tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72441646217254718732024-03-13T09:43:06.194-04:00Discovering Dirk Bogardekate gabriellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00524340938024619737noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244164621725471873.post-7095916939649232642017-06-05T01:56:00.000-04:002017-06-23T01:56:58.286-04:00The Fixer (1968)<img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nViSwEHmT7o/WTWTwFDrIZI/AAAAAAAAj-8/2dSsYixDD3wLRH5VSW_P-ciQdfOi_AOGQCLcB/s1600/the-fixer_1e8a7cbf.jpg" width="500" /><br />
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<i><span style="color: #666666;">"Luck I was always short of. I'm the kind of man who finds it perilous just to be alive."</span></i><br />
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It's time for the 24th installment in my Discovering Dirk Bogarde series, where I share my first impressions after watching a new-to-me Dirk Bogarde film.<br />
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In The Fixer (1968) Alan Bates stars as an innocent, apolitical Jewish handyman who finds himself charged with committing a ritual murder in turn-of-the-century Russia. The film is loosely based on a true story, and much of the movie follows Bates' character as he tries to survive the brutal Russian penal system with his dignity intact. As much as I adore Dirk, The Fixer is definitely Alan Bates' movie. Bates was so amazing in this role that I immediately checked to make sure he had been nominated for an Oscar (he was, but lost to Cliff Robertson for <a href="http://silentsandtalkies.blogspot.com/2011/09/charly.html">Charly</a>.) His performance here is stunning in so many ways. He handles the lighter moments at the beginning of the film with a gentle finesse, but then once his character is arrested he plunges deep into the type of acting where it seems impossible that the performer could have walked away unscarred by the performance. It's a raw, painful, deep portrayal that possesses Bates completely.<br />
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Dirk Bogarde plays Bates' Christian lawyer, one of the only decent men that Bates meets after he's been arrested. It's a supporting role -- he doesn't even appear for at least the first 30-40 minutes, and then isn't in the last 30-40 either -- but, as usual, he shines whenever he's onscreen and his sympathetic, well-meaning character is definitely a highlight of the film. There are a few scenes where the Jew and the Christian connect -- over asthma or a shared love of the philosopher Spinoza -- and those moments are almost more painful than all of the scenes of suffering. They acknowledge the truth that we are all human and we have the same interests and ailments. Here are two men who seem to understand the thread that ties us all together, and yet they are the <i>only</i> two men in the whole film to see it. It brings to mind Shakespeare's verse from The Merchant of Venice:<br />
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<i>"Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? Fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer as a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die?"</i><br />
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I always worry when I'm exhausting an actor's filmography that at a certain point I'll run out of the really good movies and I'll only be left with their lesser works. But with Dirk Bogarde that certainly hasn't been the case. With each new movie that I watch I find another masterpiece, proving once and again that he had impeccable taste in choosing his roles. In 1968 Dirk was still starring in movies -- Sebastian was released the same year, and he still had some six years to go before The Night Porter -- but here he chose to accept a minimal role in an exceptional film. And The Fixer was all the better for it.<br />
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This was a very serious review, but I wouldn't be <i>me</i> if I didn't at least <i>mention</i> the mustache. While his <a href="http://dirkbogarde.co.uk/filmography/king-and-country/">King and Country 'stache</a> was definitely unfortunate, I'm not actually opposed to this one. I think it's actually rather becoming! So the answer to my perpetual question -- "<a href="http://silentsandtalkies.blogspot.com/search/label/Is%20That%20Mustache%20Really%20Necessary%3F">Is that mustache really necessary?</a>" -- is yes, I think this one is. Or at the very least, it's not <i>unnecessary.</i><br />
<br />kate gabriellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00524340938024619737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244164621725471873.post-15793275408769135452016-06-04T01:55:00.000-04:002017-06-23T01:56:01.870-04:00Despair (1978)<img src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1_7-rW9KQAM/V1JRGyl-ASI/AAAAAAAAP_s/I3hlKwmsUIwPNDBhqiJkWdnC6cC_dbXfwCLcB/s1600/despair.png" /><br />
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I'm still determined to blog about every new-to-me Dirk Bogarde movie that I see, so after watching Despair for the first time last night I felt compelled to write something up today. The only problem is that I actually don't want to do a full post until I've seen it again, and that won't be for another couple months.<br />
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In 2009 when my obsession with Dirk was in full swing, very few of his movies had commercial releases so I had to resort to watching really horrible probably-recorded-from-a-tv-program-in-the-1980's copies to get my fix. So my copy of Despair was so bad it would likely throw any honest to goodness movie lover into a fit of.... despair.<br />
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I mean, I missed at least 1/4 of the dialogue because it kept cutting out or the sound was just that bad. From what I could see/hear/grasp I really enjoyed the movie, though, and as soon as it was over I whipped out my iphone to see it if had had a proper release in the intervening years. It turns out that it was fully restored and released on dvd (AND BLU RAY, MIND YOU) a couple years ago. I'm currently on a pretty strict self-imposed budget of one new DVD per month and June is already claimed by Criterion's upcoming release of Here Comes Mr. Jordan, so it'll be about another two months before I can get a crystal clear copy of Despair into my eager hands. But as soon as that day comes, I will be reporting back with a much better review. I just wanted to kind of log this on the blog to record that it had, indeed, been watched.<br />
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It's a funny thing, though, to think that if I had been on the ball and watched this when I bought it in 2009 I probably would have written a full review right off the bat. Sometimes I feel spoiled by things like Criterion and official DVD releases. I grew up on shoddy VHS recordings with terrible tracking, pan and scan movies with commercial interruptions, public domain tapes of Hitchcock movies so grainy and foggy that you could barely make out the image. Even now sometimes a lot of my foreign film purchases are horrible quality because good transfers with English subtitles just aren't available anywhere, and I make do. It's only when I know for a fact that a better alternative exists that I just <i>literally can't even </i>with these mediocre, substandard offerings.kate gabriellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00524340938024619737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244164621725471873.post-18730734218415034412016-05-17T01:54:00.000-04:002017-06-23T01:55:07.718-04:00The Damned (1969)<img src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-55hU12djHg8/VztWlfu-G-I/AAAAAAAAP4c/luUEOAIqu08i6FUIuVJ5zhXvnN_WZVJsgCLcB/s1600/thedamned.png" /><br />
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In 2009 I started this blog so that I could document each new-to-me Bogarde film that I watched. The last entry was in July of 2011. Did I simply slack off in the post-writing-department and consume the remainder of his filmography without chronicling my thoughts on this blog? No. Sadly, I haven't watched a single new-to-me Bogarde movie <i>since 2010</i>. I have no idea how that's possible, but here I am, SIX YEARS LATER, still discovering Dirk Bogarde.<br />
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I wish I could say that I loved The Damned, but I honestly still have no idea how I feel about it. It confused the HECK out of me, for one thing. I felt like a complete idiot -- I couldn't figure out who was who or how anybody was related. My ego was comforted a bit when I read some reviews afterwards, though --<br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><i>"..so many characters introduced so quickly that one part of your mind will spend the rest of the movie just trying to sort them out." - The New York Times</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><i>"Characters and plots keep slipping away from us, as in a frustrating dream. We are never quite sure where we are." - Roger Ebert</i></span><br />
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I want to revisit the movie at some point (not right away though, it's an experience that nobody should subject themselves to more than twice in the span of a few months) and I think I'll grasp the plot a lot better with this handy dandy family tree that I whipped up today:<br />
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<img alt="the damned family tree 1969" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5XEwr3w-F8M/VztWlqihbAI/AAAAAAAAP4g/P5zGu-rT6YkVM3_41Un2mQThSfJDl009gCLcB/s1600/damnedfamilytree.png" /><br />
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It took me hours sifting through reviews and synopses to break this down, and even then it was still puzzling. Some articles cite Konstantin as Joachim's son, while others refer to him as "an unscrupulous relative" and make reference to Sophie's ex-husband as Joachim's "only son." Who knows.<br />
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War-and-Peace-level character confusion aside, it's a... strange film. I think it's probably best known today for all of the shocking elements that made it a cult classic, including (but not limited to!) a gay Nazi orgy, pedophilia, incest, rape, child suicide, and drug abuse. <i>Fetch my smelling salts! </i>While I tend to prefer my movies pedophilia-free, I can understand things like that being included when they're essential to the plot. This didn't feel necessary though, it seemed like it was intended to shock, and that's it. The only truly outrageous deed that felt like it was crucial to the plot was the incest (now THERE is a sentence I never thought I'd type!) but honestly even that could have been replaced with an equally horrendous but less gag-inducing act and still been effective.<br />
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The acting was occasionally too dramatic (mostly Reinhard Kolldehof, who I've seen likened to George C. Scott but I felt like he was much more Lee J. Cobb) but overall any issues I have with the movie fall squarely on Luchino Visconti's shoulders. While a lot of the lighting is beautiful, especially a few scenes shot with an eerie green pallor reminiscent of early two-strip technicolor horror films, the camera movements remind me of home videos when my parents would hand the camera over to me or my brother. Zooming in on a face, then quickly zooming out, panning over to the side and then back up to someone else.. while I get that the intended effect is a kind of operatic level of drama (sort of like the exaggerated zoom-to-close-up of a soap opera) it just struck me as too erratic. Visconti would also be responsible for the fractured script --originally 4 hours, then cut down to 2.5. Somehow it's simultaneously too long to enjoy but not long enough to fully spell out anything that's happening in the story.<br />
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I'll give him points though, for two things -- the cast and the lush visuals (despite my annoyance at how exactly those two things were filmed.) Even Reinhard Kolldehof, in all his overacting pompous glory, was perfectly cast. Dirk Bogarde's character is a mild-mannered employee that's thrust into a number of unsavory predicaments, constantly working that meek mouse/conniving genius balance that Bogarde pulls off so well in so many films (I'm looking at you, <i>The Servant</i>!) And despite my opinion that most of the shocking elements were unessential, Helmut Berger indulges in pretty much all of them with a finesse that's as mesmerizing as it is unsettling.<br />
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I definitely want to give this one another shot, I just need some time to recover first...<br />
<br />kate gabriellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00524340938024619737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244164621725471873.post-82733247942925899502011-07-26T13:48:00.003-04:002011-07-26T13:50:45.715-04:00We Joined the Navy cameo (video clip)<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AT5oIQ-QCuE?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" width="500" frameborder="0" height="405"></iframe><br /><br />Here is the scene in which Dirk appears in "We Joined the Navy!" It's only about a 2 minute long scene, and he only appears in the last 30 seconds, but it's fantastic nonetheless! I'll have screencaps coming up later today, too :)kate gabriellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00524340938024619737noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244164621725471873.post-14482005404010979162011-07-26T02:41:00.002-04:002011-07-26T02:48:10.689-04:00We Joined the Navy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ong9_7DD0Uo/Ti5h9IJxonI/AAAAAAAABTg/nZMWuDeQDd8/s1600/we-joined-the-navy-movie-poster-1964-1020205128.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ong9_7DD0Uo/Ti5h9IJxonI/AAAAAAAABTg/nZMWuDeQDd8/s800/we-joined-the-navy-movie-poster-1964-1020205128.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633547886675468914" border="0" /></a><br />FANTASTIC news! I finally tracked down a copy of that elusive "We Joined the Navy" (1963)! Dirk Bogarde's cameo is very brief, only about one minute tops, but it's great and if you're as big a fan as I am, it's quite exciting! :D<br /><br />I just got it in the mail this afternoon & checked to make sure it was the right movie (I've been searching fruitlessly for so long that I wasn't sure I really had it until I saw it with my own eyes!) but tomorrow I'll get some screen caps to share here!<br /><br />If you're interested in getting a copy yourself, I've added it <a href="http://www.silentsandtalkiesdvds.blogspot.com">here</a>!<br /><br />This means the only remaining films I've yet to find are Upon This Rock, Blackmailed, Power Without Glory and Rope. And I'd also love to track down the "This is Your Life" episode starring Kenneth More, which Dirk made an appearance on. I'm so excited to finally have We Joined the Navy, though.. I've been searching for almost two years now, so I had almost given up hope that I'd ever find it! :)kate gabriellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00524340938024619737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244164621725471873.post-35659175356656602762011-03-28T00:01:00.000-04:002011-03-28T00:01:02.835-04:00Happy 90th, Dirk Bogarde!<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-940_3YQ9xRM/TZAFfEnvaUI/AAAAAAAAA7Y/eDBDU1m1cNY/s1600/171077_194740163875745_100000192877010_789358_1195233_o.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-940_3YQ9xRM/TZAFfEnvaUI/AAAAAAAAA7Y/eDBDU1m1cNY/s800/171077_194740163875745_100000192877010_789358_1195233_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588973168941295938" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244164621725471873.post-38480604417474131282011-01-31T08:00:00.000-05:002011-01-31T11:52:06.449-05:00TCM Programming Alert!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kXVMY0cT7fU/TUbofbBxKaI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/Y2YNbHuJRBk/s1600/solongatthefairposter.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kXVMY0cT7fU/TUbofbBxKaI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/Y2YNbHuJRBk/s800/solongatthefairposter.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568393615818959266" /></a><br /><div>So Long at the Fair is playing at 12:00PM EST on Turner Classic Movies! Don't miss it!</div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244164621725471873.post-67109620285982305262011-01-28T14:51:00.005-05:002011-01-28T15:14:19.860-05:00More information on new and upcoming DVD releases<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kategabrielle/4350146230/" title="Olivia de Havilland, Robert Morley and Dirk Bogarde in Libel by Kate Gabrielle, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2792/4350146230_a91c0c872b.jpg" width="500" height="424" alt="Olivia de Havilland, Robert Morley and Dirk Bogarde in Libel" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Libel (1959) - <a href="http://www.wbshop.com/Libel-1959/1000188506,default,pd.html?cgid=ARCHIVENEW">Available now through Warner Archive</a>! $19.99</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kategabrielle/4350148190/" title="Dirk Bogarde and Eral Cameron in Simba by Kate Gabrielle, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4010/4350148190_cc7fa9a51d.jpg" width="500" height="440" alt="Dirk Bogarde and Eral Cameron in Simba" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Simba (1955) Release date: March 14, 2011</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kategabrielle/4239954600/" title="Dirk Bogarde, Joseph Tomelty and John Mills in The Gentle Gunman by Kate Gabrielle, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4038/4239954600_9ce349d428.jpg" width="500" height="374" alt="Dirk Bogarde, Joseph Tomelty and John Mills in The Gentle Gunman" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Gentle Gunman (1952) Release date: March 7, 2011</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kategabrielle/4350155416/" title="Dirk Bogarde in The Singer Not the Song by Kate Gabrielle, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4039/4350155416_f9a9f7a478_z.jpg" width="500" height="627" alt="Dirk Bogarde in The Singer Not the Song" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Singer Not the Song (1961) Release date: March 14, 2011</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kategabrielle/4900279735/" title="Dirk Bogarde in Victim by Kate Gabrielle, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4102/4900279735_41254e1505_b.jpg" width="500" height="678" alt="Dirk Bogarde in Victim" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Victim (1961) Available now as part of the box-set </div><div style="text-align: center;">"<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0047P5FTK?ie=UTF8&tag=silentsa-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0047P5FTK">Basil Dearden's London Underground Collection</a>"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kategabrielle/4009479512/" title="Dirk Bogarde & John Whiteley (The Spanish Gardener) by Kate Gabrielle, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3484/4009479512_bd454a3be2.jpg" width="500" height="349" alt="Dirk Bogarde & John Whiteley (The Spanish Gardener)" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Spanish Gardener (1956) Release date: February 14, 2011</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kategabrielle/4239183841/" title="Jean Simmons and Dirk Bogarde in So Long at the Fair by Kate Gabrielle, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4037/4239183841_968dcec5be.jpg" width="500" height="395" alt="Jean Simmons and Dirk Bogarde in So Long at the Fair" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So Long at the Fair (1950) Release date: February 14, 2011</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kategabrielle/4239956864/" title="Dirk Bogarde, Lelage Lewis and Kathleen Ryan in Esther Waters by Kate Gabrielle, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4034/4239956864_64db7bca42.jpg" width="500" height="336" alt="Dirk Bogarde, Lelage Lewis and Kathleen Ryan in Esther Waters" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Esther Waters (1948) Release date: February 14, 2011</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kategabrielle/4239180207/" title="Dirk Bogarde and Dudley Jones in Once a Jolly Swagman by Kate Gabrielle, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4017/4239180207_98ebb53ff9.jpg" width="500" height="494" alt="Dirk Bogarde and Dudley Jones in Once a Jolly Swagman" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Once a Jolly Swagman (1948) <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Once-Jolly-Swagman-Dirk-Bogarde/dp/B004FMJHG2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1294858468&sr=1-1">Available now through Amazon UK</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244164621725471873.post-22182072943991840962011-01-18T20:21:00.003-05:002011-01-18T21:03:51.699-05:00Dirk Bogarde's life story -- in comic book form!This is BY FAR my favorite Dirk Bogarde find. About a week ago I was perusing ebay listings and came across a late-1950's magazine that had only a photo of the cover, and said "Dirk Bogarde cover and feature -- his life story in pictures and also in comic strip." Comic strip??? I <i>had</i> to see this. And it's about 100 times better than anything I could have hoped!! It is seriously a comic strip. It's 22 pages long and -- with a few white lies and exaggerations -- really is his life story in comic strip form, up until about 1958. I hope you enjoy this as much as I do!! :)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/slightlyterrific/5368257105/" title="Dirk Bogarde comic by classic film scans, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5006/5368257105_181fdb9d42_z.jpg" width="500" height="568" alt="Dirk Bogarde comic" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/slightlyterrific/5368256673/" title="Dirk Bogarde comic 1 by classic film scans, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5121/5368256673_77fd222750_b.jpg" width="500" height="759" alt="Dirk Bogarde comic 1" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/slightlyterrific/5368865434/" title="Dirk Bogarde comic 2 by classic film scans, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5248/5368865434_b3510806ab_b.jpg" width="500" height="762" alt="Dirk Bogarde comic 2" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/slightlyterrific/5368864770/" title="Dirk Bogarde comic 3 by classic film scans, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5041/5368864770_e620b74b70_b.jpg" width="500" height="754" alt="Dirk Bogarde comic 3" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/slightlyterrific/5368864166/" title="Dirk Bogarde comic 4 by classic film scans, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5088/5368864166_ff5c2dbd35_b.jpg" width="500" height="763" alt="Dirk Bogarde comic 4" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/slightlyterrific/5368254425/" title="Dirk Bogarde comic 5 by classic film scans, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5166/5368254425_3b97fba964_b.jpg" width="500" height="755" alt="Dirk Bogarde comic 5" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/slightlyterrific/5368253881/" title="Dirk Bogarde comic 6 by classic film scans, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5203/5368253881_89f520e8f6_b.jpg" width="500" height="753" alt="Dirk Bogarde comic 6" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/slightlyterrific/5368862356/" title="Dirk Bogarde comic 7 by classic film scans, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5162/5368862356_e86f69ed21_b.jpg" width="500" height="751" alt="Dirk Bogarde comic 7" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/slightlyterrific/5368861770/" title="Dirk Bogarde comic 8 by classic film scans, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5121/5368861770_5982202f82_b.jpg" width="500" height="743" alt="Dirk Bogarde comic 8" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/slightlyterrific/5368861144/" title="Dirk Bogarde comic 9 by classic film scans, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5290/5368861144_5857341d82_b.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Dirk Bogarde comic 9" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/slightlyterrific/5368251489/" title="Dirk Bogarde comic 10 by classic film scans, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5121/5368251489_e0362577f2_b.jpg" width="500" height="755" alt="Dirk Bogarde comic 10" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/slightlyterrific/5368250869/" title="Dirk Bogarde comic 11 by classic film scans, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5161/5368250869_804f314d47_b.jpg" width="500" height="765" alt="Dirk Bogarde comic 11" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/slightlyterrific/5368859220/" title="Dirk Bogarde comic 12 by classic film scans, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5044/5368859220_970b75344d_b.jpg" width="500" height="754" alt="Dirk Bogarde comic 12" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/slightlyterrific/5368858532/" title="Dirk Bogarde comic 13 by classic film scans, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5241/5368858532_2b9a853f09_b.jpg" width="500" height="765" alt="Dirk Bogarde comic 13" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/slightlyterrific/5368857972/" title="Dirk Bogarde comic 14 by classic film scans, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5246/5368857972_1bdb1bb49a_b.jpg" width="500" height="759" alt="Dirk Bogarde comic 14" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/slightlyterrific/5368857450/" title="Dirk Bogarde comic 15 by classic film scans, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5249/5368857450_e6d61cb50c_b.jpg" width="500" height="746" alt="Dirk Bogarde comic 15" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/slightlyterrific/5368247821/" title="Dirk Bogarde comic 16 by classic film scans, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5081/5368247821_8363c1ec81_b.jpg" width="500" height="755" alt="Dirk Bogarde comic 16" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/slightlyterrific/5368856166/" title="Dirk Bogarde comic 17 by classic film scans, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5010/5368856166_f3bddc6a10_b.jpg" width="500" height="756" alt="Dirk Bogarde comic 17" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/slightlyterrific/5368246767/" title="Dirk Bogarde comic 18 by classic film scans, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5209/5368246767_6d30ea93bc_b.jpg" width="500" height="747" alt="Dirk Bogarde comic 18" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/slightlyterrific/5368855068/" title="Dirk Bogarde comic 19 by classic film scans, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5045/5368855068_359477063c_b.jpg" width="500" height="736" alt="Dirk Bogarde comic 19" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/slightlyterrific/5368245621/" title="Dirk Bogarde comic 20 by classic film scans, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5081/5368245621_193b559fb8_b.jpg" width="500" height="738" alt="Dirk Bogarde comic 20" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/slightlyterrific/5368853978/" title="Dirk Bogarde comic 21 by classic film scans, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5001/5368853978_9d20dbf2cc_b.jpg" width="500" height="757" alt="Dirk Bogarde comic 21" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/slightlyterrific/5368244409/" title="Dirk Bogarde comic 22 by classic film scans, on Flickr"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "></span></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/slightlyterrific/5368244409/" title="Dirk Bogarde comic 22 by classic film scans, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5166/5368244409_36993d10f1_b.jpg" width="500" height="762" alt="Dirk Bogarde comic 22" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244164621725471873.post-87712244119565405522011-01-15T20:50:00.002-05:002011-01-15T20:55:50.995-05:00Rest in Peace, Susannah York<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kXVMY0cT7fU/TTJPSEbOmHI/AAAAAAAAAM4/omJ15aCaLCg/s1600/vlcsnap-2010-02-07-21h06m04s204.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 5px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kXVMY0cT7fU/TTJPSEbOmHI/AAAAAAAAAM4/omJ15aCaLCg/s800/vlcsnap-2010-02-07-21h06m04s204.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562595661600168050" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kXVMY0cT7fU/TTJPRWzBNMI/AAAAAAAAAMw/gsbaWJvrctU/s1600/vlcsnap-2010-02-07-21h17m15s19.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 5px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kXVMY0cT7fU/TTJPRWzBNMI/AAAAAAAAAMw/gsbaWJvrctU/s800/vlcsnap-2010-02-07-21h17m15s19.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562595649351922882" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kXVMY0cT7fU/TTJPRE2pspI/AAAAAAAAAMo/7lejgH0lWFc/s1600/vlcsnap-2010-02-07-21h00m04s194.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 5px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kXVMY0cT7fU/TTJPRE2pspI/AAAAAAAAAMo/7lejgH0lWFc/s800/vlcsnap-2010-02-07-21h00m04s194.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562595644535321234" /></a><br /><div>Susannah York passed away today at the age of 72 after a battle with bone marrow cancer. Dirk Bogarde's co-star in Sebastian and Oh! What a Lovely War, Susannah York was an amazing actress, and from the interviews I've seen, and articles I've read, she seemed like an incredibly lovely person. As <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/jan/16/susannah-york-dies-battle-cancer">The Guardian</a> put it, she was a "gentle star of 1960's cinema." She'll be deeply missed.</div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244164621725471873.post-4559415045225736532011-01-07T23:31:00.002-05:002011-01-07T23:35:20.493-05:00Instant Play<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kXVMY0cT7fU/TSfouHJ-YrI/AAAAAAAAAJY/KRc9iwVNeoY/s1600/instantplay.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kXVMY0cT7fU/TSfouHJ-YrI/AAAAAAAAAJY/KRc9iwVNeoY/s800/instantplay.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559668143904678578" /></a><br /><div>I signed up for Netflix tonight, and BOY was I thrilled to see how many Dirk Bogarde movies are available on instant play! When I used to have Netflix months ago I think the only one available to watch online was Justine, so this is a huge improvement. Here's the list of films available to watch instantaneously, on a whim, any time night or day! Whee!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Quartet (1948)</div><div>Penny Princess (1952)</div><div>Doctor in the House (1954)</div><div>Doctor at Sea (1955)</div><div>Doctor at Large (1957)</div><div>I Could Go On Singing (1963)</div><div>Modesty Blaise (1966)</div><div>Justine (1969)</div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244164621725471873.post-47190734141304195592011-01-02T19:07:00.002-05:002011-01-02T19:13:16.259-05:00new scans<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5127/5317530611_7846134101_z.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 5px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 630px;" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5127/5317530611_7846134101_z.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Some new scans to share! The one above is from The Password is Courage, and the ones below are from a set of French Justine lobby cards I got last month -- mainly for the first one, but the rest are really nice too! <div><br /></div><div>I'm a bit behind in adding the new scans to the photo section of the site, but hopefully I'll have that finished this week. I hope everyone had a lovely holiday season & best wishes for the new year! :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5126/5317513341_c7c1b1594c.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 5px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 386px;" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5126/5317513341_c7c1b1594c.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5090/5318110826_e99cb9c777.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 5px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 386px;" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5090/5318110826_e99cb9c777.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5088/5317517775_27e6d416e8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 5px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 386px;" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5088/5317517775_27e6d416e8.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5009/5318115524_2e701025a3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 5px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 386px;" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5009/5318115524_2e701025a3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244164621725471873.post-9956471236076883212010-12-19T18:41:00.003-05:002010-12-19T18:46:30.217-05:00Justine photos<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wqIjDORCGtQ/TQ6YoxXm2GI/AAAAAAAABLE/uVBAIoovx_Y/s1600/sebastian002.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wqIjDORCGtQ/TQ6YoxXm2GI/AAAAAAAABLE/uVBAIoovx_Y/s800/sebastian002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552543216808941666" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wqIjDORCGtQ/TQ6YogpeinI/AAAAAAAABK8/utv2Zt_MUok/s1600/sebastian003.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wqIjDORCGtQ/TQ6YogpeinI/AAAAAAAABK8/utv2Zt_MUok/s800/sebastian003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552543212320492146" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wqIjDORCGtQ/TQ6YoJqn9ZI/AAAAAAAABK0/N-SuI-4wx8k/s1600/sebastian004.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wqIjDORCGtQ/TQ6YoJqn9ZI/AAAAAAAABK0/N-SuI-4wx8k/s800/sebastian004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552543206151288210" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wqIjDORCGtQ/TQ6Yn3RBjSI/AAAAAAAABKs/Ay36dnIz1to/s1600/sebastian005.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wqIjDORCGtQ/TQ6Yn3RBjSI/AAAAAAAABKs/Ay36dnIz1to/s800/sebastian005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552543201212075298" border="0" /></a><br />Have to admit .. I haven't actually seen Justine yet! It's one of the ones I'm really looking forward to watching (co-starring Anna Karina! yay!) though. I've just been trying to save some of his films and not watch them all at once. Nevertheless, I couldn't pass on these photos when I saw them on ebay! They're fantastic!<br /><br />I'll be adding them to the photograph section next week -- until then, if you'd like to download the large scan, just click on the photo and it should open in a new window :)kate gabriellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00524340938024619737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244164621725471873.post-66333508162347155812010-12-16T04:17:00.004-05:002010-12-16T14:03:24.649-05:00As Time Goes By<object height="306" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XANvxRk2rYA?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XANvxRk2rYA?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="306" width="500"></embed></object><br /><br />I made a new video tribute today... actually, I made it this month. It's taken me forever to prepare, since I had to rip all of Dirk Bogarde's movies to my hard drive. Yup, this one includes EVERY one of his movies, and in chronological order, no less! The only exceptions are Blackmailed, Upon This Rock & We Joined the Navy since they're being stubbornly elusive.<br /><br />The video is set to "As Time Goes By" sung by Bryan Ferry. It starts with Dirk Bogarde's first starring role in Esther Waters (1948) and ends with his last performance in Daddy Nostalgia (1990). Here is the full list of films, in order:<br /><br />Esther Waters (1948), Quartet (1948), Once a Jolly Swagman (1949), Dear Mr. Prohack (1949), Boys in Brown (1950), The Blue Lamp (1950), So long at the Fair (1950), The Woman in Question (1950), Hunted (1952), Penny Princess (1952), The Gentle Gunman (1952), Desperate Moment (1953), Appointment in London (1953), They Who Dare (1954), Doctor in the House (1954), The Sleeping Tiger (1954), For Better For Worse (1954), The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954), Simba (1955), Doctor at Sea (1955), Cast a Dark Shadow (1955), The Spanish Gardener (1956), Ill Met By Moonlight (1957), Doctor at Large (1957), Campbell's Kingdom (1957), A Tale of Two Cities (1958), The Wind Cannot Read (1958), The Doctor's Dilemma (1958), Libel (1959), The Angel Wore Red (1960), Song Without End (1960), The Singer Not the Song (1961), Victim (1961), HMS Defiant (1962), The Password is Courage (1962), The Mind Benders (1963), I Could Go On Singing (1963), Doctor in Distress (1963), The Servant (1963), Hot Enough for June (1964), King and Country (1964), The High Bright Sun (1964), Little Moon of Alban (1964), Darling (1965), Modesty Blaise (1966), Blithe Spirit (1966), Accident (1967), Our Mother's House (1967), Sebastian (1968), The Fixer (1968), Oh! What a Lovely War (1969), Justine (1969), The Damned (1969), Death in Venice (1971), Night Flight From Moscow (1973), The Night Porter (1974), Permission to Kill (1975), Providence (1977), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Despair (1978), May We Borrow Your Husband? (1986), The Vision (1988), Daddy Nostalgia (1990)<br /><br />Later this week I'm planning on screen-capping the video and captioning the photos with which film they came from, so that if a specific clip looks intriguing you'll know which movie to watch :)kate gabriellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00524340938024619737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244164621725471873.post-26048442417502393922010-12-14T18:17:00.003-05:002010-12-14T18:25:24.041-05:00dvd releases<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wqIjDORCGtQ/TQf7bIXza0I/AAAAAAAABJs/8Qx8EgBra5I/s1600/25475_112757382074024_100000192877010_250332_1164710_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wqIjDORCGtQ/TQf7bIXza0I/AAAAAAAABJs/8Qx8EgBra5I/s800/25475_112757382074024_100000192877010_250332_1164710_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550681509279787842" border="0" /></a><br />Three early Dirk Bogarde movies are finally being released on DVD in January! They're being released in the UK, so they're in PAL format but most computers can play region 2 discs with VLC player, and multi-region DVD players can read them as well.<br /><br />The lucky movies are <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Once-Jolly-Swagman-Dirk-Bogarde/dp/B004FMJHG2/ref=sr_1_2?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1292191637&sr=1-2">Once a Jolly Swagman</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Esther-Waters-DVD-Dirk-Bogarde/dp/B004FN7JB6/ref=sr_1_2?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1292191882&sr=1-2">Esther Waters</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Spanish-Gardner-DVD-Dirk-Bogarde/dp/B004FN7JCU/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1292191918&sr=1-1">The Spanish Gardener</a>. Hopefully the fact that the powers-that-be are finally releasing some early DB Rank films is a sign that Blackmailed (a movie that doesn't seem to be available anywhere, and I mean <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">anywhere</span>) will finally see the light of day!<br /><br />ps. Thanks to <a href="http://lifeinanouterspiralarm.blogspot.com/">Micky</a> for the heads-up! :)kate gabriellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00524340938024619737noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244164621725471873.post-55471489600305616682010-12-11T18:18:00.003-05:002010-12-12T02:21:14.994-05:00Appointment in London screen grabs<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5285/5252176545_96be11f077.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5285/5252176545_96be11f077.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />I try really hard to keep the gushing here to a minimum, and to keep the blog more proper than "omg I love him!!" fangirly. But, my goodness, do you see these screen shots?! It's hard to keep your composure whilst looking at them, let alone write a post that's any more formal than "drooling......"<br /><br />I took a LOT of shots, and these 12 are my favorite. You can see the rest <a href="http://kategabrielle.com/Dirk_Bogarde/Dirk-Bogarde.com___Screen_Grabs___Appointment_in_London.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5287/5252755608_9492e62912.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5287/5252755608_9492e62912.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5289/5252156227_c6761bfe6f.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5289/5252156227_c6761bfe6f.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5165/5252728862_03715a6e07.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5165/5252728862_03715a6e07.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5168/5252736700_53b74b673b.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5168/5252736700_53b74b673b.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5164/5252117647_f2578f7425.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5164/5252117647_f2578f7425.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5169/5252157907_cfa60e3509.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5169/5252157907_cfa60e3509.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5249/5252762700_cd9b0d7395.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5249/5252762700_cd9b0d7395.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5006/5252769544_d0f28659fa.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5006/5252769544_d0f28659fa.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5287/5252783442_0352e46b3e.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5287/5252783442_0352e46b3e.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5088/5252768428_fac9cd6a1a.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5088/5252768428_fac9cd6a1a.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5287/5252159069_9fed958f81.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5287/5252159069_9fed958f81.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>kate gabriellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00524340938024619737noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244164621725471873.post-62606291667267342002010-12-09T03:11:00.003-05:002010-12-09T03:27:18.977-05:00Appointment in London (1952)<img src="http://i53.tinypic.com/107q4x3.gif" /><br /><br />Sorry for the obnoxious gif, but I had to make one when I saw this scene. It's just so perfect!<br /><br />I was a very bad Dirk Bogarde fan when I watched this film. I was quite tired and I only vaguely understood the plot (not that it was that complicated, I was just that tired) but from what I understand, this is how it went -- Dirk Bogarde plays a flight officer who has already flown more missions than most people do in their entire careers. He's working towards 90 bombing missions, even if everyone thinks that it's pushing his luck to even do 88 or 89.<br /><br />I have a very hard time watching war movies.. I can't help myself! All of the talk about missions and bombing raids and radar went flying through my left ear and soaring out the right. Like most post-war British war films, however, it did have several really heartfelt, saddening scenes that emphasized what war does to the women on the homefront. One pilot was sending coded messages to his wife so that Dirk Bogarde (who didn't approve of his officers having their minds on their women, so preferred that they either didn't have women at home or didn't communicate with them) wouldn't find him out. Bogarde's love interest in the film, played by Dinah Sheridan, is a war widow who is still referred to throughout the movie as "Mrs." Those moments were poignant and deeply sad.<br /><br />It puzzles me why Dirk Bogarde was cast in so many war films at the peak of his popularity with young girls. Why screaming bobbysoxers would be interested in violent movies seemingly aimed at male audiences eludes me, but I guess I'm living proof that if he was in it, the adoring fans would watch it.kate gabriellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00524340938024619737noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244164621725471873.post-28030449536681785662010-11-28T21:13:00.002-05:002010-11-28T21:41:52.616-05:00new scans!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4103/5216041343_5ccdd11f11_z.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 638px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4103/5216041343_5ccdd11f11_z.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />A gigantic "thank you" to my good friend Roe from the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/SIR-DIRK-BOGARDE/27978317564?ref=mf">Dirk Bogarde facebook group</a> for sending me some wonderful photos in the mail last week! First there's this fantastic photo above from the National Gallery in London. I usually prefer his younger photos but this one is just so captivating! I also love the mixed patterns: the checkered pants, striped shirt and what appears to be an insect-print tie?!<br /><br />I also received this batch of amazing stills from Hot Enough for June! They really capture the feel of the movie, how it is delightfully fun and romantic, but still exceptionally suspenseful! You can see larger versions of all of these photos by clicking the thumbnails in the photo section of my website, <a href="http://kategabrielle.com/Dirk_Bogarde/Dirk-Bogarde.com___Photographs___Page_1.html">here</a>! Thank you Roe!! :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5206/5216607854_f274700591.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 384px;" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5206/5216607854_f274700591.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5282/5216026285_37d30d0441.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 384px;" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5282/5216026285_37d30d0441.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4104/5216597546_e2f5463bbc.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 384px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4104/5216597546_e2f5463bbc.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5247/5216035547_0a4f8c4409.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 385px;" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5247/5216035547_0a4f8c4409.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5246/5215998369_70cde1afe6.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 385px;" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5246/5215998369_70cde1afe6.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5209/5216031291_8aaf2f90b8.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 384px;" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5209/5216031291_8aaf2f90b8.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4084/5216014517_3b807c2fd7.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 382px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4084/5216014517_3b807c2fd7.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4087/5216626954_e2f1a592c2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 385px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4087/5216626954_e2f1a592c2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>kate gabriellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00524340938024619737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244164621725471873.post-52263642625827130022010-11-16T23:44:00.004-05:002010-11-16T23:48:51.219-05:00TCM programming alert!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wqIjDORCGtQ/TONd7FFRnQI/AAAAAAAAA98/7DR47kKVGws/s1600/33729_165136686836093_100000192877010_559770_2909725_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wqIjDORCGtQ/TONd7FFRnQI/AAAAAAAAA98/7DR47kKVGws/s800/33729_165136686836093_100000192877010_559770_2909725_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540375236153810178" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/title.jsp?stid=2640">The Angel Wore Red</a> will be playing on TCM at 12:30AM EST on November 19th. TCM's site describes the plot as follows, "A priest and a prostitute fall in love during the Spanish Civil War." It's a bit more complicated than that, and, to be honest, not my favorite Dirk Bogarde film, but definitely good and worth giving a watch! :)kate gabriellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00524340938024619737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244164621725471873.post-12199317546254099742010-11-10T21:55:00.002-05:002010-11-10T22:01:55.712-05:00Dirk Bogarde Home VideosThere's a documentary on Dirk Bogarde called "The Private Dirk Bogarde" in which they play a good deal of clips from his own home videos. But they're interspersed throughout the 2+ hour long movie, and usually used as background for someone talking over them. So I thought it would be neat to compile all of the home video clips without the documentary audio! There ended up being almost 30 minutes worth of footage, so I divided the clips up into three separate youtube uploads. The accompanying music is Liszt's Consolation No. 2 in E Major performed by Vladimir Horowitz. If you're interested in viewing the entire documentary, it's available <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/europecinema#g/c/46FB325FE00CABC5">on youtube here</a>.<br /><br /><object height="400" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zeH0Tg4ab-Y?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zeH0Tg4ab-Y?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="400" width="500"></embed></object><br /><br /><object height="400" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-8lUJbdNrGg?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-8lUJbdNrGg?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="400" width="500"></embed></object><br /><br /><object height="400" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qvxM0uxpG14?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qvxM0uxpG14?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="400" width="500"></embed></object>kate gabriellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00524340938024619737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244164621725471873.post-66083414643680012562010-11-10T04:09:00.002-05:002010-11-10T04:12:17.290-05:00cute little clip<object height="400" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tPolgJhIfZU?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tPolgJhIfZU?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="400" width="500"></embed></object><br /><br />I was perusing the Dirk Bogarde documentary "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZcywy6IYq0">The Private Dirk Bogarde</a>" tonight, looking for clips from home videos when I came across this one that I had to single out & share. Isn't it just the cutest thing ever?! I love that they documented so much of their life on film.. I'd complain that not enough segments are available, but then I realize how lucky we are to even have these!kate gabriellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00524340938024619737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244164621725471873.post-9183397872678609742010-11-06T00:46:00.002-04:002010-11-06T00:48:19.831-04:00New tribute video!<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><object height="306" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/i-qZxaqS9sU?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/i-qZxaqS9sU?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="306" width="500"></embed></object><br /><br />This one is a little more crazy than my last one, but I had so much fun making it, and I think it's really fun to watch too! I tried not to include any of the same clips I did in my first video, but a few snuck in because they fit so well.. only 3 or 4 at the most, though :)<br /><br />Clips in the video are from: Song Without End, By Myself, Hot Enough for June, Hunted, Sebastian, Despair, The Singer Not the Song, Darling, Archival footage from dirkbogarde.co.uk, Night Porter, The Mind Benders, The Blue Lamp, Modesty Blaise, The Wind Cannot Read, The High Bright Sun, The Servant, Accident, Doctor in Distress, King and Country, Providence and Death in Venice.<br /><br />The song is Ooh La La by Goldfrapp.<br /><br /></span>kate gabriellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00524340938024619737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244164621725471873.post-37693217822671970502010-10-13T16:02:00.005-04:002010-10-13T16:08:49.438-04:00New photos<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4154/5077940800_9cb2c3f8de_z.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 649px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4154/5077940800_9cb2c3f8de_z.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4032/5079318694_bbfd28406d_z.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 618px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4032/5079318694_bbfd28406d_z.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />A huge thank you to Tom from <a href="http://motionpicturegems.blogspot.com/">Motion Picture Gems</a> for this amazing "Desperate Moment" still. I've never even seen this picture before, isn't it great?!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wqIjDORCGtQ/TLYQq2KxLdI/AAAAAAAAAso/pUI6MzEfvR8/s1600/IMG_2365.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wqIjDORCGtQ/TLYQq2KxLdI/AAAAAAAAAso/pUI6MzEfvR8/s800/IMG_2365.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527623920925093330" border="0" /></a><br />And Kendra from <a href="http://daysinmayfair.blogspot.com/2010/10/queen-wore-chucks.html">Days in Mayfair</a> and <a href="http://www.vivandlarry.com/">Viv & Larry</a> took this snapshot of a wonderful Dirk Bogarde photo on display at the National Portrait Gallery in England!<br /><br />You can see larger versions of the first 2 photos <a href="http://www.dirk-bogarde.com/photographs2">here</a> in the photographs section. Just click to view the scans full-size.kate gabriellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00524340938024619737noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244164621725471873.post-14236982483237364382010-09-14T12:32:00.003-04:002010-09-14T12:38:59.976-04:00Tribute to The Night Porter<span style="font-size:100%;"><object style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" height="306" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2L7esSAn09I?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2L7esSAn09I?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="306" width="500"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I was very hesitant to watch The Night Porter, since I'm a bit of a movie prude and don't like my films overflowing with sex and nudity -- and I was under the impression that NP was just a porn film in disguise. However, I was pleasantly surprised when I finally caved in and watched it last month! It wasn't nearly as explicit as I expected, and the film was shot so beautifully that you hardly notice when it is. It's a sad, uncomfortable but beautiful story about a Nazi and a concentration camp prisoner who have a doomed, deep, twisted love for one another. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I made this video last night as a tribute to the movie -- it's set to "I'm a Fool to Want You" sung by Billie Holiday. </span><br /><br /></span>kate gabriellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00524340938024619737noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244164621725471873.post-64183621140042710722010-09-01T10:40:00.003-04:002010-09-01T10:45:24.943-04:00All Gone - a tribute to The Servant<span style="font-size:100%;"><object style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" width="500" height="306"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gsHdNYxNFAM?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gsHdNYxNFAM?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="306"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">I made this one yesterday.. I've had the idea floating around in my head for the longest time, and finally got around to it last night. This one is more of a tribute to the entire film, so it's not concentrating on Dirk Bogarde as much as my other videos have. Sarah Miles & James Fox take up a sizable chunk of space here. You might notice Wendy Craig is virtually absent, though, but that's just because I didn't like her character.. I'm being ornery :)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">I might do another one in the future that's a tribute to Dirk's performance in the film, like I did with Modesty Blaise... but that is another video for another day.. </span><br /><br /></span>kate gabriellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00524340938024619737noreply@blogger.com3