Jeremiah Jones
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I'd always wondered how they managed to afford such a huge setpiece battle that in the end, plotwise, leads nowhere. They really integrated it very well.
ABSOLUTELY! "Paths of Glory" is easily on my list of top 10 favourite films and it's an obvious influence on the Verdun episode (plus, as you say, the unfilmed story at Le Havre). ESSENTIAL VIEWING REQUIRED.Attila the Professor said:Much of the episodes in the trenches, particularly Verdun 1916 (Part 1 of Demons of Deception) are pretty clearly influenced by Kubrick's Paths of Glory in the contrast between the horror of the trenches and the opulence of the French command. It sounds like Le Havre, June 1916, with the trial, would have taken a page from this film as well.
There's also a dash of Wilbur Smith's, "Shout at the Devil" in there (and his "Lion of Africa" in Phantom Train of Doom.)Attila the Professor said:The two episodes that are now Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life seem to be what happens when you take The African Queen and Heart of Darkness and put them together with a good man at the end of the journey instead of Kurtz.
MDew, I've been meaning to reply to your last 2 posts for a while but you know how real life can get in the way, eh?MDew said:I made another interesting discovery: The cabin scenes in "Hollywood Follies" were lifted from (but digitally altered first) the 1977 film Julia, starring Jane Fonda.
Cut footage is possible. I'll have to go over this one again because your comparison shots have me thinking that there may have been some digital alteration? I am very intrigued about this. Good eye, again!MDew said:As Stoo mentioned previously, large portions of the town bombing scene in "Trenches of Hell" were taken right from "All Quiet on the Western Front." In fact, it appears that the only shots they didn't use from that sequence were the reaction shots of Indy & Emile and their subsequent escape from the town (which was obviously shot at another location). Strangely enough, it does appear that a few of the shots are from alternate angles - maybe they got their hands on some cut footage...
By all accounts (including yours, WillyBoyd), "Julia" is supposed to be an excellent film. Can't wait to watch it, but if you notice MDew's juxtapositions, you'll see that the angles & waves are the same. Without any doubt, it is borrowed footage.WilliamBoyd8 said:I'm wondering if the cabin scenes in "Hollywood Follies" were not taken from "Julia" but were filmed at the same area with the same house.
I saw "Julia" recently, it is a good film, but probably not a "true story",
as it claims.
How freaky. This makes *2* Jane Fonda films where footage was taken from!MDew said:The Julia cabin find was totally by accident, I was watching the film looking for the steam engine that also appeared in YIJC (thinking it was also a stolen shot).
Agreed, however, one of the DVDs *does* give credit to an older film and I have it! Stay tuned for a side-by-side comparison...MDew said:I just think its a little strange that YIJC does not give credit to the original films in the credits...