El Cid (1961) isn’t just a medieval epic—it’s a Cold War fantasy soaked in jingoism, linguistic imperialism, and toxic masculinity. Charlton Heston’s ‘hero’ crushes female agency while the film’s polished spectacle buries its hollow story.
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https://ninetypercentcrapmoviereviews.wordpress.com/2022/11/10/el-cid/
El Cid: A Cold War Holy War Dressed in Cinemascope

El Cid (1961) isn’t historical drama so much as jingoistic fantasy—a holy war parable dolled up in Cinemascope and Cold War drag. The Reconquista becomes proto-NATO propaganda, with Charlton Heston…

90% of Everything is Crap

Find someone who looks at you like Marsha Hunt and Claire Trevor look at Dennis O'Keefe in RAW DEAL (1948).

Cinematography by John Alton. Directed by Anthony Mann, who was born on this date.

Streaming on Kanopy (free with a library card).

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J'ai bien mérité un peu de réconfort en finissant ma soirée avec lui... 🤠 

#RockHudson #AnthonyMann #LesAffameurs #BendOfTheRiver
#Cinemastodon #Mastociné #Western

#eglicamminavanellanotte un #killer sfuggente si muove nell'oscurità di #LosAngeles lasciando dietro di sé solo cadaveri e un dipartimento di polizia frustrato. In questo semi-documentario noir diretto da #AlfredWerker e dal non accreditato #AnthonyMann la città diventa un labirinto di ombre e terrore. #RichardBasehart ... #unofilm #unocinema #film #cinema #filmastodon #recensioni

https://www.valeriotagliaferri.it/egli-camminava-nella-notte-di-alfred-l-werker/

ascolta gratis la #recensione sul #podcast #lafogliadacanto

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/valeriotagliaferri8/episodes/Egli-camminava-nella-notte-di-Alfred-L--Werker-1948-e30dd8n

“Egli camminava nella notte” di Alfred L. Werker | Valerio Tagliaferri

#BehindTheScenes
#TheHeroesOfTelemark (1965)
Norwegian resistance tries to stop German efforts to produce heavy water needed for making atomic bombs during World War II.

Director #AnthonyMann and a Camera Operator on set.

#AlfredLWerker con la collaborazione non accreditata di #AnthonyMann, ci consegna un capolavoro del cinema #noir con #Eglicamminavanellanotte Basato su una storia vera, il film esplora le oscure profondità di #LosAngeles attraverso l’indagine di un omicidio che si trasforma in una caccia all’uomo, incarnata nella figura di Roy Morgan, interpretato con glaciale intensità da #richardbasehart La #pellicola è un esempio sublime di... #unocinema #unofilm #cinema #film

https://www.valeriotagliaferri.it/?p=23499

“Egli camminava nella notte” di Alfred L. Werker | Valerio Tagliaferri

The Great Flamarion - Wikipedia

#BehindTheScenes
#TheGlennMillerStory (1954)
Biography of bandleader Glenn Miller from his beginnings to his death over the English Channel in December 1944.

#JamesStewart #JuneAllyson #AnthonyMann (Director, far left).
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I noticed that someone has uploaded the 1955 Anthony Mann / Jimmy Stewart movie "Strategic Air Command" to the Internet Archive. This must be a pirate copy.

Interesting IMO mainly for the aerial photography of the B-36 bomber, built originally to bomb Berlin from bases in Newfoundland, never completed in time for that, and then re-purposed as the only bomber big enough to carry the first H-bombs.

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