A little bit too late for the news but just a memorial post for this great actor Ben Gazzara.I actually don’t remember your name but your face is familiar enough for me. Ben Gazzara films I have seen: Opening Night Buffalo ’66 The Big Lebowski Dogville Paris,Je t’aime I know I must have missed some major […]
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R.I.P. Theo Angelopoulos
R.I.P. Great Master Eternity Theme,from Eternity and a Day.The score I have listened over and over again. Eternity Theme Variation I My fav Angelopoulos film so far: Landscape in the Mist,seen it twice,can’t […]
Are You “Adventurous” Enough to Try Eclipse Series?
Here is a brief introduction about Eclipse Series on Criterion.com: Eclipse is a selection of lost,forgotten,or overshadowed classics in simple,affordable editions.Each Series is a brief cinematheque retrospective for the adventurous home viewer. The last few words “adventurous home viewer” interest me,I think there are 2 reasons Criterion call these people “adventurous“. First,the “overshadowed ” Eclipse Series are less […]
Fashions in Rear Window
You must have seen lots of reviews of this film, but this one is quite different. Today I’m going to talk about the fashion elements in this film, yes, FASHIONS. Speaking of Rear Window, few people will notice what great success it has achieved in fashion perspective, which should be attributed to 3 person: The […]
Toru Takemitsu – Sound is also Part of Film Score
Masahiro Shinoda’s Pale Flower has profoundly impressed me with its mysterious and captivating plot as well as its diversified special features. The 30-minute selected scene commentary on Toru Takemitsu’s scores was indisputably a marvel. As a big fan of Toru, I do feel it necessary to eulogize his musical accomplishments in the realm of movie. […]
Unescapable in Ealing Style
If you have seen both of the films below which starred the incomparable Alec Guinness,you know what the title means,two great endings Kind Hearts and Coronets(1949) The Lavender Hill Mob(1951) […]