tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post7240380187229930471..comments2024-03-27T22:39:08.396-04:00Comments on Sweet Freedom: Overlooked Films and/or Other A/V: ANGEL OF DEATH (2009); decent dvd commentaries and extras; Roald Dahl stories dramatized on BBC Radio 4Todd Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-12502999048225673412011-04-13T17:38:54.463-04:002011-04-13T17:38:54.463-04:00For some reason, Chuck, your comment was caught in...For some reason, Chuck, your comment was caught in a spam filter. I might just, out of curiosity and the desire to atone for misspelling his name earlier...certainly Lou Adler's commentary is as in and out as one might expect...he even notes that, for the MTVish video they shot about two years after the film wrapped, to serve as a stronger ending (and it does), the girls look older (that is, Lane is now 17, Dern now 15, Marin Kanter now a doddering 21)--and, Adler hastens to add, "they still look good"...and this is his last statement in his commentary. The hell you say, flatterer...I mean, Kanter is old enough to drink these days, much less then.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-28681451512470259522011-04-12T23:41:34.795-04:002011-04-12T23:41:34.795-04:00You can see Dahl "Parson's Pleasure"...You can see Dahl "Parson's Pleasure" coming a mile off, even if you haven't read it before (it's slightly...slightly...less obvious, did I mention slightly?, in prose), but the adaptation on Radio 4 is still amusing enough for the run-through.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-8605528528815317952011-04-12T18:58:15.003-04:002011-04-12T18:58:15.003-04:00Todd, if you enjoyed the commentary on the FABULOU...Todd, if you enjoyed the commentary on the FABULOUS STAINS DVD you may want to check out the downloadable commentary by Marc Edward Heuck, aka the Movie Geek from MTV's BEAT THE GEEKS game show. I haven't listened to it yet but apparently Heuck is a big fan and was instrumental in its DVD release. It's at his blog: http://www.home.earthlink.net/~meheuck/thefabulousstains/Chuck Esolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17330602407454090182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-88493333217479545572011-04-12T13:24:12.122-04:002011-04-12T13:24:12.122-04:00Indeed, George, that's what I refer to...they ...Indeed, George, that's what I refer to...they hope to defund considerable amounts of the BBC. Meanwhile, the GOP hotheads of various stripes aren't going after NPR directly, which is as rich as Kroc, so much as the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds public broadcasting entities, NPR least of the national ones and the station groups the most, and is directly funded in part by the feds.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-22939236695991856302011-04-12T12:58:53.967-04:002011-04-12T12:58:53.967-04:00With the Republicans and Tea Party trying to kill ...With the Republicans and Tea Party trying to kill funding for NPR, I'm sure similar shenanigans are going on across the pond to the BBC.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-4198698017383420382011-04-12T10:05:07.425-04:002011-04-12T10:05:07.425-04:00Yes, but one wonders how long any new productions ...Yes, but one wonders how long any new productions will be forthcoming, given the Tories & LD's various machinations...not altogether unlike those of certain other folks, closer to home...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-48188262480679762832011-04-12T09:27:16.533-04:002011-04-12T09:27:16.533-04:00Thanks for the reminder to check out the BBC for i...Thanks for the reminder to check out the BBC for interesting fare.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.com