Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Evelyn C. Leeper" Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom Subject: MT VOID, 05/31/24 -- Vol. 42, No. 48, Whole Number 2330 Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2024 09:40:58 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 322 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2024 15:41:00 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="d6294460a4ffafaab95281d289fefe4b"; logging-data="3541687"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18UZFDtBlD6lvuHeT2n/2ff" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:PewaC4Y/SeoFA83n/ylxC6Rk85w= Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 14242 THE MT VOID 05/31/24 -- Vol. 42, No. 48, Whole Number 2330 Co-Editor: Mark Leeper, mleeper@optonline.net Co-Editor: Evelyn Leeper, eleeper@optonline.net Sending Address: evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com All material is the opinion of the author and is copyrighted by the author unless otherwise noted. All comments sent or posted will be assumed authorized for inclusion unless otherwise noted. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send mail to eleeper@optonline.net The latest issue is at . An index with links to the issues of the MT VOID since 1986 is at . Topics: Middletown (NJ) Science Fiction Discussion Group Mark's Picks for Turner Classic Movies in June (comments by Mark R. Leeper and Evelyn C. Leeper) THE SOUL OF BATTLE (book review by Gregory Frederick) Choices (letter of comment by Norman Salt) Which Side of History? (letter of comment by Charles S. Harris) This Week's Reading (adaptations) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) =================================================================== TOPIC: Middletown (NJ) Science Fiction Discussion Group June 6: INCEPTION (2010) & short story "The Circular Ruins" (1940) by Jorge Luis Borges =================================================================== TOPIC: Mark's Picks for Turner Classic Movies in June (comments by Mark R. Leeper and Evelyn C. Leeper) For the 80th anniversary of the _Day landings, how could we not recommend Turner"s D-Day marathon: 24 hours, 11 films about D-Day? THURSDAY, June 6 6:00 AM Code Name: Emerald (1985): A spy tries to get information about D-Day plans. 8:00 AM The Americanization of Emily (1964): A British war widow falls for an American sailor. 10:00 AM George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984): Biography of one of the directors who filmed combat footage during WWII. 12:00 PM 36 Hours (1964): Nazis use subterfuge to try to convince an American that the war is over. 2:00 PM Red Ball Express (1952): Focuses on racial integration in one platoon. 3:30 PM D-Day the Sixth of June (1956): Love triangle set in Britain before the Normandy invasion. 5:30 PM George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin (1994): Documentary covering the push from D-Day to Berlin. 6:30 PM Overlord (1975): A soldier trains for D-Day. 8:00 PM Saving Private Ryan (1998): Surely everyone knows the plot of this one. 11:00 PM The Longest Day (1962): The major film about D-Day with the usual epic scale and dozens of stars. 2:15 AM Eye of the Needle (1981): A german spy tries to leave Britain with information about D-Day. 4:15 AM I See A Dark Stranger (1946): A Irish woman becomes a Nazi spy. If you aren't up to seeing them all, the most important ones to see would be SAVING PRIVATE RYAN and THE LONGEST DAY. Of SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, Mark wrote at the time, "This is perhaps the most realistic and at the same time perhaps the most violent war film ever made. Eight men are sent on a mission of mercy in the week following the Normandy Invasion. Along the way we see the invasion of Europe from the perspective of a grunt soldier. It is not a pleasant sight. This is an answer to every war movie that ever made battle look glorious. Rating: 9 (0 to 10), +3 (-4 to +4)". Before SAVING PRIVATE RYAN came out, THE LONGEST DAY was considered the definitive D-Day film, and in some sense it still is. While SAVING PRIVATE RYAN covers D-Day, a lot of time is spent on the (fictional) story of trying to find the fifth brother from a family after the first four have been killed in combat that day. THE LONGEST DAY, on the other hand, is strictly about the D-Day invasion and sticks pretty much to the facts. Yes, the dialogue is not necessarily exactly what was said, and some some incidents might be fictionalized, but it doesn't invent an entire story line. For documentaries, "George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin" is more D-Day-specific than the more general Stevens biography.. On the other hand, if you've already seen those, try sampling some of the lesser-known ones. ["George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin" (1994), Thursday, June 6, 5:30 PM] [SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998), Thursday, June 6, 8:00 PM] [THE LONGEST DAY (1962), Thursday, June 6, 11:00 PM] [-mrl/ecl] Other films of interest include: SATURDAY, June 1 1:45 PM The Bad Seed (1956) 4:15 PM The Boy with Green Hair (1948) MONDAY, June 3 4:00 PM Ben-Hur (1959) WEDNESDAY, June 5 7:00 AM Cat People (1942) 8:15 AM The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) THURSDAY, June 6 6:00 AM Code Name: Emerald (1985) 8:00 AM The Americanization of Emily (1964) 10:00 AM George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984) 12:00 PM 36 Hours (1964) 2:00 PM Red Ball Express (1952) 3:30 PM D-Day the Sixth of June (1956) 5:30 PM George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin (1994) 6:30 PM Overlord (1975) 8:00 PM Saving Private Ryan (1998) 11:00 PM The Longest Day (1962) 2:15 AM Eye of the Needle (1981) 4:15 AM I See A Dark Stranger (1946) FRIDAY, June 7 4:15 AM I See A Dark Stranger (1946) SUNDAY, June 9 12:15 AM Never Open the Door (1952) 10:00 AM Never Open the Door (1952) MONDAY, June 10 8:00 PM Psycho (1960) MONDAY, June 17 4:15 AM Judex (1963) 10:00 PM Superman: The Movie (1978) FRIDAY, June 21 6:15 PM The Strangler (1964) SUNDAY, June 23 8:15 AM Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932) MONDAY, June 24 8:15 AM Watership Down (1978) 10:00 AM The Thing from Another World (1951) 8:00 PM The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) TUESDAY, June 25 1:30 PM Brigadoon (1954) WEDNESDAY, June 26 6:00 AM The Story of Mankind (1957) 2:45 PM The Beast with Five Fingers (1946) 4:15 PM You'll Find Out (1940) 6:00 PM M (1931) THURSDAY, June 27 6:00 AM Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) 7:45 AM The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) 9:30 AM It's Alive (1974) 11:15 AM From Beyond the Grave (1973) 1:00 PM Equinox (1970) 2:30 PM The Shout (1978) [-ecl] =================================================================== TOPIC: THE SOUL OF BATTLE by Victor Davis Hanson (book review by Gregory Frederick) ========== REMAINDER OF ARTICLE TRUNCATED ==========