to mind the Emmanuelle films, but Emmanuelle is a wiser, more assertive character than I imagine Rochelle to be. I see Rochelle as more like the innocent girl in director Just Jaeckin's The Story of O (1975). And there are cinematic echoes of a Rochelle type going up to such films as Eréndira (1983). Basically I see Rochelle, Rochelle as a mid '70s to mid '80s film.

It's funny that the title seems to allude to Rachel, Rachel (1968), which is not much of an erotic journey imo.

Josefa, Saturday, 9 April 2016 21:49 (eight years ago) link


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