In 1970, Björn Andrésen was just another skinny Swedish 15-year-old. In 1971, he was dubbed “the most beautiful boy in the world” by Italian director Luchino Visconti. Visconti had adapted Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice for the screen and cast Andrésen in … Continue reading THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOY IN THE WORLD
The cave of forgotten films has returned! Like a lot of things, 2020 was not kind to the website of curios, but 2021 seems to be loaded with reversals and the return of rarefilmm.com is certainly a pleasant one. There’s … Continue reading THE STRANGER
Had it up to here with feel good stories and emotional pick-me-ups? Feeling down in the dumps and wanting a little company? Ready to scream into the infinite until even your echo vanishes? Well, do I have some movies for … Continue reading This week in Film — Existential cinema and THE STRANGER
“The script always serves only as a basis or springboard for the shooting to come. I invent as I need to when filming, especially as I take into account location, weather, and light, and perhaps above all as I re-think the dramatic necessities of the narrative—what has to happen, that is, as opposed to what might happen. This is the way I work on each of my films.” –Luchino Visconti Continue reading In Their Words – Sunday, January 27, 2013
Michael J. Cinema 