A Certain Point of View: Writing, Film and Stuff

British historian James Holland's newest book re-examines the Battle of Normandy. © 2019 Atlantic Monthly Press Hi, Dear Readers. I hope you are well and enjoying this first Friday of June 2019. It's almost the weekend where I am in Florida; if you're one of my European readers it's already early evening or even night, depending on how far east you are located, so chances are that some of you are already on weekend mode. I've been dividing my workdays between A Certain Point of View (which I usually reserve several hours' worth of my schedule to post, edit, and share in the mornings) and revising a new screenplay (a comedy this time), so it's not as easy for me to plan anything in advance regarding the blog. I do have a few things in mind for this month's batch of posts, including: New book reviews of works by James Holland, Dave Barry, and Joe Weber A review of Guy Hamilton's Goldfinger Music album review (TBD) My usual "Talking Abo

( C)  2008 MGM/20th Century Fox Home Entertainment “Battle of Britain” (1969) Directed by Guy Hamilton Written by James Kennaway and Wilfred Greatorex, based on the book The Narrow Margin by Derek Wood and Derek Dempster Starring: Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier, Ian McShane, Christopher Plummer, Susannah York, Edward Fox, Curd Jurgens Director Guy Hamilton’s “Battle of Britain” is an all-star docudrama that attempts to recreate Nazi Germany’s ill-fated attempt to batter Great Britain into submission by aerial bombardment during the summer and autumn of 1940. As in 20th Century Fox’s 1962 D-Day epic “The Longest Day,” “Battle of Britain” features an international cast of actors from Germany, Canada, France, and, of course, Great Britain. Also like  “The Longest Day” producer Darryl F. Zanuck, producers Harry Saltzman and S. Benjamin Fisz invested time (nearly four years) and money !$14 million in 1965 dollars) to hire a cast and acquire real military hardwa