World Cinema History

By Eric Trommater

The movies of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Latin and South America (and an occasional North American movie we like) discussed by a panel of (mostly) American wankers. Season One focus... more

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June 12, 2024 WCH Pod: Is "Chimes at Midnight" (aka Falstaff) (1966) Orson Welles' Lesser Known Masterpiece?
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“Deny it to a king? Then happy low, lie down! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown."
Shakespeare's Henry IV parts I and II telescoped through fat, jolly Falstaff, with a line or two from Henry V and Merry Wives of Windsor thrown in for good measure. Mark Redfield, Yasi Sofi and Eric Trommater lead a lively discussion.
**Originally Recorded April 25th, 2024**On Check us out on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com/@worldcinehist?si=z8Yay0W0I-6APEZz ⁠⁠⁠
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June 12, 2024 WCH Pod: "The Elephant Man" (1980). D: David Lynch. S: Anthony Hopkins and John Hurt.
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"I am not an animal. I am a human being!" **Originally Recorded April 18th, 2024**Producer Mel Brooks and director David Lynch team up to tell the story of John/ Joseph Merrick. With Eric Trommater and Sila Blume.
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* Whatever Else We Think of in The Future
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1h 24min
June 12, 2024 WCH Pod: "Sleuth" (1972). Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. S: Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine.
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"You're a jumped up pantry boy who doesn't know his place!" Anthony Shaffer adapts his play in this twisty, misty, mystery. With Sila Blume and Hy Bender.
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* Whatever Else We Think of in The Future
* Having your name mispronounced on the podcast (sorry in advance)
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1h 27min
June 12, 2024 WCH Pod: "Doctor Zhivago" (1965). Dir: David Lean.
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"You and I, it's as though we have been taught to kiss in heaven and sent down to earth together, to see if we know what we were taught." Boris Pasternak, adapted by Robert Bolt, with Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, and Sir Alec Guinness.
Guest Host Hy Bender is joined by Eric Trommater and Sila Blume.
**Originally Recorded March 28th, 2024**
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* Whatever Else We Think of in The Future
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2h 18min
June 12, 2024 WCH Pod: "Our Man in Havana" (1959). Dir: Sir Carol Reed. S: Sir Alec Guinness. W: Graham Greene.
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"You are interested in a person, not in life, and people die or leave us ... But if you are interested in life it never lets you down. I am interested in the blueness of cheese. You don't do crosswords, do you, Mr. Wormold? I do, and they are like people: one reaches an end. I can finish any crossword within an hour, but I have a discovery concerning the blueness of cheese that will never come to a conclusion."Carol Reed and Graham Greene reunite, over a decade after "The Third Man." With Sila Blume, Hy Bender, and Yassi Soufi.
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Consider joining the World Cinema History DVD Extras Club.
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* Attending Live Recordings of the Show
* Our Love and Appreciation
* Whatever Else We Think of in The Future
* Having your name mispronounced on the podcast (sorry in advance)
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2h 17min
June 12, 2024 WCH Pod: "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning" (1960). Dir: Karel Reisz. S: Albert Finney.
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"I'm me and nobody else; and whatever people think I am or say I am, that's what I'm not, because they don't know a bloody thing about me."The most popular of the so-called Kitchen-Sink Dramas adapts Alan Sillitoe's novel starring Albert Finney. With Yassi Soufi, Hy Bender, and Sila Blume.
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Consider joining the World Cinema History DVD Extras Club.
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* Attending Live Recordings of the Show
* Our Love and Appreciation
* Whatever Else We Think of in The Future
* Having your name mispronounced on the podcast (sorry in advance)
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**Originally Recorded March 21st, 2024**

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2h 23min
June 12, 2024 WCH Pod: "Kes" (1969). Ken Loach, A Boy and His Bird.
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"Look, there's Billy Casper there wi' his pet hawk. I could shout at 'em; it's not a pet, Sir, hawks are not pets. Or when folks stop me and say, "Is it tame?" Is it heck tame, it's trained that's all. It's fierce, and it's wild, an' it's not bothered about anybody, not even about me right. And that's why it's great."Social Realism, Kitchen Sink Drama, Free Cinema, whatever you want to call it, Ken Loach picks up the mantle of Osborne, Richardson, Anderson et al.
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Consider joining the World Cinema History DVD Extras Club.
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* Whatever Else We Think of in The Future
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**Originally Recorded March 14th, 2024**

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1h 59min
June 12, 2024 WCH Pod: "The Zone of Interest" (2023). Dir: Johnathan Glazer.
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Martin Amis' novel is set aside for an experimental look at the Holocaust through the eyes of the family of Rudolph Höss.With Hy Bender, Sila Blume and Yassi Soufi.

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Consider joining the World Cinema History DVD Extras Club.
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* Whatever Else We Think of in The Future
* Having your name mispronounced on the podcast (sorry in advance)
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**Originally Recorded March 7th, 2024**

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2h 24min
June 12, 2024 WCH Pod: "The Admirable Crichton" (1957). Dir: Lewis Gilbert.
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"My lady! I am the son of a butler and a lady's maid. The happiest of all combinations. To me the most beautiful thing in the world is a haughty English aristocratic home with everyone kept in his place...any satisfaction I might derive out of being your equal would be ruined by the footman being equal to me."
J.M. Berrie's play adapted with Kenneth More. With Sila Blume and Hy Bender. Want to join the conversation?

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**Originally Recorded Feb 29th, 2024**

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2h 21min
June 12, 2024 WCH Pod: "The Ruling Class." (1971) S: Peter O'Toole.
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"Sometimes God turns His back on His people and breaks wind. And the stench clouds the globe!" Musical? Black Comedy? Horror? We discuss Peter O'Toole and Alistair Sims in film that's all of this and more. With Hy Bender and Sila Blume.
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Consider joining the World Cinema History DVD Extras Club.
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* Our Love and Appreciation
* Whatever Else We Think of in The Future
* Having your name mispronounced on the podcast (sorry in advance)
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**Originally Recorded Feb 22nd, 2024**

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1h 59min

FAQs about World Cinema History:

How many episodes does World Cinema History have?

The podcast currently has 101 episodes available.