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Movie Summary  Short: Platform Posture And Appearance  A speech smarty-pants tries to impress us with his knowledge of posture and appearance through the use of sheer goofiness.  Movie: Red Zone Cuba:  Another stupefying Coleman Francis movie, featuring the brilliant teaming of Francis and Tony Cardoza. This movie is little more than a series of still pictures that amounts to a flip book. And all the Francis/Cardoza motifs are there: incoherent dialogue, an incomprehensible plot, and light planes. It involves three men who become mercenaries in a pseudo Bay of Pigs invasion, then somehow the plot gets to a tungsten mine. There's even a fake Fidel Castro. In a true Francis/Cardoza coup, the willowy John Carradine plays a small part and sings the haunting theme song, "Night Train to Mundo Fine." It will give you nightmares. — Kevin Murphy Host Segments  Prologue:  Mike announces lotto numbers with the help of Servo, who pops the numbers up out of his head.  Segment 1:  Frank is in deep to the mob for fifty grand, and Dr. Forrester gets beat up in Frank's stead. On the SOL, continental fellows Servo, Crow, and Mike play high stakes bingo.  Segment 2:  As Forrester lies dying, head to toe in bandages, Frank tries to rehabilitate him with some posture tips.  Segment 3:  Mike is driven insane by the movie, as evidenced by his Carol Channing garb; in Deep 13, Frank reads greetings sent by well-wishers to Dr. Forrester.  Segment 4:  Mike is still suffering from an identity crisis, but this time he insists he's T-Bone Burnett—or Vicki Lawrence; Dr. Forrester has a near-death experience.  Segment 5:  Mike and the Robots sing the "Bouncy Upbeat Song" about ironing boards and paper clips to cheer themselves up. In Deep 13, Forrester tries to kill Frank—again.  Stinger:  Spooky lady at the piano. Reflections This was one of those movies whose plot we could never fully grasp. Even after eight viewings, there were still discussions about what was supposed to be happening. A film courageous in its bold ineptitude. Director Coleman Francis uses edits like blunt instruments. He uses blunt instruments like blunt instruments. His major themes are death, hatefulness, death, pain, and death. He looks like Curly Howard possessed by demons from Hell. He tried to pass off Lake Mead as the Caribbean Sea. His films have the moral compass of David Berkowitz. He hurt us and I want him to know it, except if he's still alive, because there's the small chance that he's still strong enough to crush my windpipe with his bare hands. — Kevin Murphy