tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post8340135160206686243..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: This Week in Geek (26/07-01/08/20)Siskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-88598343286651135042020-08-02T12:57:58.743-03:002020-08-02T12:57:58.743-03:00Yes, though here it seems to imply a geographical ...Yes, though here it seems to imply a geographical location that doesn't exist in the film.<br /><br />I guess we could say Moonlight Bay is a metaphor for being in a romantic spotlight, then it works.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-81077989454084028952020-08-02T12:37:53.088-03:002020-08-02T12:37:53.088-03:00Re: On Moonlight Bay and the name being rather tan...Re: <i>On Moonlight Bay</i> and the name being rather tangential (if that) to the plot: Aren't we facing the same sort of thing as with all those films taking place in the 50s that have taken their names from early rock'n'roll and/or teen music songs of the era? After all, what I'd call the long Edwardian era or La belle époque (from Jack the Ripper to WWI) held a somewhat similar place in the 1950s popular consciousness as the 50s themselves came to represent – supposedly innocent days of gay and carefree fun. (For those chaps who grew up to be powerful filmmakers.)<br /><br />After all, they had already used <i>Shine on, Harvest Moon,</i> <i>Ev'ry Little Movement</i> and <i>They Didn't Believe Me</i> don't really work, and Hays Office would have had a fit if a studio had suggested <i>Ev'rybody's Doin' It...</i>Charles Izemienoreply@blogger.com