And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
A Matter of Life and Death (1946) featuring David Niven and an all-star cast. Good flic that was ahead of it's time in a Twilight Zone sort of way. Well worth the time to view.
A Matter of Life and Death (1946) featuring David Niven and an all-star cast.
ReplyDeleteGood flic that was ahead of it's time in a Twilight Zone sort of way. Well worth the time to view.
Agreed. A fantastic movie that has you guessing at the end was it Medical Or God?
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ReplyDeleteI didn't know the stairway was an escalator!
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The Stairway to Heaven
ReplyDeleteKim Hunter in WWII uniform. Woof! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038733/mediaviewer/rm4078351361/
ReplyDeletegreat opening scene with nivens in a shot up bomber.
ReplyDeleteOliver Sacks mentions Powell and Pressberger's script in his book, "Hallucinations" .
Went and looked this up. Watching it now. WOW! It set a high bar for understanding, doesn't talk down to the lowest common denominator.
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