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• thanks for the heads -up... - BJordan 19:30:37 05/14/07 (1)
  In Reply to: If posted by R Browne on May 11, 2007 at 22:24:17:

  I have also put it on my netfiix list. I first say this film in my youth and it had a lasting impression on me. It was I think advanced for it's time, especially the ending. Also I went out and bought the beautiful Philips album "Missa Luba"sung by/ les troubadours du roi baudouin ]that was played in the film and still listen to it frequently.
  
  

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  • "Missa Luba" - R Browne 20:26:01 05/14/07 (0)
    In Reply to: thanks for the heads -up... posted by BJordan on May 14, 2007 at 19:30:37:

    Thanks for the reminder about "Missa Luba". It's a classic that unfortunately I don't have in my music collection. I'll have to correct that soon. I first heard it in a music class when I was in high school, a couple of years before "If" came out.
    
    

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• Please post your opinion - grinagog 04:15:32 05/12/07 (5)
  In Reply to: If posted by R Browne on May 11, 2007 at 22:24:17:

  Mine is: you're in for a treat! This is the one film that really captures the zeitgeist amongst young people in the 1960's that they were a catalyst for positive change

  "If" is somewhat on the darker side of that spectrum, I won't say any more to spoil the film

  Not Lindsay Andersons only collaboration with McDowell; but his most accessible film and really has stood the test of time well

  A dark satire, and a Classic

  Grins
  　
  
  

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  • What was the McDowell film where he played a SS officer that was generally banned? * - mr grits 19:09:25 05/12/07 (4)
    In Reply to: Please post your opinion posted by grinagog on May 12, 2007 at 04:15:32:

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    • The Passage; also has Anthony Quinn *very* disturbing film n/t - grinagog 20:04:46 05/13/07 (3)
      In Reply to: What was the McDowell film where he played a SS officer that was generally banned? * posted by mr grits on May 12, 2007 at 19:09:25:

      Grins
      
      

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      • I understand it can't be had . . . any sources? * - mr grits 16:12:55 05/14/07 (2)
        In Reply to: The Passage; also has Anthony Quinn *very* disturbing film n/t posted by grinagog on May 13, 2007 at 20:04:46:

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        • Re: appears v. rarely on VHS or (Japanese ) LD on Ebay - grinagog 17:19:02 05/14/07 (1)
          In Reply to: I understand it can't be had . . . any sources? * posted by mr grits on May 14, 2007 at 16:12:55:

          I sincerely doubt this will ever be released in any format anytime soon; I wouldn't go out of my way to see, or own, this film
          I took a girlfriend to see The Passage at a movie theatre, back when this had just been released. This was a girl that had giggled all through Caligula and A Clockwork Orange
          About 1/2 way through the Passage she stood up in the theatre, shook her fist and screamed "You B*st*rd!!" at the screen during one of SS Officer McDowells scenes
          I had to take her home in a gale of tears, several people left around the time we did
          I've since seen the film in it's entirety
          Believe this was film pulled from theatres about as quickly as it was released
          Even with McDowell and A.Quinn on board, it's not *that* good a film, it's a B-movie with a 100% predictable plot.
          McDowell plays a brutal, ruthless, SS thug without any of the humor of his "Alex" character in Clockwork Orange, Quinns role is little more than a cameo to get his name onto the billboard

          Eminently missable

          Grins
          
          
          

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          • Yikes! James Mason and Christopher Lee also in this (n/t) - grinagog 17:43:13 05/14/07 (0)
            In Reply to: Re: appears v. rarely on VHS or (Japanese ) LD on Ebay posted by grinagog on May 14, 2007 at 17:19:02:

            

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