Film Quiz

[Drasko]

Helmut Griem, yes. 

No, it's not. Helmut Griem plays Aschenbach, on your picture is Helmut Berger as Martin Von Essenbeck in drags in Visconti's La Caduta degli dei.



Helmut Griem

[Papageno]

No, it's not. Helmut Griem plays Aschenbach, on your picture is Helmut Berger as Martin Von Essenbeck in drags in Visconti's La Caduta degli dei.



Helmut Griem

Ah, well, you know your films.
Speaking of which, I ordered Ludwig from amazon, sadly though it's been delayed, is it any good?  I didn't like Il Gattopardo, Burt Lancaster dubbed in Italian?! I liked Conversation Piece, especially Mangano.

[Lilas Pastia]

10 movie shots to identify: first five here

# 1 -

# 2 -

# 3 -

# 4 -

# 5 -

All are from acknowledged masters of cinema. They date roughly from 1920-1955. I might give alternate shots as help if it proves too hard.  Next 5 follow shortly.

[Bogey]

Is 4 The Call of Cthulhu (2005)?

[Maciek]

No. 3 Tabu?

[Lilas Pastia]

And the other five. From films made between (roughly again) 1945-1970.

# 6 -

# 7 -

# 8 -

# 9 -

# 10 -

[Maciek]

No. 1 Stroheim's Greed? I've seen it a long time ago but somehow it seems that's it...

[Maciek]

No. 9 Repulsion

[Lilas Pastia]

Maciek got # 3 right .

Murnau's last film (1931), certainly his most poetic and possibly best work. A few other shots:

[Maciek]

No. 10 has got to be a Hulot movie. Not sure it's one I've seen but the set design is definitely from that series.

[Lilas Pastia]

No. 1 Stroheim's Greed? I've seen it a long time ago but somehow it seems that's it...

Maciek again ! ZaSu Pitts about to sleep naked on her bed of gold coins.

Some more shots from Greed (Erich von Stroheim, 1923), one of the silent era's greatest films:







and its director, in an acting role, one of moviedom's acknowledged masterpieces:

[Lilas Pastia]

No. 9 Repulsion

You're going too fast, Maciek!

Indeed, that's Polanski's Repulsion (1965). The film that made stars of Deneuve and its director.

[Lilas Pastia]

# 2 is from Fritz Lang's Der Müde Tod (1922). You got the title wrong, but the translation right . For some obscure reason the English title is Destiny.

This film is an icon of the symbolist-expressionist movement from the 20's. Bergman's own 7th Seal is heavily influenced by this movie.

For # 10 you've got to come up with the title. That shouldn't be too hard for you

[Drasko]

No.6 - Marcel Carne - Children of Paradise

No.8 - Truffaut's Jules et Jim (Oskar Werner and Jeanne Moreau laughing)

No.10 - Tati's Playtime (huge favorite of mine, such timing and precisison)

[Drasko]

# 2 is from Fritz Lang's Der Müde Tod (1922). You got the title wrong, but the translation right . For some obscure reason the English title is Destiny.

This film is an icon of the symbolist-expressionist movement from the 20's. Bergman's own 7th Seal is heavily influenced by this movie.

Didn't know about that one but that screenshot looks stunning, have to see it, thanks for the heads up.

Could No.7 be 400 Blows?

[Lilas Pastia]

Didn't know about that one but that screenshot looks stunning, have to see it, thanks for the heads up.

Could No.7 be 400 Blows?

Yes, it's a major film and it's worth seeing even though it's antiquated. Death gives three chances (symbolized by lighted candles) to retrieve the beloved from the dead. Each time a candle is put out (hence the french title, Les trois lumières). It's a pretext to film the three episodes in different times and places.

7 is not 400 Blows but the subject matter is not too far. Same comment as for Repulsion could be made about the young star and its director.

I'm leaving for most of the weekend. That leaves you plenty of time to find 4, 5 and 7!

[Maciek]

OK, guests are gone, I can get back to the game!

No. 4 = Flaherty's Louisiana Story.

I haven't seen that one, so this was done on a hunch: I felt this had to be either Flaherty or Flaherty-related (like Taboo which Flaherty co-scripted). At first I thought it could be Moana but no such image of Moana appeared. So I just went through the available Flaherty images on google - and this came up on the second page of results.

Cheers,
detective Maciek

[Maciek]

Hm. Just discovered there's an easy, if not exactly honest way of discovering the answers to these (André, next time you should cover up your traces! ). So I now know 5 and 7 (actually, I have seen neither but was hot on the trail of both - had a hunch on the director of 5 and even searched for images for the exact title of 7 - but the one image Lilas used did not come up) but I won't spoil the fun for anyone who would like to do this the proper way. 0:)

(Or are we allowed to use extra-photographic clues? )

[Kullervo]

Der Müde Tod, great movie! I posted about it in the "Movies Everyone Should See, But Probably Haven't" thread a few months back.

[Drasko]

Speaking of which, I ordered Ludwig from amazon, sadly though it's been delayed, is it any good? 

I found it hugely impressive, but I saw it in theatre on a big screen and it was full uncut 4+ hours version, massively overwhelming (in a good way). I haven't seen the DVD yet and dunno how it works that way.
You're going either to love it or completely dislike it, just be sure to get the full version.