Earlier this week, BBC Culture released its lists of “The 100 greatest American films” from a poll of 62 international film critics. The results weren’t surprising—what was left off caused more discussion—with the usual suspects: Citizen Kane, Vertigo, The Godfather, The Searchers, 2001, etc., topping … Continue reading THE THIRD MAN
They’re all disappointments in the end. You only see the things you wish you had done. In the theatre you can take a play and then change it on tour or cut it down, but once you have finished a … Continue reading Born On This Day — December 30, 1906
The most important purpose of the commercial film-maker is to produce entertainment which will draw the largest possible number of the paying public into the cinema, and keep them there. You could gather a large number of people together to … Continue reading Born On This Day — December 30
In time I believe we shall get away from the eternal happy ending – it is difficult to get an audience really interested in the problems of the two main characters of a story when they know in the end … Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Michael J. Cinema 