Monthly Archives: February 2011

DVD of the Week: Loving Memory (1970)

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Kenneth George Godwin

Of the two Scott brothers, I’ve always had a preference for Ridley. No doubt the writers of Cinema Scope would attribute this to my innate middle-brow pretensions,  but I’ve never managed to grasp their argument for Tony’s superiority (editor Mark … Continue reading →

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Hangover Square and the mysteries of adaptation

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Kenneth George Godwin

Given the vast differences between the written word and the moving image, it’s not surprising that the translation from text to screen can sometimes produce strange results. David Selznick treated source text as gospel, using Margaret Mitchell’s novel as a … Continue reading →

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DVD of the Week: The World, the Flesh & the Devil (1959)

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Kenneth George Godwin

Many of us who live in relative urban comfort enjoy experiencing a vicarious struggle for survival through books and movies. This goes back at least as far as 1719 and Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe (how many times has that been … Continue reading →

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A DVD Addict In Paris

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Kenneth George Godwin

Last summer I had the excellent experience of being sent to Paris for six weeks as assistant editor on the Milla Jovovich movie Faces In the Crowd, which was shooting here in Winnipeg. This was purely a matter of luck … Continue reading →

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DVD of the Week: All White in Barking/Men of the City

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Kenneth George Godwin

I envy Marc Isaacs. Not just because he’s one of the best documentary filmmakers now working in Britain (or anywhere, for that matter), but because he’s found a sympathetic producer in Nick Fraser of the BBC who understands what Isaacs … Continue reading →

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Mackenzie Valley gas pains

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Kenneth George Godwin

Two years ago, I edited a documentary for Les Productions Rivard here in Winnipeg. The English title is One River, Two Shores: Reflections on the Mackenzie Gas Pipeline (in French, the more awkward Au pays du fleuve Mackenzie, Un gazoduc … Continue reading →

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