[quote=“Phil H, post:5760, topic:1923”]This link to Wikipedia should help.
This one to the BFI site probably even better.
These films were very popular for many years here in the UK and became staple stuff for Sunday afternoon telly when I was a kid. They are still very enjoyable films I think and also act as a kind of window on their times. Lower budget films about every day people set in ordinary places. Passport to Pimlico, for example, is ostensibly about a little patch of London that declares independence but has a backdrop of rationing and the austerity of post war Britain which is central to its premise and the motivations of its characters.[/quote]
thanks, Phil, looks interesting - i´ll track some of them down somewhere, to find out
from fifties i´ve seen probably mainly Jerry Lewis flicks, and forties, that´s a real undiscovered country for me
“They Call Her One Eye” ( 1973). better than i expected it to be and quite violent and sleazy for it’s time. Christina Lindberg was pretty and had to put up with a lot of abuse. 6/10
I watched The Town this afternoon and thought it kicked ass. Ben Affleck’s best directorial effort to date and chock full of great heist scenes. Some good casting as well, with Jeremy Renner being particularly good.
[quote=“Yodlaf Peterson, post:5764, topic:1923”]The Walking Dead - Watched the first series over the last couple of days, good stuff but could have had a bit more Zombie mayhem.[/quote]that’s the point it’s not just about the zombies, it’s the human stories too.
Max Van Der Veer is a highly respected restaurant critic who runs a divine food magazine. He publishes a piece in the magazine about the ultimate four course meal, each course of that meal created by one of the top chefs in Europe. But when the Chefs start to me murdered in the style of one of their dishes…
Watched it this evening, what a really enjoyable film. Morley steals the show with some fantastic dialogue and snappy answer backs. One of which when asked if they should do a meal based on the last supper he says how bland it would be and asks “what’s next? The Andes Plane Crash Cookbook” (or very close to them lines)
yesterday i watched Harsh Times (2005) with Christian Bale
entertaining from start to the end, i was pleasantly surprised
cheap-looking, but winning on different levels than action - cruel street life is interwoven with chilling sense of humor delivered by superb Bale´s acting of mentally unstable afganisthan ex-soldier who wants to join feds
Uau, never have seen it before She Conan or something, pitty that Laurene Landon doesn’t come near to Arnie in…acting terms. Its one of those case cases of a film that does not deserves the soundtrack it got, a very classical one from the Master himself.
The funny thing is that the film does start in a great mode, the first scene is amazing, raw and brutal, but its all downhill from there, sometimes it seems more like a comedy (a bad one).
At least you get see a few naked babes, and absorb some SW feeling, it was shot in Almeria and with two exceptions got a full Spanish cast Maria Casal for instance went to become a very familiar face in Spanish TV, we can even hear Spanish in the market scene (as if it was some strange exotic language I guess).
Matt Cimber who irecteed this turkey is best known for his Pia Zadora films, and he did a very good and eerie strange film The witch that came from the sea, but apart from that initial scene, wasn’t too inspired in this one. Female barbarian warriors never got much luck on the screen, there’s only one John Milius I’m afraid
Great score, lousy film, but it does have the so bad its almost good (almost) factor
Alot of bank robbery films in the 70’s, some less serious than others. This one involves George C Scott and pals robbing the actual bank. Short film and probably better for it in this silly but harmless film.
THE HUMAN FACTOR - George Kennedy stars as John Kinsdale, a humble man who turns to violence when his family are killed by criminals. Great performance from Kennedy as he seeks out those responsible and dishes out vengeance.
Also starring Raf Vallone, John Mills and Rita Tushingham.
The Morricone soundtrack occasionally sounds similar to some of his score for The Executioner.
And Then There Were None
-Murder mystery thriller based on Agatha Christie’s novel. Story is a little bit changed for the film but I think this is only a good thing. You keep guessing the murderer till the end. Great cast too.
[quote=“Yodlaf Peterson, post:5770, topic:1923”]THE HUMAN FACTOR - George Kennedy stars as John Kinsdale, a humble man who turns to violence when his family are killed by criminals. Great performance from Kennedy as he seeks out those responsible and dishes out vengeance.
Also starring Raf Vallone, John Mills and Rita Tushingham.
The Morricone soundtrack occasionally sounds similar to some of his score for The Executioner.
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Fantastic artwork, but I haven’t seen the film, unfortunately
We were talking about Ealing comedies the other day. Truffaut was a great fan of these movies and they were a major influence on Vivement Dimanche.
Every Ealing fan should try this film.
[quote=“scherpschutter, post:5779, topic:1923”]We were talking about Ealing comedies the other day. Truffaut was a great fan of these movies and they were a major influence on Vivement Dimanche.
Every Ealing fan should try this film.[/quote]
Talking about Fanny Ardant, for the next 30 days the French cinema festival will take place in Lisbon, and I just missed the chance of having a Carole Bouquet autograph, but I think Fanny will be in Lisbon (or Porto, the festival will last until the end of the year in other cities), also it will be a good chance to see some French movies in the big screen for the first time
About Vivement Dimanche in the somehow Truffaut’s uneven career, its one of his best films also its last .
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