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Great Chicken Scenes #5: ‘Five Element Ninjas’ (1982)

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Michael

In this short extract from Chang Cheh’s magnificent martial arts comic-strip Five Element Ninjas (1982), Shao Tien-hao (Tien-chi Cheng), the only survivor of a ninja massacre that wiped out his entire clan, is introduced to his future comrades-in-arms and is … Continue reading →

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Great Chicken Scenes #4: ‘Withnail & I’ (1986)

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Michael

Possibly the finest and certainly the funniest chicken scene in the whole of British cinema history, this is what happens when Withnail (Richard E. Grant) and Marwood (Paul McGann) take up the local farmer’s offer to supply the core ingredient … Continue reading →

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Psychic chickens!

Posted on July 8, 2012 by Michael

During the 2010 World Cup, a British-born, German-based octopus named Paul made the headlines for his unerringly accurate forecasts of the results of key football matches. Sadly, Paul passed away shortly afterwards, exhausted by all that psychic energy, but this … Continue reading →

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Great Chicken Scenes #2: ‘Stroszek’ (1977)

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Michael

Since Werner Herzog was quoted earlier today, and since his 1977 film Stroszek was cited in the first (and so far only) comment posted on this blog, it was a natural for number two in this series.  Indeed, like the … Continue reading →

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Werner Herzog on chickens

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Michael

One thing that’s very hard to ignore about chickens, especially if your only previous experience with pets has been with intelligent animals like cats, is that they’re very very stupid indeed. Which isn’t too surprising when you consider that their … Continue reading →

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What happens when you…

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Michael

…throw a single slice of melon into a pen containing four chickens?  We saw them giving us the answer yesterday evening, laughed a lot, and asked them to put on a repeat performance in better light today.

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Great Chicken Scenes #1: ‘El Bruto’ (1952)

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Michael

Given that I work as a film critic for my day job, I naturally can’t resist celebrating some of the great chicken scenes that have graced the silver screen over the last century and a bit, so this will be … Continue reading →

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