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[manho]

nice one , conk. i facebooked the link and sent it to a few friends. no mention of the david lean/noel coward collaborations (in which we serve, this happy breed) in the 40s? i'll check out your other articles eventually.

[david]

In Which We Serve, along with other WW2 service dramas like The Way Ahead and The Way to the Stars, were influenced to some extent by Jennings, but in the end I don't think Lean or Coward had much to do with the British New Wave. Their films looked different and were interested in different things.

Two films I might have mentioned as being similar but didn't were The Bells Go Down (which was Ealing anyway) and the Launder-Gilliatt portrait of the homefront, Millions Like Us.

[manho]

movie gossip:
www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/dec/07/claudia-cardinale-interview-fellini-herzog

[manho]

the man who forced the counterculture into the mainstream:
www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/dec/14/bert-schneider

[manho]

www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/jan/05/charmed-life-bert-schneider

[manho]

just for conk, i'd say:

09 Jan 12 : Simon Heffer on British War Films - The Cruel Sea
Wed, 11 Jan 12
Duration:
15 mins
Simon Heffer celebrates the British war films which were made after the end of the war, in the 1950s, and marked a new, more realistic treatment of events. 1.The Cruel Sea
downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio3/essay/essay_20120111-1822a.mp3

[david]

Thanks. Interesting broadcast. I actually disagree with Heffer's idea that the WW2 service films were one-dimensional propaganda and I think most of the 50s British war films he likes so much haven't dated nearly as well. But he's right about The Cruel Sea. It's a terrific film.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKQAflZrXpU

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG1K2M3ns_0

[manho]

working class hero:
www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/feb/09/gary-oldman-profile-actor

[manho]

www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2012/feb/25/archive-1960-la-dolce-vita

[Cat Stevens]

Finally: www.dvdbeaver.com/film3/dvd_reviews56/the_devils.htm

[manho]

reasonably interesting item on the devils and music in russell films 12.30 into this podcast:
downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/film/film_20120315-1730a.mp3

[Cat Stevens]

Thanks.

[digit]

Great ! When is it released...it will be my first time to see it. There will be scenes cut out right ?

[Cat Stevens]

It will be released on monday. There was one major scene cut out in 1971, about 5 minutes long, and it's STILL cut out after 40 years, way to go Warner Brothers. Good thing is that you'll see it in the bonus section of the DVD, in the documentary "Hell on earth".

I'm super excited about this, for years and years I only had a lousy VHS copy, then the lousy VHS-ripped DVD... and I was still blown away. Now these screenshots look fab.

[manho]

there's another discussion about the devils halfway through this podcast:
downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/frontrow/frontrow_20120314-1945a.mp3

[Cat Stevens]

Thanks. And here's Oliver Reed on Parkinson's show in 1973, sober, discussing The Devils, first time I've heard him talking about the film:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFVqMP4Babk

[Cat Stevens]

www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/345814/20120527/christopher-lee-90th-birthday-saruman-count-dracula.htm

[manho]

i should have posted that cohen bros short here. you'll find it on this list of free movies. lots of great stuff, a lot of it is a bit too rarefied for most people's taste but conk will be like a pig in shit here:
www.openculture.com/freemoviesonline

[digit]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gkjcE5EQ68

[manho]

flippin' 'eck!
www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/jul/26/sex-violence-swearing-film-100-years-bbfc