Episode 705: Diamonds in the Night (1964)

The Projection Booth Podcast

The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2024

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

We’re kicking of Czechtember 2024 with a classic of the Czech New Wave, Jan Nemec’s Diamonds of the Night. Released in 1964, the film was a groundbreaking piece of cinema. Based on Arnost Lustig’s semi-autobiographical novel Darkness Casts No Shadow, the film is about the escape of two boys from a train carrying them to a death camp.

Heather Drain and Rob St. Mary join Mike to discuss this harrowing film.

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0:00.0	Hold your ears, folks.
0:06.8	It's showtime.
0:08.6	People pay good money to see this movie.
0:10.9	When they go out to a theater, they want cold sodas, hot popcorn, and no monsters in the projection booth.
0:17.3	Everyone pretend podcasting isn't boring.
0:20.1	Shut it off.
0:25.5	Turn it off.
0:27.6	Turn it off.
0:31.6	Andrew! The HART! H!
0:57.0	H!
0:59.0	H!
1:00.0	H!
1:01.0	H! HAL. HAD.
1:13.6	HAD!
1:14.6	H!
1:16.6	H!
1:17.6	H! Welcome to the projection booth.
1:48.4	I'm your host. Mike White, joining me once again.
1:50.2	Is Mr. Rob St. Mary?
1:52.2	Greetings.
1:53.4	There's not a lot of lines to quote from this movie.
1:55.5	No.
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