#peter burchard

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Robert Newman - Night Spell - Atheneum - 1980 (Illustrations by Peter Burchard)

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Hurrah! Book Week poster by Peter Burchard, who may be better known for his book One Gallant Rush which was adapted into the movie Glory

(1961)

[theoscarsproject]

Glory (1989). Robert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates.

There is something almost comically egregious about having Matthew Broderick acting as lead opposite Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman and Andre Braugher's supporting roles in this Civil War drama, especially given the calibre of Denzel's performance in particular. Just top knotch work from him. Otherwise, I don't know. It's a Civil War movie? I can appreciate that it means a lot to people, given its focus on one of the first all Black batallions, but it still feels pretty racist in that specific late-80s way and just soaked in machismo that feels under explored. Just not for me, this one, I think. 6/10.

[nemfrog]

Keyboardist. Homestead of the Free. 1953. Peter Burchard, illustrator.