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Calendar Events / Announcements '13 II / Re: OT<F. Lang/Ministry of Fear
« on: July 07, 2013, 02:34:52 AM »
I saw the movie on a videotape from the library about ten years ago. I'm surprised it's never been released on DVD but there are so many excellent films from the past that have been neglected in that regard.
This four and a half minute clip gives you a good taste for the film and its foreshadowings of DS: sealed rooms, unattended for years, thrown open to reveal barrages of brightly burning candles; long sinister soliloquies from a troubled protagonist; a flawlessly gowned and coiffed Joan Bennett, eyes widening in mute horror; and one of the rooms even has a set design reminiscent of the Collinwood basement. Natalie Schafer can be seen but only has one or two lines:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvJRjPPQhhI
Best,
G.
This four and a half minute clip gives you a good taste for the film and its foreshadowings of DS: sealed rooms, unattended for years, thrown open to reveal barrages of brightly burning candles; long sinister soliloquies from a troubled protagonist; a flawlessly gowned and coiffed Joan Bennett, eyes widening in mute horror; and one of the rooms even has a set design reminiscent of the Collinwood basement. Natalie Schafer can be seen but only has one or two lines:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvJRjPPQhhI
Best,
G.