No Blade of Grass / Смерть травы (1970) DVDRip |
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Пост-апокалиптическая фантастика по великому произведению Джона Кристофера (John Christopher). Смертельная эпидемия опустошает Землю. Группа лондонцев пробирается в Шотландию, по дороге постоянно подвергаясь нападениям мародеров. В конце фильма нас ожидает самое трудное решение главного героя. Брат идет войной на брата, чтобы сохранить жизни своей жене, детям и друзьям...
A strange new virus has appeared, which only attacks strains of grasses such as wheat and rice, and the world is descending into famine and chaos. Architect John, along with his family and friends, is making his way from London to his brother's farm in northern England where there will hopefully be food and safety for all of them. Along the way, they encounter hostile soldiers, biker gangs, and all manner of people who are all too willing to take advantage of travelers for a mouthful of food... |
British novelist John Christopher has become something of a forgotten figure within the literary canon these days which is too bad because I find his imaginative use of apocalyptic themes to be on par with the likes of cult icons John Wyndham or even early J.G. Ballard. You more adventurous eighties TV junkies out there might remember Christopher's work from the BBC series Tripods, which was based on his popular White Mountains trilogy, a series of books (think War of the Worlds meets Invasion of he Body Snatchers) aimed at a young adults, that ran for 2 PA fueled seasons. But anyway, onto No Blade of Grass a surprisingly unforgiving and brutal adaptation of John Christopher's 1956 novel of the same name.
Because of the sheer rareness of No Blade of Grass, finding the film has become something of a Arthurian quest for me over the years. Even before the internet made buying rare movies as easy as shifting and clicking your way through the digital discount movie bin, I would scour every backwoods video joint (you know, the ones that haven't changed their stock since the eighties) in the hopes of coming across even an old previously viewed VHS tape I could grab. I had the film's poster well bookmarked in an old book of cult film images, and would ask aimless questions like a child to anyone who made the mistake of saying they'd seen it. So basically my hopes were pretty damn high when through a friend, I was sent a copy as a belated birthday gift and tossed it in the DVD player for a spin.
So does it live up to my expectations? Even more so. See the Brits were way ahead of the American's when it came to kitchen sink realism, and although the seventies are known for being Hollywood's dark years the truth is, for British directors, it was old hat by 1970. Even Cornel Wilde, a director most known for his work on TV's Fantasy Island and Love Boat, was able to let loose in England and give No Blade of Grass the edge it needed to live up to Christopher's novel. The bleakness of the locales match the bleakness of the story and the dark places even the most moral characters must go.
However, Wilde attempts some flourishes in the film that have a tendency to detract from the overall experience which is why I felt a rating of 8 to be in order. Often, and for no apparent reason as a major payoff for this is ever really apparent, Wilde will flash forward and show a bit of drama that has yet to play out on screen. The murder of an officer, a scene of rape, every graphic or gritty story point is given away. Was he attempting dramatic irony? Was he engaging with the experimentation of the times? Who knows, but it doesn't really work.
At its heart, I think No Blade of Grass wants to be a tale of hope, it's just that those sentiments rarely shine through all the downbeat edginess. In that way I think it would be more fitting to equate it more to the BBC's Threads than its Survivors series.
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Название: Смерть травы Оригинальное название: No Blade of Grass Год выхода: 1970 Жанр: драма, фантастика, постапокалипсис Режиссер / Director: Корнел Уайлд / Cornel Wilde Сценарий / Writers: John Christopher (novel), Sean Forestal (writer)... Оператор / Cinematography by: H.A.R. Thomson Original Music by: Burnell Whibley В ролях / Cast: Nigel Davenport, Jean Wallace, John Hamill, Lynne Frederick, Patrick Holt, Ruth Kettlewell, M.J. Matthews, Michael Percival, Tex Fuller, Simon Merrick, Anthony Sharp, George Coulouris, Anthony May, Wendy Richard, Max Hartnell, John Lewis, Norman Atkyns, Nigel Rathbone, Christopher Lofthouse, John Avison, Jimmy Winston, Richard Penny, R.C. Driscoll, Geoffrey Hooper, Christopher Wilson, William Duffy, Mervyn Cumming, Denise Mockler, Ross Allan, Karen Terry, Joan Ward, Brian Crabtree, Susan Sydney, Michael Landy, Louise Kay, Bruce Myers, Margaret Chapman, Christopher Neame, Bridget Brice, Reg Staniford, Maureen Rutter, Derek Keller, Suzanne Pinkstone, Sugit Sood, Surgit Sood, Dick Offord, Joanna Annin, John Buckley, Malcolm Toes, Cornel Wilde...
Выпущено / Country: США / USA Производство / Company: Theodora Productions Продолжительность / Runtime: 01:28:16 Язык / Language: Russian / English Перевод / Translation: любительский одноголосый Параметры рипа: Качество: DVDRip Формат: AVI 1.0 (VFW 1.1) Video Stream: DivX Codec 6.2.0, 608x256 (2.38:1), 24 fps, 1080 kbps avg, 0.29 bit/pixel Audio Stream #1: MPEG Layer 3, 48 kHz,2 ch, 192.00 kbps avg, Russian one voice dubbing Audio Stream #2: MPEG Layer 3, 48 kHz,2 ch, 192.00 kbps avg, English original Размер: 893.68 Mb (937 095 168 bytes) Скачать / Download: Смерть травы / No Blade of Grass (1970) DVDrip Внимание! У вас нет прав для просмотра ссылок. Зарегистрируйтесь. |
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Art1387, Roger Whittaker - "No Blade Of Grass" |
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