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Topic of Capra-Cohn: The Battle Over ‘Lost Horizon’
Like in the Shangri-la it depicts, ‘Lost Horizon’ has proven ageless––and that is its legacy.
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Howard Hawks’ ‘Rio Bravo'(1959)
By consuming the wine and wafer, we vicariously channel the divinity of Christ, and, by watching ‘Rio Bravo’, I was vicariously channeling the courage of John Wayne.
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A Thousand Clowns (1966)
Clowns is a hilarious, startling mix of stage-bound dialogue scenes and wildly inventive montages scored by marches, Dixieland jazz and, occasionally, Jason Robards strumming a ukulele.
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This Quarter in Film History: An Affair to Remember?
‘Last Year at Marienbad’ remains one of the most famous films made, perhaps because it is so elegant––and yet so infuriating.
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Stanley Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’
This was unlike any movie I had ever seen. The movie unfolded with a slow, measured pace, revealing image after gorgeous image.
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This Quarter in Film History: A ‘Charge’ Account
Though Jack Sullivan won an Oscar for Best Assistant Director for ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’, it is the breathtaking editing by George Amy of the charge that makes the film a classic.
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Fred Zinnemann’s ‘Member of the Wedding’ (1952)
Watching ‘Member of the Wedding’ made me aware for the first time of the art of editing.
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This Quarter in Film History: Dedicated Followers of Fascism
‘Cabaret’ proved that a mainstream musical could feature avant-garde editing and design, and be sexually unconventional and political.
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This Quarter in Film History: ‘Napoléon’ Dynamite
Napoléon vu par Abel Gance has had as many comebacks as the conqueror it portrayed, yet has always remained Waterloo-proof.
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Charles Chaplin’s ‘City Lights’ (1931)
Chaplin’s on-screen mixture of humor, acrobatics and pathos has an almost magical ability to put a smile in one’s heart.
