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Tag Archives: World War I
Notes on “1917”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: There’s plenty to appreciate in director Sam Mendes’ “1917,” but it doesn’t amount to much as a movie. The one-shot scheme is good for showing soldiers making their way through trenches and over battlefields. Tracking shots … Continue reading
“1917”
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Sam Mendes’s World War I epic is every bit the theme park thrill ride as any Marvel movie. Dean-Charles Chapman and George MacKay play two British army soldiers who must cross hostile territory and deliver orders from … Continue reading
Notes on “The Great War”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: The 1959 “The Great War” is appropriately titled: it may be one of the great war films. Certainly it’s a thoroughly Italian one: a war film in which no one is sure who’s in charge or … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Performers
Tagged Alberto Sordi, Film, Italy, Mario Monicelli, movies, The Great War, Vittorio Gassman, World War I
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Art Du Jour (ANZAC Day Edition)
Eddie Pensier writes: Garry Shead, Light Horse at Gallipoli Related A previous ANZAC-themed ADJ, by Sir Sidney Nolan.
Linkage
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “In the decades ahead, should we be as white as we are today, we will be relentlessly driven toward mediocrity; or, become a sad shadow of our current self.” Michael Bloomberg, a member of the quasi-atheist … Continue reading
Posted in Linkathons
Tagged diabetes, diet, Dungeons & Dragons, Kenji Mizoguchi, Michael Bloomberg, Steve Jobs, World War I
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Linkage
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Some droll and nonsense-free musings on our beloved political parties by Jack Donovan. Andrew Sullivan responds to readers who are upset by his stance on the ouster of Brendan Eich. We’re gonna need a bigger boat. … Continue reading
Posted in Linkathons
Tagged Andrew Sullivan, Charles Murray, Chris Martin, gay marriage, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jack Donovan, Kim Kardashian, World War I
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