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Viewing The Third Man for the A ...
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"What's the AFI project, you ask? For more information, or if you just enjoy my bemused ramblings, read here:http://www.spout.com/blog s/pippin06/archive/2008/3/1/25 756.aspx The Third Man is on the following AFI lists:
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AFI's 10 Top 10: Mystery
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"The mystery list is another one that seems poorly conceived. Unlike animation, “mystery” may be a genre, but the way it is defined and applied in the AFI list leads to a muddled selection of films.The AFI defines mystery as “a genre that revolves around the solution of a crime”. I'm not convinced that that adequately describes the films on the list, or, even if it does, it is absurdly reductive. Most ironically, the definition seems least appropriate when applied to the list's top selection, Vertigo (1958), which does not actually revolve around the solution of a crime at all, but a domestic mystery, and is really about Scottie's (Jimmy Stewart) inner-demons and obsessions in any event. Similar questions can be raised about other movies on this Top 10. For example, the second film on the list, Chinatown (1974), certainly starts with a mysterious murder, but part of the point of the film is that some “crimes” aren't illegal at all, and may even be facilitated by laws. The plot of T ... "
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Lady Frankenstein (1971)
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"Mel Welles’ reimagining of the Frankenstein story is a ludicrous and exploitative film that rejects art for lurid sex scenes and unconvincing violence. Whereas Mary Shelley’s novel was a masterpiece of the gothic literary movement, examining the hubris of a scientist who wishes to create life unnaturally, this story pays only lip service to those themes. Sure, the characters have debates about whether they are doing the right thing and the risks inherent in their choices but the film never convinces when talking about morality. Perhaps it’s the score of topless women that somewhat distracts from any pretence at a greater meaning to this tale. Joseph Cotten plays the older Dr Frankenstein, the scientist experimenting with cadavers in the hope of creating new life. After three years of work he finally succeeds in but the brain he uses in his experiment is severely damaged and the creature wakes up a mentally unbalanced monster. Killing his creator, this monster then ... "
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"Every time I go to a Steven Soderberg movie, I’m reminded of the scene from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back where Matt Damon explains that you do the pop movie, so you can fund your indie movie, which you might be able to shoe horn in before you do your payback movie. Soderberg ping pongs back and forth between these types of projects more than any other current director I can think of. The Good German is the Artsy Soderberg in high form. He makes sure that you know it is important because he uses all the traits of classic Hollywood to present this tale. Just in case you might not appreciate the film references, Soderberg films this in black and white, so you know it is more serious that Ocean’s 12 or 14 or 23. I think it is supposed to be ironic. It’s hard to tell. The plot is so convoluted that even after multiple viewings I was still confused about why people were double and triple and quadruple-crossing each other. Part of that might be because each time I watc ... "
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Third Breaker's Sweet Smell of ...
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"The internet keeps crashing on me. Making me crazy. Please be advised.Breaker Morant is based on the actual events during the Boer War, and subsequent court marshalling of three Australian officers. The government has set them up for a fall, providing them with an inexperienced defense attorney and allowing him little time to prepare his case. The trial scenes are tense and the flashbacks to what the men actually did in the field are also engaging. But I was really fascinated with how the men held up in their cells, preparing to face their verdict, and the politics of it all. Very good.Ah, the Sweet Smell of Success, good in so many ways. Burt Lancaster ("Field of Dreams") is a gossip columnist and Tony Curtis ("Reflections of Evil") is a PR agent trying to get his clients some publicity. Only Lancaster's shutting him out because he wants Curtis to break up his sister's relationship with a musician. Then the plot gets twisty. Curtis is fast talking and sleazy and grasping for fame. ... "
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"War is hell, and the second world war drove that point home in Europe. Vienna is one such place that took a beating during the war. This crumbling, war torn, damp, conflict riddled hell hole(no offence Vienna, you're beautiful now) is the backdrop to the 1949 film noir classic "The Third Man". As I've said before, some older films don't hold up too well, but others still stand out decades after(we're talking 59 years already for this one). This is one such film.The film is a mystery(what, a film noir as a mystery? Crazy, I know), where a man who comes to Vienna to work for a friend is instead left to figure out what happened after his death. The different occuping armies(United States, Britian, France, and Russian) are all playing a part somewhere along the road, and none are too keen on playing well with others it seems. The acting is very well played, Joseph Cotten plays the protaginist Holly Martins(I kid you not, he's a guy named Holly) with passio ... "
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"One thing, maybe the thing, that makes The Good German perplexing is that its best quality, the meticulous recreation of a 40s international noir ala Casablanca (1942) or The Third Man (1949), is also its biggest weakness.There are some beautiful and authentic images in the film, but there are others that verge on parody (mostly those involving rear projection; sorry no stills or screen grabs available - I popped the film back into the mail before thinking I might want it). By itself, that wouldn't be a problem except that director Steven Soderbergh and writer Paul Attanasio haven't rethought the films they reference so much as attempted to reproduce them, but with the jarring addition of language, violence, and sex that wouldn't have been allowed in the 1940s. Unlike, say, homosexuality (and, really, race) in Far From Heaven (2002) or the disappearing blandness of Ed (Billy Bob Thornton) in The Man Who Wasn't There (2001), the updating and revisioning of genre in The "
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Catching Up On The Classics
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"I keep a list of films of which I am embarrassed that I have not seen. This past week, two more titles were crossed off. Carol Reed's The Third Man looked like a clear winner. Cinephiles rank the film noir among the all-time best and the Criterion Collection has given it two editions. The only other film to receive this treatment is the undisputed Kurosawa classic The Seven Samurai. Orson Welles has received overwhelming praise for his performance and the film's giant ferris wheel has been referenced in other works as far reaching as "Pinky and the Brain."With all of that hype going for it, The Third Man greatly underwhelms. The plot set-up is intriguing, the set pieces are impressive, and the lighting is inspired. Then when Graham Greene's screenplay needs to hold up most, it falls completely flat. The entire final act relies on a piece of character motivation that has no support and detracts from a potentially landmark final chase sequence. Also working against the fi ... "
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"The movies in our DVD collection can be broadly categorized like this:Ones that we, and particularly Anne-Marie, will watch pretty casually. These tend to be films that are simply “watchable,” that we are already pretty familiar with, and/or can be watched for individual moments. Examples of these films include Dazed and Confused (1993), 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), and L.A. Confidential (1997).Ones with which we are familiar with and may watch casually, but are more, or at least just as, likely to watch with focus. Among these films are The Godfather (I and II), The Third Man (1949), and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001). Much as Anne-Marie is more likely to pop in a movie as background, I am more likely to devote my attention to "
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