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Jean Cocteau’s Masterpiece: Beauty and the Beast
on Aug 26, 2008 in Jean Marais France Classic Films Jean Cocteau Josette Day Personal Beauty and the Beast Art Artists History Fairy Tales Arts I decided not to do a long WRITTEN post this week. It will be a long VISUAL post instead containing a feature length film by the French filmmaker, poet, playwright, novelist, designer, and boxing manager, Jean Cocteau (1889-1963). Jean Cocteau was on...
A brief comment on Day for Night
on Feb 5, 2009 in Day for Night French film Citizen Kane Francois Truffaut classic films This is perhaps my favorite scene (out of many fine ones) in Day for Night (1974; dir. François Truffaut; Wikipedia entry here), which I watched last night thanks to Larry the movie-guy's lending generosity. It shows a dream of Ferrand, the directo...
The pen that floated to the Moon and other special effects
on Mar 8, 2009 in movies 2001: A Space Odyssey classic films production science special effects Another link for 2001: A Space Odyssey fans, an explanation of some of the special effects and production techniques, including Dr Heywood Floyd’s floating pen aboard the Moon shuttle. The pen, too, was suspended on a string (actually a specia...
Joyeux Noel (2005) PG-13 1h 56min
on Apr 9, 2009 in Belgium Classic Films DVD Drama Epics/Historical Foreign France Germany Movies Romania UK War 1910s 1914 Alarm Clock anti war Bagpipe based on true story Burial Cat christmas Christmas Eve Christmas Tree Combat Corpse Duet father son relationship female nudity french friendship Frontline General German Haircut Idealism Insubordination Jewish letter Loss of Brother male female relationship Mass Military Desertion Military Officer Opera Opera Singer priest Prince Prisoner Of War Prologue Recital school Scottish sex Soccer Football soldier Soldiers Wife title spoken by character Truce Wallet WWI Joyeux Noel (2005) “Joyeux Noël” (”Merry Christmas” (UK/US title) or “Happy Christmas”) is a drama set in 1914 during World War I and is inspired by a true story. The film is an international project involv...
Snow White launched a thousand (or more) animation movies
on Apr 15, 2009 in movies animation classic films influential movies Snow White 15 of the most influential classic movies of all time, including Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Gone With the Wind, Citizen Kane, and Star Wars.