Cinema takes up a good part of the best television offering of this time: Be Mad broadcasts “Master and Commander”, which has already become a classic of adventure cinema. TCM, on the other hand, offers Patton, an iconoclastic biography of the controversial general, and Movistar Clásicos broadcasts a highlight of cinema history, The Seventh Seal by Ingmar Bergman. Antena 3’s prime time is occupied by a new episode of “Speaking in Silver”, which in this case focuses on the ordeal that digital procedures bring to some seniors. Additionally, MasterChef Celebrity returns to La 1 with 15 new popular characters in its kitchens.
“Patton”
1:30 p.m., TCM
United States, 1970 (167 minutes). Directed by: Franklin J. Schaffner. Cast: George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Edward Binns, Michael Bates.
A magnificent recreation of the life of the famous American general that escapes the conventions of conventional biographical films and approaches the character from a critical perspective. The behind-the-camera work of Franklin Schaffner, creator of such gems as “Planet of the Apes,” reveals a filmmaker as meticulous as he is imaginative, while George C. Scott sets standards with his performance, which won an Oscar but was rejected by the The jury rejected the actor.
‘Master and Commander’
6:00 p.m., Be crazy
USA-Australia, 2003 (132 minutes). Director: Peter Weir. Cast: Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, James d’Arcy, Edward Woodall.
There are very few filmmakers who are able to recreate the flavor of old adventure films and undoubtedly one of them is Peter Weir, as marvels like Gallipoli and Dead Poets Society attest. It was the writer Patrick O’Brien who created Captain Jack Aubrey as a literary character in an excellent series of novels; His adventures aboard the warship HMS Surprise and his obsessive stalking of the Acheron, the flagship of Napoleon’s fleet, serve to create a flood of cinema for Weir, a portrait of characters that oscillates between lyricism and naturalism, and an unforgettable compendium of the Codes of adventurous cinema, seen with a fascinated and aggressive gaze.
“The Seventh Seal”
10 p.m., Movistar Classics
Det Sjunde Island. Sweden, 1957 (92 minutes). Director: Ingmar Bergmann. Actors: Max von Sydow, Gunnard Björnstrad, Nils Poppe.
Bergman’s cinema was already rich in masterpieces of the format “A Summer with Monica” and “Night at the Circus” before he directed “The Seventh Seal”, a work that acts as the hinge of his filmography and is condensed into a story that is destroyed in the plays in medieval Europe. which will be his major themes for decades: death, love, fear and the search for God. Bergman soon revolutionized cinema with Wild Strawberries and moved on to iconic, gigantic films: The Communicants, Persona, Hour of the Wolf, Shame…
“MasterChef Celebrity” returns
10:35 p.m., 1
Fifteen new popular characters embark on the culinary adventure of the eighth edition of MasterChef Celebrity. A delivery that offers new challenges and that, in its outdoor tests, takes places such as the Mediterranean Sea Park in Ceuta, the Camino Lebaniego in San Vicente de la Barquera, the Marquis Palace in Luján or the Gran Vía in Madrid will witness the return of the Musicals Mamma Mia.
Digital procedures for older people
10:45 p.m., antenna 3
Sonsoles Ónega and Alberto Chicote are at the helm of the Speaking in Silver section, which broadcasts an episode dedicated to the ordeal that digital procedures bring to some seniors. This is an invisible barrier, the so-called digital divide, that hinders them in carrying out tasks such as managing retirement, completing paperwork at the bank, withdrawing money from an ATM or making appointments online… The lack of personal treatment in services It represents an overexertion for them, which in many cases ends up defeating them.
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