Series - Silver Screen Revisited

  1. Read more: Silverscreen Revisited: The Great Gatsby 2013
    Silver Screen Revisited: Der große Gatsby (2013)

    Silverscreen Revisited: The Great Gatsby 2013

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    Baz Lurhmann’s adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel The Great Gatsby is a visual firecracker and an ode to the opulence of...
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  2. Read more: Silver Screen Revisited — House of Cards (original UK trilogy)
    Silver Screen Revisited — House of Cards (Originale Triologie UK)

    Silver Screen Revisited — House of Cards (original UK trilogy)

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    Most of you probably know about (or have seen) House of Cards, the American political thriller, set in Washington featuring the ruthless power-see...
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  3. Read more: Silver Screen Revisited – Brideshead Revisited (1981)
    Silver Screen Revisited – Brideshead Revisited (1981)

    Silver Screen Revisited – Brideshead Revisited (1981)

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    Lumping Brideshead Revisited into our Silver Screen Revisited series makes sense logistically for us here at Mogg Towers, but it is a bit of a mis...
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  4. Read more: Silver Screen Revisited – John Robie (To Catch a Thief, 1955)
    Silver Screen Revisited – John Robie (Über den Dächern von Nizza, 1955)

    Silver Screen Revisited – John Robie (To Catch a Thief, 1955)

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    Alfred Hitchcock’s 1955 film To Catch a Thief will make you want to go to the French Riviera where the sun is always shining and the champagne is ...
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  5. Read more: SILVER SCREEN REVISITED — The Italian Job (1969) and Get Carter (1971)
    SILVER SCREEN REVISITED – The Italian Job (1969) und Get Carter (1971)

    SILVER SCREEN REVISITED — The Italian Job (1969) and Get Carter (1971)

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    I love these two films, which both have Michael Caine in the lead role, but beyond this are very different. The Italian Job is a mostly ...
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  6. Read more: SILVER SCREEN REVISITED – The Great Gatsby (1974)
    SILVER SCREEN REVISITED – Der Große Gatsby (1974)

    SILVER SCREEN REVISITED – The Great Gatsby (1974)

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    As much as any film I have ever seen, the 1974 screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s literary masterpiece does almost perfect justice to...
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