Welcome to the first episode! My guest for this month is Clarko Clark, and he's joined me to discuss the film I chose for him, the 1949 British black comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets. You can follow the show on Twitter @cinemagadfly.
Show notes:
- My original review of Kind Hearts and Coronets
- A definition of black comedy
- Koyaanisqatsi and my review of it
- Charles I of England, who is mentioned early in the film
- This film takes place in the Edwardian era
- It stars Alec Guinness, who also played Obi-Wan Kenobi, and who was apparently similar to Eddie Murphy
- It was released in 1949
- Alice in Wonderland
- Clarko likes How I Met Your Mother, Scrubs, and Grey’s Anatomy
- Some of which feature an unreliable narrator, as perhaps does this
- Yes, a British general really did choose to go down with his ship after making a mistake in directions
- American Pyscho, a really apt and interesting comparison
- Ealing Studios is actually still around, and releasing films
- The fancier studio down the road was the Rank Studio
- The Hays Code, which was eventually overthrown, in part by Howard Hughes
- Making out on a fainting couch is less common these days
- Black and white films should not be colorized, under any circumstances
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