Welcome to Sem Priest Rhetoric! This channel is partly educational, but also aims to offer some light entertainment. I make both long and short programmes on literature and films. You can also find some fun and quirky videos. I review contemporary films as they come out at the cinema, with an emphasis on unusual comparisons to other films. This is an artistic channel, with a few surprise videos that do not really fit under any obvious category,. This channel is suitable for all ages and types. Hopefully my channel and videos might offer a contrast to other content creators and creations out there.
Can you name the movie clips (and also the movies being watched on the screens)? Please put them in the comments below and I will reply with some details about the clips being shown.
Two brief views of Superman (in monochrome, played by George Reeves) in the TV with the young boys watching. Several clips from 'The Sound Barrier' (David Lean dir.)1952 on one of the multiple screens watched by David Bowie (dir, Nicolas Roeg 1976).
@@johnjephcote7636 Wow! Good spot. The movie itself is 'This Boy's Life' (1993, dir. Michael Caton-Jones), which is 1 of three movies here starring Robert de Niro. The Nicolas Roeg movie has numerous movie scenes appearing in it, one of which I recognised instantly as 'Billy Budd' (1962, dir. Peter Ustinov). But there are other movies it seems being played on his TV screens.
Jane Austen would have appreciated the irony, I hope. I made this video about a week after my University started doing remote classes due to Covid. Sadly, half of my BA course had to be spent online (at home). I also remember that the first day of lockdown fell on my Birthday, which was on a Saturday. So I couldn't even go out and celebrate. Strange times.
I agree. The first parts were the most rememberable and when I saw it, originally at RN Rosyth, I was delighted to see that John Barry wrote the music.
John Barry has to be my favourite film composer (if that wasn't already obvious). Dances With Wolves is my favourite. Maybe I will try to make a trailer for this too some day.
Wow. Thanks! I don't know why I didn't make the video public for so many years. I guess I thought that no-one would be interested. Perhaps you might like some of my other literature videos (there is a playlist). I made quite a few presentations on other literary topics, which could also be made into videos, but I would have to try and remember what the commentary was for each slide and write a script. Anyway, for now, I currently have one on Whinnie-The-Pooh that I uploaded the same day as this. Thanks for watching and for the nice comment. Here's the playlist: ru-vid.com/group/PLf2GD0VN1c5FLnIX7YjPXWkBhQ22bEQpG
That's an interesting point. I later did a specialisation in editing and publishing for my MA. Previously, I had not considered how much copyright play a part in such productions.
Hi everyone! I am collecting examples of films within films (but on TV screens). I have more examples for a second video, but the more the merrier. If you have some examples, please write them below. Thanks!
I just noticed that at 5:10 in the background of the restaurant scene from the movie, you can see two people wearing modern-day face masks. The movie was filmed in the summer of 2022. So maybe this is one of those errors of things you see in the background. Maybe I'll go back and see if it's in the movie. But other than this, the settings were very convincing. Maybe they removed this in the actual final dit of the film.
I thought that the date had merely been postponed for Chapter Two. So far, the release date is unknown. But maybe this is already old news. Obviously, the second film is already good to go. It's just a matter of which platform to screen it on. I think the idea was to give more people a chance to see Chapter 1 first. So maybe it will need to screen on HBO (or somewhere) before Chapter 2 hits the big screen.
Somewhere in Time is my favourite movie. The music always makes me cry. Jane Seymour has never looked more beautiful and it’s hard to take my eyes off Christopher Reeve. What happened to him was a tragedy.
I completely agree. The first time I watched the movie it became an instant favourite. The main reason why I watched it to begin with was because of the John Barry music. When I was a kid I used to listen to the Dances With Wolves soundtrack over and over.
Facynujący! As a child in the 1950s I used to get shivers down my spine when I watched monochrome documentaries of people handling things and one could hear the rustling of their fingers. Decades later I worked in an old factory (in Cheddar) making by machine and by hand, all types of paper. i saw every process and in particular, the women who at great speed would examine every piece for quality. I learned to know exactly what should be there in every sheet.
I read this story back in high school for my grade 10 SicFi English class. The teacher read the whole thing out loud, and at the end, he asked me why I was crying. I told him, "Because nothing terrible happened." I loved the Muppets growing up, and the whole story, I was so sure something terrible would happen, like Kermit killing everyone, but it never did. And I was so happy I was crying. This story is so beautiful, and a lot of that is that it plays against every trope you'd usually find in an AI story like this. It isn't warning people against an apocalyptic future. It just wants to make people happy.
This is the perfect comment! 🥰 That's how I feel too. Maybe I almost missed it from the video commentary, but it's what I loved about it too. In 5 years of studying literature at University, I noticed that almost every story was quite dark and depressing. So this is why I warmed instantly to this text. I also decided to write my MA thesis about a very positive literary topic, while everyone else had trauma topics and so on. Kind Thanks 😊
This is a remake of the South Korean film "Hard Hit" released 2021 ,this in turn is a remake of Retribution a 2015 Spanish film directed by Dani de la Torre.
Thank you for the advice. I admit, I am new to this guy and appreciate the recommendations for some of his other films. It sounds as if it requires a more satisfying B movie as a supporting feature.
Calling it a Booster is one thing, however telling people to "get boosted" is creepy to me. Who wouldn't want a boost sometime? Sounds great, like a videogame powerup. A vaccine is not a 1-UP though, so why make it sound like that?
Yes. Well, the 'booster' phrase is ubiquitous now. But it does feel like the word has been chosen carefully for its positive connotations. The phrase I find odd is 'jab'. I never found getting 'jabbed' as very appealing. But they don't have to say it now as they can say 'booster' instead (at least to those already 'jabbed' with the first vaccine).
Yep. I think the idea is based on the assumption that people won't actually listen to the whole interview. So, if one only listens to 30 seconds to a minute's worth, then one should still hear the said-phrase uttered at least once (regardless of which segment of the interview has been heard). Therefore, it seems to be a product of the modern, sound-bite culture (or, at least, a product of the belief that such a culture exists). Thanks for commenting :).
@@sempriestrhetoric3843 you're welcome. This video is very good. It got a like too ☑️ Interesting insight in your comment, however it makes me nervous as clips can be cut and spliced, so there is no excuse for this quantity of use of the phrases like this. These phrases sound like a slogan (at best) or neurolinguistic programming / nudges (at worst). I liked the count. Really good vid 👍
I guess it works, but apparently a lot of people are not actually turning-up for their appointments: www.theguardian.com/society/2021/dec/31/huge-numbers-of-people-in-england-not-turning-up-for-covid-booster-jabs But Xmas is hardly a good time to get a vaccine. I mean, personally, I wouldn't want to drink alcohol shortly before or soon after having a vaccine injection (and people like to have a casual drink or two at this time of year).
In the Goon Show (gone but not forgotten), there was a dreaded disease known as The Lurgi. One of the symptoms was to scream 'Yakka-Boo!' Having consulted one of the government scientists, possibly, Dr.Strabismus (whom God preserve) of Utrecht, it is possible that the Johnson variant, causes the misfortunate victims, not only to tell untruths but also to repeat incessantly, the two words 'get' and 'boosted''. Scientists are working feverishly (ha ha) on a cure before the entire country is overrun with people saying "get" and "boosted", instead of such decent appellations as "how d'you do?" and otherwise, the usual observations on the weather and the state of the roads.
As usual, I spotted a mistake. At 01:34, "Boosted" should go to '9'. So, the final score should be 15-13 to "Boosted". He literally says it so many times that I just can't keep up.
He has not the first idea about rhetoric. No one could listen, entranced to him. I would much rather listen to the musical beat of a four cylinder steam locomotive than this idiot's breathless pauses between four-word utterances. he would make more sense if he were drowning and constanly calling out "au secours, au secours". At least people would believe that. He only thinks about the gutter press and the meaningless catchphrases that might make up a headline.
