[3] November 15, 2012
If you’re a film geek, you never forget the first time you saw The Bicycle Thieves [4]. That’s because this movie is so devastatingly emotional that suddenly you realize just how potent a movie can be.
[3] If you’re a film geek, you never forget the first time you saw The Bicycle Thieves [4]. That’s because this movie is so devastatingly emotional that suddenly you realize just how potent a movie can be.
[6] Infamous [7] is a pretty good movie with a performance by Brit actor Toby Jones as Truman Capote that should have earned him an Oscar nomination, and Daniel Craig as the murderer Perry Smith.
[9] An entertaining gangster flick with plenty of style, Layer Cake [10] asks us to root for a nameless drug dealer simply because he's less vile than his fellow miscreants – and because he's played by Daniel Craig.
[12] Sylvia [13] falls short of being the final word on its subject. Still, the film has some fine moments, particularly a brave performance by Gwyneth Paltrow as Sylvia Plath and a big dose of manly charisma from Daniel Craig as Ted Hughes.
[15] Road to Perdition [16] is a brooding gangster drama – about fathers and sons, damnation and redemption – that continually defies expectations. Superbly photographed and staged, it creates its own detached-but-compelling ambience.
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-bicycle-thieves-italy-1948
[4] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Vittorio+De+Sicca%22+title:%22Ladr%C3%B3n+de+bicicletas%22
[5] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/18780#comment-form
[6] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-infamous-2006
[7] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Toby+Jones%22+title:%22Infamous%22
[8] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/18774#comment-form
[9] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-layer-cake-2004
[10] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Daniel+Craig%22+title:%22Layer+Cake%22
[11] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/18731#comment-form
[12] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-sylvia-2003
[13] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Gwyneth+Paltrow%22+title:%22Sylvia%22
[14] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/18708#comment-form
[15] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-road-perdition-2002
[16] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Tom+Hanks%22+title:%22Road+to+Perdition%22
[17] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/18700#comment-form
[18] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314
[19] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=9
[20] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=6
[21] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=7
[22] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=8
[23] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=11
[24] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=12
[25] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=13
[26] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=14
[27] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=41