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Edge of Darkness August 20, 2007Posted by John Hodson in : Television, Action / Adventure / Thriller , 5 comments
In 1985, heavily pregnant with our first child, my wife was admitted into hospital, doctors concerned at her steadily rising blood pressure. There was nothing to be alarmed about, we were constantly assured by Labour Ward staff; '…just routine', '…everything will be fine, no need to worry'. And yet there was, there really was."Did you remember?" said my partner, clutching at my arm as she lay in her newly made up bed, her brow knotted with anxiety, "Did you remember to tape Edge of Darkness?"
Katherine Louise - Katie, Kate, or just plain Kat to her contemporaries - was born on December 2, that same night episode five, 'Northmoor', was broadcast and duly captured on VHS. Just over a week or so later, my wife returned from hospital with our beautiful daughter swaddled cosily in a blanket. Exhausted, relieved, glowing, she relaxed on the sofa and, while our child slept soundly (a miracle in itself), demanded we sit through all six episodes of this majestic BBC series back to back.
Music rises to a crescendo, fade out, cut to:
2007. That little baby, my little baby, is now 21-years-old and on a different medium - DVD - 'Detective Ronald Craven' is still red eyed mourning the death of the his 21-year-old daughter, his little girl. This most significant of television dramas suddenly takes on a whole new significance. We're joined at the hip, this bluff Yorkshire cop and I, he's living in a horrifying world of pain that I can at long last - but have no real wish whatsoever to - truly empathise with. The crushing weight of his grief suddenly reaches out of the screen and becomes suffocating. I stifle a sob, silent tears prick my eyes.
Just as that opening, gut-wrenching scene in Don't Look Now during a TV showing a couple of decades ago, roused my wife who said quietly: 'I'm just going to check on Kate…', I glance at the window, urging her car to turn into the drive. Powerful stuff, the ties that bind. And they only get stronger. I feel a certain synergy at work…
Edge of Darkness
…He cried like a baby
He screamed like a panther
In the middle of the night
And he saddled his pony
And he went for a ride
It was the time of the preacher
In the year of '01
Now the lesson is over
And the killing's begun…
The Time of The Preacher - Willie Nelson
Hark! What is that noise like ten thousand honey bees? A host of angels, a veritable celestial choir of cherubim, a'plucking at instruments fashioned by omnipotent Titans? Better than that, gentle reader, for it is Eric Clapton. God himself, in fact, who, with Michael Kaman's orchestrations, and a few choice popular songs (Tom Waits, New Order, and let's give a really big hand to Mr Willie Nelson, whose lyrics above almost form a libretto …) gave the BBC TV nuclear thriller Edge of Darkness a great and wonderful gift, something that would enable it to defy time itself. A score that was written in the mid-'80s.
But doesn't sound like it.
Of course, it's not the only reason that Edge of Darkness is still so very powerful, so relevant today. Far from it, but, unlike many contemporary productions the score doesn't set it firmly and irretrievably in the period, like a mosquito caught in amber, or Axel Foley trotting through Beverly Hills to a Harold Faltermeyer riff.
Clapton's agonised guitar, gently weeping for, well, any number of things as we are soon to find out, is the first thing we hear as the curtain rises on this finely crafted six part series. Eric's guitar, backed by the irritating honking of an alarm, guards peering warily into the murk, and the clank and rattle of train carriages, one of them routinely carrying an innocent looking flask containing enough nuclear material to irradiate a good part of the western hemisphere for two lifetimes or more.
If you aren't hooked now, even after these few seconds, you probably never will be.
[Watching a recording of 'Come Dancing'] Nobody dances like the British! They deserved the Falklands.
Darius Jedburgh
The story. While investigating a union ballot rigging scandal, Yorkshire CID officer Ronald Craven's daughter Emma is brutally murdered. Craven subsequently finds that Emma is part of a shadowy ecological action group, Gaia, that has broken into Northmoor, a nuclear waste processing plant, and the subject of an American takeover. With the help of a larger than life CIA officer, Darius Jedburgh, Craven determines to get into Northmoor, to retrace the Gaia team's footsteps, and unlock the underground plant's dark secret.
Edge of Darkness was, and remains, a television phenomenon. Eerily prescient, touchingly human, unbearably moving, gently humorous, it struck gold at the 1986 BAFTAs winning a clutch of awards, after receiving seven nominations. Bob Peck deservedly took 'Best Actor' or his role as Craven, a characterisation that must have put the 41-years-old Peck through an emotional wringer for weeks on end. Craven spends most of the piece in utter despair, willing to risk all to try and make sense of his loss, but more importantly perhaps, to discover simply who his daughter, Emma (Joanne Whalley), was, who she had become, and why. There's a quite marvellous shot, Edge of Darkness's most iconic perhaps, of a completely uncomprehending Craven, lying blank eyed on his dead daughter's bed, the room still full of the detritus of Emma's childhood, her teddy bear clutched to his chest in one hand, her gun lying casually across his crotch in the other; a neat Freudian touch.
Craven's relationship with his daughter is central to the narrative, and any queasy ambiguity I may have sensed in it in the mid-'80s, has now evaporated. After she's blasted into bloody eternity by both barrells of a sawn off shotgun, Emma returns to haunt her father. She appears and disappears randomly, post mortem, to tell her father some unwanted home truths, to drop the odd hint. Craven's mind, trying to make sense of a senseless murder, begins to slot piece after piece into the puzzle with these clues ostensibly and dramatically, from beyond the grave. But of course, Emma's dead and buried, and it's the grief stricken copper's imagination that simply won't, can't, let her rest in peace. Not yet, not until he knows why.
It was the stoic Emma, barely 10-years-old, who comforted her father when Craven lost his wife to cancer. She was the rock on which Craven clung in sheer desperation, the only constant in his world. But Emma has been living a life of which Craven knows nothing; she's the daughter of a police officer and a suspected 'terrorist', and it's this duality that's a recurring theme in Edge of Darkness. Most everyone appears to be playing a double game, while themselves being relentlessly played.
"Well, bodies kept turning up in the bunkers, and you need air support to play outta the rough. Kinda puts you off your game."
Darius Jedburgh
Peck isn't given the choicest lines in Troy Kennedy Martin's densely packed and convoluted story - those go to Joe Don Baker, also nominated, for his juicy portrayal of the hugely enjoyable CIA spook Darius Jedburgh - but, the camera doesn't lie, constantly roaming over Peck's face in tight close-ups that shriek volumes. Peck defines Craven's implacable, truly haunted stillness perfectly, he is the calm at the heart of the storm that wheels around this irresistible, immovable detective.
Director Martin Campbell and Producer Michael Wearing lifted their award for 'Best Drama Series/Serial', Andrew Dunn, who produced some memorable imagery won 'Best Film Cameraman', and 'Best Film Editor' was shared between Ardan Fisher and Dan Rae. Of course, messers Clapton and Kaman took the 'Best Original Television Music' category, and Joanne Whalley, an actress who showed so much promise before flitting to Hollywood to become a hyphen, was nominated but did not win.
There was no BAFTA for Best Script; had there been, Kennedy Martin, a veteran scriptwriter with The Italian Job, Z Cars, The Sweeney and many others to his credit, would have been a shoo-in. Delightfully, it's a script that rewards on multiple viewings, those quick-fire, almost throwaway, lines revealing new depths of character, new twists and turns as cross becomes double, triple cross. No-one is quite whom they seem, no-one appears to have a clear motivation. Except Craven.
It's almost extraordinary, in these days of bloated TV franchises, that Kennedy Martin manages to fit a narrative with such scope into this neat package. 'Nuclear thriller' almost diminishes the scale of what's on offer here. From almost parochial beginnings, it becomes apparent that at stake is the future of the human race itself, whose fate of first becoming the slaves of the new atomic demi-Gods, and then crossing the universe as some sort of star hopping nuclear stormtroopers is clearly mapped out by the chairman of the 'Fusion Corporation of Kansas' (a sly allusion, I believe, to The Wizard of Oz) Jerry Grogan (Kenneth Nelson). This diminutive, fascistic American, is heading what to all intents and purposes is a putsch, in his thrall, the most destructive power on the planet both freeing and enslaving mankind. As Edge of Darkness demonstrates, decades on from Oppenheimer, the wielding of such ultimate power can also bring ultimate destruction, especially under the immature stewardship of homo sapians. If man is willing to glibly offer up his home world as sacrifice for such a nightmare, then what can save the Earth…or is the planet, is she, more than capable of defending herself?
That's the problem with plutonium, Craven; it's limited in its application. It's not user-friendly. But as a vehicle for regaining one's self-respect, oh, it's got a lot goin' for it. Damn right I turned it into a bomb!
Darius Jedburgh
These were controversial issues that were at the cutting edge of the news agenda back then, far more so today. The 'Gaia' theories - that living and nonliving parts of the earth are viewed as a complex interacting system that can be thought of as a single organism - postulated by Professor James Lovelock in the 1960s, and dubbed 'crank science' by the scientific establishment at the time, were key to Kennedy Martin's story, as the hypothesis gained new credence by what was still a nascent ecological movement. That man would sow the seeds of his own destruction, that the planet would fight back, seemed like the stuff of science fantasy however, even the blink of an eye that was 22 years ago.
This is heady stuff for a story that begins with an almost mundane police investigation in deepest Yorkshire. For Kennedy Martin, it was a deliberate dramatic device: "The art is to start with a familiar idea and take the audience with you on a plane, so that when they look down they are thousands of miles above the Earth." Edge of Darkness; it's a wide-ranging thriller, it's an intimate human tragedy, it's also a very hefty swipe at the nation's contemporary nuclear strategy, wearing it's left leaning politics so very visibly on it's sleeve that then Labour Shadow Cabinet member Michael Meacher MP was given a small 'acting' role (as himself). The Tories were apoplectic. Oh, goody…
Kennedy Martin has said his series was driven by a feeling of political pessimism, (which this writer shared), Reagan and 'Star Wars' in The White House, the jingoistic Thatcher in Number 10, and a feeling that Britain was being herded towards becoming a nuclear state. But there is also, he says, a moral optimism, inspired by the very notion of 'Gaia', the birth of new movements and new ideas.
Intriguingly, Kennedy Martin initally intended Craven and Grogan to be polar opposites in every way, our Yorkshire hero to be the embodiment of the 'Green Man' "…the spirit of the planet" he recalled "whose destiny was to confront and destroy in the name of the planet the free-market forces of modern entrepreneurial capitalism."
At the end of the story, Kennedy Martin famously had to be dissuaded from the ultimate 'green' denouement - turning Craven into a tree, an idea both Peck and Campbell baulked at. In Troy Kennedy Martin's introduction to Edge of Darkness (Faber and Faber, 1990) the writer says: "This aspect of Edge of Darkness usually separated the men from the boys at Television Centre. "I am writing a story about a detective who turns into a tree." "Oh, yes," would be the guarded reply. "Who's this for, Channel 4?" Eventually I was persuaded out of the notion but not before some of its spirit had rubbed off on Craven's character."
For Joe Don Baker, his portrayal of the golf-obsessed Jedburgh is probably the role of his lifetime. Jedburgh is old-school CIA, he knows all the dirty tricks, invented most of them, he's a wildly eccentric loose cannon, almost teetering on the edge of insanity. Baker's performance is as huge as Peck's is subtle, and he makes his red, white and blue warrior not only Craven's best ally, but also the one most likely to put a bullet in his brain. As the mob hit man in Charley Varrick, Baker was deadly and detestable, as the unpredictable and unstable Colonel Jedburgh he simply lights up the screen, but his character, if anything, is every bit as dangerous. Baker was fulsome in his praise of the production: "In America, they just churn these things out, you mess it up and it's 'move on son'. They just couldn't have been better, they asked me time and again did I want another take and I could do it as often as I needed until I felt it was right. Quality was everything."
They said get into the ball game, and steal the ball.
Darius Jedburgh
It's Jedburgh who immediately sizes up Craven, croons Willie Nelson's 'The Time of The Preacher', which Craven, smiling a knowing smile, duets. Favourite Jedburgh moments are plentiful; the sight of this bear-like killer hunkering down on his sofa with a bucket of popcorn and a recording of Come Dancing; upending his golf bag and tipping balls, clubs, a carbine and several hand grenades on the floor; realising that Craven is going to break into Northmoor, his face wreathed by a huge grin at the prospect; producing two poisonous, panic inducing bars of plutonium from a briefcase - 'Get it while it's hot!'; skittering purposefully round the Highland cottage for that last grim showdown.
The rest of the casting is perfection; the gorgeous Zoë Wanamaker as 'Gaia' activist Clementine, Tim McInnery as Emma's slimy lover, Charles Kay and Ian McNeice as a pair of British spies, the very antithesis of Bond, John Woodvine, Jack Watson, right on down to the Gordon Wharmby as the 'Caretaker' - the devil is in the detail, and the detailing is really quite special. I wondered about Jedburgh, and how much like Brando's Kurtz he looked in his uniform. There's also the scene where Craven and Jedburgh break into a secure room piled high with art and luxury goods, antiques, an MG sportscar, fine wine and food - tinned lobster, caviar - stashed away during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Watching the pair tuck incongruously into a candlelit dinner deep beneath the earth, also reminded me of Apocalypse Now. It is likely coincidence, but I like to think of it as a nod.
Edge of Darkness is one of the great television highlights, certainly from my lifetime. Most TV is really quite ephemeral, but any decent drama can stand the test of time, while some actually improve with age, with each viewing. Edge of Darkness is that rare beast, a critically lauded production that's as satisfying, as relevant, and - for this viewer at least - more gripping, more personal and thought provoking than it was in 1985. Even if someone may have to ask: 'What's a union leader? And what's a coal miner..?'
I am NOT on YOUR side!
Ronald Craven
The BBC's two-disc DVD set has been around for a while now in the U.K., superseding an inferior release from Revelation. The transfer is quite decent, blocking occasionally on the darker scenes, but overall it's clean, with good sound; it looks and sounds exactly what it is, two decades old telly. There are a number of extras; a 35 minute featurette 'Magnox - Secrets of The Edge of Darkness', a clip from the BBC's 'Did You See?', Bob Peck - who tragically died in 1999 - relaxing with Frank Bough, and his knitwear, on the 'Breakfast Time' sofa, BAFTA interviews with Peck and Baker, plus two more interviews post the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards from 1986 with Peck and Michael Wearing. There's also an isolated score, but, as it's used sparingly and infrequently (unlike today), it's not something you'd listen to recreationally.
New Zealander Martin Cambell, has, of course, gone on to grander productions - Casino Royale is just one - but none better. Five years ago he expressed a desire to bring Edge of Darkness to the big screen. I close my eyes and think all-action car chases, explosions, a Yorkshire cop transmogrified to one of New York's finest, Grogan replaced by a Russian oligarch. Dear God, Martin, nooooo…
The Perils of Paulette December 20, 2006Posted by John Hodson in : Horror, Comedy, Action / Adventure / Thriller, Film & DVD Reviews , add a comment
Reap The Wild Wind (1942)
I'm desperately in love with Paulette Goddard. There; I said it, and I don't care who knows! The only impediment to my ardour is the age difference - the luscious Ms Goddard was born in 1910 - and the fact that she died nearly 17 years ago. But nevertheless, I'm in love…and I sigh when she hits the screen. *Sigh*…
1942's Reap The Wild Wind was a genuine Hollywood blockbuster from the Paramount studios, and had all the ingredients, and then some, necessary for a big, flashy slice of hugely entertaining hokum - a fantastic cast, a rip-roaring story, Oscar winning special effects, three-strip Technicolor cinematography that is good enough to make you weep. And the last vital ingredient to pull this circus together and make it all work. What's that? Well if I tell you that the full USA title was Cecil B. DeMille's Reap the Wild Wind.
Not in any sense a great auteur, C.B. knew how to entertain, even if he was scathing in his private assessment of the audience that lapped up his brand of three-ring showmanship. His trademark was entertaining, and entertaining BIG. So here we have a movie that DeMille himself - he was never shy - sells to his audience in his opening narration, a story, set in the 1840's, that 'sweeps the ocean, with mighty ships plying their trade, braving the hurricanes off the Florida Keys, providing the lifeblood for American commerce…' It's a bit of a flag waver, what with the war and all…
We open with 'Captain Jack Stuart' (John Wayne) unconscious on the deck of his own ship, his villainous first mate 'Mathias Widgeon' (Victor Kilian) about to drive the clipper onto the unforgiving rocks of Key West.
It's a vile plot by the most evil of salvage men 'King Cutler' (played with wonderful relish by the great Raymond Massey) to get himself half the value of the ship's cargo for nothing more than a simple bribe; a game he's been playing to make himself and his cohorts fantastically rich, while the ship owners, and principally their attorney 'Steve Tolliver' (Ray Milland), determine to seek him out and hang him and his kind from the yard arm.
Slap in the middle is 'Loxi Claiborne' (the aforementioned Ms Goddard), who runs a decent, honest salvage company. While Cutler and his men scurry about ripping the cargo out of Stuart's sinking ship, it's Loxi and 'Capt. Phil Philpott' (another superb sketch by character actor Lynne Overman) who set about rescuing the crew, even though Capt. Phil grumbles 'men don't bring no salvage money'.
Stuart is wrongly dismissed as Captain and he blames Tolliver. But it's the attorney who, despite the acrimony, fights for Stuart to be given command of the line's new steam flagship The Southern Cross. However both men's love for Loxi is about to lead them into deep water, double crossing and death. The action gets a little bogged down in a meldodramatic courtroom sequence, but the film balances that with a superb underwater sequence, which took two months to film, involving a giant rubber squid (oh, c'mon give 'em a break - in 1942 that looked as real as, well, 'Bruce' did in Jaws), a race against time and a Florida hurricane.
It's one hell of a romp; Goddard gives us glimpses of what her 'Scarlett O'Hara' might had been like had she passed her screen test, flouncing about in petticoats and tossing off a 'fiddle di dee' here and there at her black 'mammy' (the black characters are treated, I'm afraid, shamefully). Milland's Tolliver is something of a 'Scarlet' too, a Pimpernel figure, ever so slightly camp with his 'talking' lap dog, dandy clothes and just where did he get that hairstyle? Thankfully, he is not quite the hapless fop he appears - he's an action man when required (of course), taking charge when Waynes angry, but dithering, Stuart can't get his act together.
It's worth mentioning here that for the 1954 theatrical re-release, the 'Duke' was given top billing in posters because of his increased star status, and Susan Hayward (who plays Goddard's little sister), and who had since 1942 become a major star instead of a supporting player, was misleadingly billed second. Formerly top-billed Milland got third billing in the new campaign, while leading lady Goddard was demoted to fourth billing. I might add that Milland's likeness doesn't even make the front cover of the current DVD release (that's Goddard and Wayne) where he's given third billing…it's worse on the back cover, where Milland comes a lowly fifth. Ah, fickle Hollywood…
Look among the cast too for Robert Preston, Charles Bickford, Walter Hampden, Louise Beavers, Hedda Hopper (in her last film role before she started to bite the hand that fed her). Victor Young's sweeping score is very redolent of the period, all in all, fans of the Golden Era of Hollywood will be delighted to see the film again…and again.
Universal's DVD has been around in R1 almost since the dawn of the format, but was only released as a stand alone disc in R2 a couple of years ago, after previously being part of the same studio's generally poor John Wayne Box Set. Not that long ago (not least for slapdash stuff like the 'Wayne' box) the mere mention of Universal would send shivers down my spine. Thankfully, the studio has upped its game both in Region 1 and Region 2, and now - what a turnaround - can be generally relied on to do the right thing at least as far as transfer quality is considered. But what a revelation Reap The Wild Wind is - it's nigh on Warners top-standard quality, true eye candy.
The colours - and I just love three-strip Technicolor when it's presented as well as this - are wonderfully rendered; just check the plumage on the parrot in the tavern sequence for instance (or the plumage on Ms. Goddard…). There's a little grain early on, but not too much to complain about, and it's as clean as a whistle with very few nicks and marks. Universal has done a fantastic job with a beautiful transfer that can only have come from elements in top class condition. The mono sound is clear and strong.
The shame is that there are no extras, save for a trailer, also in excellent shape. It would have been nice to have had a featurette on Reap The Wild Wind, or a documentary on Milland, Goddard, or DeMille, that larger than life figure himself. But really, with the film looking this eye wateringly good, it's almost churlish to gripe, and this is Universal after all, a studio that is oft times quite casual, and a little stingy on the extras front, particularly as far as many of its Oscar winning back catalogue films are concerned.
But the film, the standard of the transfer, is paramount (sorry Universal; no pun intended). We have to be thankful for small mercies.
The Ghost Breakers (1940)
Geoff Montgomery: It's worse than horrible because a zombie has no will of his own. You see them sometimes walking around blindly with dead eyes, following orders, not knowing what they do, not caring.
Larry Lawrence: You mean like Democrats?
Two years earlier and Ms Goddard and Bob Hope were busy trying - and succeeding - to recreate the success of their previous year's smash The Cat and The Canary. The veteran, and versatile, George Marshall was in the director's chair, picking the bones (pun fully intended) out of Dickey & Goddard's (no relation) pre-WW1 Broadway play The Ghost Breaker. They added an 's', made some tweaks to the gags, put some backbone into the female lead's character and came away with an 85 minute comedy thriller, a 'frightmare' with laughs, the very epitome of both the genre and cinematic efficiency.
'Mary Carter' (Goddard) inherits an eerie castle, her family's ancestral home built on glum, forbidding island off the coast of Cuba. Mary is off to claim her birthright, and gets tangled up with radio star 'Larry Lawrence' (Hope on cracking form), who's on the run from the mob and the law for a murder he thinks, mistakenly, he's committed. With attempts on Mary's life, voodoo warnings and threats of death and disaster dogging their every move, our heroine, Larry and his butler 'Alex' (Willie Best), come up against spooks, zombies…and an all too human menace.
There's not a scene wasted, not a line of spare dialogue in The Ghost Breakers. The strengths of The Cat and The Canary are here yet again; plenty of laughs, lots of frights all in a tight, economical package. Yes, Willie Best, is there to roll his eyes and knock his knees, but he's a great foil for Hope, who can't himself appear too much of a dunderhead. He does, after all, have to solve the mystery, save the girl and find the family treasure.
It's light family fare, but it's still marvellously entertaining with a snappy script that cracks wise, Bob Hope-style (naturally), impressive sets, mattes and lighting (Oscar winner Charles Lang was the cinematographer) that create a suitable 'haunted house' ambiance. The special effects - particularly the 'ghost walk' - are still quite impressive and Noble Johnson as the zombie is really very creepy indeed.
Goddard herself is not quite the woman in distress that some may expect. She screams to order, certainly, but she also brings an eye-flashing feistiness to the character that's quite refreshing. Though, it has to be said, it is typical of some of the better films of the period. The '40s, I think, provided a bumper crop of fantastic roles for women, at a time when, by sheer necessity, women were coming into their own in a society at war. Ironically, as the decade faded so did the gorgeous Ms Goddard's star. A star that burned for a relatively short time, but wonderfully bright.
You'll find a decent supporting cast too, among them; Richard Carlson, Anthony Quinn, Paul Fix and Robert Ryan's first 'blink and you'll miss him' screen appearance.
Universal's R1 DVD of Paramount's The Ghost Breakers is again pretty impressive for a 66-year-old black and white film; it's very clean and tidy with decent contrast and no evidence that I could see of any obtrusive edge-enhancement. The soundtrack is similarly free of any clicks, or distortion with clear dialogue and an atmospheric score by Ernest Toch.
All that and Paulette Goddard in a bathing costume? A no-brainer, gentle reader…
Hearts and Bones October 11, 2006Posted by John Hodson in : Action / Adventure / Thriller, Film & DVD Reviews, Westerns , add a comment
It's slightly odd that Steve McQueen followed up Le Mans with another film that has a documentary feel to it, Junior Bonner. Both films take realistic looks at real sporting events, with huge amounts of footage shot both during the famous French 24 hours race, and the oldest rodeo in the world, at Prescott, Arizona. And you can write the plots of each on the back of a fag packet (actually the 'plot' of Le Mans, is virtually contained within the title.)
But that's where the similarity ends. It's as if Peckinpah had seen McQueen's personal and very, very expensive racing movie and decided he'd show him just how it could and should be done.
If Le Mans is about anything at all, it's about a racing driver doing what most racing drivers do at some time in their lives; confronting his fears, coming to terms with a past failure. Ostensibly, Junior Bonner's main plot-line - not the theme it must be pointed out - is precisely the same, but while we know absolutely nothing about the characters at the of Le Mans - and frankly could care less - Peckinpah lays out the life of a family about whom we come to care very much indeed.
Le Mans (1971)
By the time negotiations for Le Mans began, Steve McQueen, a 'petrol head' since his teens, was a true Hollywood superstar, his place in the firmament having been cemented by Peter Yates' thrilling Bullitt. He could pick and choose his roles, practically name his own price, and thus had at his disposal the best damned toy box in the world.
Fulfilling a dream, he choose to make a film about motorsport; the American race scene had already been covered (by Paul Newman at the Indianapolis 500 in 1969's Winning), as had the Grand Prix circuit in John Frankenheimer's eponymous 1966 film (McQueen was courted for the part that eventually went to Jim Garner); so the day / night race at Le Mans it was.
Jointly produced by McQueen's company Solar and Cinema Center 100, the movie making arm of CBS (who ploughed a vast $6m into the project, which included $750,000 for the star, plus points). Nothing was too good for McQueen who demanded, and got, total control. Can you hear any alarm bells yet, gentle reader?
The best racing drivers in the world were hired, not simply to give the race scenes an adrenalin fuelled vérité, but also, one suspects, so that McQueen could join their company for a while, get behind the wheel and actually become one of these tarmacadam gladiators. The stuff of fantasy…or a recipe for disaster.
It was at this point that the wheels started to come off…
Director John Sturges had a vision of a tragic love story with Le Mans simply as the backdrop. McQueen demanded that the focus of the film be on the track. One of them had to go, and with Sturges went much of his footage, which the star deemed unusable. In came hired gun Lee H. Katzin (largely a TV director) at the helm, but it was McQueen calling the shots. Reshooting meant the budget ballooned and there was also the little problem of the script. Which wasn't quite finished…
CBS smelt trouble, shut down production and even considered paying off McQueen and bringing in a more pliable name. $1.5m over budget and two months late they completed the film; McQueen was involved in two horrendous smashes (from which he walked away), former F1 driver David Piper wasn't so lucky, losing part of a leg (he's thanked 'for his sacrifice' in the end credits). Not long after the film's release in the States, McQueen went bankrupt and Solar virtually ceased to function as a production company. No, it wasn't a happy time for the man who was - is - the very essence of cool.
So what do we have? In the end, we have a film with almost no narrative and the fact that it's some 37 minutes in before we hear a line of intelligible dialogue tells its own story. McQueen's Michael Delaney arrives at Le Mans staring moodily at the repaired Armco barrier where, the previous year, his car had been involved in an accident that lead to the death of a young Italian driver.
The driver's widow Lisa Belgetti (Elsa Anderson) is back again, having hitched her wagon to another racer. Delaney and Belgetti are joined by tragedy and…well, there's not much 'and', just the glimmers of the love story Sturges wanted. The rest is just racing, and it's on the track that Le Mans excels with some terrific footage.
Whatever else you might think - and critics hated it - Le Mans does have what is undoubtedly some of the finest racing footage captured on film. It puts the viewer right in the centre of the action, particularly in the pivotal crash sequence which is beautifully staged and edited, breathtaking in its violence, and sheer daring; remember folks - no CGI. But, ultimately, it's not enough. The action is exciting only in a superficial way; we simply don't really care whether Michael wins, gets the girl, or dies in the attempt. It's somehow a little too dry and dusty, like old bones. Not enough meat, too little flesh.
What is fascinating however, is that, today some 35 years after seeing it for the first time, it can be viewed as a wonderful period piece, a beautiful snapshot of time and place. With it's shots of the crowds - watching, waiting, under canvas in the forests - it's a time capsule, from the fashions and hairstyles, to the brutish cars, even the people look different, inhabitants of a very different planet. Pale and wan, badly fed, badly groomed; 36 years ago and it might as well be a 100.
It easily conjures smells of spilt petrol and greasy lukewarm burgers, hot rubber, cold petit déjeuner, summer rain and the dregs of last night's Bordeaux glugged as a morning pick me up. It's this documentary aspect of Le Mans that means, for me at least, that the film is getting to be a better viewing experience with age.
In both R1 and R2, Le Mans comes barebones, but it does have the benefit of a very nice transfer by Paramount, with good strong, vibrant colours and decent sound. Not up to the standard of Warners recent Grand Prix, but still acceptable.
What is the point of this story?
What information pertains?
The thought that life could be better
Is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
Paul Simon
Junior Bonner (1972)
Junior Bonner also failed to set the box office on fire, but having almost worked with McQueen on The Cincinnati Kid, Sam Peckinpah - fired from that film after only a few days - and Steve set to work together again, ultimately coming up with a film that stands today as amongst the best in both their filmographies. In fact, they enjoyed the experience that much that it was a matter of months before they were both back before the cameras again in a film that put both of their careers back on track. Huzzah!
Ironically one of the reasons Junior Bonner failed at the box office was that it was marketed as some kind of all-action cowboy flick, and failed signally to meet those expectations. While The Getaway, which satisfied both wrong-headed critics and audiences that here was a 'typical' outing from 'Bloody Sam', was the huge hit that both Sam and Steve needed. But it was far from being representative of Peckinpah, who knew what was was needed of him and completed the film with a consummate professionalism. You want action flick? You got it…
It was the artist, not just the artisan, then that chaired Junior Bonner, getting the most out of a slight story and the most out of Steve McQueen, one of the most charismatic stars of the past half century, and a man who could dictate to the camera a page of dialogue with a single look.
The film starts with fading rodeo star Junior 'JR' Bonner, riding old Sunshine; never was there more contrarily named animal. He's a Herculian black bull from Hell, two tons of snorting, bucking, stomping, plain ornery beefsteak. JR straps himself to the back of this beast, his bête noir, and his job is to stay there for eight seconds. Eight long seconds.
After picking himself up out of the sawdust and nursing a couple of cracked ribs, JR decides that he'll ride ol' Sunshine again, at his home town Rodeo at Prescott, and he'll beat him. Or to hell with it. Once back in town, JR's appearance gradually brings the disparate Bonner clan back together one last time - while waiting in the ring is Sunshine, as mean and moody as ever.
This is a modern day western, but it's suffused with that 'end of trail' melancholy that Peckinpah did so well. McQueen is perfection itself as JR, grimacing as he straps up those ribs, walking, shoulders slumping, back to a battered old convertible that, like its owner, has seen better days.
We know exactly the territory we're in within minutes of the opening, JR pitching up at his dad's tar-paper shack, finding it abandoned, along with the framed photos of 'Ace' Bonner's own glory rodeo days. Both Ace and his boy are men out of their time, a fact underlined when Peckinpah has JR staring down a gigantic earth mover on the road outside, and having to back down in the face of this, this…progress. As he tries to find his way out of a maze of construction workers and machinery, JR looks on helplessly as Ace's home is ripped apart and flattened by predatory 'dozers, seeming for all the world like jackals at the carcass of a lion.
We never find out exactly why Ace (Robert Preston), and Ellie (the excellent Ida Lupino) parted; we don't need to. Ace has always been a dreamer, a 'good times just around the corner' guy, who can't keep a dollar, or his dick, in his jeans. He needs just one more grubstake, enough to get him to Australia where the streets are awash with gold just dying to leap out of the dusty earth into his hands. One last dream.
Ace's youngest son, Curly Bonner (Joe Don Baker) and his joyless, pinched-up shrew of a wife, sure won't be the ones to provide it. They slapped $15,000 into Ace's sweaty hands for his dirty little spread, not the full market value, but then, Ace was in debt up to his bandana and Curly was on hand with the greenbacks. No more from Curly; thanks to that little deal, he's heavy into real estate and as he tells JR, he's on his way to his first million 'while you're still trying to get to eight seconds.'
Ace tries to stick JR for the dough; Junior has to tell daddy he's 'busted'. That first meeting in God knows how long between father and son is beautifully done; Ace signs himself out of the local hospital, steals JR's horse to join the Rodeo parade through Main Street, and JR catches up with him. They gallop through the parade, whoopin' and hollerin', Sam editing the scene with the touch of a master, before he gets them to the railroad station - father and son.
Curly might be like his mom, intelligent, ambitious, but the apple that is JR didn't fall far from the tree that is Ace. Peckinpah has them split, figuratively, and literally by the tracks, when Ace realises his last chance has been lost. Wordlessly, he draws them back together as Ace sees in JR what he once was, and Junior sees what's coming up for him.
If elegiac westerns are largely about decay and death, and how we cope with those twin inevitable, inexorable shadows, then Junior Bonner deals with them on two levels. JR is not a 'has been', he's a 'never really was', and he's got one last chance to prove to nobody other than himself that he's still capable of looking the world right in the eye and spitting in it. He's at 'that' age, not that old, not that young, it's all just a state of mind.
Ace, with 20 or so years on his kid, has the same dream, that vision of all old men, of riding into the sunset head held high. Somewhere out there Ace will make it. He knows it, all he needs is a chance. One last chance to make it big. And who can deny him that?
Peckinpah is said to have put much of himself into the film, and in particular his relationship with his own father. He mostly kept his own demons at bay throughout the shooting, only hitting the bottle towards the end of the schedule; he needed to be fully focused. It might sound as if it's a heavy, somewhat miserable slice of cinema, and if I've given you, dear reader, that impression I apologise wholeheartedly for my ham-fisted prose. It is in fact a beautifully acted and directed piece, at it's core a joyful film and tremendously life affirming. Above all, a very human story with a great big heart - Peckinpah does great 'human'.
The rodeo scenes are choreographed and seamlessly edited with Peckinpah's customary precision, the comedy punch-up has a Fordian charm, the whole has an air of romance, of genuine affection for the characters, for place and for family. Even the minor roles are wonderfully played, some of the good folks of Prescott getting in on the act (not to mention the Peckinpah offspring). On screen are 'real' people we can all identify with, even the grasping Curly and the delusional, but eternally charming Ace.
I've mentioned it before, but nowhere better than associated with this film to bring it up again; I believe that Sam Peckinpah was the true successor to John Ford. It's a crying shame Hollywood didn't appreciate the fact when he was alive.
If you're considering buying Junior Bonner on DVD for goodness sake don't purchase the UK R2 which is a pan and scan travesty. The R1, like all the ABC catalogue films presented by MGM, might be non-anamorphic, but it's in OAR 'scope, quite a decent if not stellar transfer and has the benefit of a commentary track from the guys who shall be forever known as 'The Peckinpah Posse' - Paul Seydor, Garner Simmons and David Weddle, moderated by Nick Redman…and very informative it is too.
*Oh, before I forget; those Paul Simon lyrics? Well, obviously they don't feature in either of the films. But Hearts and Bones has been buzzing about my head recently, and, well, those words seem so right…let's dedicate it to Ace Bonner shall we?
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Included in the CVs of director / producer team of Byron Haskin and George Pal are the sci-fi classics War of The Worlds and the strangley prescient but lesser known Conquest of Space. Sandwiched in between those two movies, in 1954, they came up with a peculiar hybrid of over-heated melodrama and creature feature, The Naked Jungle.
It's 1901, and hard nosed plantation owner Christopher Leiningen (Charlton Heston) has been hacking his way through the jungles of South America since he was 19 years old, building himself a cocoa empire reclaimed from the Amazon basin. Along the way, he's forgotten a few things; no family, no real friends, no woman. Incredibly wealthy, he sets his brother the task of acquiring a wife; Leiningen is lucky in that he strikes it rich when flame-haired beauty Joanna Leiningen (they married by proxy), played by Eleanor Parker, arrives from up river to pop his cherry. Yes folks, he's the only 30-odd year old, square jawed, broad shouldered virgin on the whole continent.
For more than an hour we dance around Leiningen's virginity and 'Madame's' (as Leiningen insists on calling her) attempts to take the starch out of this stuffed shirt and get him between the sheets. He wants kids, though he'd rather do without the whole nonsense of actually having sex, or even having a woman around, never mind a woman who talks back to this 'master of all he surveys'. She wears skimpy nightclothes in front of him (the harlot!), he gets drunk and determines to do the deed but can't when he finds out that - shock, horror - she's not the virgin he expected. And there's some laughable dialogue about the master's brand new piano, which has never been played until the mistress arrives. As she tickles the ivories she tells him, eyebrows arched: "If you knew anything about music, you'd know that the best piano is one that's been played."C'mon Chuck - get your kecks off and bang a tune out of this old Joanna! I mean, there will be rumours…
After all that fluff, we finally get down to the meat of the tale. The local Commissioner (played by William Conrad) tells Leiningen that there's something nasty in the jungle, something 20 miles long and two miles wild, unstoppable, brutal, and they'd all better get the hell out of the way. Of course, Chuck, and the woman he's now slowly falling in love with, say they'll make their stand against…Marabunta! The word is so memorable because of Conrad's stentorian delivery; the future fat detective rolls the single word around his tongue like a vintage Merlot, gargles twice and spits it out, endowing each and every vowel with spine-tingling horror. We ain't see it yet, but we clearly ain't gonna like it…oh, goody!
Alright, alright, after all the dark mutterings, we are in fact talking an army of soldier ants; I expected Haskin, a master special effects technician, to give us the works, but sadly what looked so 'special' to me 40 or so years ago, now looks rather feeble, and, worse, feeble possibly even to contemporary audiences. However, the battle between Leiningen and the lethal, flesh-stripping army should have occupied more of the films 95 minute running time, but it doesn't. And as exciting as the all too brief denouement is, it's all too predictable. There's a scene, by the way, where Chuck rides to high ground to get his first view of the vast ant army. He takes quite a small eyeglass and scans the horizon…and the camera suddenly switches to a view of ants which are plainly a foot or so from the lens. For Father Ted, fans it's a familiar reference from the first episode; and, still in Craggy Island mode, no Chuck, these are small and those are far away… It's also worth noting that this is one of the films that Paramount, encouraged by the CIA, made sure showed Americans treatment of natives was seen in a good light (See here).
As films go, not very special, and even as homicidal ant films go (a genre that is, I accept, rather limited), it holds out a promise it simply fails to keep. Give me Them! every time.
What is special about Paramount's R1 release is the transfer. Filmed in three-strip Technicolor, they have got hold of almost pristine elements, given them a good wash and brush up and the results are quite superb. That Paramount would do this for such a relatively minor work is all to their credit; colours are strong, with only a very few shots being ever so slightly out of registration, contrast is excellent, and it has that Technicolor golden 'glow'. It's all nice and sharp and I couldn't detect any intrusive edge enhancement. The English mono soundtrack is excellent too.
Paramount has transferred this with the film matte opened up; 1954 was the year widescreen movies were launched proper, and several movies photographed in Academy (Shane probably the most famous) were cropped for showing in theatres so equipped, as the new format took off. The obvious difference here is that The Naked Jungle was plainly photgraphed with widescreen in mind; there's plenty of headroom, allowing the film to be viewed either way, and it looks quite comfortable (unlike Shane which was shown at 1.66:1 - it wasn't filmed for such, and I don't think it works at all) when seen in a 1.85:1 (or thereabouts) ratio.
Discs this good are a joy to behold and, sometimes, actually make up for deficiencies in the narrative; they do enable you to better enter the fantasy world of cinema - my hat is off to film restorers whose work is as good as this.


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Thursday, August 12, 2010
Last week was "Sneak zucchini on your neighbor's porch day" – and lo and behold, I got a few on my doorstep.
Except none of my neighbors have gardens.
It's a complete mystery, and I appreciate the thoughtful gesture. I guess if anyone could find a use for zucchini on my block, it would be me. Though I'm hoping the kind gifter was not expecting me to make Zucchini Corn Dog.
Instead, the zucchini was made into a supporting role in this one-bowl Korean Beef Rice dish.
One bowl meals are awesome.
That means I can set the table in 10-seconds flat (everyone gets either a pair of chopsticks, fork or spoon — pick the weapon of your choice) and just 1 bowl to clean per person.
Thin slices of beef are marinated in a combo of soy, brown sugar, sesame oil, garlic and ginger – the same marinade I use for Korean bulgogi. Because the beef is thin, the vegetables are small, it's also a 29.5 minute meal.
One bowl, 29.5-minute meal that uses zucchini.
Top that, Rachael Ray!
Here's the marinade ingredients – soy sauce, sesame oil, grated ginger, garlic, brown sugar.
It's important to cut the beef very small or very thin. It's a one-bowl meal, remember? No knives. Either cut the beef into small pieces like this.
Or thin slices.
Marinate the beef while you cut the vegetables.
Zucchini, baby spinach, onions and carrots. Notice that the veg is also cut very small or very thin. They all gotta cook almost at the same time!
Start with a wok or large saute pan (frying pans don't have high enough sides — you'll end up flipping and tossing all your ingredients right outta your pan!)
Saute the onions.
Then add the beef. Stir-fry beef until just barely pink in middle.
Add the carrots and the zucchini.
Now add the spinach.
Toss it all about.
Once spinach has wilted, the carrots softened and zucchini cooked, it's done. Sprinkle with sesame seeds.
And serve over rice.
Korean Beef Rice Bowl
You can use many types of beef, including ground beef, sirloin, flank steak, tenderloin trimmings -- or change this recipe to include other meats such as ground pork, ground turkey, chicken. If you want to go vegetarian, use very firm tofu, cut into cubes. The dish includes cooked rice - please feel free to use whatever rice you want - brown rice, jasmine rice, short grained rice. In a pinch, use basmati. Typical Korean style rice is short-grained. At the market, just look for "short-grained" or sushi rice. Different rice has different cooking times and rice:water ratios, so read the package directions carefully.
Ingredients:2 cups raw rice
1 pound beef (see headnote)
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
1 garlic clove, finely minced
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons cooking oil
1/2 onion, diced
1 large carrot, cut into matchsticks (or 1 cup matchstick cut carrots)
1 small zucchini, diced
2 handfuls of spinach leaves
1 tablespoon roasted sesame seeds
1. Cook the rice according to package instructions. See How to Cook Perfect Rice recipe on Steamy Kitchen. If using basmati, see this recipe.
2. For the beef, if using flank steak: Cut the steak into very thin slices ACROSS the grain. If using other steak: Cut the steak into very small cubes, about 1/2-inch. If using ground beef: leave as-is.
3. In a large bowl, combine the soy sauce, sesame oil, ginger, garlic and brown sugar. Add the beef and toss to coat. Let marinate while you prep the vegetables. Steps 1 and 2 can be done ahead of time up to 1 day before.
4. Heat a large saute pan or wok on medium heat. When hot, swirl in the oil. Add the onions and saute for 1 minute. Turn the heat to high and give it just a few seconds to heat up. Add in the beef, spreading the beef all over the surface of the pan, tossing with the onions. Saute for 2-3 minutes until just barely pink.
5. Add in the carrots, zucchini and toss. Cook for 1 minute. Toss in the spinach and cook for an additional minute. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Serve with rice.
How many does the recipe portion serve? I need to make the recipe for 9, plus some leftovers the next day becuz it will be so good! Thanks, George
That looks comforting and tasty! I always seem to find ways with zucchini in my house but certainly never received any on my doorstep lol I second the one-bowl awesomeness.
That looks fantastic! I'd crack an egg on top and pretend it was some sort of fancy new bibimbap I'd invented.
How nice — mystery zucchini!! Love it And I'd love to make a big Korean Beef Rice Bowl with it, too!
I will absolutely try this recipe. Quick, easy and delicious. Love it!
This looks delicious, but I'm more intrigued with the zucchini corn dog! Have to go take a look….
Oh, I will definitely make this one for Grumpy!
I have leftover bulgogi in my frig right now- this is a great way to "use it up!" And you're right! Rachael Ray's got nothin' on Koreans!
I think flank steak will work best from my previous experiences – I also recommend the 1 day marinading that you mention, especially for the flank steak
This looks SO great!!!! I may have to make this soon. YUM!
I make this (bibimbap dish) all the time but I add shredded scrambled egg (or sometimes sunny side up) as a topping and we eat it with Korean hot pepper paste a bit of sesame oil over the topping. Like you, we love the convenience of simple one bowl meals too!
This recipe is awesome! Quick and easy just what we need when school is in session. Love it!
OMG this looks so good and easy!! you rawk!! thanks!
Thank you for the marinade recipe. I always wanted to make Korean beef, but could never get the marinade quite right!
Like the addition of the zucchini,too!
Zucchini is everywhere this time of year (though I haven't found any on my doorstep yet), and this is a great way to incorporate a sometimes ho-hum vegetable into something special.
My kind of fast food!
omg, this looks soooo good! looking at every step makes my stomach growl….loud.
I want. So badly.
Healthy bowl! The diced zucchini is especially tempting in texture
That looks so good! I love that you have spinach in there too!
oh yeah, looks fabulous!
This looks really great: think I'll make it tonite. It's only 8 something in the morning and I'm already a bit too excited for dinner…
I love recipes like this – it looks so good! I've had a wok pan for well over a year now and it still has the stickers on it! This just may be the recipe that breaks it in!
Yum City!! I'm definitely going to whip this up this weekend! One quick question – is it sacrilege to not use fresh ginger? I've only got crystallized on hand, but I can buy fresh if using crystallized is completely appalling
I agree with Sara, do you have to use fresh ginger? Fabulous!
This looks *amazing*. I do wish I had a zucchini fairy though, that would rock.
I am so making this this weekend. Thanks!
sara- I have used crystallized giner. Especially since this recipe calls for weetness from brown sugar, I woudl say from my experiecne, pieces chopped up would be ok. the amount might be different though.
This looks amazing, Jaden! I love all of the flavors in this dish, and I can't wait to make it for my family!
For those commenters asking about the fresh ginger-I keep fresh peeled ginger in a Ziploc bag the freezer. It keeps for what seems like forever, so I always have it on hand. I also think it grates easier when it is frozen, which is an added bonus!
Jaden – this is a cool recipe. Where and what's the brand name of your 'wok', looks quite functional, unlike the conventional wok, assuming it's non-stick?
You trumped Rachael Ray in no time flat! I'll bet your mysterious zucchini gifters are wishing they left a note so that they could be invited over for dinner.
This looks really good! Rachael Ray has nothing on you! Looks so simply and mouthwateringly (is that a word?) delicious. Zucchini is a nice touch.
Jaden, and you made it in 29.5 minutes, you go now!
This beef and rice bowl is wonderful, I especially enjoy seeing fresh spinach in this one.
Bon appetit!
I am always trying to come up with new uses for zucchini. Thank you for this recipe. It looks delicious.
Love today's recipe … as usual!
Oh wow, that looks awesome!
I'm a new food blogger and I just recently discovered your site (I know, where WAS I?), and I looove it! I am stoked to try your pho, I have been dying for some lately.
Nice to "meet" you!
Hmm looks Yummy Jaden. I will definitely cook this dish and eat it with Sambal Oelek or perhaps Sriracha? OMG can't wait.
Looks yummy! Thanks for the recipe!
Sneak Zucchini day cracked me up because I just came from Greg Henry's blog where he mentioned squash blossoms showing up on his door step last week, mysteriously and anonymously. I never heard of such.
Love this one, Jaden. I have a single ribeye sitting in the fridge that I was contemplating how to use. This might be perfect.
Have a great weekend!
One bowl dinners are my kind of thing too! Love this.
Made this last night. Pretty dang good. The few minor things i changed was to add a dash of chili oil to the marinade and added some crimini muchrooms i had in the fridge. Otherwise recipe made it as documented here. The one thing i would recommend is cooking the beef in batches. If you don't your going to be left with a pool of liquid in the bottom of the pan (like i did). I have a 16k BTU gas burner and was using a carbon steel flat bottom wok and still wasn't enough. Other than that excellent recipe.
I love one-bowl dishes, they're my weeknight staple
that's right! top rachael ray. what does she know about our asian dishes? i am so going to make this one, this week. definitely!
Mmm…looks just wonderful!
Not a zucchini lover. Sorry! Can I use brocolli instead?
This is my type of quick dinner and I love all the flavors. Sure beats takie outie when you want a one-bowl dish and I know this one is waaay tastier than a Rachael Ray recipe (should I have said that?!).
This recipe makes me want to do a happy dance :). This is the way we eat most nights. I need to buy stock in rice…seriously.
Made this for dinner tonight with a little bit different vegetable selection (I am being overrun by green beans, pea pods and chard and am still awaiting the first zucchini). The flavor combination was amazing! My crew doesn't usually empty the rice cooker but tonight they did! Thank you! Yum…
I couldn't wait to try this recipe and finally made it for dinner tonight. The flavors were wonderful and I loved all the fresh veggies. My hubby wished there was more sauce to the dish because it was a little dry with all the rice. Any suggestions for a good complimentary sauce, tamari?
Had some grass fed beef from our farmers market that I needed to cook and this sounded like something my 2 guys would love. I gave it a try adding some thai eggplant along with some thai chilies (also from the market that day) to spice it up a bit, and served it over brown rice. It got a thumbs up from everyone! Thanks for sharing!
Hi Jaden! I just finally made this and even though i ran out of garlic and had to use the powdered version (I know). And I ran out of soy sauce, well I forgot that when our fridge died while we were on vacation that we had to toss the soy sauce, so I used some soy sauce packets from panda express last night (double I know). Anyway, It turned out really good and I packed it for my husband for work. thanks!
This is on my radar this week. One bowl. Delicious. Healthy. And yes, I have zucchini!


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You see the names pop up all the time on the site, but what really makes the PhoneDog crew tick when they're not hard at work writing about phones? Welcome to Inside the Dog Pound, where we profile the members of the PhoneDog editorial team.
Sydney Myers, Teen Lifestyle Editor
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How did you get started?
My initial foray into the mobile technology field (besides having it as a hobby) was as a freelance writer for Examiner.com as the Dallas Gadgets Examiner. I covered the news for all technology and also did reviews. Since I had no way of getting free review products from companies, I would review gadgets that I already had, I would try to purchase the ones that weren't too pricey, or I would do hours of research on a product and write a overview/review. I then came into contact with PhoneDog who was looking for a new editor and the rest is history!
What does your job entail?
As the Teen Lifestyle Editor, I cover phones that appeal to the budget-conscious demographic, typically teenagers but really anyone who fits that profile. Coverage of a phone includes an unboxing video, a first impressions article, a video review and a written review, along with any pertinent Dogfights. I also produce a weekly news round-up video called The Dog Pound and I host a weekly live show called PhoneDog Live. Both shows give me a chance to share knowledge, news, and opinions, while keeping my personality involved. It's also pretty much a requirement to keep track of all of the latest news and trends in mobile technology and the businesses that occupy that space.
What's the one part of your job that people don't seem to understand?
The knowledge and experience required. There are many people out there who know a lot about phones; most of our readers and viewers fit into that category. However, our job requires more than just a general knowledge of mobile technology and "specs". In order to accurately evaluate products and cover the industry, we must have an in-depth knowledge of devices, hardware components, wireless technology, telecommunication standards, each and every mobile OS, and more. I encourage anyone who is interested in joining the ranks of gadget reviewers to give it a shot, but keep in mind that good reviews don't happen by accident.
What's the one thing that still shocks you about the wireless industry?
The amount of time and money people spend trying to keep up with it and how much they care about it; the lack of diversity and the lack of support for those who try to maintain it.
Favorite hobby?
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Favorite food?
I love Italian food so I suppose pizza would be the most generic option. But really just anything Italian.
Mobile phone you're currently using?
I switch back and forth between the HTC HD7 and the HTC One S. My HD7 is so old but I'm stubbornly not wasting my money upgrading until Windows Phone 8 comes out.
Favorite mobile phone of all time?
Ooh, tough one. It's between the original Samsung Galaxy S, the LG Chocolate Touch (it was the first phone I reviewed for PhoneDog), and the myTouch 3G Slide. Something about all of those phones captivated me, though I think I would pick the Galaxy S as my favorite of all time. It was the first smartphone that just made me go, "Wow". Undeniably awesome in every way.
Some old school favorites would be the classic Nokia phones - the 6610i, 6110, or 3310. Not only could you make calls, but you could play games too! Woah!
Other gadgets you use regularly?
Apple Macbook Pro with a 19-inch Acer monitor I got for 40 bucks on Craigslist (I pick my battles with gadgets and money), Apple Magic Mouse (I'm on the computer so much that a normal mouse was starting to give my hand some problems), Sony Playstation 3, Amazon Kindle Fire.
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The US Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy will award $9 million over five years to organizations to assist it in building domestic and international consensus on future fossil energy technologies (DE-FOA-0001111). The Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) anticipates two awards being made: the first for $7 million in the area of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and fossil-fuel-based Clean Energy Systems (CES); the second for $2 million in the area of international oil and natural gas.
One of the key missions of the Office of Fossil Energy is to "ensure the nation can continue to rely on traditional resources for clean, secure and affordable energy while enhancing environmental protection." In pursuit of this, the Office provides outreach and education to many stakeholders, including the general public, in order to allow them to make educated choices about energy.
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UCS analysis finds Hyundai-Kia with best sales-weighted new vehicle environmental performance in US in 2013
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In its sixth sales-weighted analysis of emissions from 8 major automakers' 2013 model year vehicles, the Union of Concerned Scientists' (UCS) latest Automaker Rankings report found that Hyundai-Kia unseated Honda as the "Greenest Automaker." Honda came in second, with Toyota, Nissan, and Volkswagen in a three-way tie for third place.
For the first time since UCS began the Automaker Rankings report in 2000, all eight major automakers reduced their average greenhouse gas (GHG) and smog-forming emissions compared to their fleet averages from 1998, the model year examined in the first report. The Automaker Rankings report examines the emissions of both global warming and smog-forming pollution from of the automakers. Due to strong federal and state emissions standards, the average new car has gotten 43% cleaner since 1998.
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DOE soliciting projects in advanced coal gasification for high carbon-capture power production and/or liquid fuels
February 26, 2014
The US DOE is soliciting (DE-FOA-0001051) projects for up to $10 million in awards to target technological advancements to lower the cost of producing hydrogen and/or high-hydrogen syngas from coal for use in 90% carbon capture power generation and/or gasification-based liquid (transportation) fuel production: methanol or diesel. Liquid fuel production must be GHG equivalent to conventional petroleum-based processes.
The work is also designed to assure significant reduction in the cost of coal conversion and environmental impacts, enabling coal resources to both improve US economic competitiveness and provide environmental benefits over the globe, according to the DOE.
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Kawasaki Heavy to build first ocean-going liquid hydrogen tanker with demo in 2017; H2 for transport, industry, power in Japan
September 28, 2013
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The Nikkei reports that Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. (KHI) will build the first ocean-going ships to carry liquefied hydrogen (LH2), with plans for a demonstration test by 2017 in which liquefied hydrogen will be shipped from the state of Victoria in Australia to Japan. The project will cost ¥60 billion (US$610 million), according to the report.
As part of Japan's WE-NET (World Energy Network) research program of the New Sunshine Project begun in 1993, Kawasaki and its other industrial colleagues in Japan have been considering the large-scale marine transportation of liquid hydrogen for some time (e.g., Abe et al., 1998). KHI has previously discussed the concept of such a hydrogen-carrying vessel as part of its Business Vision 2020.
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EPA proposes CO2 emission standards for new fossil fuel-fired power plants
September 20, 2013
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed Clean Air Act standards to reduce CO2 emissions from fossil-fuel fired power plants (electric utility generating units, EGUs). For purposes of this rule, fossil fuel-fired EGUs include utility boilers, IGCC units and certain natural gas-fired stationary combustion turbine EGUs that generate electricity for sale and are larger than 25 megawatts (MW). In addition, EPA said it is working with state, tribal, and local governments, industry and labor leaders, non-profits, and others to establish CO2 standards for existing power plants.
The proposed rulemaking establishes separate standards for natural gas and coal plants. The proposed limits for natural gas units are based on the performance of modern natural gas combined cycle (NGCC) units. New large (>850 mmBtu/h) natural gas-fired turbines would need to meet a limit of 1,000 pounds of CO2 per megawatt-hour, while new small (≤850mmBtu/h) natural gas-fired turbines would need to meet a limit of 1,100 pounds of CO2 per megawatt-hour.


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Originally opened in 1974, Elkhorn Golf Club was created in the last collaboration between the famous design team of father and son Robert Trent Jones Senior and Junior. After an extensive renovation in 2004, the club reopened in 2005 and was acquired by the Sun Valley Company in July of 2011. Robert Trent Jones Sr. designed the front nine, which is quite hilly, while Robert Trent Jones Jr. designed the back nine which follows a creek and has a water hazard on every hole but one.
Although Elkhorn Golf Club has memberships, Sun Valley's Resort Guests have access to one of the best challenges of golf that the state of Idaho has to offer. With large undulated greens, 7,214 yards long from the tips, and boasting over 100 sand traps and bunkers, Elkhorn will prove to be a test of your golfing abilities. Your concentration on the game of golf will also be challenged, as the vistas ranging from the Elkhorn hillsides to Sun Valley's White Clouds golf course fight for your attention.
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Washington is finally talking about increasing the minimum wage. Such a move comes with costs, but the benefits are far greater.
Fast-food workers think they deserve $15 an hour. If it looks like they are overreaching, that's just because they're so woefully underpaid now.
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From the moment we arrived this condo was nothing other than fabulous. The condo was very clean (excpet front load washer) and had everything necessary to be very comfortable. Everything from the linens to kitchen gadgets was provided, and at a high quality for a rental. The patio is incredible with a fabulous grill that we used almost every night. There was well manicured lawns all around the unit that we used for family games. The unit was very well designed and had lots of space to easily accomodate my family of 2 adults and 4 boys. The pool was like a little peace of tropical paradise. The private beach club was the icing on the cake - and a perfect place to take a young family. Our young children had wonderful opportunities to snorkel safely and comfortably and see lots of fish. It is one of the best snorkeling beaches in Hawaii. The owners and managers were very easy to work with. Next time we head to Hawaii this is the first condo I'm checking availability.
Perfect vacation retreat on Big Island!
We stayed in this lovely home for the last week of our first trip to the big island. This unit exceeded all our expectations! The home is very well equipped with top of the line everything! It was so nice to return to a home at the end of a long day of sight-seeing versus returning to a hotel room. The lanai was perfect for grilling our fresh fish and veggies that we bought at the Foodland Market (at reasonable prices!). We made great use of the games that were provided and enjoyed our family time at the end of each day. The owners beach club is wonderful! We feel it provided some of the best snorkeling we have ever experienced! We were always able to get a cabana. If one wasn't available when we got to the beach, one would open up within 30 minutes or so. We used the owner's cooler several times to pack a picnic, and spent several entire afternoons at the beach club. The property manager Larry was very responsive to all our questions and was a pleasure to deal with. The unit even has a copy of Big Island Revealed, which we referenced a lot during our stay. We will definitely stay here again when we return to the big island and would highly recommend this rental!
It is a very nice, large house.
A very large house. It would be perfect for three couples as there are three secluded bedrooms with bathrooms. The fourth bedroom was actually a den with a bed (no bath) and would be great for children staying there. The main floor was very comfortable and we spent a lot of time on the lanai. It was nice to have a garage. There were coolers and beach chairs to use. The pool was great because no one was there. It is also close to a market. There was a small putting green nearby. The electronic door lock was convenient. We only cooked a few eggs in the morning so I can't really comment on the kitchen supplies. The appliance instructions were documented well. I actually hate air conditioning, however, there were no trade winds while we were there. It would be nice to be able to run the air a bit cooler than was allowed to cool the house down. My suggestion would be to provide a few floor fans to use especially upstairs. It needed a ceiling fan on the lanai. (Again, if there were trade winds it would have been fine). All in all, it was a very nice, clean and comfortable house. We would definitely stay again. The owner was responsive to inquiries and return of deposit.


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A piece of history will soon make its permanent home at the Capitol building: two gun barrels, one from the USS Missouri and the other from the USS Arizona.
Volunteers spent hours restoring the barrels, and Saturday the hard work was shown off in a special ceremony to honor fallen soldiers.
For years, two gun barrels, one from the USS Arizona and the other from the USS Missouri, sat abandoned in an old navy shipyard.
"A lot of effort has gone into getting them back to looking something like they would've when they were on the ships," said Secretary of State Ken Bennett.
Soon the two gun barrels will be the prominent centerpiece to a future WWII memorial at the state Capitol.
Bennett helped spearhead the effort.
"One is the last remaining gun barrel from the battleship Arizona. It was removed from the Arizona just prior to it sinking at Pearl Harbor," said Bennett.
Bennett says it's amazing to have such a piece of history in the state.
"The navy was very generous to give us both of these barrels, kind of representing book ends of the war, the beginning of the war with Pearl Harbor and the end of the war with the Japanese surrendering in 1945," said Bennett.
There were some special guests at Saturday's event; Bunky Snider was at Pearl Harbor.
"Do you remember that day? I never forget it. I'll bet, I'll bet," said Snider, a WWII survivor.
For those in attendance, they say the gun barrels will stand as a representation of all those lost in battle.
"I think it's good for all of the tributes we have to everyone that's suffered blood, sweat and tears for our country all these years," said retired US Air Force Maj. Gen. Carl Schneider.
The dedication for the memorial will take place December 7 at the Capitol.
The memorial will also feature the names of all those from Arizona who lost their lives in World War II.
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Falcons term Abraham questionable for NFC Championship
Atlanta, GA (Sports Network) - Atlanta Falcons defensive end John Abraham was on the practice field for a third straight day on Friday, though the team has still listed him as questionable on the final injury report for this weekend's NFC Championship Game matchup with the San Francisco 49ers.
Abraham left last Sunday's victory over Seattle in the Divisional Round during the second quarter after aggravating an existing left ankle injury. Head coach Mike Smith said after the game that the veteran pass rusher was held out for precautionary reasons, however, and Abraham has been a limited practice participant all throughout this past week.
The 13-year-veteran, who led Atlanta with 10 sacks and six forced fumbles during the regular season, initially hurt the ankle in the team's Week 17 tilt against Tampa Bay on Dec. 30.
Defensive tackle Jonathan Babineaux is questionable as well due to a shoulder issue, though he also put in a third straight limited practice on Friday.
Linebacker Stephen Nicholas (foot), safety William Moore (hand) and cornerback Chris Owens (hamstring) are all probable to face the 49ers in Sunday's conference title game.


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This is the story of Renoir's famous painting 'Luncheon of the Boating Party,' a work completed on the balcony of the restaurant La Maison Fournaise, just outside of Paris. Combining historical fact with Ms. Vreeland's vivid imagination we learn how the painting came into existence and how the models were chosen and gathered, as well as a sense of the time and place. The models' identities are largely based on historical fact, but as with all works of historical fiction the author uses her vivid imagination in guessing their conversations, relationships and emotions. There is something compelling about an author bringing to life the story of a work of art. The characters become familiar and spark curiosity about who they were, the location becomes a real place one could visit, and the art itself becomes an intimate friend. Vreeland's background in and her passion for fine art is clearly a prerequisite in producing a story like this. The descriptions of the colors, clothing and food I can only describe as "delicious" and caused me to nearly feel that I was actually there among them.
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Inspired to paint "Luncheon of the Boating Party" when his other work is criticized by Emile Zola, Renoir is drawn into the lives of the 13 people featured in it as they enjoy a Parisian summer during the late 1800s.
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The thesis book project was established in the Jewelry and Metals department and has been required course work since 1965. The development of the thesis book allows each major to write about a range of experiences from their work, and document the development of a body of work in text, photos, and renderings. Each thesis becomes part of an important collection that dates back to the earliest BFA degrees. Essay subjects are presented to challenge students to conduct research and examine their own position. Discussions and presentations vary to recognize the direction of the group. The course culminates in creating two copies of the book - one that stays within the department as an archival object and teaching tool and the other acts as a professional portfolio upon graduation for the individual student. The second half of a two-semester course. Open to graduating Jewelry and Metals majors and all electives who are seniors. Required of 4th year graduating Jewelry + Metals majors. Offered spring.
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BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. (AP) - Authorities in northwestern Arizona say a man has been arrested in connection with a 1997 unsolved homicide case in Bullhead City.
Police in Bullhead City say 54-year-old Matthew Gibson is being held in a Holbrook jail awaiting extradition to Mohave County.
They say Gibson drove from North Carolina and turned himself in to authorities Thursday.
Bullhead City police were called to the Colorado River near Rotary Park after a woman's body was found in the bushes on July 1, 1997.
An autopsy revealed 38-year-old Barbara Leone Brown of Kingman suffered multiple blunt-force trauma and skull fractures.
Winslow police say Gibson came to their department and insisted he had killed a woman between 1994 and 1997.
Bullhead City police interviewed Gibson and say details he provided coincided with the Brown case.
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On-the-job fatalities at road construction sites
January 04, 2005
From the beginning of 1995 through 2002, a total of 844 workers were killed while working at road construction sites.
More than half of these fatalities were attributable to a worker being struck by a vehicle or mobile equipment. The range of these fatal occupational injuries was a low of 93 in 1996 and a high of 124 in 1999, as shown in the chart.
Fatal workplace injuries at road construction sites were first identified as a separate category in the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries in 1995. Since that time, workplace fatalities have generally declined overall, but fatalities at road construction sites have fluctuated, staying in the low 100s since 1998. Workplace fatalities at road construction sites typically account for 1.5 percent to 2.0 percent of all workplace fatalities.
These data are from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, which is part of the Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities program. For additional information, see "Fatal occupational injuries at road construction sites," by Stephen Pegula, Monthly Labor Review, December 2004.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Editor's Desk, On-the-job fatalities at road construction sites on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2005/jan/wk1/art02.htm (visited September 22, 2014).
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This edition of Spotlight on Statistics examines labor productivity trends from 2000 through 2010 for selected industries and sectors within the nonfarm business sector of the U.S. economy. Read more »