At first blush, I thought that John Ford moment in Roland Emmerich’s Midway was surely over-the-top, a parody, like the semi-silly Bruce Lee bit in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. But why interrupt a deadly serious war film with what seemed to be a comic walk-on by a famous movie director, shouting orders and eager for action (or “Action!”)
So I trekked (again) to the Film Academy’s Margaret Herrick Library, to learn where Ford actually fit in the Midway battle.
Apologies to Emmerich. I stand corrected. His brief portrayal of Ford at Midway in June 1942 was, if anything, understated.
Film scholars will know, but I only discovered, that John Ford—whose filmmaking career is among the most heavily chronicled in Hollywood history, with over two dozen biographies currently on the shelf—really was directing the action at Midway. A Navy commander on assignment to the Office of Strategic Services,...
So I trekked (again) to the Film Academy’s Margaret Herrick Library, to learn where Ford actually fit in the Midway battle.
Apologies to Emmerich. I stand corrected. His brief portrayal of Ford at Midway in June 1942 was, if anything, understated.
Film scholars will know, but I only discovered, that John Ford—whose filmmaking career is among the most heavily chronicled in Hollywood history, with over two dozen biographies currently on the shelf—really was directing the action at Midway. A Navy commander on assignment to the Office of Strategic Services,...
- 11/13/2019
- by Michael Cieply
- Deadline Film + TV
Rob Leane Jan 12, 2018
Stopping time is a gift and curse. Let’s look back at the tough choices that befell the eponymous protagonist in Bernard’s Watch...
Bernard’s Watch – the ultimate dream, am I right? In this ITV children’s show, the protagonist Bernard is always late for stuff, so a magic postman gives him a watch that can stop time. Rather than having to learn about time keeping or prioritising or not letting people down, Bernard is gifted with an easy way to solve all of his problems. What fun!
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But with great timepiece comes great responsibility. Bernard - who was played by David Peachey for the first five seasons, and then Ryan Watson for the show’s final two runs - was thrust into some moralistic quandaries by his handy stopwatch.
Stopping time is a gift and curse. Let’s look back at the tough choices that befell the eponymous protagonist in Bernard’s Watch...
Bernard’s Watch – the ultimate dream, am I right? In this ITV children’s show, the protagonist Bernard is always late for stuff, so a magic postman gives him a watch that can stop time. Rather than having to learn about time keeping or prioritising or not letting people down, Bernard is gifted with an easy way to solve all of his problems. What fun!
See related The Handmaid's Tale episodes 1-3 spoiler-free review The Handmaid's Tale: watch the first full-length trailer
But with great timepiece comes great responsibility. Bernard - who was played by David Peachey for the first five seasons, and then Ryan Watson for the show’s final two runs - was thrust into some moralistic quandaries by his handy stopwatch.
- 11/14/2017
- Den of Geek
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