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Post by jervistetch on Jun 7, 2023 16:46:41 GMT
I’ve never seen this movie but it must qualify for this thread. I seem to remember it not getting a lot of favorable reviews.  |
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Post by spiderwort on Jun 9, 2023 13:03:07 GMT
Two by Fosse:   |
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Post by london777 on Aug 4, 2024 21:10:08 GMT
Vanya on 42nd Street (1994) dir: Louis Malle I have a DVD of this. I bought it after reading rave reviews and because it was directed by Louis Malle. After three attempts I have given up on it. At the beginning all the characters talk over each other (Altman style, a particular bete noir of mine) and I can hardly understand a word. I do not know if this continues throughout. Four provisos: 1) My hearing is far from 100% 2) My equipment is bottom-of-the-shelf 3) The DVD might be slightly faulty 4) I cannot even lip-read because the camera-work is so murky. (Not that I could, anyway) But I do not generally have that problem watching movies. 
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Post by spiderwort on Aug 4, 2024 21:29:46 GMT
Vanya on 42nd Street (1994) dir: Louis Malle I have a DVD of this. I bought it after reading rave reviews and because it was directed by Louis Malle. After three attempts I have given up on it. At the beginning all the characters talk over each other (Altman style, a particular bete noir of mine) and I can hardly understand a word. I do not know if this continues throughout. Four provisos: 1) My hearing is far from 100% 2) My equipment is bottom-of-the-shelf 3) The DVD might be slightly faulty 4) I cannot even lip-read because the camera-work is so murky. (Not that I could, anyway) But I do not generally have that problem watching movies. I started to watch this, but couldn't really get engaged. I usually love Louis Malle films, so I may give it another try, though based upon what you say, I'm not so sure. |
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Post by london777 on Aug 5, 2024 22:16:43 GMT
Vanya on 42nd Street (1994) dir: Louis Malle I thought this would be right up your street, Spider, so do not be deterred by me. As I wrote, there were reasons I may not have given it a fair chance. |
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Post by london777 on Aug 5, 2024 22:25:36 GMT
When I was young this was widely touted as the best film ever made. It is still in my Top 20. Les Enfants du Paradis (1945) dir: Marcel Carné.    |
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Post by london777 on Aug 5, 2024 22:34:16 GMT
And three years later, another absolute masterpiece about backstage love affairs (and very much more) appeared: The Red Shoes (1948) dir: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger   |
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Post by london777 on Aug 5, 2024 22:39:53 GMT
Topsy-Turvy (1999) dir: Mike Leigh The story of how Gilbert and Sullivan salvaged their partnership by producing The Mikado. 
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Post by london777 on Aug 5, 2024 22:49:19 GMT
An Actor's Revenge (1963) dir: Kon Ichikawa Female impersonator Yukinojo (Kazuo Hasegawa), while working in a touring kabuki troupe, plans revenge upon those responsible for the death of his parents. 
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Post by spiderwort on Aug 5, 2024 23:03:23 GMT
london777 Thanks for these wonderful contributions, of which I've only seen one, The Red Shoes. I loved that, of course, and now I will have to track down the others. I'm a big fan of all the directors, especially Carné and Ichikawa. You've really opened up my world on this subject, London. I'm very grateful.
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Post by london777 on Aug 5, 2024 23:13:38 GMT
Floating Weeds (1959) dir: Yasujirô Ozu Another story of revenge plotted by a member of a touring kabuki troupe, though less bloody. And another tale oft told on film and TV, including an earlier version by Ozu in 1934. I have seen both but the later version is better.   
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Post by Teleadm on Aug 6, 2024 4:52:08 GMT
Edmund aka Cyrano My Love 2018 was about Edmund Rostand and his hectic work getting Cyrano to work on stage, some scenes written or re-written during it's premiere 1897. It was an entertaining movie.  
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Post by Teleadm on Aug 6, 2024 4:58:05 GMT
George Cukor's Heller in Pink Tights 1960 was about a travelling theatre company during the days that was called the wild west.  |
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Post by Teleadm on Aug 6, 2024 5:04:47 GMT
Jean Renoir's Le carrosse d'or aka The Golden Coach 1952 was also about a travelling theatre company, this time in 18th-century Peru. Starring Anna Magnani.  |
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Post by syllabub on Aug 6, 2024 9:17:00 GMT
 The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939) by Kenji Mizoguchi |
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