“For freedom is the man that will turn the world upside down. Therefore, no wonder he has enemies.” – Gerard Winstanley (1609-1676)

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Winstanley explores the attempt by Gerrard Winstanley who formed ‘The Diggers’ and with a group of followers attempted to form a small farming community in one of the first proto-Communist attempts at collective agriculture.

Kevin Brownlow - (1975) Winstanley.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/1C481F640728F44/Kevin_Brownlow_-_(1975)_Winstanley.mkv

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The post Kevin Brownlow – Winstanley (1975) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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An original documentary from Turner Classic Movies, Garbo offers an intimate look at the life and career of the movies’ most luminous, reclusive and mystifying star. A portrait of Garbo the woman is drawn through interviews with biographers and admirers, plus many of the friends, relatives and associates who came closest to penetrating the lonely star’s veil of solitude.

Garbo  (2005).mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/BBD8F6168E02234/Garbo__(2005).mkv

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Many thanks to @Gene for this copy

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It is the Second World War. The Nazis have invaded Britain. There is a split between the resistance and those who prefer to collaborate with the invaders for a quiet life. The protagonist, a nurse, is caught in the middle.

British film historian Kevin Brownlow was all of 18 when he conceived the idea for this alternate-history film depicting what life in London would have been like if Nazi troops had conquered England in July 1940. Along with his friend and collaborator Andrew Mollo (only 16 at the time), he took eight years to piece the film together using borrowed equipment and begging scraps of film stock from established filmmakers such as Stanley Kubrick. The result owes much to Brownlow’s penchant for silent films (he authored a classic text on the subject entitled The Parade’s Gone By), and possibly to Italian neorealism, since the semidocumentary style bows in that direction. Good thing, too. The documentary feel captivates the viewer. The story follows an Everybrit named Pauline as she grows from complacence and resignation over the Nazi occupation of England to when she becomes a nurse for the Nazis and realizes the true horror of her and England’s situation. Brownlow’s pure desire for authenticity makes the film more chilling than it would otherwise have been. For instance, on the film’s initial release, Jewish groups objected to a sequence involving a real-life fascist of the time, Colin Jordan, spouting his opinion of Jews and euthanasia. They feared people wouldn’t pick up on the film’s anti-Nazi stance, and would therefore take the comments seriously. So seven minutes of footage were cut that have now been restored, making the film scarier than ever

699MB | 01:36:25 | 608×464 | avi

https://nitro.download/view/9C7F0CCB3DA22F5/It_Happened_Here_(1966).avi

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Feature-length documentary on Lon Chaney, featuring new interviews (notably with Chaney biographer Michael F. Blake), unseen footage of Chaney, and excerpts from old interviews with Chaney contemporaries who have since passed away.
A TCM original production, included in the DVD boxset “TCM Archives – Lon Chaney Collection”.

1.37GB | 01:25:15 | 640×464 | avi

https://nitro.download/view/C0CFDBBB2AC337B/Lon.Chaney.avi

Language(s):English
Subtitles:None

The post Kevin Brownlow – Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Documentary mini-series about the rise and fall of the European silent film industry.

Cinema.Europe.Part.1.Where.It.All.Began.1995.DVDRip.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

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The post Michael Winterbottom & Kevin Brownlow – Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (1996) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

This three-part documentary by Kevin Brownlow and David Gill explores D.W. Griffith’s career.

Episode One covers from the beginning through Birth of a Nation.

Episode Two examines (among others) Intolerance, Broken Blossoms, and Way Down East.

Episode Three concludes with the films from Orphan in the Storm and America forward.

https://nitro.download/view/E1E00EC2B7896B4/D.W.Griffith.Father.of.Film.ep1.avi
https://nitro.download/view/187FFF2406C59AC/D.W.Griffith.Father.of.Film.ep2.avi
https://nitro.download/view/E73B552E7A7BFEA/D.W.Griffith.Father.of.Film.ep3.avi

Language(s):English
Subtitles:None

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