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Tag Archives: British Television
Gerry Anderson 1929-2012
I’m not sure how I missed the news back in December, but Gerry Anderson died on the day after Christmas. Although he eventually did several live action series and one live action theatrical feature, Anderson was inextricably associated with the … Continue reading
DVD Review: Appropriate Adult (2011)
The British legal system has something called the “appropriate adult”. This is a volunteer who’s brought in to observe interrogations when a suspect is deemed incapable of looking out for their own interests, either through some learning disability or other … Continue reading
Binge Viewing
I recently came across a comment (can’t recall where) that it’s wrong to binge on TV series now that we can get whole seasons on disk. The art form is designed to be watched and appreciated in instalments and watching … Continue reading
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Tagged British Television, Cop Shows, Review, Science Fiction, Television
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Film(ed) poetry: The Song of Lunch (2010)
Some things just sound like a bad idea. In 2010, Greg Wise, an executive producer at the BBC, decided to commission an adaptation of a long narrative poem by Christopher Reid to mark National Poetry Day in Britain. That poem, … Continue reading
Recent viewing, part 3
Jalmari Helander’s Rare Exports (2010) began as a couple of shorts (2003 and 2005) which were a success on the Internet. In the form of industrial training films, they depicted the hunting, taming, and training of wild Santa Clauses in … Continue reading
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Tagged Actors, Anthony Newley, British Television, Charles Laughton, Directors, DVD, Gene Wilder, Gore, Horror, Marlon Brando, Review, Roald Dahl
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DVD diary: September – part one
There’s still no recognizable pattern to my DVD watching, but maybe I shouldn’t worry about it. If my viewing became more systematic, it would probably start to feel like work. I finally finished getting through the British TV series Department … Continue reading
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Tagged Actors, British Film, British Television, Directors, Documentary, DVD, French Film, Sherlock Holmes
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Quality control
Rapidly developing video technologies are altering not just our expectations but also our responses to the experience of watching movies. Blu-ray, hi-def TVs, the digital technologies which are used more and more in production – all have helped to create … Continue reading
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Tagged Actors, British Film, British Television, Directors, Donald Pleasance, DVD, Home Video, John Baxter, Nigel Kneale, Peter Cushing, Review, Rudolph Cartier, Technology
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DVD diary: another eclectic week – part two
Christopher Smith is an English director whose first feature, Creep (2004), was an attempt to emulate Gary Sherman’s Raw Meat (aka Deathline, 1973) and Douglas Cheek’s C.H.U.D. (1984); it had a woman trapped overnight in the London Underground, pursued by … Continue reading
DVD diary: another eclectic week – part one
If anything, my viewing seems to be becoming more random these days. I mean to apply some order to what I watch – to view the new Silent Naruse set from Criterion Eclipse, or the Columbia Sam Fuller Collection from … Continue reading
DVD of the week: The Feathered Serpent
British television in the ’60s and ’70s was limited by a lack of money, a fact which resulted in certain distinctive characteristics. Most shows were shot in studio, on videotape, with quite obviously flimsy sets. These limitations forced creators to … Continue reading
