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Michael G. Wilson
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Joan Collins
- Self - Interviewee
- (as Dame Joan Collins)
Ray Harryhausen
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
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Absolutely nothing to do with "80 Years of Movie Magic" - A 2015 James Bond 'Spectre' Promotional episode under false title
Nowhere in this false documentary is coverage of even basic informational data or roster and discussion of either the classic Pinewood library of films or stars.
It is truly a completely self-absorbed self-aggrandizing public relations/marketing piece pushing both the James Bond 'Spectre' due out for release, spotlighting the current year's industry identity politic --- compliments of the neo-BBC, which has zero respect for "80 years of" a classic British film studio.
20 years ago, we had remakes taking over theaters, literally over-shadowing and overwriting classic films in both public consciousness and burying web search results of the originals. Ex. New generations of youth looking up a classic movie title would be deflected to find, discover and consume the current current salable commericial product and also be indoctrinated by it in some cases, extinguishing the old. And now we have a flurry of documentaries that distort, undermine and bury real history and context and informational in an ADD world.
With this documentary we have the same tactic with documentary: (b) one heavy exploitation tactic of using a false documentary title with lure to trick those to consume their promotional message for a pre-release of a corporate product (b) other bonus parts for the creeps is to impart some politics and at same time distort, hide, bury and undermine the real history and impace of Pinewood studios! (Ex. James Bond 'Spectre' is not equatable nor representative at all to the impact or even the categorical type of films in the Pinewood Studio canon)
Sadly, this is status quo - a bunch of bad companies, mega-corporate entities who control 99% of communications and web sites today, who seemingly use and malign 'words' to sound benign, but the sad reality is that their actions are completely misanthropic and corrupted by commericialism and bad ethics politics. It's called fraud and farce - like this documentary. Disingenuous supreme.
This is like the equivalent of making a documentay 80 years of Hollywood and then showing a large portion of running with lame host doing stunt car scenes and promoting a 2015 mainstream Hollywood picture due out in Summer.
While am not British, however have seen many Pinewood films over decades with a special appreciation for those made 1940s to early 1970s. This period are where the classics and heritage of British film industry lie --- not in absolute trash like 21st Century action movie banking off of past glorius franchises. And for a British Broadcasting Company (BBC) to fail so miserably and intentionally really says something about how little knowledge or care they actually for the topic, shockingly and with zero integrity. Given the nature and association such a company actually has historically with such an area, it certainly reflects on all their other current output - distorted news with agenda (motivated by commercial and politics interests) no matter if government, music, film, the arts. Very sad.
Additionally, if anything, it would not be far-fetched to assume that this documentary is just another example of some spiteful agenda to erase British film-making heritage, undermining it entirely with the tactic of merely give title, 'Pinewood - 80 Years of Movie Magic" and then discarding with little to no mention of its real history and classic output.
I think this documentary though is useful is exposing the completely selfish and disingenuous nature and goals of its creator - the BBC.
I was initially excited to see a documentary on Pinewood. But barely a mention of any star (besides later era Pinewood star Collins) nor any of the classics - no valuable data whatsoever. After 1/2 hour of James Bond Spectre promo, interview with a certain young actress in Bond (who has zero to do with Pinewood legacy or output really), and then the car stunt action mock segment, I skimmed and after 2 minutes seeing only a small segment with Joan Collins and then total FILLER in the weakest attempt to "cloak and justify" itself, finally turned it off. Right into the trash. Duped.
A true disgrace, insult to British film-making, culture and farce. I guess the BBC wants to burn it all, revise, replace, exploit for current self-interests and profit only.
It is truly a completely self-absorbed self-aggrandizing public relations/marketing piece pushing both the James Bond 'Spectre' due out for release, spotlighting the current year's industry identity politic --- compliments of the neo-BBC, which has zero respect for "80 years of" a classic British film studio.
20 years ago, we had remakes taking over theaters, literally over-shadowing and overwriting classic films in both public consciousness and burying web search results of the originals. Ex. New generations of youth looking up a classic movie title would be deflected to find, discover and consume the current current salable commericial product and also be indoctrinated by it in some cases, extinguishing the old. And now we have a flurry of documentaries that distort, undermine and bury real history and context and informational in an ADD world.
With this documentary we have the same tactic with documentary: (b) one heavy exploitation tactic of using a false documentary title with lure to trick those to consume their promotional message for a pre-release of a corporate product (b) other bonus parts for the creeps is to impart some politics and at same time distort, hide, bury and undermine the real history and impace of Pinewood studios! (Ex. James Bond 'Spectre' is not equatable nor representative at all to the impact or even the categorical type of films in the Pinewood Studio canon)
Sadly, this is status quo - a bunch of bad companies, mega-corporate entities who control 99% of communications and web sites today, who seemingly use and malign 'words' to sound benign, but the sad reality is that their actions are completely misanthropic and corrupted by commericialism and bad ethics politics. It's called fraud and farce - like this documentary. Disingenuous supreme.
This is like the equivalent of making a documentay 80 years of Hollywood and then showing a large portion of running with lame host doing stunt car scenes and promoting a 2015 mainstream Hollywood picture due out in Summer.
While am not British, however have seen many Pinewood films over decades with a special appreciation for those made 1940s to early 1970s. This period are where the classics and heritage of British film industry lie --- not in absolute trash like 21st Century action movie banking off of past glorius franchises. And for a British Broadcasting Company (BBC) to fail so miserably and intentionally really says something about how little knowledge or care they actually for the topic, shockingly and with zero integrity. Given the nature and association such a company actually has historically with such an area, it certainly reflects on all their other current output - distorted news with agenda (motivated by commercial and politics interests) no matter if government, music, film, the arts. Very sad.
Additionally, if anything, it would not be far-fetched to assume that this documentary is just another example of some spiteful agenda to erase British film-making heritage, undermining it entirely with the tactic of merely give title, 'Pinewood - 80 Years of Movie Magic" and then discarding with little to no mention of its real history and classic output.
I think this documentary though is useful is exposing the completely selfish and disingenuous nature and goals of its creator - the BBC.
I was initially excited to see a documentary on Pinewood. But barely a mention of any star (besides later era Pinewood star Collins) nor any of the classics - no valuable data whatsoever. After 1/2 hour of James Bond Spectre promo, interview with a certain young actress in Bond (who has zero to do with Pinewood legacy or output really), and then the car stunt action mock segment, I skimmed and after 2 minutes seeing only a small segment with Joan Collins and then total FILLER in the weakest attempt to "cloak and justify" itself, finally turned it off. Right into the trash. Duped.
A true disgrace, insult to British film-making, culture and farce. I guess the BBC wants to burn it all, revise, replace, exploit for current self-interests and profit only.
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- abansheenamedted
- Mar 31, 2021
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