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OK, so, we recently had the article on 2023 public domain copyrights. I watched (again) Fritz Lang's Metropolis from 1927. I've also stumbled across The Quake (2018) very recently, and watched it. The only other Euro movie I can think of, offhand, is Pan's Labyrinth. All Quiet on the Western Front?
So, what do some of you Euros consider to be important cultural items, that Americans should be familiar with? (British answers will be acceptable here, I think. You're almost Euro . . . )
Yeah, sure, I could do an internet search with the same question, alternating the term slightly if I don't get good results. But, where better to ask, than on a more-or-less international forum filled with fellow geeks and nerds? The man in the street isn't going to have the same answers as our Soylent community, on this, or any other subject!
And, it isn't necessary to restrict the discussion to Euros - Asians, South Americans, Islanders, even Canadians can suggest important cultural works for us to watch, or read, or listen to! We may have to draw the line with 'Strayans though . . . Do we really have to hear 'Play me Didgeradoo' again?
[Ed. note: The way global entertainment has been dominated by only a handful of companies over the last two or three decades, I tend to feel that it is almost impossible to produce culturally important pieces on a large scale any more for fear that they would only have limited mass appeal and not get funded, so I would also love to hear what items I should to add to my watch/listen list that I might be missing out on. --hubie]
(Score: 3, Informative) by MrGuy on Thursday December 29, @01:06PM (1 child)
Before it was a terrible movie, and more importantly before it was a transcendent (and increasingly misnamed) trilogy of books, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy was a radio series on BBC Radio 4.
Ok, you asked for video content, but given the major place in the geek pantheon HHGG holds, and how relatively unknown the original incarnation of the series was, I don’t feel bad including it here.
https://www.thegeektwins.com/2015/01/how-to-listen-to-original-hitchhikers.html [thegeektwins.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 29, @04:58PM
Yes. The radio play was on local public radio throughout the year. Then on Christmas Day they ran through all 6 hours of episodes and I recorded them. We had endless fun listening to the tapes on road trips for years after that.
Haven't tried to track down all the details, but that original version seems different (and better, more spontaneous) to me than the version released by BBC later.