Roman Polanski was born August 18, 1933 in Paris. The sordid details of his flight from the United States in 1978 have often overshadowed discussion of the director’s work, which at the age of 77, includes one of the best films of 2010. Is he a world class filmmaker? In the month of August, I [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Music'
Musicians Don’t Make Good Conspirators
August 13th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: Based on book · Bathtub scene · Brother/brother relationship · Brother/sister relationship · Concert · Crooked officer · Military · Music · No opening credits · Train
He Adored New York City
July 28th, 2010 · 3 Comments
In the month of July, I take a look at films released in my very favorite film stock and aspect ratio: black & white in anamorphic. Unless they’re being financed with credit cards, movies are rarely shot like this anymore because they’re impossible to sell to television. Yet these dreams sneak onto Turner Classic Movies [...]
Tags: Drunk scene · Famous line · Midlife crisis · Museums and galleries · Music · No opening credits · Psychoanalysis · Unconventional romance
Pushing Charlie Parker Into the Shadows
May 15th, 2010 · 2 Comments
Bird (1988)
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Written by Joel Oliansky
Produced by Clint Eastwood
161 minutes
A tone poem on the life and times of jazz innovator Charlie Parker makes such a valiant effort at authenticity, at not being a bad movie, that what’s left feels like virtually no movie at all. A script by actor, playwright and jazz [...]
Tags: Concert · Crooked officer · Dreams and visions · Drunk scene · Midlife crisis · Music
Pit Stops of the Dust Bowl
May 3rd, 2010 · No Comments
Honkytonk Man (1982)
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Screenplay by Clancy Carlile, based on his novel
Produced by Clint Eastwood
122 minutes
The star attractions in Honkytonk Man are the roadhouses that chew up and spit out an endless cycle of musicians. The film was a rare — but in retrospect not really surprising — commercial letdown from Clint Eastwood [...]
Tags: Based on novel · Bathtub scene · Coming of age · Concert · Drunk scene · Gangsters and hoodlums · Heist · Interrogation · Master and pupil · Music · Prostitute · Road trip · Small town










