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Kaplan is Captain
by Dan
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Would you believe it? A lost film by Jules Dassin was unearthed in Hamburg this week. In the storage closet of an old optometrist's workshop, the reels were propping up, of all things, a TV. Inherited from his father, the owner didn't know what they were until a news crew was filming a story at his shop about looters. They read the labels on the canisters and screened the film that night out of curiosity. It's dated 1953, it's called Kaplan is Captain, and it's shot in New York City. Apparently Dassin's interpretation of a Leopold-Loeb-type story, it follows the psyche of Theodore Kaplan, a well-off New York socialite on the cusp of a marital engagement. Kaplan is totally set to finish off his days of galavanting, when he receives an anonymous note: "I'm going to kill you, just because I can." The rest of the film is spent with Kaplan trying to discover his potential murderer to either prove their guilt, or simply get to them first. And this, with its concrete shadows and topcoat mist, is the film's music. [Buy] Posted by Dan at September 20, 2011 11:56 PMComments
That's such a weird coincidence for me that you posted a Moondog track. I was just looking earlier this month for Moondog on StG and the last time you posted one of his songs was six years ago! Posted by Bryce at September 21, 2011 2:46 AMI didn't know Moondog, but this is beautiful. Posted by Sander at September 23, 2011 7:57 AMisn't it called "up broadway"? kafka, north carolina Posted by kafka at September 25, 2011 3:58 PMPost a comment |
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Sean Michaels lives in Montreal, where he is writing a novel. His work also occasionally appears at McSweeney's. Follow him on Twitter or reach him here.
Dan Beirne is an actor and writer living in Toronto. He writes fiction fiction fiction on here. It may feel true, but it is never True. He is most proud of his most recent project The Bitter End. Email him here Jordan Himelfarb lives in Toronto. He is an opinion editor at the Toronto Star. Jordan's posts appear at Said the Gramophone only on the last Wednesday of every month. Email him here. Site design and header typography by Neale McDavitt-Van Fleet. The header graphic is randomized: this one is by . 
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