Format:
[DVD] (97 Min.)
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mono
Series Statement:
Film First 3
Uniform Title:
It Happened Here
Content:
"The German Invasion of England took place in July 1940 after the British retreat from Dunkirk ...". This is the starting point of Brownlow & Mollo's remarkable film about life and unwitting collaboration in Occupied England. Controversially, the film lets actual British fascists speak for themselves while presenting the moral dilemmas of getting on with life after conquest in practical, personal terms. The film's attention to authentic detail is also rigorous - at times you could be forgiven for thinking that this actually did happen. [www.moviemail.com]
Content:
Shot on weekends, eight years in production, made for about $20,000 with nonactors and borrowed equipment, "It Happened Here" was originally envisioned by the then teenaged Brownlow as a sort of Hammer horror flick about a Nazi Britain. Thanks in part to his partner Mollo's fanatical concern with historical accuracy, however, it became something else. The most remarkable thing about this account of everyday fascism is that it has no period footage. The 1940s are evoked entirely by Mollo's design and Brownlow's exceedingly clever use of montage, close-ups, and sound. [www.villagevoice.com]
Note:
engl.
Language:
Undetermined
Keywords:
DVD-Video
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