★★★☆☆ When British Army officer Pat Reid approached the bleached white foundations of Colditz Castle, he was probably not speculating which actor would later portray him in an autobiographical account of his infamous prison escape. Whoever it was, they had to almost parody the quintessence of Britishness, be partial to an over waxed quiff, and above everything, hate the ruddy Jerries. The leading man turned out to be one of Britain's most prolific filmic exports, John Mills (who had already played Scott of the Antarctic), who starred as Reid in Guy Hamilton's 1955 historical adaptation, The Colditz Story.
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- 12/11/2012
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
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Floating Weeds
For decades, the films of Yasujiro Ozu were largely unseen outside of Japan; the thinking was that his studied tales of family relationships were "too Japanese" to make sense to foreign viewers. But even in Japan his films stood out. He wasn't "too Japanese" he was "too Ozu".
Floating Weeds, a 1959 colour remake of his earlier A Story Of Floating Weeds, sees a down-at-heel troupe of travelling performers arrive at a sleepy seaside town to perform their out-of-date plays to dwindling audiences. The main reason for the visit is for the troupe's leader, Komajuro, to visit an old flame with whom he has a son, a son who has always been told the old actor is his uncle. Komajuro's lead actress becomes consumed by jealousy and engineers a seduction...
Floating Weeds
For decades, the films of Yasujiro Ozu were largely unseen outside of Japan; the thinking was that his studied tales of family relationships were "too Japanese" to make sense to foreign viewers. But even in Japan his films stood out. He wasn't "too Japanese" he was "too Ozu".
Floating Weeds, a 1959 colour remake of his earlier A Story Of Floating Weeds, sees a down-at-heel troupe of travelling performers arrive at a sleepy seaside town to perform their out-of-date plays to dwindling audiences. The main reason for the visit is for the troupe's leader, Komajuro, to visit an old flame with whom he has a son, a son who has always been told the old actor is his uncle. Komajuro's lead actress becomes consumed by jealousy and engineers a seduction...
- 12/8/2012
- by Phelim O'Neill
- The Guardian - Film News
Nearly 500 Taliban prisoners have tunnelled their way out of an Afghan prison, but how does their feat match up to those other great breakouts?
One would not want to be the governor of Sarposa prison in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan, just at the moment. To lose one Taliban prisoner may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose 475 looks like carelessness. Perhaps Easter Mondays are especially sleepy in Afghanistan, but to allow the Taliban to spend five months digging a 320-metre tunnel, and then four and a half hours getting the entire political wing of the prison through it and into a fleet of waiting cars does look like an Everest among security lapses.
But where does it rate among the great prison escapes? We have assessed the most memorable prison breaks of all time and given them marks for ingenuity, daring, degree of difficulty and myth-making. The top mark in each category is 25. On this system,...
One would not want to be the governor of Sarposa prison in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan, just at the moment. To lose one Taliban prisoner may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose 475 looks like carelessness. Perhaps Easter Mondays are especially sleepy in Afghanistan, but to allow the Taliban to spend five months digging a 320-metre tunnel, and then four and a half hours getting the entire political wing of the prison through it and into a fleet of waiting cars does look like an Everest among security lapses.
But where does it rate among the great prison escapes? We have assessed the most memorable prison breaks of all time and given them marks for ingenuity, daring, degree of difficulty and myth-making. The top mark in each category is 25. On this system,...
- 4/25/2011
- by Stephen Moss
- The Guardian - Film News
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