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[bollywoodisforlovers]

Netflix and Dil: Angry Young Men, Angrier Young Viewers

We checked out the latest talking heads documentary about Bollywood cinema, Namrata Rao's Angry Young Men. Did we learn anything?

Show notes:

De Palma

Friedkin Uncut

Netflix and Dil: High and Low - Cinema Marte Dum Tak and The Romantics

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th

The Story of Film: An Odyssey

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

Angry Young Men

NEXT TIME: Nineties Bachchan

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[badideainaglass]

The funniest sword fight scene in the history of cinema. 

[seanfmcguire]

BEST. SWORD FIGHT. EVER.

[musicalhell]

Let’s be honest, this is how I would sword fight.

[rozunderpressure]

@warmageragnar Lewis Vs Otranto, a realistic version.

[redscullyrevival]

#what on earth is this?

The Court Jester starring Danny Kaye, Basil Rathbone, and the amazing Glynis Johns, and Angela Lansbury and it is all around a fun time.

[spotweld]

All kidding aside, watch Basil Rathbone’s foot work. He knows fencing, and sets up the form even though he’s still playing up the stage blows for Danny Kaye to flail at for comedic effect.

[theimpossiblescheme]

Okay, but I need to talk about this because it’s even funnier if you know the context... Basil Rathbone was one of the greatest swordsmen in Hollywood history.  Which is why he almost never won any of his onscreen fights–he was good enough that he knew how to effectively make the other guy look even better.  That’s why the swordfight in The Adventures of Robin Hood looks so awesome even though Errol Flynn is nowhere near Rathbone’s level.

But this fight, right here?  Was one of the only fights where he needed a stunt double.  Because while he was able to keep Danny Kaye from being seriously injured, Rathbone himself nearly got skewered a few times by Kaye’s flailing around.  So in a bizarre way, this is probably the closest to an even match Rathbone had in his career… just not for the reasons you’d expect.

[hamelin-born]

“Don’t you know, there are some things that can beat smartness and foresight? Awkwardness and stupidity can. The best swordsman in the world doesn’t need to fear the second best swordsman in the world; no, the person for him to be afraid of is some ignorant antagonist who has never had a sword in his hand before; he doesn’t do the thing he ought to.”

-Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1889)

The origin of a saying I’ve seen quoted in various works of fiction - “The best swordsman does not fear the second best, he fears the worst since there’s no telling what that idiot is going to do.”

[pixlerelish]

"Bahubali?"

[butteryplanet]

kitchenghosts

[bollywoodisforlovers]

Episode 151 - 2023 Year End Review

Somehow we made it through 2023, which certainly was a year in Bollywood. Did Tiger 3 hit the jackpot? Did we soldier through Jawan? Find out now!

Show notes:

The 69th Annual Filmfare Awards (nice)

Neeyat (Episode 150)

Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (Supplemental Episode 17)

Jawan

Jaane Jaan (Episode 149)

Khufiya

INTERVAL ("Dishoom Dishoom" from The Archies)

Thank You for Coming

12th Fail

Tiger 3

Animal

This is the only Bullet Machine we respect in these parts

The Archies

Kho Gaye Hum Kahan

NEXT TIME: Surprise Netflix and Dil!

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[memeuplift]

[pixlerelish]

✨ Jaan dete, usko jahaan dete Apna imaan dete jiski bhi baahe gale me daale ✨

[justshahrukhkhan]

Looking sharp

[justshahrukhkhan]

Handsome Charlie

[justshahrukhkhan]

[justshahrukhkhan]

I need more SRK on my dash

[anexperimentallife]

[xxxprogamer67xxx]

@amtrak-official

[queer-as-city-folk]

Also like, transit doesn't need to make a profit, it creates money by allowing people to move easier. We dump hundreds of billions into the interstates and they have never made a singe cent of money back for us because we know the money created by allowing for the movement of individuals outweighs the money spent

[myjetpack]

My first Guardian Books cartoon for 2024

[lastofthe20thcenturygirls]

[hollywoodtobollywood]

Infinite Bollywood Playlist

Favorite Item Songs (3/?)

Munni Badnaam - Dabangg

[pinkhysteria]

MEGAN THEE STALLION ↳ HISS

[shahrukhlove]

Raees & Aasiya + winking