Sunday, January 05, 2025
Gangsters et Singes ont la peau-lisse au derrière
FROM
FARCE TO DRAMA, CHASED BY THE POLICE
https://jacquescoulardeau.medium.com/magic-blood-crime-farcical-tragedy-f737f6229aac
3RD
ROUND
KNOCKED
OUT
KAPUTT
This third round is centered on crime and the
police.
1- Benoit Poelvoorde, Dany Boon, Rien
à Déclarer. Customs officers are playing carnival.
2- Jeremy Brett, David Burke, Sherlock
Holmes, a series and a handful of films.
3- Basil Rathbone, Tribute to Sherlock
Holmes with four films, Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapons, The
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Woman in Green, and Dressed to
Kill.
4- Stephen King's Dark Tower, The
Gunslinger, the full omnibus edition of the comic book.
The series with Jeremy Brett and David Burke
is probably not a masterpiece but they tried to keep the proper environment for
the stories that take place at the end of the 19th century and the
beginning of the 20th century. The acting is good though it becomes slightly
routine-minded towards the end.
The four films with Basil Rathbone are from
just before WW2 to just after it. No color, no real special effects, and small
budgets. One is mediocre war propaganda. The others are banal with no real plot
or suspense. Maybe the fourth one might be slightly in Holmes’ line.
Plus a small magazine with some simple data
about Sir Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes, the various stories written for the character,
and the various films. But today that’s a little bit meager with the Internet.
Google Sherlock Holmes and you’ll see the myriad of pages you will get. So, it
is a little bit disappointing.
I kept Stephen King for the end because the
comic book is absolutely phenomenal and marvelous. Creative art, multi-layer
narrator, piled up universes revealing what humanity is doing to the cosmos.
Nothing good at all. The art is by far outstanding. We could discuss a lot the
idea that in this phantasmagorical universe, the principle you can achieve nothing
good if you do not sacrifice a human being before getting on the road is
barbaric, and feudal, but deeply ingrained in all religions in this world, apart
from Theravada Buddhism.
So, enjoy these series, films, and comic books in the weeks leading to Twelfth Night, Mardi Gras, and the Carnival.