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.Napoléon City Travel Guides > VHS > Art House and International starring: Abel Gance, Antonin Artaud, Acho Chakatouny, Jean Henry, Damia directed by: Abel Gance March 01, 1992 As my previous writer annouced "Napoléon" has some missing facts about the french revolution. Actually he is right, but Gance knows about this. He planned "Napoléon" as the first of six parts about the life of Napoleon. But he only got 1.5 mio. Dollar for all six parts, but already "Napoléon" costs about 1mio., so the last parts were cancelled. This is, why the french history is not complete within this movie. >>See More Reviews & Details on Napoléon |
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.On Her Majesty's Secret Service City Travel Guides > VHS > Art House and International starring: Peter R. Hunt, George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Gabriele Ferzetti directed by: Peter R. Hunt August 14, 2001 The most underrated movie in the biggest film franchise of all time,OHMSS is highly regarded by 007 movie fans as the best movie.One of the reasons it hasn't topped Goldfinger ,due to the fact James Bond was not portrayed by Sean Connery, but an Australian model in his first acting job. George Lazenby took on the role of 007 when Connery exited after You Only Live Twice (1967).Although lacking Connery's charisma (like the later Bond actors), Lazenby was a superb choice and did a wonderful job despite filling some big shoes. But what really makes this movie so great is the story itself.Based from one of Ian Fleming's last Bond novels,It deals with Bond taking a leave from MI6 to track down Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Telly Savales).He teams ... Read More: >>See More Reviews & Details on On Her Majesty's Secret Service |
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.Shadowlands City Travel Guides > VHS > Art House and International starring: Anthony Hopkins, Roddy Maude-Roxby, Debra Winger, Edward Hardwicke, Andrew Seear directed by: Richard Attenborough January 13, 1998 The movie was done well. The cast was magnificent. The scenes of the Oxford Campus were beautiful. The story drew me in. However, it did not present Lewis very well. First, it presents Lewis as being rather naive about suffering. He kept giving the same sermon over and over and implies that did not really understand suffering. This is not so. His mother died when he was very young. He was a soldier in World War 2. His close friend, Charles Williams, died around this period of his life. Second, the movie left the viewer with the impression that Lewis left his simple Christianity and grew into a better understanding of the world. He truly suffered when Joy died as the book, "A Grief Observed" describes beautifully, but he did not leave the faith. Read More: >>See More Reviews & Details on Shadowlands |
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.Friends City Travel Guides > VHS > Art House and International starring: Sean Bury, Anicée Alvina, Ronald Lewis, Toby Robins, Joan Hickson directed by: Lewis Gilbert (II) April 02, 1996 I saw this movie time and again in the old Martin theatre in a small Alabama town, and it, along with Wuthering Heights, colored my being. It is a picture of what Love and Grand Passion should be. >>See More Reviews & Details on Friends |
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.The Hairdresser's Husband (Le Mari de la coiffeuse) City Travel Guides > VHS > Art House and International starring: Jean Rochefort, Anna Galiena, Roland Bertin, Maurice Chevit, Philippe Clévenot directed by: Patrice Leconte June 22, 1994 Like a previous person, I make a point of watching any film directed by Patrice Leconte. I also think "The Hairdresser's Husband" is perhaps both his finest and his most obscure work. This touching film stars veteran French actor Jean Rochefort as Antoine--the hairdresser's husband, and Anna Galiena is Mathilde, the hairdresser ... enough said! The film portrays life at its finest as well as its most sad times. I found the film a little slow at some points but neccessary to enforce the fact that sometimes life is just peaceful and inactive and at times - rash and quick. >>See More Reviews & Details on The Hairdresser's Husband (Le Mari de la coiffeuse) |
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.Queen Live in Rio City Travel Guides > VHS > Art House and International starring: Brian May (II), Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor, John Deacon Like a previous person, I make a point of watching any film directed by Patrice Leconte. I also think "The Hairdresser's Husband" is perhaps both his finest and his most obscure work. This touching film stars veteran French actor Jean Rochefort as Antoine--the hairdresser's husband, and Anna Galiena is Mathilde, the hairdresser ... enough said! The film portrays life at its finest as well as its most sad times. I found the film a little slow at some points but neccessary to enforce the fact that sometimes life is just peaceful and inactive and at times - rash and quick. >>See More Reviews & Details on Queen Live in Rio |
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.The Killing Fields City Travel Guides > VHS > Art House and International starring: Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich, Julian Sands, Craig T. Nelson directed by: Roland Joffé February 03, 1998 Most war movies from the 80's are about Vietnam and sometimes the horrible events in Cambodia are snowed under. 'The Killing Fields' is about the friendship between NY Times Reporter Syd and his Cambodian interpreter and later friend. When the western journalists flee the country they try and get him with them by forging a passport but it fails and Tran stays behind. He gets caught by the Khmer Rouge and forced to work in slavery, by not letting known he speaks English he survives and escapes and finds his friend Syd again. The movie is great and emotional. Some scenes are awful but lifelike. Though shot in Thailand, the scenery is beautiful. The acting is fine too, the man playing Tran won an oscar. His own personal life is very closely linked to the ... Read More: >>See More Reviews & Details on The Killing Fields |
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.Dark Journey City Travel Guides > VHS > Art House and International starring: Conrad Veidt, Vivien Leigh, Joan Gardner, Anthony Bushell, Ursula Jeans directed by: Victor Saville April 10, 1998 I bought this video to add to my growing collection of Vivien Leigh films. Of course, this is a must have. It captures Vivien before the Gone with the Wind phenomenon. On a whole, the plot was a bit slow and the sound quality made it difficult to understand all the actors, many of which have thick accents. What makes this film worthwhile is Vivien's performance. She truly carries the film! Vivien Leigh only made a handful of films, and it is interesting to hear the change in her voice. In her last few films her voice is husky, an effect of her habitual smoking. Though, in her earlier films, like DARK JOURNEY, her voice is light and almost musical. DARK JOURNEY is a must have for any serious Vivien Leigh fan! >>See More Reviews & Details on Dark Journey |
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.Barabbas City Travel Guides > VHS > Art House and International starring: Anthony Quinn, Silvana Mangano, Arthur Kennedy, Katy Jurado, Harry Andrews directed by: Richard Fleischer June 21, 1994 I've seen just about all of the Biblical epics, but this one has always been my favorite because of the deeper character development. Except for the beginning of the movie, where Barabbas has been released instead of Jesus, the story is completely speculative. But the journey the story takes is quite moving and unpredictable and thought-provoking. It's probably the only older Biblical movie that actually touches upon the struggle for faith in Christ and the consequences of advertising that faith in a society that outlaws it. Barabbas is a man in anguish, full of guilt and indecision, but tries hard to repress his emotions and his humanity when he's imprisoned and enslaved in a mine for many years. When he's partnered later with another slave, this time a devout Christian, Barabbas resents ... Read More: >>See More Reviews & Details on Barabbas |
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.Whats Up Tiger Lily City Travel Guides > VHS > Art House and International starring: Woody Allen, Tatsuya Mihashi, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama, John Sebastian directed by: Woody Allen February 24, 1998 Along with the fictional "Interiors" this has to be Allen's most introspective, auto biographical work: a realistic portrait of the man behind the comedian, everything's here: starting from a difficult upbringing in Tijuana, México (where he met absurdist mexican painter Mateo Valdés Gutiérrez), the amazingly strange story of how Woody wears glasses just for the fun of it and up to his anonymous contributions to the Lingüistic Circle of Prague (where he started his stand up routine, not very succesfully). Maybe the most powerful image from this production is the moment when Allen breaks into tears listening to an old Ramones 8 track, driving his Porsche back to California or maybe when he transforms himself into a black jazz musician while listening to Coltrane in a bath tub, full of ... Read More: >>See More Reviews & Details on Whats Up Tiger Lily |