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A Matter of Life and Death 1946
Since its release, people have joked about the lines in Nolan’s Interstellar where characters state and restate its thesis to each other; love is the most powerful observable force in the universe. 70 years before Interstellar, ‘The Archers’ had this thesis dramatically litigated in a heavenly courtroom. But where Nolan is interested in the scientific awe, and love’s power to transcend time and space, The Archers are interested in the spiritual, and love’s power over life and death.
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Sunset Boulevard 1950
Norma is one of the most tragic characters I’ve seen in a film, but both her and Joe come from very different sides of relatable desperation. I think this is a much better reflexive look at Hollywood than Singin’ in the Rain’s love letter.
Anyway fuck Max
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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1943
The Archers repeatedly demonstrate an unparalleled understanding of the changing England (and empire) in which they lived, and here they delve into the character of its satirised ageing military elite, outpaced by the warfare they commanded. The original cartoon character of Col. Blimp, borrowed for the title of this film and aspects of the character of Wynne-Candy, was a parody conceived after the cartoonist heard British cavalry officers at a bathhouse declaring that they should have the honour of wearing…
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