MAGIC-BLOOD-CRIME-FARCICAL TRAGEDY

3RD ROUND

KNOCKED OUT

KAPUTT

Dr. Jacques COULARDEAU

This third round is centered on crime and the police.

1- Benoit Poelvoorde, Dany Boon, Rien à Déclarer. Customs officers are playing carnival.

2- Jeremy Brett, David Burke, Sherlock Holmes, a series and a handful of films.

3- Basil Rathbone, Tribute to Sherlock Holmes with four films, Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapons, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Woman in Green, and Dressed to Kill.

4- Stephen King’s Dark Tower, The Gunslinger, the full omnibus edition of the comic book.

The series with Jeremy Brett and David Burke is probably not a masterpiece but they tried to keep the proper environment for the stories that take place at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. The acting is good though it becomes slightly routine-minded towards the end.

The four films with Basil Rathbone are from just before WW2 to just after it. No color, no real special effects, and small budgets. One is mediocre war propaganda. The others are banal with no real plot or suspense. Maybe the fourth one might be slightly in Holmes’ line.