Posted in: Disc Reviews by David Annandale on September 13th, 2004
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on September 13th, 2004
In the shadow of the Olympics’ return to Athens, PBS has decided to take a look back at the original games. This mildly-interesting program that feels more like a documentary that might be screened in a High School classroom than one you might watch on television in your free time. Such is the difference between PBS and the History Channel, I suppose. It is a good documentary, but certainly not great.
That’s not to say that the disc is all dry, though. There is some interesting background into some aspects ...f the modern games, especially in relation to the 1934 Munich Olympics. I don’t want to give it all away, but I will say that many of Hitler’s ideas for the games still live on today. For World War II and Nazi buffs, this is an interesting aside that I have heard little about in the past.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by David Annandale on September 11th, 2004
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In a totally enclosed dystopia, THX 1138 (Robert Duvall) gradually begins to rebel againstthe completely controlled and drug-managed existence. He dares to think, and to have an affair,and, after a nightmarish imprisonment in a featureless white limbo, he attempts an escape.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by David Annandale on September 10th, 2004
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by David Annandale on September 9th, 2004
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by David Annandale on September 8th, 2004
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by David Annandale on September 8th, 2004
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by David Annandale on September 7th, 2004
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Let’s start with the two biggest titles in the collection, which have a life outside thiscollection. North by Northwest is arguably Hitchcock’s greatest exercise in sheer roller-coaster thriller entertainment. As in so many of the director’s films, an insane chain of eventsis set in motion by the smallest of actions, in this case Cary Grant signalling a bell boy just asthe latter is calling out a name. Grant is thus misidentified by the villains, and he is suddenlyrunning fo... his life with no idea why people are trying to kill him. The crop-duster scene is oneof the most famous in all of Hitchcock’s oeuvre.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by David Annandale on September 4th, 2004
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by David Annandale on September 4th, 2004
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