WRONG REEL PODCAST, EPiSODE 345:
The Great Heyday of Swashbuckler Movies
"You're going to die as he died, by the sword. You'll be driven back step by step, until you stand helpless as he did. Then I, Andre Moreau, will kill you as you killed him. I swear it, Philippe. By all that I hold sacred, I swear you this man's death!"
The Pink Smoke’s John Cribbs and Christopher Funderburg recently appeared on the Wrong Reel podcast with host James Hancock to discuss boucan-hunters & the Spanish Main, charming philanderers, waylaid royalty and their unsuspecting twins, conspiring lieutenants, hidden treasure, bleached skulls, demands for justice in a world devoid of it, revenge plots, desperate deeds - and even on this dark soil - romance.
This discussion of cinematic swashbucklers touches on the four main types of films (Robin Hood stories, Three Musketeers stories, Captain Blood stories & Count of Monte Cristo stories) and how the basic formula shaped a varied and deeply invigorating genre. Our trio of devil-may-care rakes use the conversation to explore swashbucklers of all stripes, from the classics of the silent era up through the campy 70's takes on the material - and beyond. They dig up the genre's literary origins in Dumas & Sabatini, scope out some overlooked greats like The Flame and the Arrow, and give wide berth to the group's favorites like the 1952 Scaramouche and the 1935 Captain Blood.
And remember, in a pirate ship, in pirate waters, in a pirate world, ask no questions. Believe only what you see. No, believe half of what you see.
~ DECEMBER 11, 2017 ~
