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director introductions - Otto Premin ...
By Risselada on Risselada Blog
" This is the first film I've seen by director Otto Preminger. Anatomy of a Murder A good courtroom drama, but less for the reasons that I would have expected. At some point finding out what really happened and who is guilty or innocent is not quite as important as just watching all of the different characters involved, their motives, methods, and relationships. Also notable for ... [More]"

Moral Tales, Filmic Issues
By Risselada on Risselada Blog
" Moral Tales, Filmic Issues This one isn't in the Spout database but I thought I'd mention it because I enjoyed it. You can see this on disc one of the Criterion Collection set of Eric Rohmer's Six Moral Tales. The first film in the set The Bakery Girl of Monceau is so short at 23 minutes that it would have seemed kind of wasteful to have nothing else on the disc. So we get t ... [More]"

A Generation

director ratings - Andrzej Wajda - K ...
By Risselada on Risselada Blog
" This is the second feature length film I've seen by director Andrzej Wajda. I chose to watch this film based on previous good ratings I've given other films by this director and to better my favorite directors by algorithm listing. Kanal I'm always so thrilled to find new movies as great as this. It's not great because everything that happens in it is so pleasant, but because ... [More]"

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Snow White
By Risselada on Risselada Blog
" Snow White The final feature length film from the DVD set "Treasures From American Film Archives" is a classic tale, but set some of the future standards of cinematic interpretations. Or at least it is known to have been a considerable influence on Walt Disney in his inspiration and execution of his own version of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. My biggest complaint is that ... [More]"

The Gold Rush

The Chechahcos
By Risselada on Risselada Blog
" The Chechahcos From disc three of the DVD set "Treasures From American Film Archives". An interesting silent feature set in the Alaska gold rush from director Lewis H. Moomaw. This is his only surviving film. Some action, romance, drama. The different settings like the boat, the lodges, and especially the Alaska landscapes are major points of interest as well though. It wa ... [More]"

Burn After Reading

director ratings - Joel and Ethan Co ...
By Risselada on Risselada Blog
" This is the forteenth feature length film I've seen by directors Joel and Ethan Coen. I chose to watch this film based on previous good ratings I've given other films by this director and to better my favorite directors by algorithm listing. A Serious Man It's a special moment that seems to have come around once a year in the fall season the last few years when I get to watch ... [More]"

The Toll of the Sea

The Toll of the Sea
By Risselada on Risselada Blog
" The Toll of the Sea Another one from the DVD set "Treasures From American Film Archives". This was the first "successful" feature film to use the two-tone Technicolor process through its entirety. It is doubtful that the film would have had even a small fraction of the notoriety it does not if it weren't for that distinguishing fact, although it isn't a horrible film. The on ... [More]"

All About Eve

director ratings - Joseph L. Mankiew ...
By Risselada on Risselada Blog
" This is the second feature length film I've seen by director Joseph L. Mankiewicz. I chose to watch this film based on previous good ratings I've given other films by this director and to better my favorite directors by algorithm listing. All About Eve I don't have too much to say about such a famous movie mostly because I feel like it must have all been said before, and I wou ... [More]"

The Butcher

director introductions - Claude Chab ...
By Risselada on Risselada Blog
" This is the first film I've seen by director Claude Chabrol. Le boucher (The Butcher) I first read about Charbrol as a master of suspense like Hitchcock or Clouzot, but with his own kind of psychological, sociological, and political slant. And he is kind of coming out of the French New Wave so there's that kind of feeling about it. I'll admit the suspense and mood were done we ... [More]"

Goodbye Solo review
By JimBell on JimBell Blog
" Why are neo-realist films (neo-neo-realist?) such as Goodbye Solo (2008) so difficult to understand? Goodbye Solo should be the rather straight-forward story of a buoyant, good-hearted cabbie, Solo (Suleymane Sy Savane), who tries to save a ride, William (Red West), from committing suicide. But trying to figure out what the film is saying is difficult. Why? For one thing, the f ... [More]"

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