{"id":14366,"date":"2014-10-14T11:45:26","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T15:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=14366"},"modified":"2016-06-22T13:48:53","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T17:48:53","slug":"the-eclipse-viewer-episode-19-rossellinis-history-films-renaissance-and-enlightenment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2014\/10\/14\/the-eclipse-viewer-episode-19-rossellinis-history-films-renaissance-and-enlightenment\/","title":{"rendered":"The Eclipse Viewer Episode 19: Rossellini\u2019s History Films — Renaissance and Enlightenment"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"EV<\/p>\n

David and I are back with another episode of The Eclipse Viewer, the podcast dedicated to the Criterion Collection\u2019s Eclipse Series of DVDs.<\/p>\n

In this episode, we talk about Eclipse Series 14:\u00a0Rossellini\u2019s History Films — Renaissance and Enlightenment.<\/p>\n

Roberto Rossellini, an incredibly influential filmmaker in post-World War II Italy, called a press conference in 1960 where he announced that “cinema is dead.” He thus embarked on the final phase of his career, where he made a series of made-for-tv movies about historical figures.<\/p>\n

The box contains three of these films: The Age of the Medici<\/em> (1973); Cartesius<\/em> (1974);\u00a0and Blaise Pascal<\/em> (1972). The three films portray their time and subjects in a droll, mundane manner. Yes, if approached with typical expectations, they will come off as incredibly boring. But David and I talk about how that is beside the point, and these films have a unique magic.<\/p>\n

Please find the podcast, the shownotes, and plenty of links over at CriterionCast here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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In the next episode of The Eclipse Viewer, David and I will be discussing Eclipse Series 37: When Horror Came to Shochiku, featuring The X from Outer Space<\/em> (1967), Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell<\/em> (1968), The Living Skeleton<\/em> (1968), and Genocide<\/em> (1968).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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