{"id":342,"date":"2021-01-11T16:00:46","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T15:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/?p=342"},"modified":"2021-01-11T16:00:46","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T15:00:46","slug":"radishflix-2021-highlights-of-kw01","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/11\/radishflix-2021-highlights-of-kw01\/","title":{"rendered":"RadishFlix 2021: Highlights of KW01"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One Kalenderwoche<\/em> in, and I have ten films on my 2021 list<\/a>. I hope I can’t keep up the pace; we can’t stay in Enhanced and Extended Total Lockdown<\/a> forever, can we?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Der Tiger von Eschnapur<\/a> (1959) and Das Indische Grabmal<\/a> (1959)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

An epic story told across two movies by Fritz Lang. Warning:<\/strong> German actors wear brownface to portray natives of India. Warning:<\/strong> Endangered cats get murdered.

A typical “exotic adventure” movie for its time. Mr Radish remembered seeing it as a child, so we watched them both when they aired on Austrian public television last week. Debra Paget dances<\/a> in ways that are NFSW. Some of the dialog about race is uncomfortable to the point I was surprised it was allowed to air on a public channel, but maybe I shouldn’t be. I don’t know anything anymore.

Turn off the parts of your brain that know facts and just enjoy the costumes and the excitement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Man Without A Star<\/a> (1955)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

King Vidor directs Kirk Douglas and Jeanne Craine in a movie about barbed wire. I don’t have a lot to say about it, but I liked it. It feels topical; small western normies fighting off the tyranny of a rich East-Coast woman pressing them all out of business.

The German title was “Mit Stahlender Faust<\/em>“, or “With Steel Fist”. I saw it on Arte, an EU-funded “art and culture” broadcaster that shows a surprising number of 20th century American movies, occasionally in English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7 Zwerge – M\u00e4nner allein im Wald <\/a>(2004)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The story of Snow White, but without a handsome prince. The Dwarves are all men who have been abused by women, and are played by “famous comedians”–as I come to it with no knowledge of early 21st-century German stand-up, Mr Radish had to explain why some of the jokes based on the actors’ other work were funny. The sight gags and running gags and vegan jokes I understood and laughed at unprompted.

Dumb-funny but great costumes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Picture of Dorian Gray<\/a> (1945)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I found it riveting. Entertaining use of color and music. Angela Landsbury was young once. Fun disturbing clues in the set dressings. I didn’t really feel that Donna Reed’s character was in love in Dorian, but (spoiler alert) he didn’t really love her either so who cares.

I have seen the nitpicking in the internet about the costumes not reflecting the fashion of the early 20th century but this is not a costume extravaganza, it’s a psychological study, so I don’t care about the size of the flounce.

See this movie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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