LGM film club
Jerzy Skolimowski's 1970 film Deep End received mixed reviews at the time and while its reputation has grown over the years, I can see why. It's basically a French New.
Had to put up this 1971 Noam Chomsky defense of Daniel Ellsberg's release of The Pentagon Papers for tonight's Film Club. Nothing else would do. https://www.youtube.com/embed/WE50tCvldTY
Route 66 star George Maharis died the other day. So let's honor him with tonight's film club, the first episode of the show in 1960. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3rrhdye3wmE
We'd be remiss to not have another thread honoring Tina Turner, so here is her and Jagger singing together at Live Aid in 1985. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9wyuwJP-u9Q
When watching Chaplin's The Gold Rush, one of the greatest films ever made, do you watch it in the original silent fashion or in the 1940s re-release when Chaplin, with.
So I watched Life of Brian again recently for the first time in many years.....is it just me or is like 50% of this movie just making fun of people.
Any western film about the Congo shot in the 40s is going to be pretty racist. So is this one. The footage remains interesting, though the exoticism makes it pretty.
I watched Stop Making Sense again recently and I remain amazed. It's by so far the greatest concert film in history (and far better that Byrne and Spike Lee trying.