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Canon Fodder Episode 56

Daniel and Corky cut their central Florida vacation short to review Sally Potter’s Orlando (1992). An adaptation of a Virginia Woolf novel long thought unfilmable, Orlando provided the supernatural Tilda Swinton with her breakout role. But did your hosts find Orlando to be a magic kingdom, or a tragic kingdom?

ORLANDO (1992) FACTS & FIGURES

Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #157 [tied]

World premiere: Sep. 1, 1992 (Venice Film Festival)

IMDB synopsis: “After Queen Elizabeth I commands him not to grow old, a young nobleman struggles with love and his place in the world.”

CLIPS & CLIPPINGS

Original theatrical trailer for Orlando (1992)

Ah, Poetry!

The maze runner

Tilda eye contact montage

NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE

Brief Encounter (1945; Dir.: David Lean)

IMDB synopsis: “Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband.”

Our review of Brief Encounter comes out Tuesday, March 17!

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