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Heritage, Fred Dibnah, Getting Steamed Up DVD

Advantages: Fantastic look back at Fred Dibnah's life
Disadvantages: None

...we must preserve our industrial heritage for our own and future generations. Watching Fred swap tales of steam engines and of steeplejacking and jokes with his equally steam mad friends whilst supping ale at what the DVD bills as "the world's largest steam rally" at The Dorset Steam Fair is wonderful. As it is all too easy to forget, whilst watching those scenes filmed on a summer's day several years ago that Fred Dibnah is still with us, and not ...
...caravan is a real sight to see. Especially when they have to pull up at a fire hydrant to fill up. Watch the famous (or infamous?!) Monton Chimney drop, as Fred displays the technique used to drop the chimney, that has been used for 1,000 years or more. The audio is not quite as good as it might be, it sounds as if the narrator and Fred were talking in a chimney when they were recorded! It should cost about £12.99. It also touches on the very ...

Martinscholes 04.07.2006 · Read full review
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A film of EPIC Proportions

Advantages: A great experiment, interesting
Disadvantages: A bit sick in places

A film of EPIC proportions. Before I start this review I must just firstly say that I like McDonalds, I would probably go so far as to say that I love McDonalds. Sometimes a Big Mac, fries and an diet coke is all that will hit the spot, but only once in a while and certainly not every day, not even every month but unfortunately some people do not seem to understand this and treat McDonald's like their everyday menu. This creates a country full of ...
...sue McDonalds for making them eat burgers everyday and then wonder why they are fat. Why is America so fat? This is the question that Morgan Spurlock sets out to answer in his documentary Supersize me. If you ever want to eat at McDonalds again I would recommend approaching this film with caution as there are some parts that will turn your stomach but saying that I have watched it a few times and yes, do still like the golden arches thankgoodness! ...

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Review of Super Size Me (DVD)

Cinema in Balance

Advantages: Utterly beautiful, visually and musically
Disadvantages: Say what?

...be possible to go through Koyaanisqatsi scene by scene and yet it would also be impossible. There is a sense of mysticism to this film, most likely intentional as the title: Koyaanisqatsi comes from the Native American Hopi tribe, which is explained as the film finishes. For those of a curious disposition, Koyaanisqatsi means 1. Crazy life. 2. Life in turmoil. 3. Life disintegrating. 4. Life out of balance. 5. A state of life that calls for another ...
...no ordinary motion picture, and Koyaanisqatsi isn’t at all. It has a narrative, but in an entirely different sense to going down to your local multiplex and seeing a Hollywood blockbuster, which is not to suggest that there is anything wrong with doing so; Koyaanisqatsi is simply the kind of life that should be pretentious, self-indulgence-as-high-art rubbish. But it’s not. Why? Koyaanisqatsi is a film built out of images. Some still, some in motion, ...

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How Do You Begin to Make Sense Out of Nonsense???

Advantages: A chilling documentary that provides much to questions to answer, and truly topical in the light of recent tragedy
Disadvantages: Not everyone likes Michael Moore's work , citing factual problems and errors within his work

****************************************************************** TITLE : Bowling For Columbine RATING: ****½ DIRECTOR: Michael Moore SCREENWRITER: Michael Moore NARRATOR: Michael Moore STUDIO: United Artists / Alliance Atlantis / Dog Eat Dog Films RUNNING TIME: 120 min. RATED: R (US) & 15 (UK); for disturbing images, and some profanity. DVD AVAILABILITY: 5.48 GBP, from Amazon; ASIN# B000089ATL ************************************************************* ...
...the lifelong NRA member made BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE, a fascinating, groundbreaking documentary about America's love affair with guns. The film got great notice all over the world, and would later go on to win the Academy Award for Best Documentary in 2002. ****************************************************************** LET 'S TAKE THE SKINHEADS BOWLING!!! *************************************************************** *** Personally, I've always ...

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Music Hall Days

Advantages: Great DVD
Disadvantages: None

Music Hall Days is a truly wonderful DVD programme. It is released through Green Umbrella and is presented by Lionel Blair. The programme was filmed at the headquarters of the Grand Order of Water Rats, at the Grays Inn Road, London. The programme starts by shoeing some sombre shots of old closed down music halls. Crumbling ruins and demolition sites are their fate, now. The music halls, the implication was, will never come back. But as Lionel Blair ...
...out, there is more to music hall than "just" singing. Music hall encompassed all sots of acts, from "dancing to juggling." Indeed, one of the bills displayed on the programme includes operatic arias, comedians and comediennes, a female impressionist (a lady who does impressions, in case you get the wrong idea!) male and female ballad vocalists, ballet, mimics, orchestral pieces, an eccentric comedienne, Risley performers (apparently some type of ...

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