... Often doorways are metaphors for the film watching experience, as in the opening and closing of "The Searchers," the opening of "Rio Bravo," the flower...
Tragic news. I discovered Yang when Channel 4 screened TAIPEI STORY in the early 90s, and instantly understood that I was watching something by a world-class...
... "Tact"? Please note that heterosexuals have no need for "tact." There are of ... Perhaps her bisexuality is part of that. In "Je tu il elle" she plays a...
I add my condolences too. We have lost another important creative talent in a cinematic world dominated too much by intellectual "pygmies." On the rumor, let...
Hard to believe how young he was. My first Yang film--Mahjong--I didn't like that much, but the rest-- Yi, Yi, A Brighter Summer Day--were incredible. It's a...
... On Tsai's MySpace profile (interests: "Water [running, rain, floods], communication, masturbation, human depravity..."), he describes himself as "single,"...
... Hey Tsai watup dawg. Thanks for the add. Peeeaccccccceeeee... -B-monkey. {insert obnoxious, unsized graphic and irritatingly tinny pop song here.} (Sorry,...
... Given the tyranny of evidence that's reigned on this list of late, I think we should be VERY careful and state that this MySpace page was not created by ...
... Thanks for linking this, David. I read the whole article and really enjoyed it. Vidor's filming of the "Over the Rainbow" number in one long take, ...
... That's why I linked it. Such simplicity seems almost avant-garde today. But you'll find it in the best musicals. Sure we rememebr sweeping camera movements...
In the absence of a Minnelli or a Chuck Walters, what we need is Tsai directing musical sequences in ten-minute takes. Another great instance of a song in a...
I did not write the words quoted below, as I have not seen "The Wayward Cloud." (David did). I do agree that one should choose the right car based on your...
Pardon the noise, it seems that when submitted via the web, an add is auto-inserted after hitting send--if one shows up this time, that's definitely the case....
... is ... misdemeanor. ... the ... any ... advice ... deleting ... an ... SLAP! The greatest Berkeley long take (including opticals) must be the opening and...
... Next to "Lullaby of Biradway," my favorite Berkeley number is "The Lady in Red" from "In Caliente" also featuring Winni Shaw. She leads a troupe of ...
... So "The WAC from Walla Walla" appears in a Berkeley film! I only saw her in her last appearance in THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN (1960?) As a 40s...
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001692/ Were I running things this would be an international holiday. "The Devils" is, next to Watkins' "La Commune," one of the...
... I was going to say...actually, as I have mentioned before, about Rob Marshall's frenetically anti-Bazinian, hyperactive mise-en-scene for the Rock, Roll,...
... I agree! I just watched THE DEVILS again to celebrate Ken's birthday and it remains one of the greatest movies ever made. A true visionary turns 80, all...
From IMDB: Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has turned down a request by director Oliver Stone to be interviewed for a documentary film about him. Aides...
"That should wake up the neighbors", says John McClane right after throwing a villain (first of many) through the window in the initial action sequence of Len...
Angelenos get their chance to see Rivette's OUT 1 on July 28th and 29th at the Billy Wilder Theater / Hammer Museum. UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Los...
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