By the Bluest of Seas – Cannon Fodder Episode 6

By Daniel Barnes on January 30, 2024

Dare Daniel Presents: Canon Fodder – Episode 6

By the Bluest of Seas (1936; Dir.: Boris Barnet)

Shipwrecked cinephiles Daniel and Corky are whisked away to a collectivist paradise by Boris Barnet’s ebullient musical comedy. But will your hosts deem this enchantingly effervescent slice of vile Communist propaganda Canon-worthy, or will they blast it out of the water?

BY THE BLUEST OF SEAS FACTS & FIGURES

Sight & Sound 2022 Critics List Ranking: #211 (tied)

IMDB synopsis: “Two best friends shipwreck on an island in the Caspian Sea and fall in love with the same woman while helping the villagers of their new home.”

CLIPS AND CLIPPINGS

By the Bluest of Seas full movie

NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1972; Dir.: Rainier Werner Fassbinder)

IMDB synopsis: “A lonely widow meets a much younger Moroccan worker in a bar during a rainstorm. They fall in love, to their own surprise and to the outright shock of their families, colleagues, and drinking buddies.”

Our review of Ali: Fear Eats the Soul comes out on Feb. 6, 2024!