Man in the Shadows: Val Lewton ( )

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Man in the Shadows: Val Lewton, Martin Scorsese and Kent Jones celebrate Lewton, his key team and their films.

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"5 STARS! *****MAN IN THE SHADOWS: VAL LEWTON premiered at the Telluride Film Festival this year and the minute we saw it in the program book, we knew it was going to be one of the real highlights for us. We stood in line for 1 ½ hours to see it and it was absolutely worth it! If you’ve never heard of Val Lewton, this new documentary is the perfect introduction to his incredible body of work. To say that he worked on “B-films” doesn’t do justice to the quality of work he produced during his short career or the amount of creative influence he exerted on his pictures -- a fact you’ll soon see upon viewing some of the clips included in this seriously-researched, brilliantly directed and edited documentary. Director Kent Jones isn’t content to simply surface-skim Lewton’s accomplishments but actually delves deep and reveals how much of Lewton’s personal history is reflected and used creatively in his work. Jones’ insights, couple ... " [More]

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"we (my husband and i) had a really good time in Telluride this year, even while waiting in the rain. we did pretty good with getting into programs and i guess we were lucky since we were ticket-buyers (the lowest caste of all filmgoers…we don’t get a chance to even buy tickets until all the passholders are seated). our strategy was to try and guess what everybody else wanted to see and do the opposite...we also stuck mostly to the larger theaters. almost everyone we talked to, though, was complaining of not getting into movies. there was even a man with a patron pass who showed up 20 minutes before a screening and couldn’t get in, which is unheard of. i think some of the problems might have been with scheduling, as it seemed that everything was either overflowing or half full. FRIDAY THE DAWN OF SOUND: HOW MOVIES LEARNED TO TALK -- very interesting documentary about how sound in movies came about. lots of Vitaphone clips and interviews. BRICK LANE -- directed by ... " [More]

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