To Be or Not to Be (1942; Dir.: Ernst Lubitsch)

Canon Fodder Episode 31

Daniel and Corky review Jack Benny, Carole Lombard and Robert Stack in Ernst Lubitsch’s To Be or Not to Be. Elsewhere, Daniel offers his thoughts on the recently released Wolf Man, starring Christopher Abbott and Julia Garner.

TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1942) FACTS & FIGURES

Sight & Sound  2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #118 (tied)

World premiere: Feb. 19, 1942

IMDB synopsis: “During the German occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier’s efforts to track down a German spy.”

CLIPS & CLIPPINGS

Trailer for To Be or Not to Be (1942)

“Concentration Camp” Erhardt

“Heil myself.”

“If you prick us, do we not bleed?”

NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE

Memories of Underdevelopment (1968; Dir.: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea)

IMDB synopsis: “A Cuban man cycles through his opinions and memories as the threat of foreign invasion intensifies and the rest of his family moves to Miami.”

Our review of Memories of Underdevelopment comes out on February 25!

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