THE TRIAL
Why am I always in the wrong without knowing what for or what it’s all about? So cries Josef K. The man is on trial, though his appearance before a court of his peers is brief. The rest of the … Continue reading THE TRIAL
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THE TRIAL
Based on a novel by Franz Kafka, The Trail is filmmaker Orson Welles at his most Wellesian. Anthony Perkins stars as K, a man accused of a crime he neither committed nor comprehends. K can ask all the questions he wants, but … Continue reading THE TRIAL
THE GREAT MCGINTY
Preston Sturges worked on almost 20 screenplays before figuring out how to keep mediocre directors from mucking up his words and stories: direct the pictures himself. Lucky for him, Sturges scripts made bank, and Paramount Pictures was desperate for the … Continue reading THE GREAT MCGINTY
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