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It’s Not TV: HBO, The Company That Changed Television: The Movie Duels
14) The Movie Duels Hell, there are no rules here – we’re trying to accomplish something. Thomas Edison There’s a story that on the November night in 1972 when HBO went on the air for the very first time to a few hundred subscribers in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Gerald Levin – then HBO’s top programmer and […] More
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‘Top Gun’ IMAX 3D re-release speeds into theaters this Friday
One of the cinematic hallmarks of the 1980s, for better or worse, is zooming back into theaters this Friday, February 8, just for six days and only in IMAX. Soon, you can refill your need for speed with the re-release of Top Gun, the 1986 action drama that helped vault the late Tony Scott into […] More
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Tony Scott – Love ‘im or hate ‘im, it’ll be a long time before anyone forgets him
In the late 1970s and 1980s, composer Giorgio Moroder was often accused of trying to replace the orchestral movie soundtrack with high-energy, synthesizer-heavy disco pop laid on with a trowel in movies like Thank God It’s Friday (1978), Flashdance (1983), Scarface (1983), and Top Gun (1986). I remember a magazine story on Moroder which quoted […] More
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Tony Scott: Abstract Painter and Working Class Champion
Tony Scott, one of Hollywood’s most marginalized auteurs and easily one of the most exciting presences in that market, died recently of suicide. But this particular obituary will be less a mourning and more a celebration of his artistry. This artistry sharply divided critics and audiences alike, more specifically in the last 10 years of […] More
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Ten Terrific War Movies You Probably Never Heard Of
I’ve always been a war film buff, maybe because I grew up with them at a time when they were a regular part of the cinema landscape. That’s why I read, with particular interest, my Sound on Sight colleague Edgar Chaput’s recent pieces on The Flowers of War (“The Flowers of War Is an Uneven […] More
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Hey London: Future Cinema brings California to London in a secret location, presenting ‘The Lost Boys’ and ‘Top Gun’
Future Cinema, the creators of Secret Cinema, announced two very special film experiences in partnership with California Tourism. “California Classics” will see 80s cult classics The Lost Boys (Saturday 3rd September) and Top Gun (Sunday 4th September) brought to life as Future Cinema transforms a secret site along the banks of the River Thames into […] More
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An Uneasy Peace: The Disappearing War Film
They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; One nation shall not raise the sword against another, neither shall they learn war any more. Isaiah 2:4 War is a nation’s ultimate commitment of blood and treasure. As such, the stories a people tells about its wars – and don’t tell […] More
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Oscar Season Chat #2: A Conversation with Reviewer Stephen Whitty
At a time of the year that’s all about picking the best of the best among movies, it seems singularly appropriate to talk to someone whose year-round profession is assaying the good and the bad up on the big screen. “I’m one of the few people on the paper who’s never had a journalism class, […] More
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Sound on Sight Radio #198: Hot Tub Time Machine
It’s not really a question of why anyone would choose to remember the 1980s. It’s how, since there was so much cocaine and neon the whole decade was like a Wham! album dying of a brain-damaging drug overdose. Nevertheless, as everyone who liked the 70s has started dying of liver failure, it’s apparently time for […] More