Dedications: My four late friends Rory, Stan, Bryan, Jeff - shine on you crazy diamonds, they would have blogged too. Then theres Garry from Brisbane, Franco in Milan, Mike now in S.F. / my '60s-'80s gang: Ned & Joseph in Ireland; in England: Frank, Des, Guy, Clive, Joe & Joe, Ian, Ivan, Nick, David, Les, Stewart, the 3 Michaels / Catriona, Sally, Monica, Jean, Ella, Anne, Candie / and now: Daryl in N.Y., Jerry, John, Colin, Martin and Donal.

Thursday 13 September 2012

Autumn season: list of coming attractions

The Movie Projector has been turned off for a week or two, while we take a break and recharge our batteries. Back soon with lots of new and oldies to comment on, including:

Antonioni centenary - 29 September
ARTISTS & MODELS - Tashlin's cartoon with Martin & Lewis, Ekberg, McLaine & Malone
BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING - Otto's 1965 London thriller with some great casting
TWO WEEKS IN ANOTHER TOWN - Minnelli's glittering 1962 look at the La Dolce Vita set
A RAGE TO LIVE - Suzanne Pleshette in 1965 trash classic based on John O'Hara
ALBERT NOBBS - Glenn's intriguing latest
TINKER TAILOR SOLIDER SPY - great cast, great movie ?
THE LOVED ONE - Tony Richardson's all-star 1965 take on Evelyn Waugh
LORD LOVE A DUCK - delirious Tuesday Weld in Axelrod's 1966 comedy
HURRY SUNDOWN and THE CHASE - two 1966 all-star Deep South melodramas
HARPER - Newman's '66 detective, with Bacall, Harris, Leigh, Winters
THE COMPETITION - a Lee Remick film I have not seen
LE CEREMONIE and some other Chabrols
THE SKIN I LIVE IN and those Almodovars ...
EUROPA '51 - Another re-discovered Rossellini-Bergman classic
SENSO - Alida Valli in Visconti's 1954 masterwork
8 and a half - rediscovering Fellini's 1963 opus which I was probably too young for then ... 
LA RONDE x 2: Ophuls in 1950 and Vadim's in 1964
A DOLL'S HOUSE x 2: Losey's with Jane Fonda & Seyrig; and the Claire Bloom version, both 1973
Catherine Deneuve x 5: THE LAST METRO, THE HUNGER, INDOCHINE, 2 by Techine ..
Delphine Seyrig x 5: the delicious DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS, and - finally - JEANNE DIELMAN...who lives in Brussels and WHO ARE YOU POLLY MAGOO? !, A DOLL'S HOUSE and Duras' INDIA SONG.
LE MONTE CHARGE and some French flicks directed by Robert Hossein
PERVERSION STORY - another Jean Sorel giallo set in San Francisco in '69
Eurobabes we like: Senta Berger, Scilla Gabel, Marisa Mell.
More 'People We Like': Peter Finch, Alan Bates, David Warner, Flora Robson, Vera Miles.
More Romy Schneider and Gerard Philipe and ......
Sam Fuller items: UNDERWORLD USA, THE CRIMSON KIMONO, VERBOTEN
Phil Karlson thrillers: FIVE AGAINST THE HOUSE, TIGHT SPOT, THE PHOENIX CITY STORY.
Ozu: THERE WAS A FATHER, THE ONLY SON and that 'Noriko' trilogy ...
Russian classics: BALLAD OF A SOLDIER, THE CRANES ARE FLYING, THE LETTER THAT WAS NOT SENT. 
THE SHOP ON MAIN STREET - that stunning Czech 1966 Best Picture contender ...
American Dramas: THIS PROPERTY IS CONDEMNED, SUMMER AND SMOKE, TOYS IN THE ATTIC, ALL FALL DOWN and THE CHAPMAN REPORT (again)
ARACHNOPHOBIA - I hate spiders but love this 1990 treat
A PLACE FOR LOVERS - Faye and Marcello in Vittorio's long-gone 1969 trash sudser - I used to have a glossy of goddessy Faye in it on my wall.
LEO THE LAST - Marcello again in John Boorman's very bizarre 1970 rarity.

1 comment:

  1. That is some eclectic list! Bring them on.

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