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WolfmanOz at the Movies #58
A nation awaits its . . . Downfall (Der Untergang) released in 2004 and brilliantly directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, vividly recounts the last days of Hitler’s Nazi Germany in Berlin. This has been filmed numerous times before but none have come remotely close to matching this films depiction of the utter collapse and moral bankruptcy…
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WolfmanOz at the Movies #57
A love caught in the fire of revolution A couple of weeks ago on the Weekend Open Thread there was a some discussion in regards to David Lean’s film Doctor Zhivago. I had briefly touched upon the movie on my post on David Lean a few couple of months ago but given the interest in…
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Rabz’ Radio Show February 2023: Electronica
The term “electronica” is used in this thread to define music that largely utilises electronic instruments, as opposed to placing it in any particular timeframe or referring specifically to any group of artists (as Wikipedia does). The use of electronic instruments and the creation of synthesised music has it roots in the early twentieth century.…
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WolfmanOz at the Movies #56
The Man in Lincoln’s Nose Was the original title that Alfred Hitchcock initially thought of for his spy thriller North By Northwest where he envisaged the leading man hiding from the villains in Lincoln’s nose at Mount Rushmore and being given away when he sneezes. Although I have already written about Hitch very early in…
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WolfmanOz at the Movies #55
Golden Boy Born William Franklin Beedle Jr. on April 17th, 1918, William Holden became one of the most popular movie stars of the 1950s and is probably my favourite actor from that era. After graduating from high school he became involved in local radio plays and by the late 30s was appearing in a number…
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WolfmanOz at the Movies #54
A real tough guy Born Lamont Waltman Marvin Jr. on February 19th, 1924, Lee Marvin, known for his premature white hair and bass voice, grew from playing hard-boiled vicious tough guy characters into one of the leading movie stars of the 1960s, and one of my favourites from this era. His childhood was tough. His…
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WolfmanOz at the Movies #53
Man is the warmest place to hide 1982 was a seminal year for science fiction movies, of which there were three outstanding films of the genre released, all of which were quite different in style and audience engagement. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial was on its way to becoming the highest grossing film of all-time; Blade Runner…
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Rabz’ Radio Show January 2023: Albums
You can write off this medium of music storage as an anachronism at your peril, Cats. I noted various recent stories in the meeja stating that sales of vinyl LPs are at their highest since the medium was declared (finally) dead upon the advent of the compact disc format in the eighties. Thirty-three and third,…
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WolfmanOz at the Movies #52
Ealing comedies As promised last week, this weeks post will be taking a look at the comedies from Ealing Studios – thanks to Pogria for the suggestion. Ealing Studios is a London based film and television production company and is actually the oldest continuously working studio facility for film production in the world of which…
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WolfmanOz at the Movies #51
Is cinema dying ? As I write this last post for the year, a feeling of melancholy and sadness is with me as I write about what I believe is that movies and the thrill of going to the cinema and luxuriating in the magic of the big screen appears to be dying. There was…