Posted in Actors, James Bond, Movies on March 26th, 2007 No Comments »
I finally have a copy and have watched the only James Bond film I’ve ever really been interested in: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. The one and only time I had seen it previously was way back when it came out. That would have been late 1969, early 1970. (It was released mid to late [...]
Posted in DVD, Directors, Movies, Orson Welles on March 16th, 2007 No Comments »
Today I received my copy of Mr. Arkadin (Criterion Collection). I’ve never seen the film. I know almost nothing about it.
About all I do know is that it was a schmozzle because Welles lost control of it.
The upshot is that there is no definitive version. No final cut, as Welles would have done it. What [...]
Posted in Billy Wilder, Blather, Directors, Movies on March 5th, 2007 3 Comments »
I guess a good movie directed by Billy Wilder isn’t much of a surprise but Witness for the Prosecution came as a nice one last night because I wasn’t expecting to watch it and because it was a film I knew almost nothing about.
It was quite by accident I came by it. I was skimming [...]
Posted in Movies, The Prestige on March 4th, 2007 2 Comments »
Well, I still haven’t watched The Departed. But I did watch Little Miss Sunshine for the second time. And I watched The Prestige.
I liked that one quite a bit though I plan on watching it again soon and see how a second impression strikes me. My initial take is that in the focus on the [...]
