Criterion Reflections – Episode 68 – Mike Hodges’ Get Carter

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Criterion Reflections is David Blakeslee’s ongoing project to watch all of the films included in the Criterion Collection in chronological order of their original release. Each episode of this third season of the podcast features conversations with a variety of guests offering insights on movies that originally premiered in 1971 and were destined to eventually bear the Criterion imprint. In this episode, David is joined by David Seeley and Richard Doyle to discuss Get Carter, starring Michael Caine and directed by Mike Hodges.

Episode Links:

Mike Hodges

• Wikipedia
• Mulholland Books
• Screen Daily
• Senses of Cinema

Michael Caine

• The Criterion Channel
• Official Site
• Wikipedia
• The Guardian (ranking of his 50 best films – Get Carter is #3)

Get Carter

• The Criterion Channel
• Wikipedia
• New York Times (1971)
• Roger Ebert (1971)
• Criminal Movies
• Dennis Schwarz
• Every 70s Movie
• The Guardian
• The M0vie Blog
• Wolfgang Suschitzky (cinematographer)
• Newcastle in the 60s and 70s

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THX 1138 / THE OMEGA MAN / A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

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BROTHER JOHN

MORE!

• Criterion Reflections blog (1922 – 1967)
• Criterion Reflections columns on CriterionCast (1968)
• The Eclipse Viewer
• A Journey Through the Eclipse Series

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