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Tag Archives: Montgomery Clift
Three Films Worth Seeing for at Least One Performance
Three films, two countries, two different decades, three reasons for wanting to see them. Of course, there are other reasons for seeing any well-made film. But a good performance is a great reason to jump in and see it for … Continue reading
Posted in Film Reviews, Older Films
Tagged A Far Country, A Place in the Sun, Bob Fosse, Bus Stop, Charles Chaplin, Charles Coburn, cinema, Doris Day, Elizabeth Taylor, Federico Fellini, film, Frances, George Stevens, Giuletta Masina, Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, Kim Stanley, Lloyd Bridges, Marilyn Monroe, Marty, Montgomery Clift, movies, Network, Paddy Chayefski, Patty Duke, Picnic, reviews, Seance on a Wet Afternoon, Sweet Charity, The Goddess, The Hospital, The More the Merrier
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The Other Oscars: The Juvenile Academy Award
Did you know that July Garland, in spite of her tragic loss of the Oscar in 1955, did win an Academy Award? Other winners in this special Juvenile category include Mickey Rooney (nominated later for four other films as an … Continue reading
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Tagged A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Academy Awards, awards, Bobby Discoll, Claude Jarman Jr, Deanna Durbin, film, Fox Film Corporation, Fred Zinnemann, Gone with the Wind, Hayley Mills, In Search of the Castaways, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Ivan Jandl, John Mills, Jon Whitely, Judy Garland, Juvenile Academy Awards, Juvenile Oscar, M. Night Shyamalan, Margaret O'Brien, Meet Me in St. Louis, Mickey Rooney, Montgomery Clift, movies, Oscars, Peggy Ann Garner, Peter Pan, Pollyanna, Shirley Temple, So Dear to My Heart, Superman III, The Chalk Garden, The Color Purple, The Little Kidnappers, The Parent Trap, The Search, The Window, The Wizard of Oz, Tiger Bay, Trap, Vincent Winter
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Judgment at Nuremburg and A Man for All Seasons: The Cinema of Conscience
When I teach my students about editing, I make sure to point out that it has a dual power—to both contrast and compare. Classic scenes of violence cut with scenes of a holy rite (The Godfather, Part One) or violence … Continue reading
Posted in Film Reviews, Older Films
Tagged "Tout le monde a ses raisons", A Man for All Seasons, Christopher Nolan, conscience, Fred Zinneman, Jean Renoir, Judgment at Nuremburg, Judy Garland, Marlene Dietrich, Maximilian Schell, Montgomery Clift, morality, Nazi, Paul Scofield, Priceline, Richard Widmark, right and wrong, Spencer Tracy, Stanley Kramer, Star Trek, Third Reich, William Shatner, Wolf Hall
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