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    Training Day, by Albert W. Vogt III

    Is it too soon to say nice things about Will Smith?  When it came time for the 2002 Academy Awards to be chosen, I was all set for… Read more “Training Day, by Albert W. Vogt III”

    August 9, 2022 by Albert W. Vogt III, Ph.D.

    Where Eagles Dare, by Albert W. Vogt III

    When we think of Clint Eastwood’s early career, we usually associate it with the subgenre of films known as “Spaghetti Westerns,” so named for the productions that… Read more “Where Eagles Dare, by Albert W. Vogt III”

    August 6, 2022 by Albert W. Vogt III, Ph.D.

    Rosewood, by Albert W. Vogt III

    Somewhere in the dim reaches of the collected movies in existence are some extremely low budget films that contain yours truly.  During my days as a Civil War… Read more “Rosewood, by Albert W. Vogt III”

    August 5, 2022 by Albert W. Vogt III, Ph.D.

    The Outlaw Josey Wales, by Albert W. Vogt III

    Before the dawn of the end of civilization (my hyperbolic way of referring to the advent of streaming services), people like me used to consume films at… Read more “The Outlaw Josey Wales, by Albert W. Vogt III”

    August 4, 2022 by Albert W. Vogt III, Ph.D.

    Malcolm X, by Albert W. Vogt III

    Where I was born, there were virtually no people of color.  The class I was in from kindergarten through the fourth grade, had two people of Asian descent,… Read more “Malcolm X, by Albert W. Vogt III”

    August 2, 2022 by Albert W. Vogt III, Ph.D.

    The Great Gatsby, by Albert W. Vogt III

    One of the ongoing debates with the old man I live with is my contention that F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece The Great Gatsby (1925) is the greatest American novel… Read more “The Great Gatsby, by Albert W. Vogt III”

    July 30, 2022 by Albert W. Vogt III, Ph.D.

    The Kid, by Albert W. Vogt III

    When you think about the silent film era, if you think about it at all, there is probably one name, and one name only, that comes to… Read more “The Kid, by Albert W. Vogt III”

    July 29, 2022 by Albert W. Vogt III, Ph.D.

    Zero Dark Thirty, by Albert W. Vogt III

    When you have seen every World War II film worth watching and it is Memorial Day, you start trying to find different titles.  More importantly to my financial… Read more “Zero Dark Thirty, by Albert W. Vogt III”

    July 26, 2022 by Albert W. Vogt III, Ph.D.

    Memphis Belle, by Albert W. Vogt III

    Once more unto the breach of history and film with Memphis Belle (1990).  It is one of the first modern movies I can remember that I saw as a young… Read more “Memphis Belle, by Albert W. Vogt III”

    July 24, 2022 by Albert W. Vogt III, Ph.D.

    Bonnie and Clyde, by Albert W. Vogt III

    My favorite class to teach is a course on Film and Twentieth Century America.  I patterned it after the one I had taken with one of my mentors… Read more “Bonnie and Clyde, by Albert W. Vogt III”

    July 22, 2022 by Albert W. Vogt III, Ph.D.

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