tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post2901313821529294178..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRØNMARK BLOG: When Two Tribes Go to War - an appreciation of the classic 1964 film, ZuluScott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-58208799535625277312017-11-07T20:04:36.639+00:002017-11-07T20:04:36.639+00:00Cineastes are always citing Vertigo as the greates...Cineastes are always citing Vertigo as the greatest Hitchcock film. This annoys me, because it's such a load of overwrought Freudian codswallop - and because The 39 Steps is not only the greatest Hitchcock film, but probably the greatest thriller of all time. I've lost count of the number of times I've watched it - probably 39 by now. It's daft and mad and makes no sense and it's utterly perfect. It's like being on your third glass of champagne for 87 minutes, only there's no hangover afterwards.Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-54346508319944446522017-11-01T22:38:01.818+00:002017-11-01T22:38:01.818+00:00I hope that your other readers laughed as much as ...I hope that your other readers laughed as much as I did at the reference to the music hall scene in the 39 Steps, one of those films that any one with taste watches at least once a year. Now where’s that DVD, given that my subscriptions to Sky, Netflix and Amazon mostly offer stuff I don’t want to watch and the BBC has forgotten it has a library.ex-KCSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-26903038577178966492017-11-01T14:59:44.916+00:002017-11-01T14:59:44.916+00:00This sounds like the start of a joke with the punc...This sounds like the start of a joke with the punchline: "Some you win, some Zulus!" <br /><br />Or are you testing my memory, in which case, is the next question: "What causes pip in poultry?"<br /><br />Otherwise, I suggest you visit Google. Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-50996280181657939992017-11-01T14:53:45.560+00:002017-11-01T14:53:45.560+00:00You're welcome - and thanks for introducing me...You're welcome - and thanks for introducing me to a word which I assumed was a spelling error, but which turns out to be real!Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-59164028662266365202017-10-29T08:33:26.949+00:002017-10-29T08:33:26.949+00:00How many battles did the Boers lose against the Zu...How many battles did the Boers lose against the Zulus?<br />Lord Milnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-56527964780811923022017-10-22T16:38:53.873+01:002017-10-22T16:38:53.873+01:00Loved Alan Coren "The Cricklewood Diaries&quo...Loved Alan Coren "The Cricklewood Diaries" is one of the funniest books I have ever read. Shame about the offspring - Victoria seems okay but Giles, oh dear.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-88149042350765908782017-10-22T00:49:30.609+01:002017-10-22T00:49:30.609+01:00Many thanks for the Alan Coren/John Bird link. Als...Many thanks for the Alan Coren/John Bird link. Also for the counterfactual BBC version of Zulu. That was comedy yttrium.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-27531498642822704302017-10-21T18:29:22.954+01:002017-10-21T18:29:22.954+01:00Never seen Zulu Dawn, but as it's available on...Never seen Zulu Dawn, but as it's available on YouTube, I'll give it a go. Cy Enfield, the director of "Zulu", co-wrote the script. <br /><br />John Bird's audio recordings of "The Collected Broadcasts of Idi Amin" - written by Alan Coren - are, I've just discovered, also available on YouTube. You can listen to "Costa Uganda" here:<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrXOASLMfpE<br />- just don't let Police Scotland catch you! Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-57239537466209207392017-10-21T18:17:30.226+01:002017-10-21T18:17:30.226+01:00If the BBC made it, most of the British soldiers w...If the BBC made it, most of the British soldiers would be black. Sickened by the fiendish cruelty and racism of their brutal officers and the vile economic exploitation by greedy Tory businessmen of their Zulu "brothers" (who were, naturally, living in harmony with the land and the members of all the neighbouring indigenous tribes before the White Man spoiled everything, as he invariably does), would desert and join the other side in its struggle for freedom, equality, Oxbridge places with or without any silly A-levels, an end to racial profiling by the police, and, of course, a soft Brexit. Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-50838853512847216252017-10-21T12:33:38.626+01:002017-10-21T12:33:38.626+01:00There was a "kind" of re-make called &qu...There was a "kind" of re-make called "Zulu Dawn" [1978] which was about the disastrous battle of Isandlwana [1879] which resulted in Rourke's Drift just afterwards. The critics gave it a roasting, but it was pretty good in my opinion. It starred Peter O'Toole as Lord Chelmsford who created the whole holy mess in the First Zulu War [between 1815 -1915 the British Army churned out the most hopeless generals, but let me not digress].<br /><br />There is also the "Silk Cut" cinema commercial with John Bird from the '70s doing his Jomo Kenyatta.<br /><br />A great review and clip which had me in tears over my breakfast. Thank you. SDGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-59697826771335068352017-10-21T10:44:22.640+01:002017-10-21T10:44:22.640+01:00A New Left remake might feature Robert Mugabe as a...A New Left remake might feature Robert Mugabe as a goodwill health ambassador. Oh but that's too far fetched. southern mannoreply@blogger.com