Showing posts with label 1966. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1966. Show all posts
Wednesday, 5 July 2017

Khartoum. again.

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KHARTOUM , 1966. I had forgotten how good  KHARTOUM  is, directed by stalwart Basil Dearden, and 2nd Unit (presumably those battle scenes...
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Monday, 24 April 2017

That Blow-Up bluray ...

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Its better than I imagined, after only having the bog standard dvd for years. As in the recent 4-disk LUDWIG pack, there is another ...
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Monday, 6 February 2017

A new BLOW-UP

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Finally, its on Blu-ray and dvd in a new Criterion edition released on 28 March. For far too long there has only been a standard dvd, wit...
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Monday, 19 September 2016

Back to the Sixties at the V&A ....

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We will have to trek up to South Kensington shortly to see this new exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum: YOU SAY YOU WANT A REV...
Friday, 8 July 2016

Vanessa on BLOW-UP again ...

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Thanks to Daryl for emailing me about a new Vanessa Redgrave interview where she discusses making the 1966 Antonioni film BLOW-UP in con...
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Wednesday, 8 June 2016

Summer re-runs: You're A Big Boy Now, 1966

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Summer re-runs for a rainy afternoon: YOU'RE A BIG BOY NOW -  Francis Ford Coppola's delightful 1966 coming-of-age comedy. ...
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Saturday, 26 March 2016

1971: Golden year for music?

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A new tome on the key albums of 1971 should be worth investigating - as long as it is not as heavy as that recent book on 1966 (which I revi...
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Saturday, 2 January 2016

1966 and all that ...

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Its official, 1966 is now 50 years ago - those of us who were young then, and there will have fond memories .... as I shall return to. ...
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Tuesday, 23 June 2015

Monica Vitti in 1977 ...

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and some new photos from MODESTY BLAISE, 1966 ..... does Sixties glamour get any better? Thanks too, once again, to Colin for finding me...
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Friday, 10 April 2015

Modesty, again.

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More 1966 - to complement the documentary on BLOW-UP locations, below , from yesterday, here is the trailer for Losey's misunderst...
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Thursday, 9 April 2015

Blow-Up locations documentary

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I am overjoyed to discover this 16 minute documentary by Daniel Ammeter on YouTube . Thanks to Colin for sending me the details. I have a...
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Friday, 30 January 2015

Who's afraid of ....

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Just one priceless moment from WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? - Elizabeth doing Bette's "What A Dump" - from BEYOND TH...
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Sunday, 30 November 2014

Back to the BLOW-UP ...

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No film captures Sixties London as perfectly as  BLOW-UP .  Thanks to Daryl for sending me details of a new exhibition in Switzerland (the...