Cabinet of Cailgari in UK cinemas
You bet your arse I'll want to see this - rereleased in UK cinemas on August 29th...
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It's Eurovision
It's that time of year again - Eurovision... So, in an attempt to not have to drink a bottle of bourbon, and also have quality, I'm of course watching this. The movie that killed Michael Powell's (of Powell And Pressburger fame) career stone dead.
You can't get more meta about film than this.
You can't get more meta about film than this.
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Spellbound
Stepping back a year from Notorious, but sticking with Hitchcock directing from a Ben Hecht script…
I'm not sure whether the introduction of Ingrid Bergman, being sexually harrassed by a colleague, is an appalling indictment of the culture, or hilarious pwnage as she just laughs in his face and takes the piss out of him. This being Bergman, I'm inclined towards the latter...
Also, it's a bit, influenced, shall we say, by Pabst's 1926 Geheimnisse eine Seele (Secrets Of A Soul), isn't it?
I'm not sure whether the introduction of Ingrid Bergman, being sexually harrassed by a colleague, is an appalling indictment of the culture, or hilarious pwnage as she just laughs in his face and takes the piss out of him. This being Bergman, I'm inclined towards the latter...
Also, it's a bit, influenced, shall we say, by Pabst's 1926 Geheimnisse eine Seele (Secrets Of A Soul), isn't it?
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Notorious
Today's background movie- Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious. Here we have a spy movie with a love triangle between Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, and Claude Rains.
Actually Studio chief David O Selznick wanted Joseph Cotten as the hero, but Hitch held out for Grant. In return, Selznick made Hitch drop his preference of Clifton Webb for the villain, and give us the Rains magic. So the right people ended up cast...
Actually Studio chief David O Selznick wanted Joseph Cotten as the hero, but Hitch held out for Grant. In return, Selznick made Hitch drop his preference of Clifton Webb for the villain, and give us the Rains magic. So the right people ended up cast...
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Classic Movie era bloopers
We think of bloopers being a cheap form of modern entertainment, but they had them back in the day too...
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Passing Of The Third Floor Back
Speaking of angels, I'd actually probably be more like Conrad Veidt in Passing Of The Third Floor Back...
Oh, you know what, I promised some more special links, didn't I? Over the Festive period?
OK, well, since I've mentioned a Connie movie, and there are Connie fans, and vintage fans, and cinephile fans among my followers...
It's not his best movie, and it's not a Xmas movie, but he plays basically, an angel of sorts, which is close enough - and it never turns up on TV - so here's the full movie. Based on a book by Jerome K Jerome...
What the hell, have that too, all legit and everything: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/865
Oh, you know what, I promised some more special links, didn't I? Over the Festive period?
OK, well, since I've mentioned a Connie movie, and there are Connie fans, and vintage fans, and cinephile fans among my followers...
It's not his best movie, and it's not a Xmas movie, but he plays basically, an angel of sorts, which is close enough - and it never turns up on TV - so here's the full movie. Based on a book by Jerome K Jerome...
What the hell, have that too, all legit and everything: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/865
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The Last Performance Blu-Ray
The Last Performance is a 1927 silent movie with Conrad Veidt now released on DVD and Blu-Ray on the Criterion Collection in time for Halloween - but not so’s you’d notice!
The sneaky fuckers have actually attached it as a special feature extra on the release of “Lonesome,” a 1928 movie by the same director.
So, Connie fans, that’s the release to looking for in order to get the remastered Last Performance.
Here's a clip...
What the hell, have the Spanish poster for The Last Performance while I’m on the subject.
Hm, he does kinda look as if he’s examining a clue… which reminds me to get back to work…
The sneaky fuckers have actually attached it as a special feature extra on the release of “Lonesome,” a 1928 movie by the same director.
So, Connie fans, that’s the release to looking for in order to get the remastered Last Performance.
Here's a clip...
What the hell, have the Spanish poster for The Last Performance while I’m on the subject.
Hm, he does kinda look as if he’s examining a clue… which reminds me to get back to work…
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Conrad Veidt on Dr Who's anniversary weekend
Well, I know where I'd want to be going if I was in London on Dr Who's anniversary weekend.
No, not the sold-out big DW cattlemarket - this!
http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2013/conrad-veidt-under-the-red-robe/
Somebody should tell Snowgrouse.
Actually, doubtless she'll know already - I'm half surprised she's not the expert they've got introducing it, cos she should be.
No, not the sold-out big DW cattlemarket - this!
http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2013/conrad-veidt-under-the-red-robe/
Somebody should tell Snowgrouse.
Actually, doubtless she'll know already - I'm half surprised she's not the expert they've got introducing it, cos she should be.
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Trailer Tuesday - The Thief Of Bagdad
Ooh, the US theatrical trailer for the Korda version... Aside from having the stunning June Duprez, and Conrad Veidt (he's a fucking antihero here, right, not a villain... But that's for another post) this is one of the seminal genre movies, as it essentially invented blue-screen as a genre tool. If you haven't seen it, you should- it's flawed but important.