Monday, November 25, 2019

PICTURE, QUOTE, MOVIE #72


1.  What movie is the picture from?

2.  What movie is this quote from?

I ain't a-goin' to war. War's killin', and the book's agin' killin! So war is agin' the book! 


3.  What movie is this?


It was released in 1943 and was directed by the legendary team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (The Archers).  They also directed the respected “49th Parallel”.  It was the most expensive British movie made up until then.  The movie was shot in vibrant Technicolor.  It is about as British as you can get.  Although the movie is usually said to be inspired by the comic strip character, in fact the idea came from a scene cut from The Archers’ previous film (“One of Our Aircraft is Missing”).  A character says “You don’t know what it’s like to be old”.  Film editor and future great director David Lean suggested a movie be constructed around that line.

5 comments:

  1. Lone Survivor, Hacksaw Ridge, Life and Death of Col. Blimp.

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  2. Hacksaw Ridge was an excellent guess. I can picture Garfield reading that line, it makes me smile.

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    1. When I first read it, my mind said "against" instead of "agin". That makes all the difference. LOL

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