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![]() Further to the previous blog post, I've been reminded that the same weekend as Burns Suppers are held worldwide is also Australia Day. So I thought I'd do a list of film candidates to match the Scots one. Hopefully, there's something here for everyone - a variety of storylines are represented. [read more] ![]() Every January 25th, I commemorate Burns Night (the birthday of Scotland’s national poet) by having a meal of [veggie] haggis etc and watching a suitable film set in Scotland. While the Burns Supper menu is standard worldwide, there is no standard choice of after-dinner film, so for future reference I’ve compiled a list of suitable candidate film choices. (The favourite storyline for films with a Scots setting seems to be the 'country-retreat challenge'.) [read more] |
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![]() -1967 At 50 A year-end is always an occasion for remembrance, and thus an occasion for a film retrospective. The Oxford English Dictionaries’ odd choice for Word Of The Year, Youthquake, suggests a theme for this year. The OED’s choice has caused comment on social media as it’s not a new term but goes back to the late Sixties. This has reminded me that 2017 was the 50th anniversary of the pivotal year in this context, 1967. Hence a ‘1967 At 50' FilmFest [read more] |
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![]() By ignoring all the Xmas madness, the holidays become a good time to stay home, lock the door, and catch up on some reading and viewing. Many people now binge on box sets of a single title or queue one or more entire series on Netflix etc. But for my 2017 Xmas-catchup viewing, I’ve decided to watch and review one example of each storyline I’ve been working on documenting for this website, selecting a film from the queue on my shelf (or hard drive). I'll probably run out of time before I cover the complete list of storylines, but I’m adding to the webpage as I go. I can guarantee that none of the titles have anything to do with Xmas. Storylines In Review – Xmas 2017 Catchup Update: I managed to get 20 examples online before running out of time New Year's Eve. |
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That
Time Of Year Again So much of this is, as the saying
goes, déjà vu all over again. (To see how little has changed since last year, you
can check the blog posts out yourself [with #1-4 starting here,
and #5-12 here].
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Don’t Look Now, But
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![]() -To The Month Of Writing Dangerously To the news items about Kerouac drafting On The Road 60 years ago [see item below] in only a few weeks of fulltime typing, we can now add some other works of topical interest which were written in a few weeks - after a lengthy gestation process [read on] ![]() On The Road At 60 ![]() -In putting together our feature case-study page for the 'expeditionary' storyline on how writers have adapted the key 'gateway barrier' scene, it's notable how the conception has expanded from [often exaggerated] natural features, such as cliffs or gorges, to psychological, cultural or spiritual obstacles. [read on]. The Lost World Redux The 1925 Lost World, the grand-daddy of expeditionary-storyline films, but long available only in a cut-down version, was issued September 19 on a multi-region Blu-ray which is the fullest restoration thus far. [read more] Before ... When & Where
Next Time?
Dunkirk x 3 ![]() A new film about the May 1940 evacuation combines three storylines - the ‘castaways’ storyline, the ‘fateful flight’ storyline, and the ‘decisive battle’ storyline. [more] |
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About This
Site - explaining the term storyline as used here in a particular way, and describing
our various feature-page formats [more]. The Subject Of Subs There are dozens of storylines in existence (I already have notes on over 50) but I decided to do the The ‘Submarine Mission’ storyline first up. Now you might think this is because I have some special interest in the subject of subs, but... [more] Cold War On Ice -On Ice Station Zebra as the epitome of the ‘submarine mission’ genre [more] "Dive Dive Dive" -Delving Into The Depths Of The ‘Submarine Mission’ Film [more] Autumn Break I'm all submarined out at present.... As they used to say on Monty Python, time now for something completely different... something seasonal. [more] 'Tis The Season To Be Thanksgiving On the 'Midwinter Crisis' Storyline, #2 (of 12 blog posts covering the 12 days of 'Xmas crisis' story setups) [more] The Coming Of The Snow On the 'Midwinter Crisis' Storyline, #3 [more] Xmas, That's A Wrap On the 'Midwinter Crisis' Storyline, #4 [more] The Quiet Christmas Crisis On the 'Midwinter Crisis' Storyline, #5 [more] The Xmas Holidays Filmfest, 1946-2016 On the 'Midwinter Crisis' Storyline, #6 [more] The Xmas Blues, Or The Bah-Humbug Effect On the 'Midwinter Crisis' Storyline, #7 [more] The Midwinter Walkabout On the 'Midwinter Crisis' Storyline, #8 [more] O Come All Ye Fearful - The Xmas Ghost Story Tradition On the 'Midwinter Crisis' Storyline, #9 [more] 'Dead Time' - The Dead Of Winter On the 'Midwinter Crisis' Storyline, #10 [more] New Year's Eve, That's A Date On the 'Midwinter Crisis' Storyline, #11 [more] Twelfth (& Final) Night On the 'Midwinter Crisis' Storyline, #12 [more] Blue Sky Viewing -While some like the idea of 'blue sky thinking', at this grey time of year I prefer 'blue sky viewing.' (Lead-in to the 'Outpost Command Crisis' Storyline) [more] |
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