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THE DARK CARNIVAL is the permanent exhibition at Galerie filmposter.net. In a way, it is summary of more than forty years of collecting and probably also an expression of some of my personal trials and tribulations.
In a previous post, I told the story of my WARRIORS subway window card. which is part of the ‚Coney Island Line‘ section of the show.
The ‘Anchor Piece’ of this section is a vintage wooden sign that originally showed the way to the Fun House on Coney Island. The original Fun House closed down in the 1960s, so this sign must be from the 1930s or 40s:
As we can see, the young run is running from the rain. A ‘Shadow of Death’ in form of a US premiere poster for Jean-Luc Godards SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL is looming over him, so we already have a feeling that his story might not end too well.
The metal ‚bad weather warning‘ sign was a gift from my ex-wife, and we both have no real clue what this is exactly. She had had it for a long time and eventually gave it to me as a birthday present. Allegedly, this is an actual traffic sign from somewhere in the world, but further details are unknown. It‘s looks great, though and I love it:
Being American, the young man of course came by car. As the license plate illustrates, he apparently came in a 1970 Dodge Challenger originally used in VANISHING POINT:
For those of you who care what happened to Dodge Challengers used in the film later on, click HERE for a sad but rather interesting background story.
Given the parking situation on Coney Island, I guess our hero might’ve had quite a long way to run. On his way, he has to pass the SHE FREAK and other sideshow booths on the Alley of Nightmares:
Good for him, the local gang is of the more friendly persuasion:
Not so good for him, his final destination is not the kind of place he had imagined:
We have no way to tell what exactly happened to him, but legend has it that the young man has not been seen again ever since.
