tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post1762049110446461885..comments2024-03-27T15:59:11.066+00:00Comments on Prometheus in Aspic: Hooptedoodle #284 - Napoleon (1927) - something of a breakthroughMSFoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-16923623477354445872017-11-20T16:24:09.404+00:002017-11-20T16:24:09.404+00:00You have my admiration, not just for sitting throu...You have my admiration, not just for sitting through it, but for putting all that work in to sit through it. Twice.<br /><br />I'm afraid I'd be looking for the scene that shows Austerlitz (if it gets that far!) and then I'd probably moan about the wrong kind of weather/formations. I remember it being on the telly back in the 80s and I gave up quite early on. It may have been the during the snowball fight.nundankethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12895608927860103442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-69978626804888794662017-11-20T10:43:08.867+00:002017-11-20T10:43:08.867+00:00It is a bit specialised, i guess - last night (Dis...It is a bit specialised, i guess - last night (Disc 3) was all about the courtship of N and J, and some of that is actually comedy (of a sort) - there's also a lot of very heavy stuff going on in the National Assembly - Robespierre must be the most evil looking baddie in the history of the movies, and he even wears shades.MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-55366046580236590302017-11-19T22:36:46.846+00:002017-11-19T22:36:46.846+00:00Thank you,it looks very interesting and will go on...Thank you,it looks very interesting and will go on my shopping list; though admittedly with the current book and DVD backlog, I'd estimate a viewing date of around 2022.. A proper cinema viewing, with musical accompaniment, would be quite something - but at five hours long (or even nine hours - sacre bleu! ), very hard work! david in suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02945969485547328039noreply@blogger.com