tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post8956479819035255730..comments2024-03-28T18:21:09.285-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Still More Jerry CottonJames Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-82178442783472719712011-09-25T16:07:17.622-05:002011-09-25T16:07:17.622-05:00All Jerry Cotton films include stock footage and a...All Jerry Cotton films include stock footage and a few have footage of a red Jaguar (Jerry Cotton's car) driving Manhattan, which may have been shot specially for the films. There are also a handful of clips of FBI agents doing martial arts training or lab work or sorting finger prints, which look like they were taken from a documentary. But that's the extent of the US footage, the actual films were shot in Germany.<br /><br />German film producers of the 1960s were very skilled in using stock footage to make their films look more exotic than they actually were.Corahttp://corabuhlert.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-54369052624828843722011-09-25T09:38:35.484-05:002011-09-25T09:38:35.484-05:00Thanks, Cora. IMDB lists U.S. filming locations f...Thanks, Cora. IMDB lists U.S. filming locations for the movies, so I thought they were shot here.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-22746846340934907312011-09-25T07:30:57.265-05:002011-09-25T07:30:57.265-05:00The Jerry Cotton movies were set in the US, but la...The Jerry Cotton movies were set in the US, but largely filmed in Germany (Hamburg mainly) with a bit of clever stock footage usage providing the American feel. They're surprisingly good, though the Edgar Wallace and Dr. Mabuse films from the same period are better.<br /><br />George Nader, though little known in the US, was a big star in Germany at the time. When he died a few years ago, all major ran obituaries for him.Corahttp://corabuhlert.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-84557219749068190232011-09-23T02:57:49.486-05:002011-09-23T02:57:49.486-05:00I think there's a consensus that French popula...I think there's a consensus that French popular cinema of the fifties and sixties was better on the whole than German popular cinema of the same era. It still is. German TV movies are getting one-star reviews when they are shown in Finnish television.Jurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03021010310386744591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-83180472393646197962011-09-22T13:30:46.002-05:002011-09-22T13:30:46.002-05:00Yeah, I suspect they're probably not very good...Yeah, I suspect they're probably not very good. I might try one anyway. Or I might not. I used to watch those Eddie Constantine films when I was a kid and liked them.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-73791531115581221402011-09-22T13:22:30.367-05:002011-09-22T13:22:30.367-05:00I once tried to watch one, but couldn't. These...I once tried to watch one, but couldn't. These are not necessarily very good films, James.Jurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03021010310386744591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-89383007451308815522011-09-22T10:23:31.862-05:002011-09-22T10:23:31.862-05:00James, it appears that these films are available o...James, it appears that these films are available on Amazon as DVD-Rs or to rent from Amazon's streaming program. Fairly cheap too. It says nothing about if they are sub-titled or dubbed but they are presented by Sinister Cinema which used to sell all kinds of wierd and obscure stuff on video.Michael Davisnoreply@blogger.com