Episode 145
December 23, 2023
A Cold Place
MST3K 617 • The Sword and the Dragon
Hosted by Chris Piuma and Charlotte Wells
Happy Holidays! Let’s gather round to hear the tale of The Sword and the Dragon , or at least let’s hear Chris and Charlotte talking about Ilya Muromets, Ingmar Bergman, August Strindberg, Sven, and Ole.
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Show Notes.
MST3K Wiki. IMDb. Trailer (for the restorated version).
Support us on Patreon to hear the interview with Chris and to hear Chris, Charlotte, and Beth (!!!) talk about the 1970 musical Scrooge with a bunch of other Megaphonic hosts.
Our episodes on the other “holiday” experiments: The Day the Earth Froze, Jack Frost, and The Magic Voyage of Sinbad.
Ilya Muromets on the Myths and Legends podcast.
One telling of the legend of Ilya Muromets and the “wind demon”.
Kyivan Rus’ and Varangians.
A review of the restored version of the film.
You can buy the restored version from Deaf Crocodile, or if you’re willing to deal with YouTube’s compression, MosFilm is sharing it there (with the same subtitles).
The New Gulliver (Aleksandr Ptushko, 1935).
Cal Smith: Country Bumpkin.
A few years ago, the Criterion Channel did a thing involving The Seventh Seal’s most famous scene.
Persona (Ingmar Bergman, 1966).
August Strindberg: A Dream Play (Ingmar Bergman, 1963).
Strindberg and Helium. (More about the project.) (UPDATE: It’s over 20 years old.)
More about August Strindberg and Henryk Ibsen.
Edvard Grieg: In the Hall of the Mountain King.
And again, support us on Patreon if you want to give us a gift for the holidays, and we’ll give you some gifts in return! But whether you do or not, have a happy holiday.