Cinema Gadfly

1. Kind Hearts and Coronets

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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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