When Antonioni’s Il Deserto Rosso was released in 1964, Italy was in the middle of a major economic boom and a political re-organization. Despite being a relatively young nation-state, it became a founding member of […]
Category: CLASSICS
Annie and the American Dream
While I enjoyed the marvelous and much-beloved John Huston film adaptation of Annie (1982) and thoroughly enjoy all the songs, I am no Annie purist. I have enjoyed various “faithful” and “reworked” TV and stage […]
In Search of Lost Time: Hiroshima, Mon Amour by Alain Resnais
Hiroshima, Mon Amour was kept out of the main competition at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival so as not to offend the Americans. Further, it has long been unavailable for exhibition in the U.S. due […]
The Rules of the Game (1939)
A precursor to The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, My Man Godfrey and Gosford Park, Renoir’s generous and attentive eye captured a slice of the haut bourgeois life immediately preceding World War II. This compelling […]
Modernity and the legacy of war in Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
One of my most favorite Louis Malle films, Ascenseur is, for me, a nice companion piece to films like L’Eclisse, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, and Hiroshima, Mon Amour in its depiction of the […]
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