A Big Housecleaning - "Yojimbo" (1961) and "A Fistful of Dollars" (1964)
Part 1 of a series on film Westerns, starting with A Fistful of Dollars (1964) and the film it is a direct remake of, Yojimbo (1961)
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Matt Juliano
- Jun 25
- 18 min
No muckle on the spule-bane - "The Bride of Lammermoor"
A look at Sir Walter Scott's 1819 novel "The Bride of Lammermoor" and some comparisons with the opera it inspired "Lucia di Lammermoor"
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Matt Juliano
- Apr 30
- 18 min
"The White Buffalo" (1977) - Impaled on a Sharpened Stake
A look at the Moby Dick adjacent but largely forgotten film "The White Buffalo" and all the really interesting ways it's not very good.
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Matt Juliano
- Apr 23
- 10 min
Moby Dick: Tokyo Drift - The 2017 Graphic Novel
Part 3 of my series on Moby Dick and its adaptations, looking at Christophe Chaboute's 2017 graphic novel.
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Matt Juliano
- Apr 15
- 18 min
2 Moby 2 Dick - "Moby Dick" (1956)
Part 2 of a series on Moby Dick, looking at the 1956 film starring Gregory Peck. Spoilers: It's pretty good.
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Matt Juliano
- Dec 29, 2023
- 13 min
A Year of Dracula, Part 3 - Dracula 1931 and 1992
A look at the two Dracula films "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992) and "Dracula" (1931), focused on their adaptational choices.
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Matt Juliano
- Dec 23, 2023
- 20 min
A Year of Dracula, Part 2 - "The Last Voyage of the Demeter" (2023)
A deep dive into the 2023 film "The Last Voyage of the Demeter," a fantastic horror movie adaptation of "Dracula" that, sadly, bombed.
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Matt Juliano
- Dec 17, 2023
- 14 min
A Year of Dracula, Part 1 - The Novel (+ Ballet)
Part 1 of a look at Dracula in media, starting with Bram Stoker's 1897 novel and Michael Pink's 1996 ballet.
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Matt Juliano
- Oct 31, 2019
- 13 min
Do You Hear the People Sing? - "Les Miserables" at the Dr. Phillips Center
Some thoughts on the 2019 "Les Miserables" production in Orlando's DPAC, with a focus on the show as an adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel.
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Matt Juliano
- Jun 9, 2018
- 7 min
Wolfy and the Klingons - Opera Orlando's "Star Trek: Abduction"
A brief look at Opera Orlando's 2018 production of "Star Trek: Abduction," adapted from Mozart's "Abduction from the Seraglio"
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