21/03/2020 by Peter Viney
The 60s retrospectives. 1966, and Morgan – A Suitable Case For Treatment (LINKED)starring David Warner and Vanessa Redgrave with Robert Stephens … plus Irene Handl, Bernard Bresslaw and Arthur Mullard. It could have been Hamlet meets Carry On films, but it has become a cult movie.
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18/03/2020 by Peter Viney
We move on in the 60s series to another Dirk Bogarde film, Accident (1967). LINKED. One of the three influential Joseph Losey / Harold Pinter collaborations, it co-stars Stanley Baker, Jacqueline Sassard and Michael York. Harold Pinter pops in for a cameo. The quality of script and performance stands out, though it’s low key, more TV series by modern standards.
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17/03/2020 by Peter Viney
Three Julie Christie films in a row. Latest in the 60s retrospectives, is DARLING (linked) directed by John Schlesinger 1965. Julie Christie, Dirk Bogarde and Laurence Harvey. It was highly acclaimed back in 1965 for its view of “swinging London” and was considered ahead of its time. Time however has not been kind.
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15/03/2020 by Peter Viney
Review added of David Lean’s epic, Doctor Zhivago, (FOLLOW LINK) with Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Rod Steiger, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine Chaplin, Alec Guinness, Ralph Richardson, Rita Tushingham. The 60s retrospective series continues, and will grow larger if we’re all locked down! It’s always listed as 1965, though it opened on 31st December 1965 in the USA and April 1966 in the UK. It filled screens for over two years, some continuously.
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11/03/2020 by Peter Viney
One of the 60s greats. FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD,(Follow link to review) the 1967 version with Terence Stamp, Julie Christie, Alan Bates and Peter Finch. Directed by John Schlesinger, cinematography by Nicholas Roeg, For period drama, it beats most contenders. The latest in the 60s Films revisited series. That’s the fourth Terence Stamp film in a short time. the series might now divert and follow Julie Christie!
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11/03/2020 by Peter Viney
The 60s film retrospectives continue with MODESTY BLAISE (linked) from 1966. Directed by Joseph Losey, starring Monica Vitti, Terence Stamp and Dirk Bogarde. It is spoof James Bond in style, and not altogether successful. It looked good though (in parts) but I found the story un-involving. I’m having a run of Terence Stamp films.
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08/03/2020 by Peter Viney
A rant added on The Hacking Cough (LINKED)… people coughing and sneezing in theatres in the current situation.
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08/03/2020 by Peter Viney
The 60s retrospective film reviews continue with Ken Loach’s Poor Cow (linked) starring Carol White and Terence Stamp. 1967. It was Ken Loach’s first feature film, hailed as a masterpiece of social realism. How does it stand up fifty plus years later? Not too well for us.
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06/03/2020 by Peter Viney
Another in the 60s Films Revisited series, BONNIE & CLYDE (1967) – linked. I was holding this back, as one of my all-time favourites. Arthur Penn directed, Warren Beatty was producer and lead. Faye Dunaway, then Gene Hackman (an early role), Estelle Parsons (won the Academy Award), Gene Wilder (very first film). Also best cinematography Oscar in 1967.
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04/03/2020 by Peter Viney
My ongoing long rant on mistakes in novels has just had a new section, surprisingly from the most meticulous of novelists in research, Robert Harris. It’s at the end.
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