Sorry for this somewhat OT request. I'm writing something short and would like to refresh my memory if possible, so if anyone has a tape of this film please...
... To return to the subject, the Grim Reaper has been busy again. This time it is Perry Henzell, director of THE HARDER THEY FALL, starring Jimmy Cliff, which...
... This is very generous of you, JPC, but should not Fred be encouraged to see the film in 35mm form in view of his feelings about DVD and VHS? But, on the...
... hour "Greed"... ... encouraged ... VHS? ... is ... I guess Fred had it coming to him, but I refrained from the taunt as it seemed too obvious. To refresh...
First, thanks very much to the three different people who wrote me offlist with an offer. I've taken one. This is a great help. ... The thread that followed...
Fred, it's no big deal but I am a little annoyed that you are quoting me incompletely and giving the impression that I originated or at least approved Tony's...
JPC, OK, I apologize. I don't mind a little teasing either. It just seemed like a big deal was being made about nothing! If someone had asked me a "straight"...
Saw it last night. Incredibly impressive, extremely moving. I can't think of an American filmmaker who has so thoroughly engaged with a foreign culture and its...
Does this mean it is coming out sooner than next year? Brian ... From: David Ehrenstein To: a_film_by@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 1:03 PM...
... seemed ... Fred, It was a "little teasing" and I hoped you would accept it in that spirit. However, I've found that the internet is not a good mechanism to...
... <peckinpah20012000@...> wrote: And now, sadly, at the age of 58, Claude Jade well known for her Truffaut roles and appearance in Hitchcock's TOPAZ, among...
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA's big city release was moved back to December 20th, Brian, apparently in reaction to the perceived failure (or at least disappointing...
Yes. It's going to get an Oscar Qualifying week in N.Y. and L.A. ... ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do...
It might be OT, but can't help pointing the current craze among mystery short story writers for sleuths from around the world. Among the best short stories ...
... "It might be OT, but can't help pointing the current craze among mystery short story writers for sleuths from around the world...Rex Burns' tales of an...
... "...Of course "Anatahan" takes place in Sternbergville (a suburb of Alphaville next door to Guitryland.)" True. But Sternberg's film is a very close...
... I have a sneaking suspicion that Sternberg's "Docks of New York" was one of the top five Hollywood films in terms of influencing Japan's great 30s...
I include the Japanese title in the header of this query because I gather the English title is a series misrepresentation, and that the original means "Tales...
Another death: Claude Jade, who was Jean-Pierre Leaud's girlfriend in "Stolen kisses" (in which she teaches him how to spread butter on a biscotte without...
... "...the original [title] means 'Tales of a Woman by Saikaku.'" "Saikaku's Life of a Woman" is closer; "ichidai" is literally lifetime, and has the...
This did show in New York recently but as it's the only print of this I've ever seen I can only confirm that it did seem too dark (several others agreed, but...
... <kerpan@...> wrote: "I have a sneaking suspicion that Sternberg's 'Docks of New York' was one of the top five Hollywood films in terms of influencing...
There are mysteries to discover in this film, though they remain so elusive that I doubt I will ever be able to watch it enough times to figure them out. The...
... Japan ... particular ... that ... It's more than a little depressing in both cases. When I first saw "Life of Oharu" around 35 years ago, it was in an...
... The French DVD I have definitely shows traces of Tanaka's shadow at the end -- and looks pretty decent overall. Much better than the British DVD, from...