Last Movie You Watched

[André]

Part I, Boulevard du crime. The film itself, plus the fascinating scene by scene analysis by Brian Stonehill, almost 2 hours long. No matter how many times I've seen this movie, it never failed to enthrall. Yesterday I lost count of the number of times I said a line in sync with the character. The screenplay by Jacques Prévert is superb and the dialogues indelible. Marcel Carné's direction is supple and extremely sophisticated. The same could be said of the casting, with the numerous characters given life and psychological depth right down to the smallest roles.

The music by Joseph Kosma is performed by the Orchestre de la Cociété des concerts du Conservatoire under Charles Munch. At the time (1945) it was the costliest film ever made (in France), but every penny has been turned into gold.

[Ken B]

The Killers (1946)

Beautifully made noir, with admittedly a few script problems.

[ritter]

Part I, Boulevard du crime. The film itself, plus the fascinating scene by scene analysis by Brian Stonehill, almost 2 hours long. No matter how many times I've seen this movie, it never failed to enthrall. Yesterday I lost count of the number of times I said a line in sync with the character. The screenplay by Jacques Prévert is superb and the dialogues indelible. Marcel Carné's direction is supple and extremely sophisticated. The same could be said of the casting, with the numerous characters given life and psychological depth right down to the smallest roles.

The music by Joseph Kosma is performed by the Orchestre de la Cociété des concerts du Conservatoire under Charles Munch. At the time (1945) it was the costliest film ever made (in France), but every penny has been turned into gold.

Yes! Beautiful film...one of the really great ones.

For some time, my avatar here on GMG was this still from Les Enfants du paradis  :



I should rewatch it soon!

If you don't know it, I highly recommend this lavish book on the film, full of interesting information:

[asin]2365110185[/asin]

[TheGSMoeller]

Part I, Boulevard du crime. The film itself, plus the fascinating scene by scene analysis by Brian Stonehill, almost 2 hours long. No matter how many times I've seen this movie, it never failed to enthrall. Yesterday I lost count of the number of times I said a line in sync with the character. The screenplay by Jacques Prévert is superb and the dialogues indelible. Marcel Carné's direction is supple and extremely sophisticated. The same could be said of the casting, with the numerous characters given life and psychological depth right down to the smallest roles.

The music by Joseph Kosma is performed by the Orchestre de la Cociété des concerts du Conservatoire under Charles Munch. At the time (1945) it was the costliest film ever made (in France), but every penny has been turned into gold.

That's a great movie, André. Time to get my copy out for a viewing.

[André]

Yes! Beautiful film...one of the really great ones.

For some time, my avatar here on GMG was this still from Les Enfants du paradis  :



I should rewatch it soon!

If you don't know it, I highly recommend this lavish book on the film full of interesting information:

[asin]2365110185[/asin]

Will keep an eye on it. I have the script:


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The film is on the UNESCO World Heritage list. I wonder how many films belong to that list. I haven't been able to find out.

[Madiel]

The film is on the UNESCO World Heritage list.

Source please.

EDIT: The only source I can find is the blurb for that book, and frankly I think someone is either confused or just making crap up. A film cannot be a world heritage site, and as for the list of intangible cultural heritage there's no evidence that France has put the film on the list and it's not clear a film could qualify.

It should be noted that UNESCO does have a film collection. That is not "world heritage" though. UNESCO does other things.

[André]

Source please.

EDIT: The only source I can find is the blurb for that book, and frankly I think someone is either confused or just making crap up. A film cannot be a world heritage site, and as for the list of intangible cultural heritage there's no evidence that France has put the film on the list and it's not clear a film could qualify.

It should be noted that UNESCO does have a film collection. That is not "world heritage" though. UNESCO does other things.

Bibliothèque nationale de France. First sentence of the BnF article.

http://www.bnf.fr/m/fr/m_actualites/m_anx_expos/f.enfants_paradis.html

[Jaakko Keskinen]

Recently watched the film The Count of Monte Cristo from 2002. My horror resulting from the almost utter destruction of one of my favorite French novels of all time hasn't yet subsided. Where is all the ambiguous and subtle portrayal found in the book?

[Madiel]

Bibliothèque nationale de France. First sentence of the BnF article.

http://www.bnf.fr/m/fr/m_actualites/m_anx_expos/f.enfants_paradis.html

Still not buying it. If neither you nor I can find any evidence of any other film in this category or that UNESCO even has such a category.

[George]

Mother (about her child) - "He's got my face"

Father: "....And my hair"

Rodney: "....And my sympathies."

[Madiel]

Okay, I've finally found the category that UNESCO has.

The Memory of the World Register.

The Lumiere films are on there. Metropolis is on there. The Wizard of Oz is on there. Yet to find evidence that Les Enfant du Paradis is on there.

[Omicron9]

"The Man Who Invented Christmas."  The story of the writing of "A Christmas Carol."  Very well-done; good performances all around.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6225520/?ref_=nv_sr_4

[MN Dave]

RAMPAGE with the Rock!
Loads of fun for guys like me. 

[milk]

Rewatched this today. It's a must-watch for Star Trek fans and a pretty funny, if goofy, offering. It drags a bit but the first hour has lots of laughs.

[Ken B]

Rewatched this today. It's a must-watch for Star Trek fans and a pretty funny, if goofy, offering. It drags a bit but the first hour has lots of laughs.

I love that. Seen it four or five times. Hilarious.

[cilgwyn]

Not sure this is the right thread?! Anyway,I'm a huge fan of the old Cinema serials (aka,Cliffhanger serials) which inspired Indian Jones. Some are repetitious;but the best ones are just such fun,imho! I just love them! :)This is one of the best. It's great to see a company like Kino Lorber turning their attention to an area of popular cinema which has,on the whole,been,largely, ignored (but thank you,VCI!). I only hope that sales will be good enough for them to bring out some more titles. (They've already released Captain Marvel). Spy Smasher and Perils of Nyoka,are a case in point. There are others! A nice print of G-Men vs the Black Dragon,for example. The Cheezy Flicks release is viewable,but the print looks 'washed out'!!
Anyway,such fun! All those gadgets and dastardly villains. I can hardly wait to watch the next episode! In the last few weeks I've sat through Jungle Girl,Drums of Fu Manchu,Jungle Jim,The Phantom and Secret Agent X-9 (1937) (that one,in the last few months). The Phantom Empire,the Flash Gordon serials and G-Men vs the Black Dragon,are all lined up!! This print of Daredevils of the Red Circle,from Kino,is very good,indeed!

[Karl Henning]

Not sure this is the right thread?! Anyway,I'm a huge fan of the old Cinema serials (aka,Cliffhanger serials) which inspired Indian Jones.

I do enjoy Indiana Jones, but . . . not sure I'd dig (you see what I did there) the prototypes.  I rejoice, though, that thou in them delightest!

[NikF]

Not sure this is the right thread?! Anyway,I'm a huge fan of the old Cinema serials (aka,Cliffhanger serials) which inspired Indian Jones. Some are repetitious;but the best ones are just such fun,imho! I just love them! :)This is one of the best. It's great to see a company like Kino Lorber turning their attention to an area of popular cinema which has,on the whole,been,largely, ignored (but thank you,VCI!). I only hope that sales will be good enough for them to bring out some more titles. (They've already released Captain Marvel). Spy Smasher and Perils of Nyoka,are a case in point. There are others! A nice print of G-Men vs the Black Dragon,for example. The Cheezy Flicks release is viewable,but the print looks 'washed out'!!
Anyway,such fun! All those gadgets and dastardly villains. I can hardly wait to watch the next episode! In the last few weeks I've sat through Jungle Girl,Drums of Fu Manchu,Jungle Jim,The Phantom and Secret Agent X-9 (1937) (that one,in the last few months). The Phantom Empire,the Flash Gordon serials and G-Men vs the Black Dragon,are all lined up!! This print of Daredevils of the Red Circle,from Kino,is very good,indeed!

Good stuff. Many of those you mention are relatively early. I'll need to make time to check a few out.

The last I watched all the way through was Republic's 'King of the Rocket Men' from the late 40s (early 50s?) when it was shown on the BBC. That was also where I watched much of the popular Universal output like Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers.
But my earliest memory is seeing them on a Saturday morning when as a street urchin my little friends and I would sneak in without paying via the fire exit door of a rundown cinema. Obviously that was decades after the original release and the poorly presented prints were full of clumsy edits, but we didn't care and viewed them as serious drama sandwiched between the Looney Tunes and Merry Melodies. 

Anyway, hope you continue to enjoy them. 

[SonicMan46]

 
Rewatched this today. It's a must-watch for Star Trek fans and a pretty funny, if goofy, offering. It drags a bit but the first hour has lots of laughs.

Agree, a funny film - own the BD inserted above - love Tony Shalhoub and the 'octupus alien' woman -    Dave

[SonicMan46]

Big Country, The (1958) w/ Gregory Peck, Burl Ives, Jean Simmons, Charlton Heston and others - this film was discussed here not too long ago, but just replaced my DVD w/ the newly released Kino Lorber offering shown below, a restored 60th anniversary edition - excellent review HERE (summary below), for those interested - watched last night and was impressed by both the visual and audio remastering - the scenic vistas are just beautiful - if you want to 'own' this film, then this version is highly recommended.  Dave