I love this Lubitsch masterpiece too, and just saw it again last Saturday on TCM, like Elizabeth. Franz Lehar composed operettas from 1902 through 1934. He was...
... This is useful info, as I'm just about nine months past my fingernail injury. ... "There's a limit to every widow." ... Yes - this music was very popular....
... it will ... injury) ... fingernail ... of -- ... Dan, with all due respect, you shouldn't make fun of Elizabeth's take on widowhood (for one thing, I...
Amazing that such a grreat film was completely ingnored by the Melbourne International Film Festival and local distribuotrs, even ACMI! (ironic because MIFF...
Thanks for the defense, JP, but no offense taken in Dan's comment... I genuinely believe he has a nail problem. My cinematic contribution to afb is meager...
... An interesting combination of adjectives. The film could be called tragic, but I wouldn't go for "nihilistic" - it is fascinated with the existence of its...
... often and ... Sure...but these days 'actors' are pretty much the movie, especially in the US, but even in Europe - I mean Isabelle Huppert these days is a...
... especially in the US, but even in Europe - I mean Isabelle Huppert these days is a genre unto herself. But couldn't the same be said of Dietrich or Garbo...
... Well hasn't she always? When "Camille" opened nobody said"Oh look, it's the new George Cukor movie!" ... Some are. Todd Haynes has a very particular ...
... No no no no no. And no. Sticking to films I regard as great, compare: "The Scarlett Empress" (von Sternberg) with "Rancho Notorious" (Lang) "Beyond the...
Pretty amazing story http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/02/movies/02bran.html?8hpib I met Cammell at the press screening of "White of the Eye." And I met China...
... visions, in which the "star" functions according to that vision, persona transformed. But if a director's vision transforms a star's persona, stars are...
Brian, I never said actors have no effect. I earlier wrote that "Vertigo" would not have succeeded with certain other actresses. But you stated that for the...
... OK maybe (maybe!) that works for the films you listed. But what about these sequences: Bette Davis BEYOND THE FOREST (Vidor); ALL ABOUT EVE (Mank); THE...
Elizabeth - I just wanted to let you know that this was a very moving post. Thank you! Kevin John [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
I'm sure others have noticed this. The number of monthly posts has been dwindling: May - 1430 June - 1016 July - 831 I'd like to think the Film and Politics...
... The director is gaining back his name, but only amongst a small percentage of the audience. I once talked with a reviewer, who reviewed back in the 40s...
... vision that *is* the movie. But what exactly is a "transformative vision?" Where does it reside? How does it operate? I also disagree that a movie can be...
... that directors today are worse than for instance during the studio system. & ... today is output. I think that may be part of it. Actors today work much...
Brian, You wrote: "I also disagree that a movie can be reduced to a single "transforming vision." To do so is to reduce the movie to the status of a commodity...
A radical idea that I'm sure we all agree with but are giving short shrift in the interest of debate: films are complex objects that can co-exist in a number...
... I was trying to talk about something different than just the importance of the actor, though I can sense that there are some gaps in my thinking here. I...
... It's a question ... Yes and no. "North By NorthWest" is a perfect example of both director and star demonstrating absolute mastery -- in tandem. Hitchcock...
... status of a commodity"? By eliminating the role of the viewer and resting the entire work of art in the "transformative vision" of the artist, the work...
I've been looking everywhere for a copy of Ted Allan's stage script for "Love Streams" with no luck. Does anyone have an idea where could obtain one? (print...
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