The war machine eh? It springs to life, opens up one eager eye. It takes in farmboys and factory fodder and turns them into killers, who come home in a casket or deadened in other ways (often, not always). And as soon as the meatcogs are surplus to requirements, then see-ya-wouldn't-wanna-be-ya and you can be... Continue Reading →
The same Joe?
Twenty plus years ago I got hold of a book called Suspects, by the film writer David Thomson. The conceit was that Jeff Bailey - the Jimmy Stewart character in It's a Wonderful Life and George Bailey - Robert Mitchum in Out of the Past (amazing film noir) - were brothers. Well, what if "Joe"... Continue Reading →