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- May 30, 2003
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I was watching a doc series called Reel Britannia over the weekend about the history of British film from the 60s to the present. It's solid. Kinda rapid-fire wikipedia at times, but they'll hit pause and dig a little into mini-movements or studios or filmmakers at moments. Solid info and a bit of a sense of humor. At one point near the end of episode one they bring up Ken Russell and the voice over says, "I haven't got the energy to explain Ken Russell so that'll have to wait until part 2," which made me laugh.
The side joy of docs like this (In Search of Darkness, Not Quite Hollywood, etc.) is that they'll inevitably hit on filmmakers or films you haven't seen or maybe even heard of and the brief snippet makes you put it on your watch list.
Well the first discovery here which I immediately watched was Apaches. It's a late 70s PSA that was shown to schoolkids to warn them about the dangers on farms. Directed by John MacKenzie who'd follow this with the excellent The Long Good Friday (in case you need a non-traditional Easter weekend watch), it's about 27 minutes and I'll just say I can see why it traumatized kids. It's wild. I enjoyed it immensely. It's easily findable for free out there on Dailymotion and other internet sites.
The side joy of docs like this (In Search of Darkness, Not Quite Hollywood, etc.) is that they'll inevitably hit on filmmakers or films you haven't seen or maybe even heard of and the brief snippet makes you put it on your watch list.
Well the first discovery here which I immediately watched was Apaches. It's a late 70s PSA that was shown to schoolkids to warn them about the dangers on farms. Directed by John MacKenzie who'd follow this with the excellent The Long Good Friday (in case you need a non-traditional Easter weekend watch), it's about 27 minutes and I'll just say I can see why it traumatized kids. It's wild. I enjoyed it immensely. It's easily findable for free out there on Dailymotion and other internet sites.