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Saturday Sep 21, 2019
Saturday Sep 21, 2019
Matthew and Shane surrender to the Nazi occupation of England in Kevin Browlow's terrifyingly current It Happened Here from 1964.
Notes:
Video enhanced version of this episode: https://youtu.be/U--B5_u3T9A
IMDB listing for It Happened Here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055024/
Trailer for It Happened Here: https://youtu.be/XxeTSFSWMLY
BFI article on the making of It Happened Here: https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/interviews/it-happened-here-kevin-brownlow
6 years ago
Great insights into this piece of 60's cinema with particular relevance to contemporary anxieties around nationalism and anti-Semitism. An excellent analysis of this film and has certainly made me want to watch 'It Happened Here' again - looking forward to the next podcast.