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Archive for April, 2009
Guess the pic…
Posted in Uncategorized on April 30, 2009 | 45 Comments »
Lawrence of Arabia (no 28)
Posted in Uncategorized on April 30, 2009 | 17 Comments »
by David Lean
(UK/USA 1962 221m) DVD1/2
Nothing is written
p Sam Spiegel, David Lean d David Lean w Robert Bolt, Michael Wilson ph Frederick A.Young, Nicolas Roeg (2nd unit) ed Anne V.Coates m Maurice Jarre art John Box, John Stoll, Dario Simone cos Phyllis Dalton sound John Cox
Peter O’Toole (T.E.Lawrence), Omar Sharif (Sheriff Ali), Anthony Quinn (Auda [...]
El Verdugo (no 29)
Posted in Uncategorized on April 29, 2009 | 9 Comments »
by Allan Fish
(Spain 1963 90m) DVD2 (Spain only, no English subs)
Aka. Not on Your Life; The Executioner
The future executioner
d Luis Garcia Berlanga w Luis Garcia Berlanga, Rafael Azcona, Ennio Flaiano ph Tonino delli Colli ed Alfonso Santacana m Miguel Asins Arbo art José Antonio de la Guerra
Nino Manfredi (José Luis Rodriguez), Emma Penella (Carmen), José [...]
The Battle of Algiers (no 30)
Posted in Uncategorized on April 28, 2009 | 12 Comments »
by Allan Fish
(Italy/France/Algeria 1965 121m) DVD1/2
Aka. Maarakat Alger/La Battaglia di Algeri
You don’t win battles with outrages
p Antonio Musu, Yacef Saadi d Gillo Pontecorvo w Franco Solinas ph Marcello Gatti ed Mario Serandrei, Mario Morra m Ennio Morricone, Gillo Pontecorvo
Brahim Hagiag (Ali la Pointe), Jean Martin (Colonel Mathieu), Yacef Saadi (Kader), Tomasso Neri (Captain Dubois), Fawzia [...]
Ethan Coen’s Off-Broadway “Offices” Starring F. Murray Abraham at Linda Gross Theatre is ‘3 One-Act Plays’
Posted in Uncategorized on April 27, 2009 | 7 Comments »
by Sam Juliano
Still basking in the glow of his successful 2008 run of Almost an Evening, an off-Broadway production that played for an encore after it’s initial run, Oscar-winning filmmaker Ethan Coen is hoping to again wow theatre goers with his second theatrical offering. Offices, like it’s predecessor, is comprised of three interrelated one-act skits that tap into [...]
The Round-Up (no 31)
Posted in Uncategorized on April 27, 2009 | 3 Comments »
by Allan Fish
(Hungary 1965 90m) DVD2
Aka. Szegénylegények
Search for Sandor
p András Nemeth d Miklós Jancsó w Gyula Hernadi ph Tamás Somlo ed Zoltán Farkas art Tamás Banovich, Tilda Gáti cos Zsuzse Vicze
János Görbe (Gajdar Janos), Tibor Mólnar (Kabai), András Kozák (Ifj.Kabai), Gábor Agárdy (Torma), Zoltán Latinovits (Veszelka), Bela Barsi (Foglar), Janus Koltai (Varju Béla), Jószef Madaras [...]
Guess the pic…
Posted in Uncategorized on April 26, 2009 | 29 Comments »
from Jenny Bee
She’s surpassed herself with this one.
L’Année Dernière à Marienbad (no 32)
Posted in Uncategorized on April 26, 2009 | 11 Comments »
by Allan Fish
(France 1961 94m) DVD1/2
Aka. Last Year at Marienbad
Or was it Frederiksbad?
p Raymond Froment, Anatole Dauman d Alain Resnais w Alain Robbe-Grillet ph Sacha Vierny ed Henri Colpi, Jasmie Chasney m Francis Seyrig art Jacques Saulnier cos Coco Chanel, Bernard Evein
Delphine Seyrig (A), Giorgio Albertazzi (X), Sacha Pitoeff (M), Françoise Bertin, Luce Garcia-Villet, Héléna [...]
“Dee Dee” Says Goodbye to Tony D’Ambra’s FilmsNoir.net Site at Noirish City
Posted in Uncategorized on April 25, 2009 | 27 Comments »
by Dee Dee (formerly ‘Dark City Dame’)
My “Wonderful” Contrarian….Good Night! Sweet Prince!….
Yesterday a wonderful human being, name Tony D’Ambra, from over there at Filmsnoir.net…decided to call it quits…and I will let him tell you, in his own words why he decided to “hang up” his “blogging gloves….”
….”I had figured on going out quietly! Thanks again [...]
When the Cat Comes (no 33)
Posted in Uncategorized on April 25, 2009 | 11 Comments »
by Allan Fish
(Czechoslovakia 1963 110m) DVD2 (Czech Republic only)
Aka. Az prijde kocour; The Cassandra Cat
Once upon a time there was…more was than wasn’t
p Vojtech Jasny d Vojtech Jasny w Jiri Brdecka, Vojtech Jasny, Jan Werich ph Jaroslav Kucera ed Jan Chaloupek m Svatopluk Havelka art Arch Oldrich Kucera
Jan Werich (Oliva/the magician), Emilia Vásáryová (Diana), Vlastimil [...]

