

Is this for you? If you have a soft spot for pre-code era shorts that move at a frantic pace, you might dig The Tamale Vendor. It’s barely a blip on the radar of cinema history. If you need a cohesive plot or characters who act like actual human beings, you’re going to hate every single second of this. Honestly, watch...

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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

Reggie Morris
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"Is this for you? If you have a soft spot for pre-code era shorts that move at a frantic pace, you might dig The Tamale Vendor. It’s barely a blip on the radar of cinema history. If you need a cohesive plot or characters who act like actual human beings, you’re going to hate every single second of this. Honestly, watching this feels like digging through a shoebox of old black-and-white photos you didn’t take. It’s grainy, it’s loud, and the acting is purely about who can gesture the most wildly...."
Chaquita de Montes
Ernest Pagano, Jack Townley
United States


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