{"id":15783,"date":"2017-04-06T17:43:41","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T21:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=15783"},"modified":"2017-04-06T17:44:24","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T21:44:24","slug":"edward-bernds-deliciously-ridiculous-world-without-end-1956","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=15783","title":{"rendered":"Edward Bernds’ deliciously ridiculous World Without End (1956)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Writer-director Edward Bernds never graduated to A-level films, but his prolific career included a mass of comedy shorts, franchise entries for Blondie and The Bowery Boys, episodic TV, Three Stooges features, and finally The New 3 Stooges animated show in 1965 before he retired and passed away in 2000 at the age of 95.<\/p>\n

Besides the Stooges features, he also directed Return of the Fly<\/strong> (1959), and his sci-fi diptych World Without End<\/strong><\/a> (1956) and Queen of Outer Space<\/strong><\/a> (1958), the latter ultimately released on DVD with a fact-filled commentary track by genre historian Tom Weaver.<\/p>\n

World<\/strong> has never received any special edition treatment, and in spite of the gorgeous print sourced for Warner Archives’ new Blu-ray, there’s no extras. Sci-fi B movie fans will love the new Blu, but it really needs a Weaver track (or something similar) to contextualize this ridiculous and fun colour CinemaScope extravaganza produced by one of my favourite B-studios, Allied Artists<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’ve tweaked the 2012 review and ported it over from the KQEK.com archives, but the impression and enjoyment of Rod Taylor’s dead-serious take on his character really makes the film.<\/p>\n

Bernds’ background in comedy is felt in the cheeky banter and reactions between the male leads, but his script and direction play most of the drama straight – adding to the movie’s already built-in fromage factor.<\/p>\n

Leith Stevens’ score is also pretty straight-faced, and there’s a sense the movie was either tracked with music from his masterwork Destination Moon<\/strong><\/a> (1950) or Bernds wanted a soundalike score, so Stevens crafted an echo that nevertheless\u00a0stands on its own as a classic genre\u00a0score, and one deserving a proper CD release, given Stevens’ weak representation on disc.<\/p>\n

I’m assuming Bernds knew he was making a tongue-in-cheek film, but AA produced three types\u00a0of ads.<\/p>\n

One strikingly beautiful:<\/p>\n

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Another much more traditional:<\/p>\n

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And here, aimed at, what, kids?<\/p>\n

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I think the original captions for Vargas’ preposterous ‘interpretation’ probably went something like ‘Meet Garnet! And Deena! Plus Elaine! They’re the future of humanity!’<\/p>\n

Coming next<\/em> is a compact podcast interview with Goblin member Maurizio Guarini, who performed an original score to Italy’s first feature film, L’Inferno<\/strong>, at Innis Town Hall on Wed. April 5, 2017. The 1911 silent version of Dante’s famous tale was restored in 2007, and I’ll have a review of that version as well.<\/p>\n

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Cheers,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mark R. Hasan<\/strong>, Editor
\nKQEK.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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