[3] January 28, 2013
Can violence be funny? That's not a question you'd expect from a movie starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn, but that was the issue when the comedy thriller Charade [4] hit America’s movie screens.
[3] Can violence be funny? That's not a question you'd expect from a movie starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn, but that was the issue when the comedy thriller Charade [4] hit America’s movie screens.
[6] Funniest movie of all time? That’s a tough call, but Bringing Up Baby [7] has to be a contender. This screwball masterpiece screens on Sunday, January 27 at the Plaza Branch as part of the Movies That Matter film series.
[9] Kansas City [10] has tons of atmosphere, terrific jazz, and a palpable sense of history. This is only fitting, since the film is director Robert Altman’s cinematic tribute to the city of his boyhood.
[12] Captain Newman, M.D. [13] is an all but forgotten rueful anti-establishment examination of war and the military. Nine years later, M*A*S*H would explore a similar premise, but with more anger.
[15] Tom Jones [16], based on Henry Fielding’s picaresque comedy of 18th-century manners, is proof that a miserable, unhappy set can produce a movie that earns millions and wins Academy Awards.
Links:
[1] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/Film+Blog/feed
[2] http://drupal.org/node/11816
[3] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-charade-1963
[4] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Stanley+Donen%22+title:%22Charade%22
[5] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/19394#comment-form
[6] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-bringing-baby-1938
[7] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Howard+Hawks%22+title:%22Bringing+Up+Baby%22
[8] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/19388#comment-form
[9] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-kansas-city-1996
[10] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Robert+Altman%22+title:%22Kansas+City%22
[11] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/19386#comment-form
[12] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-captain-newman-md-1963
[13] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22David+Miller%22+title:%22Captain+Newman%22
[14] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/19387#comment-form
[15] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-tom-jones-1963
[16] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057590/
[17] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/19294#comment-form
[18] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312
[19] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=5
[20] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=2
[21] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=3
[22] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=4
[23] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=7
[24] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=8
[25] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=9
[26] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=10
[27] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=61