SKY ROOM TALK
Broadsword Calling Danny Boy: WHERE EAGLES DARE
Thursday, May 2 at 7:30 pm | Members $11 | Public $16
Author Geoff Dyer in person
The Sky Room Cafe will be closing at 5 PM the evening of this event.
Join acclaimed author Geoff Dyer for a funny and engaging multi-media exploration of the 1960s World War II movie Where Eagles Dare, a film he has loved since childhood, and the subject of his new book, "Broadsword Calling Danny Boy."
Geoff Dyer’s earlier book on film, Zona, was about Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker, so it was perhaps inevitable that he should next devote his unique critical and stylistic energies to Brian G. Hutton’s Where Eagles Dare. A thrilling Alpine adventure starring a magnificent, bleary-eyed Richard Burton and a dynamically lethargic Clint Eastwood, Where Eagles Dare is the apex of 1960s World War II movies, by turns enjoyable and preposterous. Where Eagles Dare centers upon a daring rescue and even more daring escape. Disguised as Nazi officers, commandos Burton and Eastwood, along with six other courageous souls parachute behind enemy lines. Their mission: to rescue an American general, held captive in a supposedly impenetrable Alpine castle. Broadsword Calling Danny Boy is Dyer’s hilarious tribute to a film he has loved since childhood: it’s a scene-by-scene analysis—taking us from its snowy, Teutonic opening credits to its vertigo-inducing climax. With a lively mix of clips from Where Eagles Dare, entertaining anecdotes, and humorous analysis, Dyer takes us on a delightful journey through this beloved movie.