ALO - The Cold War

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the less it is "about" the Cold War, the more historical information you need to mention in your review (and, it might require more analysis, too).</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="482a1ed0.jpg" border=0 width="161" height="237" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="484a8f20.jpg" border=0 width="168" height="242" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="486b0f20.jpg" border=0 width="176" height="242" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">    <IMG SRC="488a0e80.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="232" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="48aa2df0.jpg" border=0 width="162" height="223" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="48ca5e40.jpg" border=0 width="165" height="228" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>Thirteen Days</b></I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >, 2000, dir. Roger Donaldson; Kevin Costner   </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0146309" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0146309"><U><U>http://us.imdb.com/Title?0146309</U></U></A></FONT></div> <div> A re-creation of the decisions faced by the Kennedy administration during the Cuban Missile Crisis.  The DVD has an interactive component with biographies of major players, etc.  Try watching this film with someone who lived at the time - it adds an emotional aspect.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>War Games</b></I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0086567" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0086567"><U><U>http://us.imdb.com/Title?0086567</U></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Dr. Strangelove</b></I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >, 1964, dir. Stanley Kubrick; Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Slim Pickens, James Earl Jones</FONT></div> <div> A brilliant use of humor (sarcasm and satire).  One of the funniest films with one of the 50 all-time greatest movie scenes (riding the bomb).  Peter Sellers (Inspector Clouseau of the Pink Panther movies) plays several roles.  Highly recommended.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0057012" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0057012"><U><U>http://us.imdb.com/Title?0057012</U></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Fail-Safe</b></I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >, 1964, dir. Sidney Lumet; Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau. </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0058083" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0058083"><U><U>http://us.imdb.com/Title?0058083</U></U></A></FONT></div> <div> Some have called it the "documentary" or "serious" version of Dr. Strangelove - American planes are sent to deliver a nuclear attack on Moscow, but it's a mistake due to an electrical malfunction. Can all-out war be averted? </div> <bR> <div> <I><B>JFK</b></I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >, 1991, dir. Oliver Stone; Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, etc.. </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0102138" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0102138"><U><U>http://us.imdb.com/Title?0102138</U></U></A></FONT></div> <div> Controversial for its conspiracy theory about the JFK assassination.  Watching this film requires some outside research - how accurately does the film portray the events of the past?</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Red Dawn</b></I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0087985" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0087985"><U><U>http://us.imdb.com/Title?0087985</U></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>The Hunt For Red October</b></I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0099810" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0099810"><U><U>http://us.imdb.com/Title?0099810</U></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <B>James Bond films</b></div> <div> The older, the better (not just in terms of being "about" the Cold War, but in terms of acting, style and charm.  OK, they're not better in terms of special effects, but get over it).  Try:</div> <div> From Russia With Love, 1963  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0057076" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0057076"><U><U>http://us.imdb.com/Title?0057076</U></U></A></FONT></div> <div> You Only Live Twice, 1967  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0062512" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0062512"><U><U>http://us.imdb.com/Title?0062512</U></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Austin Powers; International Man of Mystery</b></I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0118655" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0118655"><U><U>http://us.imdb.com/Title?0118655</U></U></A></FONT></div> <div> 1990s silliness, but you couldn't have it without James Bond, which you couldn't have without the Cold War.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Spies Like Us</b></I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >, 1985, dir. John Landis; Chevy Chase, Dan Akroyd </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0090056" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0090056"><U><U>http://us.imdb.com/Title?0090056</U></U></A></FONT></div> <div> 1980s silliness.  Not highly recommended.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>The Day After</b></I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >, 1983, made-for-TV </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0085404" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0085404"><U><U>http://us.imdb.com/Title?0085404</U></U></A></FONT></div> <div> The frightening story of the weeks leading up to and following a nuclear strike on the United States. </div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Godzilla</b></I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >, 1956 (not the new one!  But, a comparison to the new one would tell you a lot about the different times in which these films were made - and the people who made them).  </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0197521" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0197521"><U><U>http://us.imdb.com/Title?0197521</U></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>Invasion of the Body Snatchers</b></I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >, 1956  </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0049366" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0049366"><U><U>http://us.imdb.com/Title?0049366</U></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>The Day the Earth Stood Still</b></I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >, 1951, dir. Robert Wise. </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0043456" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0043456"><U><U>http://us.imdb.com/Title?0043456</U></U></A></FONT></div> <div> So classic, it's classic.  Will we ever stop going to war?  "Klaatu Barada Nikto!"</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>The Thing (From Another World</b></I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >), dir. Howard Hawks (uncredited) 1951. </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0044121" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0044121"><U><U>http://us.imdb.com/Title?0044121</U></U></A></FONT></div> <div> Watch for the sharp dialogue - it's masterful.</div> <div> Remake:  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>The Thing</b></I></FONT>, 1982, dir. John Carpenter  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0084787" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0084787"><U><U>http://us.imdb.com/Title?0084787</U></U></A></FONT></div> <div> The 1982 version, directed by John Carpenter (<I>Halloween</I>), is just as suspenseful and probably a better film, but the context (Cold War) of the original gives it a deeper meaning.   </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>Sneak preview of upcoming ALO (related to the Cold War):</b></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Platoon</b></I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >, 1986, dir. Oliver Stone </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0091763" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0091763"><U><U>http://us.imdb.com/Title?0091763</U></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>Apocalypse Now</b></I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >, 1979, dir. Francis Ford Coppola; Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, etc.</FONT></div> <div> Joseph Conrad's <I>Heart of Darkness</I> set in Vietnam.  I watched this at I.H.S. one night with Dr. Mosenthal when we were reading the novel in his English class. <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0078788" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0078788"><U><U>http://us.imdb.com/Title?0078788</U></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>Full Metal Jacket</b></I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >, 1987, dir. Stanley Kubrick. </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0093058" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0093058"><U><U>http://us.imdb.com/Title?0093058</U></U></A></FONT></div> <div> Great film, but a challenge to connect to the specific historical conditions of the Vietnam conflict.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Born on the Fourth of July</b></I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >, 1989, dir. Oliver Stone; Tom Cruise </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0096969" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0096969"><U><U>http://us.imdb.com/Title?0096969</U></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>