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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If I was a gigging drummer in the UK I would be tempted to go with this minimalist kit just because it would save a lot of lugging around

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I am half-obsessed with Greg Saunier. He doesn't use toms or hi-hat but makes up for it by getting about ten different sounds out of his snare. The bass drum sounds a bit like a floor tom and it does interact with the snare a bit like a tom. He sounds amazing anyway www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX2Y...

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Deerhoof - Dummy Discards A Heart - Juan's Basement

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I really enjoyed Disclosure Day, though I think it's one for the big screen and a good crowd

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"That will make you sleep, my pretty sergeant."

RANDOM LINE FROM A MOVIE THAT FANS OF IT INSTANTLY KNOW

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Interesting read that, thanks. I told my mum how scared I was of it but she just told me not to watch it again

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I was only 8, so you'll probably be alright

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Changes frightened me more than anything else I have ever seen on a screen. I saw episode 1 and didn't dare to watch any more. 51 years later I still haven't

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

...they never looked it. The matte paintings and scanty sets often looked better than the real thing because of clever design and lighting, vision and imagination. But then... Scaramouche has that sword fight. Eight weeks of blood sweat and tears went into that apparently, and it is the business

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

(I've always fancied having a go at fencing but I've left it too late now, my knees aren't up to it). I didn't think Scaramouche was that good overall. Not a great story, and a lot of the scenes look cheap and cramped. The Gainsboroughs Granger appeared in were all done on the cheap, but...

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

In the scenes where he's learning how to fence we learn that you should hold the sword like a little bird; too tight and you choke it, too loose and it flies away. That's exactly you hold a drumstick. The repetition and discipline and frustration of those scenes really reminded me of learning drums

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The more you see of Granger the more you appreciate his dark side. He's a great sneerer. When he's bitter about something, or loathing someone, possibly himself, he really comes to life. I don't know if he ever had a role that properly brought that out though. He's always the fucking hero isn't he

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

In The Golden Bow, Granger was in the worst sword fight I've ever seen, but I must say he makes up for it here. That 8-minute duel in the theatre was scorching scenes. Elsewhere in the film though he looks uncomfortable. It's essentially a romp, and Granger does not have the light touch it wants

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Scaramouche (1952). No one, and I mean not even Errol Flynn, ever looked better in tights than Stewart Granger in this. Mel Ferrer cuts a fine figure to be sure when he's on his own, but put him next to Stewart and he looks a bit puny

Poster for Scaramouche. Stewart Granger poncing about in tights with a sword. Elsewhere he is in a hot clinch with a fiery haired woman, Eleanor Parker

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Wilson @wilsonjettone.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"A must-see for fans of The Owl Service, Children of the Stones, MR James, The Wicker Man, Ghost Stories, Straw Dogs, English coastal towns, cold beach, mist, and Cumbria." And I mention Ingmar Bergman...I was on one after seeing it.

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It certainly has a vibe all its own. I loved the way it mixed up anthropology, astronomy, and zoology with pyschotic melodrama. It's up on Internet Archive

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's not many films that focus on the sheer sexy joy of robbing banks like this one does. I'm waaaay over due a rewatch on this

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James Dalrymple @jamesewand.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

First watch: Gun Crazy (1950, dir. Joseph H. Lewis). Glad to have finally seen this milestone lovers-on-the-run movie. Much more than the more melancholic They Live by Night (1948), this really sets the tone for later iterations of the genre from Bonnie & Clyde to True Romance and beyond

The poster for Gun Crazy, mostly consisting of an illustration of a gun-toting Peggy Cummins (as heroine Laurie) agains a red background. The tagline screams "Thrill Crazy", "Kill Crazy", which just about sums it up

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SvenThe @sventhe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Goodnight with Jacques Tourneur The Leopard Man DOP: Robert De Grasse Produced by Val Lewton for RKO 1943 #JacquesTourneur #ValLewton #FilmSky

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James Dalrymple @jamesewand.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

First watch: The Birdman of Alcatraz (1962). John Frankenheimer-directed biographical film about real-life murderer turned prison ornithologist John Stroud, played by Burt Lancaster. The supporting cast includes Thelma Ritter and Telly Savales.

The poster for John Frankenheimer's biographical prison drama The Birdman of Alcatraz

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A real formative film experience for me. I remember the moral confusion I had watching it as a kid, asking my dad why they couldn't let him go. I still enjoy films that make me morally confused. It's endlessly rewatchable too, and I have many times. Frankenheimer was awesome, just on fire in the 60s

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I am definitely in the market for more Lee Grant, who is beautiful and magnetic in this. Her first credit was in 1951, then her career took a hit from the blacklist. But she won an Oscar for her turn in Shampoo, and she is still around. No one knows exactly how old she is, some say 98, some say 100

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There are some extraordinary scenes with Carol Kane and an orangutan called Budar who almost steals the film. He's a brilliant ambassador for the orang community. Every Which Way But Loose also came out in 1978 so it was a good year for orangutans in cinema

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The relationship dynamics and the depiction of insanity are not credible at all, but there are sophisticated directorial touches, like the comparison of the Lee Grant character's conflicted sexuality with the cosmic disturbances she observes in her job as an astronomer. And you get frames like this

Carol Kane lounges on a hammock in a cage, looking up at Lee Grant who stands outside

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Mafu Cage (1978). Lee Grant and Carol Kane are very watchable in this of story of dysfunctional sisters. It's all a bit Baby Jane, and the story takes a similar dive into violent insanity, but it is as much a thoughtful mood piece as it is a gonzo exploitation artefact

Poster for The Mafu Cage. A young woman with voluminous red hair sits on a chair behind iron bars.

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

5 favourite British films…as of right now The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) The Offence (1973) If.... (1968) The Wicker Man (1973) Get Carter (1971)

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The incomparable Roland Young is also on hand for more comic relief, and he is great, though his lines are a bit hit and miss. There's no attempt at all at characterisation - there just isn't time! - but this is a good celluloid comic book adventure yarn, and tight as a drum

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Robeson gets top billing as Umbopo, the blues-singing rightful king of the Kukuana. Cedric Hardwicke is Quartermain, who oddly gets very little to do. The film is more interested in its father-daughter Irish fortune-hunters, who provide humour, glamour, and dere's-more-to-Oireland-dan-dis accents

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

King Solomon's Mines (1937). Has way more story and action then the 1950 version, with the same sort of non-stop spirit as King Kong, Indiana Jones, and Saturday morning cliffhanger serials. Lots of impressive South African location work. Paul Robeson is as big as the landscape, his voice bigger

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Here's Phil Lynott playing a Strat. From the 1983 show GasTank, which I used to watch religiously www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2dp...

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Phil Lynott & John Sykes - The Man's A Fool (GasTank Ep 3) | Rick Wakeman

YouTube video by Rick Wakeman

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Wilson @wilsonjettone.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Name a film with a female director: Blue Black Permanent is a haunting film, suffused with grief, that moves between blue-hued cityscapes of Edinburgh and the clearer, whiter blues of Orkney. The story of a photographer, played by Celia Imrie, who is trying to come to terms with her mother's death.

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I haven't followed Allen's career to speak of, but I saw this one when it came out and it really unbalanced me, it was so well done. I felt as guilty as Landau's character

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P.M.Bryant @pmbryant.com · 27/09/2026

Ida Lupino in her first and (next to) last feature films: “Her First Affaire” (1933) and “Food of the Gods” (1976)

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Exit, pursued by a fucking bear

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

In the movie the 'a' is like the 'a' in bad. Mavis rhymes with Travis. I've seen the film twice and it jumped out at me both times

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Just change your name to Oooh What If Magazine

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Yes that's a memorable bit. That clifftop scene is where Granger really seems to notice her

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It's not a great film, but it did give on screen credits to performers from the Kipsigi and Watusi peoples, and they are treated as characters, if minor ones

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I have never seen that one, but it doesn't look great on any level. You don't really expect 1950s films to be very enlightened but some are definitely more so than others

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I mean he knows who he is expected to be, and he knows what's wise, but none of that is really him. That slap back scene, whatever Gillespie's duty is telling him, he is obviously quite into it

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Flicking through an old S&S which mentions In the Heat of the Night, Rod Steiger's character is tagged, as always, as "gum-chewing racist police chief". But he's not racist is he?

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

That was a shocker. His mates trying to pick him up...

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Theres a 1937 film version of this where Paul Robeson actually gets top billing playing an African character, which might be less authentic but has got to be worth a look

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It might be said that the film doesn't so much explore Africa* and its peoples as use them for spectacle. But there are several credited performers who are clearly non-actors recruited locally. They all look the business *It was shot in several African countries

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Stewart Granger has a George Hamilton tan and gets his shirt off whenever possible. He is very good as the cynical unflappable hunter. His lack of belief in any purpose in life amounts to a death wish, and it would have been a different film if they had developed that properly

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Robert Surtees lit and shot this and won a well deserved Oscar. In the early parts of the film, before things get grubby out on safari, Deborah Kerr appears in a supernatural sort of luminous soft focus while everything around her looks normal. She is glowing, like a fairy in the material world

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

There isn't any drama to speak of, just some people going from A to B while getting harrassed by animals. There's a perfunctory attempt to create some sexual tension between Stewart Granger and Deborah Kerr which doesn't work, though they both look amazing

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

KIng Solomon's Mines, or Lots of Wild Animals Sneaking up on Deborah Kerr (1950). There's not much to this except for the ace location work, the said wild animals, and National Geographic-like observations of the local peoples. It looks really good and must have been sensational in 1950

Poster for King Solomon's Mines. Stewart Granger saving Deborah Kerr from a variety of stampeding African animals.

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