Archive for November 2022
They Shoot Horses Don’t They (1969) – Harrowing watch
“We have become a race of peeping Toms. Instead, we should go out and look inside at ourselves”. This is an excellent quote from one of the greatest thrillers, Rear Window(1954), essentially about human voyeurism that is integral to our basic instinct. Modern “reality” and “game shows” have only taken these aspects, far ahead.…
Read MoreNUREMBERG (2000) – Evil fascinates
When World War 2 ended, the Allies decided to put all the top Nazi leadership on trial. The “undertrials” would be given the best of “Western” justice – the very kind of justice that they had denied to most, if not all, their victims in the countries occupied by them. The trial of the…
Read MoreBy Dawn’s Early Light (1990) – Well-Intentioned Apocalyptic Thriller
At times a film comes along that is timely. At times the film is strangely out of place given the contemporary happenings. By Dawn’s Early Light is both, especially when you consider when it was made. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFLtRIwMqxY In 1990, when the TV movie was released, tumultuous events were shaping a new world. …
Read MoreAll quiet on the western Front – Political Correctness over human savagery
Erich Marie Remarque was a German soldier who wrote about his experiences in the First World War. His books were so influential that the Nazis banned them when they gained power in 1933. The book Im Westen nichts Neues (All Quiet on the western Front) became an all-time classic. It is still regarded as one…
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