(I'd add a clip from the movie but like I said I read the book not watched the movie... I've seen the movie I just finished reading the book)
Showing posts with label feature film. Show all posts
Showing posts with label feature film. Show all posts
16.8.11
The Big Red One - the novel
I realized I hadn't posted anything for a while so. Well I finished reading Sam Fuller's The Big Red One I've never been big on war books, but I trusted Sam Fuller to take me on a trip. I knew he wouldn't let me down. Sure he's not Faulkner but then again Faulkner wasn't Fuller when it came to the camera. Now I have to re-watch the film, and Lee Marvin is perfect for the Sergeant.
(I'd add a clip from the movie but like I said I read the book not watched the movie... I've seen the movie I just finished reading the book)
(I'd add a clip from the movie but like I said I read the book not watched the movie... I've seen the movie I just finished reading the book)
31.5.11
Agnes Varda - Le Bonhuer
A friend reminded me of this film... in an indirect way.
I remember when I first saw it it inspired me to write a story, now I just need to remember where that story is and if it's any good.
Le Bonjeur - 1965
Directed by Agnes Varda
![Agnès Varda - Short Films Collection - 2-DVD Set ( O saisons, ô châteaux / Plaisir d'amour en Iran / Du côté de la côte / Ydessa, les ours et etc. / Ulysse / Salut les cubains / 7p [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - France ]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uB7HWl9iODbnH5vKD0_Q7BiPAtGVWLxWDVbwXADqsyf3RJyOTS_pZw-x5ieddJPinGWEzOSlwFokYR2vHBFpd-lrV56N7UBSKJhSE5yTx794-c2eWqSzPoA3ME6Js6GiGlxpatYh4BXneJC1vCoj2IjSiOOPr45kDrOO9hiu11swJbb7foECPujmqU2NRa1C5v67cjJTrkVf0VrkQEoJMV_PhD46kyD84=s0-d)
I remember when I first saw it it inspired me to write a story, now I just need to remember where that story is and if it's any good.
Le Bonjeur - 1965
Directed by Agnes Varda
3.5.11
Lars von Trier ends the world
Lars von Trier, one of our most forward thinking cinema artists has a new film coming soon.
Melancholia
"A beautiful movie about the end of the world" - Lar von Trier
That sounds very dangerous to me, he has something up his sleeve. I expect to be devastated and inspired with each frame.
On top of it all it again stars Charlotte Gainsbourg also with Kristen Dunst, Charlotte Rampling, Stellan Skarsgard, Alexander Skarsgard, Kierfer Sutherland
Melancholia
"A beautiful movie about the end of the world" - Lar von Trier
That sounds very dangerous to me, he has something up his sleeve. I expect to be devastated and inspired with each frame.
On top of it all it again stars Charlotte Gainsbourg also with Kristen Dunst, Charlotte Rampling, Stellan Skarsgard, Alexander Skarsgard, Kierfer Sutherland
26.4.11
Akim, Sturges and McGinty
The Great McGinty (1940)
Written and Directed by Preston Sturges. An amazing satire on political power. Starring Akim Tamiroff and Brian Donlevy.
It was Sturges' directorial debut. This film stands the test of time... maybe because the idea of corrupt politicians still exists. Tamiroff as The Boss, is played to perfection.
Written and Directed by Preston Sturges
Cast: Akim Tamiroff, Brian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus, William Demarest, Allyn Joslyn, Libby Taylor, Harry Rosenthal
Paramount Pictures
Both Tamiroff and Donlevy reprised their roles in Sturges' 1944 comedy The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Production on the film was delayed to allow Akim Tamiroff to do The Way of All Flesh, but it began on December 15 1939.
Written and Directed by Preston Sturges. An amazing satire on political power. Starring Akim Tamiroff and Brian Donlevy.
It was Sturges' directorial debut. This film stands the test of time... maybe because the idea of corrupt politicians still exists. Tamiroff as The Boss, is played to perfection.
Written and Directed by Preston Sturges
Cast: Akim Tamiroff, Brian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus, William Demarest, Allyn Joslyn, Libby Taylor, Harry Rosenthal
Paramount Pictures
Both Tamiroff and Donlevy reprised their roles in Sturges' 1944 comedy The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Production on the film was delayed to allow Akim Tamiroff to do The Way of All Flesh, but it began on December 15 1939.
Honeymoon In Bali (1939)
As a reviewer pointed out... "Akim Tamiroff is underplayed as the window washer"
I take that to mean that Akim was the best thing about this film, as always.
It's great films like this are in the public domain. I found it here: http://www.archive.org/details/my_love_for_yours_ipod
Somebody wrote this somewhere else about the movie:
"MY LOVE FOR YOURS is a public domainer that was theatrically titled, "Honeymoon in Bali." The picture's original "Are Husbands Necessary?" name was jettisoned when leading lady Madeleine Carroll landed in divorce court.
"Bali" is the sort of escapist light comedy that was most common during the Great Depression's earlier years. (F. Scott Fitzgerald is rumored to have contributed to the script.) It's the story of Gail Allen, an upscale career gal whose vow to never marry is sorely tried when Bill Burnett (MacMurray), a visitor to Manhattan from Bali, meets and falls in love with her."
I take that to mean that Akim was the best thing about this film, as always.
It's great films like this are in the public domain. I found it here: http://www.archive.org/details/my_love_for_yours_ipod
Somebody wrote this somewhere else about the movie:
"MY LOVE FOR YOURS is a public domainer that was theatrically titled, "Honeymoon in Bali." The picture's original "Are Husbands Necessary?" name was jettisoned when leading lady Madeleine Carroll landed in divorce court.
"Bali" is the sort of escapist light comedy that was most common during the Great Depression's earlier years. (F. Scott Fitzgerald is rumored to have contributed to the script.) It's the story of Gail Allen, an upscale career gal whose vow to never marry is sorely tried when Bill Burnett (MacMurray), a visitor to Manhattan from Bali, meets and falls in love with her."
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