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Peter Watkins 's depiction of the impact of Soviet nuclear attack on Britain caused dismay within the BBC and in government. It was scheduled for transmission on August 6, 1966 but was not transmitted until 1985, the corporation publicly stating that "the effect of the film has been judged by the BBC to be too horrifying for the medium of broadcasting". Some of the images are almost impossible to...
Just like my ipod, which appears to have carefully trained itself to shuffle like an effortless radio show, my Netflix cue is starting to tell the future. Or so its' prescient charms are leading me to believe... This week I...
Highly Recommended The Film: It was quite by accident that I first "discovered" filmmaker Peter Watkins several years ago, when his 1971 film Punishment Park was released on DVD. Punishment Park was an amazing film, the likes of which I had never quite seen, and served as a wonderful introduction to the work of Watkins. As a lover of film, Watkins' work inspired me. As a critic of film, however, Watkins'...
DVD Video Review: Peter Watkins' dynamic warning against manufactured celebrity is finally available for home viewing. Let's see if it still has any bite left.
Let me just begin with the fact that I am loving the ‘re-discovery’ of Peter Watkins ‘ filmography on DVD. A good number of his films seemed to have skipped both repertory cinema and VHS (outside of rare and ratty VHS dubs) and remain only vaguely remembered, excluding of his Oscar winning The War Game , until the touring retrospective in 2005 which made stops in New York and Toronto. As Terry Gilliam...
Blaenau Gwent has provided the backdrop to a major road safety film. Cow tells the story of a teenager who causes a huge car accident when she uses her mobile phone while driving.Here, in what is the first of a series of weekly Gazette features, reporter Jamie Robins talks to two local actresses who play an important part in the hard-hitting production
BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Webroot, a leading provider of security software for the consumer, enterprise and SMB markets, today announced the appointment of Frederick Ball as Chief
By Hoberman, J Che Wins Cannes! Or at least the only Cannes award that really matters: ours CANNES, France- The competition for the Palme d'Or is ongoing as I write, yet the red carpet has been rolled up as you read.
New Yorker also announced the film The Heartbeat Detector [ La Question humaine ], directed by Nicolas Klotz, and starring the ever-popular Mathieu Amalric (who seems to show up in just about every film from France these days). The DVD will be available on 22 July, although you can rent it now from Netflix exclusively. Also check out Eric's blog for more information on some New Yorker discs for the...
A. CREMIEUX SHOWN ABOVE “La Commune (Paris 1871)” of Peter Watkins is the recently issued DVD that describes various revolutionary aspects of Paris in the 1870-1871 period. This history includes: France’s defeat by Germany in the1870 war. (see Zola’s novel, “The Debacle”) The Parisian revolutionary workers’ commune that [...]
We're not sure if it's the annual fly-in for the many clients of Watkins Global Strategies or if it's to attend the annual White House Correspondent's Dinner, but a certain PF Tipster (hint: not Pedro) reports seeing the esteemed Peter Watkins on the streets of Washington D.C. Peter, who served as uber-spokesman (Northeast and West Coast) for the White House Office of Media Affairs, Deputy Press Secretary...
Punishment Park , a film by Peter Watkins . Watkins made the film in the California desert over only a three-week period with hand-held cameras and a supposed European “news” crew. He used young antiwar protesters whom he’d met in Los Angeles, depicting themselves being summarily tried by military tribunals and then given a choice between imprisonment or completing a three-day course in one of the...
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama visited. John McCain dropped by. Hillary Clinton sent her husband and daughter. Mitt Romney circled back to the state often. Utah has seen a barrage of attention from presidential candidates this time around, and today, voters will get their chance to to choose.
