Tag Archives: The Masters of Cinema Series

Pete’s Peek | Fall in love again with Marlene Dietrich’s 1930 classic The Blue Angel

Posted on 1 February 2013 by peter

THE STORY In Weimar, Germany, a dour and unlikeable high school professor, Immanuel Rath (Emil Jannings), visits the infamous The Blue Angel cabaret, where he falls for the free-spirited singer, Lola-Lola (Marlene Dietrich). Though she has little affection for the … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Pasolini’s Oedipus Rex opus gets the Masters of Cinema treatment

Posted on 10 October 2012 by peter

If you follow my posts, then you’ll know I have a passion for the films of Pier Paolo Pasolini, many of which have been restored and re-released through Eureka!’s The Masters of Cinema Series. The latest, Oedipus Rex, is the … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | On this day in 1949 – Jean-Pierre Melville’s tribute to the French Resistance, Le Silence de la mer

Posted on 22 April 2012 by peter

On this day (22 April) in 1949, director Jean-Pierre Melville released his debut feature, Le Silence de mer, an adaptation of a nouvella by the French author Vercors. Published in 1942, during the Nazi occupation of France, and secretly distributed, … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Why does the 1970′s film Punishment Park continue to upset America?

Posted on 18 February 2012 by peter

Set in a future where America’s war in Vietnam has led to the setting up of detention camps to hold dissidents, director Peter Watkins’ 1971 pseudo-documentary involves a British film crew, led by Watkins himself, following one group of radicals … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Fritz Lang’s Indian Epic is a ravishingly kitsch 1950s adventure

Posted on 18 April 2011 by peter

Best known for his 1930 German Expressionist masterpieces M, Metropolis and Dr Mabuse and his forays into Hollywood film noir in the 1950s, Fritz Lang was all set to call it a day back in 1959 when he got the … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Get a taste of 1950s Italy with Masters of Cinema’s new Michelangelo Antonioni releases

Posted on 20 March 2011 by peter

Michelangelo Antonioni, who died in 2007, belonged to that elite group of Italian film-makers who made a huge impact on world cinema following the Second World War. Best known for maverick fare like L’avventura, Blow Up and Zabriskie Point in … Continue reading →

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