The Cinematic Sausage - A Podcast about film, not offal in a long tube
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Its a Podcast
Its about films old and not so old
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Please note no sausages were harmed in the recording of this podcast
It’s the
Cinematic Sausage’s Festive podcast, and as is the tradition broadcaster and artist *Martin Holmes joins me to look up some festive cheer.
So, to really cheer everyone up, we’ve cast an eye over the world of espionage and found possibly the bleakest and darkest representation of a 1960s spy drama,
John Le Carre’s ‘The Spy That Came In From The Cold’ (1965)
Bottles of whisky at the ready as we join Alec Leamas a burnt-out handler from West Germany as he returns to London to face his fate. A right Mundt (honestly that’s his name)
has been executing British spies in the East and London is slightly miffed at the fact. Returning home Leamas is offered a desk job, refusing this ‘Control’ asks him to stay out in the cold a little longer.
After assaulting Bernard Lee (‘M’ from the Bond Films) Leamas played by Richard Burton (on top
of his game doesn’t even begin to describe his performance) falls in love whilst working in a library. He gets picked up by a very dubious Michael Horden and so begins the descent into the darker under belly of espionage.
Double agents, defections and moral philosophy culminates in fateful appointment with the Berlin wall (wrong side)
This film has everything a 1960s ‘Bond’ film doesn’t have, realism.
Set in the backdrop of the 1960s, there’s free love (pajamas supplied), Rain!!, (God, does it rain),squalid bedsits, and a magnetic story line.
So, for an antidote to the falseness of the bright lights and festive fake good cheer, this film is dark, brutal and honest.
Thank you for all your support dear listener
Merry Christmas
everyone!
*Martin Holmes hosts the Vision on Sound Radio Show- Sundays 7pm (GMT)- FAB radio international
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1:23:34
Asylum - 1972 a podcast review
I’m Warren H Cummings
In this edition of the Podcast, I’m joined once again by regular reviewer the Shi Yeti himself, Paul Chandler.
So why not pull up a headstone and make yourself uncomfortable as we enter Bedlam itself.
We have a good old natter about the Amicus anthology film ‘Asylum’, from 1972.
Talk about why our mums love horror films, Charlotte Rampling’s noughties and killer DHL parcels.
So stuck for something to watch this Halloween eve? You could do a whole lot worse than
take up residency in the ‘Asylum’
*Paul Chandler is appearing by kind permission of the Shy Life Podcast and Yeti Uncle John.
Available on all good podcasting platforms.
Enjoy, and happy Halloween everyone
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'Hell is a City' 1960 - A Cinematic Sausage film review
If purgatory is a small
market town, surely that makes ‘Hell a City’, does it not?
Broadcaster Martin Holmes joins me as we walk the mean streets of Manchester, seeking out Stanley Baker in the iconic 1960s Hammer film, ‘Hell is a City’
The unlocking of the restraints of London centric locations, causes the impact of the Manchester
cityscape to sear its DNA throughout this film, like the words ‘Blackpool’ through a stick of rock.
Join us on a journey of crime, sex, violence and Joby Blanchard’s accent. Stepping back in time to the
black and white era of quality British crime noir.
From a robbery gone wrong, to the tossers’ gathering on the nearby moors. Pushing the boundaries of the repressed late 1950s this film sets the bar high for any proceeding crime drama.
*Martin Homes hosts the Vision on Sound radio show (a show about old television programmes) On FAB Radio International every Sunday night at 7pm GMT
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1:12:45
Death Line (1972) A podcast review
In this edition I'm joined by Paul Chandler* (aka The Shy Yeti)
We hop aboard the 1970s London Underground bound for Russell Square.
For this has turned into the Bermuda Triangle of the tube system.
2 students on the last train exit their carriage and find a well dressed man unconscious on the stairs. They quickly seek help from the police but upon their return the man has disappeared.
So starts a gruesome set of events which will change their lives forever.
Starring: Donald Pleasance, Norman Rossington, David Ladd, Sharon Gurney and a fleeting appearance by Christopher Lee
Dare you ride the 'Death Line'?
*'The Shy Life' Podcast is available on all good platforms
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The taking of Pelham 123 - as podcast review
Walter Matthau locks horns with army mercenary Robert Shaw, as 4 criminals pull off the greatest hi-jack in New York's history.
1 million dollars for the release of 16 hostages held under the streets of Manhattan on the dark, foreboding subway system.
I take a look at the 1974 film directed by Joseph Sargent
The Taking of Pelham 123
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Its about films old and not so old
That's it, what more do you need to know
Please note no sausages were harmed in the recording of this podcast
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