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Dersu Uzala
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Nov 30, 2012
Dersu Uzala (Akira
Kurosawa, 1975)
The Russian army sends an explorer
on an expedition to the snowy Siberian wilderness where he makes friends with a
seasoned local hunter.
A few months after master director Akira Kurosawa attempted suicide, he
went to Russia to make his film for Mosfilm studi read more
Killing Them Softly
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Nov 30, 2012
Killing Them Softly (Andrew Dominik, 2012)
Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys
rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to
collapse.
Being invited to a premiere is something, but like the last time I got into a premiere it was for Tre read more
Unveil of Quentin Tarantino's DJANGO UNCHAINED Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Nov 29, 2012
Yesterday evening I had the privilege to receive the setlist of the Soundtrack of Tarantino's next movie. Here I share it with everyone:
DJANGO UNCHAINED IN THEATERS DECEMBER 25TH
QUENTIN TARANTINO'S DJANGO UNCHAINED ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUN read more
North by Northwest
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Nov 29, 2012
North by Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959)
A hapless New York advertising
executive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and
is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive.
After the famous shower scene of Psycho, the scene of the chase of the cro read more
My Criterion Christmas Wishlist
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Nov 27, 2012
Dear Santa, I’m writing from Québec, near the North Pole, you know me, I like films, movies, talkies, well I’m passionate about Cinema. Above all that, there is a collection that I cherish more than any other: the Criterion one. In fact, they are the perfect Christmas gift for read more
Atlantic City
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Nov 23, 2012
Atlantic City (Louis
Malle, 1980)
Lou is a small time gangster, who
thinks he used to be something big. He meets up with a younger girl, Sally, who
is learning to be a croupier. Her husband turns up with drugs he has stolen
from the Mafia.
Louis
Malle once said that he never really was a part read more
Quentin Tarantino’s Legendary Heroines and an Interview with the Man
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Nov 20, 2012
As the countdown to Quentin Tarantino’s new movie Django
Unchained is getting near its end on Christmas day, let’s have a look at the best heroines of his filmography. QT’s films have been filled with superb mosaics of particular
characters. With Reservoir Dogs the male only cast w read more
Angel (1937)
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Nov 19, 2012
Angel (Ernst Lubitsch, 1937)
Woman and her husband take separate vacations,
and she falls in love with another man.
While in
Paris, a lady named Mrs. Brown/Mrs. Barker/Angel (Marlene Dietrich) meets a man (Melvyn
Douglas) with whom she falls in love. However, back in London she has a
husband ( read more
Written on the Wind
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Nov 16, 2012
Written on the Wind (Douglas Sirk, 1956)
Alcoholic playboy Kyle Hadley
marries the woman secretly loved by his poor but hard-working best friend, who
in turn is pursued by Kyle's nymphomaniac sister.
Influencing some of the most respected directors (Jean-Luc Godard, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, T read more
F for Fake
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Nov 15, 2012
F for Fake aka Vérités et mensonges (Orson Welles, 1973) A documentary about fraud and fakery. Throughout his career Orson Welles has been a director “maudit”. Just for his making of Othello and Falstaff for instance, he had to shoot during spans of months and years because of lack read more
Grave of the Fireflies
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Nov 14, 2012
Grave of the Fireflies (Isao Takahata, 1988)
A tragic film covering a young boy and his
little sister's struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.
The Second World War has been such a huge inspiration
for movies that it is almost impossible not to think of a War film without
thinking of read more
Alphaville
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Nov 13, 2012
Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution (Jean-Luc Godard, 1965)
A US secret agent is sent to the
distant space city of Alphaville where he must find a missing person and free
the city from its tyrannical ruler.
Dense, uncanny, avant-gardist, visionary, are some of
the many qualities read more
The Shanghai Gesture
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Nov 12, 2012
The Shanghai Gesture (Josef von Sternberg, 1941)
A young woman, Poppy, out for excitement in
Shanghai, enters a gambling house owned by "Mother" Gin Sling, a
dragon-lady who worked herself up from poverty to buy the casino. Sir Guy
Charteris, wealthy entrepreneur, has purchased a large area of Sh read more
Los olvidados
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Nov 9, 2012
Los olvidados (Luis Buñuel, 1950) A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent and crime-filled life in the festering slums of Mexico City, and the morals of young Pedro are gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others... Labelled as a surrealist, Luis Buñuel startles with this down to read more
The Quiet Man
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Nov 8, 2012
The Quiet Man (John Ford, 1952)
A retired American boxer returns to the village
where he was born in Ireland, where he finds love.
The most celebrated director of all time, John Ford, had to find a studio ready
to finance the project he cherished the most: The Quiet Man. Having to direct a box read more
You Only Live Once
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Nov 7, 2012
You Only Live Once (Fritz Lang, 1937)
The public defender's secretary
and an ex-convict get married and try to make a life together, but a series of
disasters sends their lives spiraling out of control.
Fritz Lang’s
second American feature, the first being Fury,
continues on building the read more
Life of Brian
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Nov 6, 2012
Life of Brian (Terry Jones, 1979)
Brian is born on the original
Christmas, in the stable next door. He spends his life being mistaken for a
messiah.
Often regarded as the best feature film of the Monty Python troupe, Life of Brian has been condemned for
blasphemy in many countries. Mistakenly read more
The Descendants
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Nov 5, 2012
The
Descendants (Alexander Payne,
2011)
A land baron tries to re-connect with his two
daughters after his wife is seriously injured in a boating accident.
Back in 2011, the first movie of Alexander Payne in seven years received mixed reviews and was more
or less appreciated by movie goers. Sta read more
I Walked with a Zombie
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Nov 2, 2012
I Walked with a Zombie (Jacques Tourneur, 1943)
A young Canadian nurse (Betsy) comes to the
West Indies to care for Jessica, the wife of a plantation manager (Paul
Holland). Jessica seems to be suffering from a kind of mental paralysis as a
result of fever. When she falls in love with Paul, Betsy read more
Movie Watching Goals For 2012 - November Update
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Nov 1, 2012
Since I put my hand on Andrew Sarris’ The American
Cinema : Directors and Directions 1929-1968, my interest for
completing a list I’ve been rambling about over and over here at the good old LMdC (short for Le Mot du Cinephiliaque), is TheyShoot Pictures Don’t They? 1000 Greate read more