Retelling the saga of The Bounty (1984) + Take Me to Pitcairn (2013)
Reviews of the ever-enigmatic saga of The Bounty (1984), new on Blu from Twilight Time + Julian McDonnell’s witty documentary Take Me To Pitcairn (2013).
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BR: Bounty, The (1984)
Originally drafted as a two-part film project by director David Lean and screenwriter Robert Bolt in 1977, the lavish adaptation of Richard Hough’s book Captain Bligh and Fletcher Christian went as far as building a full-scale replica of the HMS. Bounty ship for Dino De Laurentiis’ production, but things went sour…
Film: Take Me to Pitcairn (2013)
British actor and world’s smallest kite seller Julian McDonnell decided to plan a trip to the island of Pitcairn, known for highly specific attributes: the tiny rock where Fletcher Christian and his fellow mutineers fled with a handful of Polynesian men and women after the infamous mutiny on the HMS Bounty, back in 1789…
She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry (2014) + Chisholm ’72 (2004)
Reviews of She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry (2014), Mary Dore’s detailed chronicle of the women’s movement playing at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema + Shola Lynch’s Chisholm ’72: Unbought and Unbossed (2003) on DVD from Fox.
Film: She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry (2014)
Dore’s documentary is packed with great interviews of arguably forgotten figures in modern social history who proved ordinary people could manifest change, but the degree of rebellion, protest, grand public gatherings, brazen statements…
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