What Else I Saw in February 2024--12 Mini Movie Reviews
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ย. 2024
- Another month in the bag! Here's what I watched in February. Hope you enjoy the list! :)
Movies mentioned--
Action in Arabia (1944)... streamed on TCM app
I Shot Jesse James (1949)... streamed on Criterion Channel
A Cold Night's Death (1973)... streamed on TH-cam
The Train Robbers (1973)... streamed on TCM app
Threads (1984)... streamed on Criterion Channel
The Love Letter (1998)... watched on DVD
The Moon is Down (1943)... streamed on TH-cam
Dangerous Crossing (1953)... streamed on TH-cam
Blast of Silence (1961)... streamed on Criterion Channel
Sentimental Journey (1946)... watched on DVD
Avalanche Alley (2001)... watched on DVD
Rhubarb (1951)... streamed on Criterion Channel
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Thrilled to see Threads discussed in so honest and precise a way. “Dreadful and great” is absolutely accurate. It’s one of the rare films I’ve seen that inarguably lived up to its reputation.
Thank you for offering up a new batch of films for me to watch .
I have seen Dangerous Crossing , which I liked , and Blast of Silence , which I wasn’t a fan of .
I can’t quite put a finger on why I didn’t like it , but I think that it had something to do with the main character .
Also , I thought that the ending was abrupt , and not fully realized .
Anyway , I look forward to exploring some of your recommendations .
Many thanks !
I thought the ending of Blast of Silence was very "of its time," ha. I'm glad you enjoyed the video, and I hope you found some good things to watch!
I watched Threads about a year ago. About halfway through I thought, this is good, I should show it to my girlfriend. Then, by the end, I was thinking I'm not sure I could watch this again any time soon. It is very sad, but extremely well done.
Such a diverse group of films to watch, quite an emotional journey!
"Mollycoddling" - My new word of the week! Thanks JW!
The term is not so common today, but it has been around for a while.
Thank you for sharing this video. Another nice selection of movies and very helpful description of them.
On my personal note. Yeah Threads is rough to watch. Along with The Day After these movies were more powerful than people of today would expect. Growing up in the 80s was always a little tense. I grew up in a town with a military base and I will never forget when my 6th great social studies teacher explained that if the base was hit by a nuke we would all die. All of us kids in our classroom, our parents at their jobs, our pets at home, all of us. And as crazy as it seems to tell children that. It wasn't like we weren't constantly reminded of that possibility on the news or media. There was a reason the 80s were so decadent, at any moment we could be incinerated by a nuke and movies like Threads and The Day After reminded us of that. I think that's why the 90s were so laid back. We survived a decade of nuclear threat and we were just so dang happy to be alive
Ms. Weiselberry, thanks for another fun video!
"Rhubarb" starred Orangey (also credited as Rhubarb and Minerva). His entry on IMDB shows 30 movie and TV credits. Orangey is something of feline acting royalty, as he is the only Cat to have won two Patsy Awards (a kind of Oscar for animals given by the American Humane Association).
On a darker note, some early nuclear war films I've seen include "Panic in the Year Zero" (1962, with Ray Milland) and "The World, The Flesh, and The Devil" (1959, with Harry Belafonte, Inger Stevens, and Mel Ferrer). Supposedly one of the very first post-nuclear films is "Five" (1951), which I may have seen a long time ago but I can't be sure.
I'm glad you enjoyed it! I've seen all three of those films. I think I thought Five was good, although if I remember correctly the second half was a little weak. But it's been years since I saw it. All three go down the "two men fighting over one woman" route, which I find kind of predictable and tedious. That's why I didn't like The World, The Flesh, and The Devil as much as I thought I would. Panic in Year Zero! differentiates itself by taking the more grim and realistic approach. Ray Milland also directed that one, besides starring in it. It's funny to see him in something like Rhubarb, a fluffy film where he shows off his comedic chops, which is a sharp contrast to most of the other movies he's known for.
Hi J, hope your Sunday was awesome. I have never heard of The Train Robbers until today; looks good. And Rhubarb the cat looks identical to my first cat, Tiger. I enjoyed Orangey's work in those other movies you mentioned, including as the 'nameless' cat Cat. I will have to see Rhubarb as well. Fun fact - The Moon is Down is a song title from one of my favorite bands. Probably no connection to the film though. Have a great week!
Your reference to a man looking "between Robert Deniro and George C. Scott" intrigued me enough to research him. Not only did Allen Baron write, direct, and star in Blast of Silence, but he also directed over two hundred various TV episodes. Blast of Silence is in the Criterion Collection and is on the Top 10 list of comedian and actor Patton Oswalt. (Oswalt also likes The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp.) Baron was also allegedly a cartoonist, but I can't corroborate that. It was an interesting rabbit hole to fall down in for a few minutes. Thanks, Rome, and owl be seeing you.
Oh, I don't think I realized that he wrote and directed the movie as well. (Shame on me.) That's probably why it feels so individualistic. Good catch!
As always, your videos are great, Jerome! I'm a Michael Rennie fan and his last film is a favorite of mine even though he was dubbed by someone else. Your comment about spoon feeding was hilarious! I saw something on Facebook that I bet you would like. It was a picture of a crochet owl blanket. Take care and thanks again for the review!
Great reviews today! As far as The Day After vs. Threads debate goes, I prefer The film Testament over both movies. I enjoyed today's reviews, and I look forward to more in the future! ❤
I worked as a young trainee (aka 'gopher') at the BBC in 1984. I remember that Threads was the subject of so much conversation among BBC staff - mainly because the post-production team were finding the whole experience too depressing. Staff were having to be taken off the production after a few weeks, and replaced. I watched it when it was first broadcast, and have had no desire to watch it again!
The Day After may not have hit as hard, but it was an extremely brave production for US television at the time. In an era where the OTT glamour of Dallas and Dynasty were what everyone wanted to watch (along with the fantasy cartoon violence of the A-Team, Knight Rider et al),a made for TV Movie depicting the aftermath of a Nuclear Holocaust was really quite something.
Good job JW. The only movie on your list that I know well is Dangerous Crossing. About 25 years ago I went on a little Jeanne Crain kick, and thought she gave a good performance in this. But I liked a few of her other movies better, like Leave Her to Heaven, A Letter to 3Wives, People Will Talk, and Cheaper by the Dozen.
Hi, Jerome! Thanks for sharing your perceptive thoughts in these reviews. I'm going to watch I Shot Jesse James and The Train Robbers, and also Rhubarb, which started life as a book by H. Allen Smith, which I read and liked when I was a kid.
I just watched Crack in the World, a good SF movie from 1965. It stars Dana Andrews and Janette Scott. I remembered liking it from a TV watch a long time ago, but was expecting a campy and cheesy 60's SF movie. I was very pleasantly surprised by how good it was. Anyway, thanks again for doing these reviews!
If you haven't seen it, 1969's The Bed sitting Room is a hilarious black comedy look at a post-nuclear apocalypse Britain.
A fun cat movie is 1961's The Shadow of the Cat. A wealthy old woman is murdered by her relatives so they can get her money but her cat throws a monkey wrench into their plans. Is the cat seeking revenge or are the relatives projecting their guilt onto the cat? It's a neat old horror/thriller.
Thanks for bringing Action in Arabia and Blast of Silence to my knowledge. They sound like great fun.
I actually did see The Bed Sitting Room years ago. A very strange and unusual film, ha.
@@Weiselberry Indeed it is. I once saw it on local TV with another 60s oddity, 1969's The Monitors. Benign aliens take over the world enforcing peace through suppressing extreme emotion. It has a lot of famous 60s actors and personalities including Star Trek alums Susan Oliver and Sherry Jackson. As weird as the Bed Sitting Room in its own way.
Just finished watching "A Cold Night's Death" and I thought it was great. I liked how the setup conveyed a sense of a real working environment with characters having designated roles. The performances were good too. A typically low-key, natural performance from Robert Culp, as expected, but it was interesting to see a very natural performance from Eli Wallach too, who I'm more used to seeing in larger-than-life character roles. I found the ending very satisfying and don't feel it required any further explanation. The reveal said all that was needed to say and the conclusion neatly rounded off the story/plot in a clever way. Thank you, Miss Weiselberry and the viewer who originally recommended this movie to you. A good night's entertainment.
Thanks, you saw so many neat things again!
Jerome, you are still one of my favorite reviewers. Even with bad movies you can find something good about.
I never heard of "Threads" and you peaked my interest.
I highly recommend "Harakiri" (1962) if you've never seen it.
Wow i hadn’t even heard of ANY of these. Learned a lot.
Enjoyed the line: “1949 man, what a year for films.” Right on I say.
Refreshingly smart analysis, will be back. 👍
I saw Threads when it was first shown in 1984. I was 30, and having my babies at the time. I found it traumatising, and couldn't possibly watch it now as my nerves have become more fragile with age! It may have had a lot to do with living only 4 hours away from Sheffield! On a lighter note, I enjoyed The Love Letter when I saw it some years ago. The short story, by Jack Finney, on which the film is based, can be read online. I wish I had more access to old b&w movies. Not much choice here in the UK.
Wow. Jack Finney wrote the novel filmed as "Invasion of the Body Snatchers".
Thank you Jerome for another fun and entertaining movie review.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for reviewing the Love Letter. I know I mentioned to you before that time travel movies are a special favorite category of mine! I agree that he was so unkind to not tell his fiancee about his obsession. It was an unnecessary cruelty . If he had told her up front, she would have been written out of the story ; maybe some kind of extra tension needed to be there in the movie?
Yes, you're probably right that they needed to keep going with that to build up the runtime. Also to create more conflict, although given the scenario, wasn't there enough keeping them apart to begin with??
Only film I've seen of these is 'Blast of Silence'. I really liked the look of it. Loved the on location shots of 1960 New York. 'Dangerous Crossing' looks like something I would want to see. Thanks for the warning on 'Threads'. Does not look like that would be up my alley at all. Thanks for indicating in the description, where you saw the films. Makes it easy to figure out where I might be able to find them.
I hope the list in the description is helpful! I'm sorry that the movies I watched on the TCM app often aren't there anymore. Fortunately they do replay some movies fairly often.
Similar thing to Threads was the British series, the Survivors from around the same time. That one is a pandemic that wipes out most of humanity. There's also Fallout coming out on Amazon Prime soon. Drastically different tone, though. A survivor sets out from the fallout shelter that's been the only home she's ever know into a world ravaged by the war that happened decades earlier.
Just went to look this up and the first thing I found was The Survivors, a 1983 comedy starring Walter Matthau and Robin Williams. Clearly that's not it! I've never heard of Survivors (1975-77), but it sounds very interesting.
@@Weiselberry Please excuse my jumping in here, but I would also recommend checking out the first two episodes of Survivors (The Fourth Horseman/Genesis). IMO the series meanders somewhat after that and eventually thins out, but those opening two episodes (which set the scene) are standouts and very much regarded as classics.
@@Ruby_Kang Jump in any time! I always appreciate it when someone seconds a recommendation.
I would also like to throw my hat in and recommend Survivors, it was written by Dalek inventor Terry Nation who also created Blake's 7 a mad Sci-Fi romp featuring a performance by "thinking woman's crumpet" Paul Darrow which I think you'd love.
@@assortedbile5381 Oh yeah, Blake 7. Just gotta push past that first episode.
The Fastest Gun Alive is another good western movie to watch if you can get your hands on it..with Glenn Ford...
Good Morning, Sister Jerome!
Thank you as always for a fun, informative video.
John Ireland is a favorite character actor of mine, and also makes a credible lead, 4-X, in the original (and real) THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS, a Corman film from 1956.
FUN FACT: Ireland got his show business start in a carnival, wrestling a dead octopus.
Thankfully, things went uphill from there.
It's 0310, and I must return to bed; have a blessed Sunday!
Wow. Just about any job is a step up from wrestling a dead octopus for a living. :o
New subscriber, delighted to find this channel. Really enjoying the very genuine vibe of it, and it's great to see some of these older films getting analyzed and highlighted. I've been looking for "Rhubarb" for a long time. Your reviews are very literate and insightful, a real pleasure (and rarity!). Looking forward to a long subscription!
Thank you! I'm happy to have you here!
If you can find it, I recommend "Special Bulletin" (1983) A TV movie about terrorists who build a dirty bomb and give an ultimatum to the US government to disarm. The movie is an illustration of how the broadcast media handles crisis situations in real time. Very well acted.
Hi Jerome! I'm behind on my YT watching after a few weeks with a heavy work schedule, but finally catching up now. Of these selections, I quite enjoy "I Shot Jesse James", "Dangerous Crossing" and "Blast of Silence". I feel like Sam Fuller almost always delivers with some great, propulsive storytelling, interesting characters, and thoughtful ideas delivered in a pulpy way. I'm a big fan. The other two are some great noir films. I admire and love "Threads", though it certainly is a spine-tingling watch and a sobering reminder of real-life horrors that are sadly within the realm of possibility. I think it's a fantastic and spot-on observation that the lead actor in "Blast of Silence" looks like a cross between Robert De Niro and George C. Scott! When you mentioned that with the accompanying photos you selected I laughed out loud, haha! Finally, I'm personally kind of lukewarm on "The Bank Robbers", though it's pleasant enough, and I definitely agree that Ann Margaret was kind of underwhelming in it. I am intrigued by "A Cold Night's Death" and should check it out. Cheers, Jerome!
At your recommendation, I just watched "Threads" on TH-cam. The mounting tension at the beginning, knowing what was about to come, was almost unbearable. With all the recent "zombie apocalypse" fantasies of late, I'd rather forgotten about the whole "Nuclear Winter" scenario that a nuclear apocalypse would cause (that was a big talking point in the early 1980s). And even though the current victims of war are not suffering from a nuclear bomb, I still felt moved to sympathize with anyone in Ukraine, Gaza, or the countless other war torn countries currently in existence around the world. The suffering of war....seeing your entire home and country reduced to rubble, losing loved ones to gory, horrific endings, seeking refuge in an unsympathetic world.... why can't humans just get along? THAT is the really nauseating sense I got from watching this film.
I saw Threads when it first came on. I was 14 and I don't think people know how scary that year was for all of us. We hadn't come that close to nuclear war since the Cuban Missle crisis and wouldn't again until now.
Watched Dangerous Crossing a few weeks ago. Really good movie. Also, a couple of songs you might like are Bleak House and Magdalen by Anthony Phillips.
I like ur owls, my mother use to like thm also. Whn i worked n a nursing home, one of my patients had those also, then i saw a picture of her w a real owl!
I recommend the 1997 flick "The Postman", a very superb movie imo.
Set well after the events of some apocalypse, it gives us a microcosm of the human condition and the ideals that damn us or bind us.
Watched Dangerous Crossing after this and loved it! The 'my person has disappeared. No really!' genre is one of my faves, and I'd also been racking my brain trying to remember another such genre discovery from the tubes . This renewed my interest and found it: it's a 1950s Bogarde movie called So Long At The Fair and it's also a fun ride. And as I suspected, I just searched just now and you were the recommender on that one as well, in 2017 :D. Many thanks!
That movie memory *was* with me all along! I'm not crazy!
Oh yeah, So Long at the Fair is another one! I'm glad you enjoyed it too!
Thank you, very good content.
I just bought a Criterion DVD collection of Tod Browing flicks. It had "Freaks," 1932 "The Unknown," 1927 and "The Mystic. 1925. Of the three, strange as it may sound, "The Mystic," is my favorite. It has a haunting score with piano and guitar. Good acting and a twist ending.
Another unforgettable post-apocalypse film is the animated "When the Wind Blows". It's based on what's now termed a " graphic novel ". Available on TH-cam.
I've checked my library for it many times over the years, and it seems they've finally gotten a copy, so I've got it on my order list. I don't know why I didn't think to check TH-cam again...
I have a soft spot for made-for-TV movies from the '70s, so I've seen "A Cold Night's Death." Another very good one starring Robert Culp is 1975's "A Cry For Help."
A Cold Night's Death!!!! I saw this when it was first on TV. As a 13 year old, that final scene was TERRIFYING! Love this movie!
JW! Thanks again for another fascinating and thoughtful collection of reviews. Again, I would love to hear your views on The Plaza Suite (1971) and also - as we are in Oscar season - perhaps the multi-award winning On Golden Pond (1981)? All the best - Duncan.
I missed Threads at the time - thankfully, I was far too young - but it was legendary during the period of its general unavailability to watch. It's a great representation of just how willing British TV drama was to be bleak and brutal (in a way that it isn't now). It's also sort of a remake - at least in the sense that the makers were trying to do something that had been attempted on British television twenty years earlier, but to do it more fully. 'The War Game' was a 1966 film for British TV by Peter Watkins that depicted a nuclear attack in the manner of a fly-on-the-wall documentary. Since you've long known Threads you may well have come across it, but if not it's certainly worth a watch. It's nothing like as sickening as Threads, and can even be thought optimistic by comparison - but tellingly the BBC didn't broadcast it at the time. Records have since shown that the British government actually intervened to stop it from being shown! It was eventually broadcast in the UK in 1985, but in the intervening time it won an academy award. Oh - there's also a 1980s BBC adaptation of Z For Zachariah, but people aren't as enthusiastic about that one...
I haven't gotten to see The War Game yet, but it is on my list.
@@Weiselberry (I can also recommend Watkins's ''Culloden' which presents the battle of 1745 in the same documentary manner.)
Check out the eerie, offbeat "Portrait of Jennie" (1948) with Joseph Cotton. I was impressed by the well-written script for "The Train Robbers" -- the characters had interesting dialog and more depth and development than one normally sees in a Western.
Oh yes, I've seen Portrait of Jennie!
I started to watch Threads a few months ago but got kind of depressed and stopped. But I have Criterion and saw that the British WW2 film from that same mid-eighties time frame is also on TH-cam. I think that would make an interesting contrast.
I remember a newscast about "Threads" the makers considered "The Day After" as too timid. "Threads" included a nuclear winter, a theory promoted by Carl Sagan. In retrospect it's amazing the Berlin Wall fell within the decade. The '80s were interesting. Since it's March, have you reviewed "The Quiet Man"?
I haven't reviewed it, but I have seen it!
I assume you have, but if you've never seen The War Game (1966), it's a great addition to the 'horribly depressing nuclear annihilation movie' genre. All of Peter Watkins movies are worth a look, but The War Game in particular has the advantage of being only 50 minutes long.
If you have the strength, the 345-minute La commune, 1871 is his best film/my favourite of his films
I haven't, but I've got it on my list!
A lot of older movies uploaded to youtube lately.
Three that snap to mind, that I'd like to recommend:
The Bunker, 1981, with Anthony Hopkins as Ad*lph H*tler
The Crawling Eye, 1958, classic Horror
Triple Cross, 1966, starring Chris Plummer, Yul Brynner, and Goldfinger
I'm sure there's more old Horror I could recommend.
* Triple Cross there is a bit of a spy drama film.
Thanks for the suggestions! Yep, there's a lot of good stuff on here. It's wise when you find an upload of something rare you've been searching for to watch it ASAP. You never know when it might disappear!
I'm really interested in Rhubarb, partly as a cat owner, partly as a Ray Milland fan, however it's not available in Canada. I have queued up Threads, for a downer time.
Thank you once again, Jerry, for the reviews. Your efforts are always appreciated. I think Threads is something that's up my alley.
Watched Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru. Slow paced, thoughtful and quite good. It's about a government bureaucrat who finds out he's dying from stomach cancer and realizes he's wasted the last thirty years of his life stamping papers and accomplishing nothing. It's a character story but also a bit of social commentary as it shows how a bureaucracy sucks the life out of the individual as well as his will to accomplish, well, anything. It's a bit of a downer but by the end you see how the main character manages to accomplish a simple thing and find his vitality just before the end.
If I can make a couple of recommendations.
Haxan, a Swedish feature from 1922 about witchcraft. I know the occult isn't your thing but this movie is less narrative and more of an essay and takes a historical and rational approach to the subject matter. It covers some history and then tries to explain the behaviors associated with witchcraft as forms of mental illness. There is some narrative, but it's not the largest part of the film. Totally worth watching if only for what is probably the most hilarious depiction of Satan put on screen. It can be found on the Criterion Channel.
The other one I'd recommend is Tod Browning's Freaks from 1932 about a group of sideshow freaks. Specifically, about one couple's attempts to take one lovelorn dwarf for everything he's worth (which, apparently, is quite a bit). I don't know how you'd feel about the subject matter, I was a bit hesitant myself, but in the end the film won me over with its charm. Browning spent some time in a circus before directing and he really goes out of his way to show the humanity of a group of people that would have been looked down on. Surprisingly entertaining with a satisfying ending. I watched this on bluray, Criterion's recent Tod Browning collection specifically, but it is available to rent on Amazon or TH-cam.
Both of these have a vibe that goes with well with Halloween. If you need something to help set the mood around that time I'd say these two are winners.
If I can mention one last thing? That touch of gray really suits you. Very cool.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video! I've had Ikiru on my watchlist for a long time. Maybe this will be the year I get to it. I've got to say it's a hard pass from me on Haxan due to the occult imagery and subject matter. But I have seen Freaks. Hard to forget that one!
Ah, thanks! I rather like it myself. :)
Hi Miss Weiselberry, Maybe I enjoyed "The Train Robbers" more than you did because I tend to like those old movies where you know just about everyone on the screen from fifteen other movies. But as usual, you got these reviews right. Keep up the good work.
Ha, well, more often than not, The Train Robbers not excluded, I do know the actors from other movies. :) Thanks!
Hey Jerome! Hope you and your family have a wonderful weekend! Loved your book content last week. Great job!
Thanks, Tony!
Ricardo Montalban almost taking over a movie? Color me surprised haha
I'm glad to hear you like oldies music...the good stuff!
@JeromeWeiselberry >>> Great reviews...👍
Bobby Vinton does have some fun Christmas songs. I've always been partial to 'Peppermint Stick Parade'.
My February watched list-
Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
Labyrinth (1986)
The Beatles: Get Back (2021)
Wonka (2023)
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
The Living Daylights (1987)
Broken Flowers (2005)
My Bloody Valentine (1981)
The King of Comedy (1983)
Lisa Frankenstein (2024)
Don't Look Now (1973)
Full Circle/The Haunting of Julia (1977)
Chariots of Fire (1981)
Poor Things (2023)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Yeah, that's a fun one! That's a nice eclectic mix. What did you think of Lisa Frankenstein? I haven't heard or seen any reviews yet, but the trailer looked like it could go either way.
@@Weiselberry The reviews seem to be mixed but I really liked it. The 80s setting, concept, cast and Diablo Cody's writing were all pluses for me. And you can't go wrong seeing a misfit romance on Valentine's week. It also just visually looked good. Had good style.
I watched Threads back on of all things PBS in the eighties. It was a grim but very effective movie and I also love post-apocalyptic movies. This and the Wayne movie are the only ones I ever watched. Thanks for sharing such a diverse bunch of movies.
My whole life it was only a dream... My name on the "endcredits". Thank you (and me), Mrs. Weiselberry!
Interesting line-up of oldies. You have good taste.
Have a swell week ahead.
Thank You for the Great video, I appreciate your views and it really helps me to see if I'd like something. Hope you have a GREAT Year and Thanks for all you do.
Thank *you*!
Ricardo Montalban was a terrific actor. Of course, playing Khan in "The Wrath of. . . ." but he did a number of good movies in the 50s. Try out "Murder Street" (1950); a very good noir with Ricardo. Apocalyptic movie: Check out "The Day the Earth Caught Fire". Will the world end? Will it survive? It's all done like a newspaper documentary rather than horror/sci fi. Very good with Edward Judd, Janet Munro, Leo McKern.
A great way to start off March, with a great review collection from JW.
As always, I add a couple to my view list.
Gracias. Merci. Thanks.
I hope you enjoy your picks whenever you get to see them!
@@Weiselberry- Merci. But I know I don't have as many on my list as you do. 😉
@@ygstuff4898 Haha, probably not!
Hi Weiselberry! I recommend the book, "Alas, Babylon," by Pat Frank. It's a post-nuclear apocalypse story written in 1959 during the early days of the nuclear doomsday scare. I really liked this book because it doesn't fall into the trope of everybody sinking into primal viciousness. Instead, the book strikes a more hopeful tone and focuses on the ways people come together during times of hardship.
0:49 I like Virginia Bruce.
I watched Threads as a kid in the UK. Gave me nightmares. Never want to watch it again. Which puts it in a small batch of films I know are excellent but never want to see again - the other two being Nil By Mouth and a Korean film from the 1960 called Aimless Bullet that I saw as part of the London Korean Film Festival to review. You can find on TH-cam I think if you want a particularly bleak evening in.
I've got a batch of movies like that, with The Elephant Man and Schindler's List at the top. Curiously, as upsetting as Threads is, I do think I'd willingly watch it again. Or at least the first half...
My family and I watched this movie when it aired on our first colored TV
`Jerome` Have you heard of `The War Game` ? It was made in 1965 by Peter Watkins, but was banned from TV screenings by successive UK Governments until 1984. In B/W its documentary style is similar to that by `Threads`.
Always cool.
Peace on earth.
if you liked "Threads" try watching "When the Wind Blows" voiced by John Mills, its animated but very good, that is if you haven't seen it.
I've checked my library for it many times over the years and been disappointed, but my network finally got a copy! I'll definitely be getting it sometime.
Happy Sunday :)
Your what I watched lists are always fun and surprising.
I’ve seen three of these for sure, The Train Robbers-I liked it well enough but it wouldn’t be a favourite, it is one of those later Wayne films where you can see it’s become a bit of a struggle but it is a film that sticks out visually to me and setting wise. Threads- I first saw this in the late 90s I think, possibly early 2000s when BBC aired it for a special or maybe an anniversary and it was such a bleak watch, very good though and added another worry to my young mind to go along with earwigs, tornadoes (although chances of that happening are slim here) and outbreaks, hello future COVID 2019 :0, I think I may have actually been more worried about the Ebola outbreak in 2014, both outbreaks get a thumbs down. Sentimental Journey- I watched it because of Maureen O’ Hara and I was curious how the song would play into it, I liked the film but it is a tad morbid and I agree with everything you said about the well being of Marshalls character Hitty not being considered, it’s a bit John Wick only with an adopted daughter instead of a dog. Morbid stories and situations have always made me feel uneasy but I guess it’s true for everyone, a major downside of UK TV is the adverts for funerals and cremations with older people taking about how they want to be laid to rest that seem to air nonstop, I don’t like them at all, it’s a weird UK thing, I’ve also always thought the amount of pharmaceutical advertising on American TV was odd so I guess the US has pharmaceutical and the UK has funeral/cremation:0 hearing an old person talk about putting away money towards their funeral is not something I want to be hearing and not something I want them to be thinking about :(. I Shot Jesse James is the film I’m unsure if I’ve seen, I may not have and could be confusing it with one of the many other Jesse James films I have seen, well known higher profile films and not so well known cheaper B-films with Jesse James in the title or a character in the film. I guess the only way to be sure is to watch it. Ireland and Britton is a funny pairing.
I haven’t seen any of the others but there’s a few in there I’m very interested to see, I may watch The Love Letter tomorrow evening because I like the premise but I’m sure the male lead’s treatment of his fiance will be irritating to see. The story reminds me of the Sandra Bullock romantic fantasy/drama The Lake House, I liked it and saw it again not too long ago, I feel like I may have watched you review it in a past What Else I Watched but I could be mistaken, Bullocks character’s favourite book is Persuasion so maybe you discussing Jane Austen and Persuasion a few times caused a Mandela effect in my mind lol.
I’d like to see A Cold Nights Death, I like stories with similar settings and like that X Files episode “ ICE”.
I’d also like to see Action in Arabia, The Moon is Down-very interested in this and will search it out soon plus it’s got Clarence!🪽lol, Dangerous Crossing ( I’m sure that moment with overly chivalrous Rennie will make me chuckle lol) I saw a filmmaker recommend Blast of Silence a few months ago, it could’ve been Guillermo Del Toro but I completely forgot the title and here it is lol. The look of the film is interesting, the images you’ve shared do like like a cross between a 40s and 60s film with some French New Wave in there too, your review has put it on my list. Rhubarb sounds so peculiar and charming so I’d like to check that one out too. I just watched an avalanche documentary a few days ago titled Buried : The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche and it was pretty good and although it’s pushing me towards watching Avalanche Alley i may give that one a miss after watching your funny review, I am curious about the talking rock lol.
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Oh, I didn't even pick up on that, Ireland and Britton. Ha! Since I Shot Jesse James was one of my favorites of the month, I feel like you should give it a watch even if it turns out you had seen it before. Either way, you win!
No, you're correct, I did do a mini review of The Lake House a couple years ago. I was definitely reminded of that (and other things) while watching The Love Letter. And then I realized I couldn't remember how things got resolved in that movie. Actually, come to think of it, I believe The Love Letter was suggested to me in response to that mini review! We come full circle. The Love Letter is a good movie, really. There was just that one thing...
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on these movies, even if you've only seen a few! I appreciate you taking the time. Speaking of time, don't waste it by watching Avalanche Alley. The talking rock isn't worth it. :)
Ah, Jerome, it's not just a Nuclear Couple with Day After vs. Threads...it's a nuclear *Throuple* which also includes 1983's Testament starring Jane Alexander. It's very quiet, very subtle, and very devastating, the complete opposite of either of its doomsday compatriots. This is absolutely a recommendation.
There's also a beautiful version on TH-cam of the Nuclear War adjacent film These Are The Damned, with Macdonald Carey and Oliver Reed. It really devastated me as a child and I never forgot it. No Nuclear Holocaust in the film, but the threat is at its heart in a very unusual, and horrific, way...
I know, Testament and The Day After in the same year, oof! I'd say Testament is the least graphic but most emotional of the three. I did a mini review of it in this video: th-cam.com/video/k65lK2NE1q8/w-d-xo.html
If you have access to Criterion's library, you may like two Japanese horror movies House and Cure.
I don't know what it was about its placement in this particular video, but I couldn't look away from that owl over Jerome's left shoulder. It's like it was staring right at me.... silently judging me...
what a fun interesting channel.
Thanks!
Hi! You have a lovely channel. New subscriber. Perhaps next time I'll have something creative to say.
Thanks!
Great as always, Jerome. I think the only real nuclear apocalypse film I’ve seen (“Dr. Strangelove” doesn’t count) is “On the Beach”. It’s a timely genre though, what with good old Russia spouting its nuclear threats again.
I'm inclined to agree with you that Dr. Strangelove doesn't really count, but I wouldn't say so too loudly, haha. Yes, On the Beach is great. My mom actually likes both versions, the 1959 film and the 2000 tv movie. The book is really good too.
Sentimental Journey was remade, with Lauren Bacall and Robert Stack, in 1958. The title then was The Gift of Love
Starting at about 20:54 in this video:
I also noticed the resemblance to George C. Scott.
Beautiful thumbnail.
I consider Threads the adult version of The Day After (I watched the latter during its television premiere). Better than both is the animated "When the Wind Blows" (1986). Low key and personal versus apocalyptic bloat.
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Hey, Jerome. I’ve definitely heard of “Threads” from a couple of friends of mine, so I’m glad to hear your take on it. I also want to share what I watched last February.
1. The Monster Squad …. On 4K UHD
2. Argylle …. In theaters
3. Mighty Joe Young (1949) …. On DVD
4. Freaked …. On 2K Blu-ray
5. The Mummy (1999) …. On DVD
6. Battlestar Galactica (1978 movie) …. On DVD
7. Blood Simple …. On DVD
8. Twilight Zone: The Movie …. On 2K Blu-ray
9. Tremors …. On 4K Blu-ray
10. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) …. On 2K Blu-ray
11. The Bride of Frankenstein …. On Svengoolie via MeTV
12. Dune (1984) …. In theaters
13. Lisa Frankenstein …. In theaters
Jerome, this month, you have both a great St. Patrick’s Day AND a great Easter! 😃🍀🐰
Thank you! :) Did you think Argylle was as awful as everyone else apparently did? I was kind of looking forward to it, but then the reviews were scathing.
I was honestly very disappointed. Without spoiling a whole lot, plot was unnecessarily convoluted in spite of being a potentially great premise and I feel that the movie could have been so much better.
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Nice coming across your videos again, really missed seeing you. I got a triple feature of Star Trek The Next Generation movies, and Star Wars Episodes 1, 2, and 3 on Blu-ray from library. Also the original Planet of the Apes. Good movies if you haven’t seen them. Hope you are doing well.
I'm always here, whenever you want to stop by! :)
@@Weiselberry just subscribed so I won’t miss you again.
@@Berkner80 Great!
Ever read or seen Level 7? It's the granddaddy stylistically & thematically of Threads & Day After. The book is from 1959 @ the height of cold war fears. An intense read, even by today's standards. Survivors hide in a huge underground complex, with descending levels sealed off from the outside world and each other. The bombs drops. Then death & chaos seep down through each level. It was made into an episode of U.K. TV series Out of the Unknown in '66. That's on YT, I believe, but the quality isn't great. Still, it's just an hour & faithful to the novel.
No, I'm not familiar with that.
It's sort of On the Beach in an underground bunker vs. a submarine.
I never saw Sentimental Journey, but I seen the remake called The Gift of Love (1958). Basically the same plot except the husband is a scientist. I feel the same way about keeping your sickness from your partner, Especially since in the film when she died, he could't cope with it since it all happened so fast for him. And he basically gives their adopted daughter back to the orphanage at some point. I thought it was just not the right way of dealing with an impending death, and a reason for adopting a child.
Re Dangerous Crossing. Kind of The Lady Vanishes but boat not train?
Ooh, kind of!
Great list of videos this week❤, as the credits on “Threads” roll, I always like to think there is some guy in Sydney Australia ordering two scoops of Vanilla icecream. 😊
Then the clerk asks “we got 32 flavors!”
Talking of nuclear war themed movies, have you ever seen The War Game (1966) - a British docu-drama that looks at what might happen in the aftermath of an attack. It was thought to be quite shocking in its day and is still powerful today.
Here are some movies I saw in Feb:
City of the Living Dead 1980
Scream 2022
Targets 1968
Bunny Lake is Missing 1965 (funny you mentioned that)
My Bloody Valentine 1981
Save Yourselves! 2020
Black Tuesday 1954
The Kid Detective 2020
End of Watch 2012
The Inglorious Bastards 1978
Things to Come 1936
Kid Detective really took me by surprise, excellent flick.
I've heard about The War Game (in relation to Threads, which was kind of like an updated, extended version in color), but I haven't seen it yet. My library has obtained a copy, so it's on my list now.
Ha! That is funny that you saw Bunny Lake is Missing last month. It's a pretty good movie, I thought. Not sure how rewatchable it is, but it was surprising the first time.
Hey pretty weisel. I'd strongly recommend 1983's Testament. It tackles the same subject matter as Threads and the Day After, but on a smaller, more intimate scale. I also appreciate the Love Letter review, always been a Big Jennifer Jason Leigh fan
You caught Leonard Nimoy's very brief appearance in Rhubarb, right?
We didn't know to look for him, but my mom thought she spotted him and I confirmed it afterward. He's very young there!
Love your sit ,I love when you end with ' biy
If you like movies with a nuclear war theme, check out Ladybug Ladybug (1963). It's about how children in an elementary school are affected when there is an alert of an impending nuclear attack.
Seen it! I talked about it several years ago in this video: th-cam.com/video/ZJbrmXYOWJ0/w-d-xo.html
@@Weiselberry Aha! I might have known. Going to check it out right now!
Wasn't Avalanche featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000?
That was actually Avalanche (1978), but they could have had some fun with Avalanche Alley too.
Sanders was in Psychomania, John Ireland was in Spartacus, Kulp was good in Columbo, and Eli was good in spaghetti westerns, and Tales of the Unexpected (Shatterproof), Rod Taylor was good in The Birds, Montalban in Star Trek was good,
I like my end of the world movies to be a bit fantastical; reality is just too depressing….laugh….
I think THREADS could've done with a standalone review - I saw the movie many years ago and never forgot it. I remember particularly the television reporter's voice shaking as she announces, live on camera, that nuclear bombs have been dropped on Russian forces invading Germany; and NATO fighter jets vaporized during takeoff as the Russians retaliate with their own devices. (Not to mention the incontinent English housewife.) If you haven't already, you definitely want to see the brilliant film which inspired Kubrick's DR. STRANGELOVE - FAIL SAFE (1964), available for free on TH-cam, has no special effects and needs none. Its radar screens and vapor trails are terrifying enough.
1:29 Preston Foster was the killer in "Doctor X," 1932. Studios tried to make him a leading man, but it didn't stick.
REVIEW BRAH'S SISTER!!! A wray of SUNSHINE!
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Supporting creators by liking subbing commenting,, I dislike Reed Hadley from all the atomic bomb movies he made for the DOD lol but oh well...
Is it just me who is bothered by your camera being focused on the bookcase, leaving you in a headache-inducing blur?
There are nearly 15,000 people who don't seem to mind how my videos look. It's low resolution, by the way, not a focus issue. Don't watch if it gives you a headache.
@@Weiselberry Somehow I thought you would be nicer. I disagree with your resolution comment. It is in fact a focus issue as the owls and books are tack sharp compared to your face which is soft. Congratulations on your success.
@@mind-brainstudio927 I'm sorry if I came across as salty, but I'm merely answering your question, not tooting my own horn. It's a simple thing: if you dislike how someone's videos look, just don't watch them, especially if it gives you a headache. I certainly don't want to make anyone feel unwell.