[3] October 10, 2012
There is much about Milos Forman’s Loves of a Blonde [4] that is comedic, yet it’s not a comedy, exactly. There’s too much genuine wistfulness, rejection, and desperation percolating through it.
[3] There is much about Milos Forman’s Loves of a Blonde [4] that is comedic, yet it’s not a comedy, exactly. There’s too much genuine wistfulness, rejection, and desperation percolating through it.
[6] The Candidate [7] is a detailed depiction of a campaign for a seat in the U.S. Senate. Here’s what’s amazing: it was made 40 years ago. And it’s like in all that time nothing has changed!!!
[9] Rashomon [10], the unexpected hit that introduced Western audiences to Japanese films, screens as part of the Movies That Matter series presenting essential masterpieces of world cinema.
[12] The People vs. Larry Flynt [13] is a pretty wonderful film about a pretty despicable character. In the hands of director Milos Forman, it's funny, thought-provoking, outrageous and, against all expectations, truly touching.
[15] The moral of Wag the Dog [16] is that show biz and politics have become one and the same. Content is irrelevant; all that matters is if you can divert the audience long enough to collect their money (or their votes).
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-loves-blonde-1965
[4] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Forman%22+title:%22Loves+of+a+Blonde%22
[5] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/18541#comment-form
[6] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-candidate-1972
[7] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Robert+Redford%22+title:%22Candidate%22
[8] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-candidate-1972#comments
[9] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-rashomon-1950
[10] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=format:%22DVD%22+author:%22Akira+Kurosawa%22+title:%22Rashomon%22
[11] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-rashomon-1950#comments
[12] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-people-vs-larry-flynt-1996
[13] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117318/
[14] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/18460#comment-form
[15] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-wag-dog-1997
[16] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Barry+Levinson%22+title:%22Wag+the+Dog%22
[17] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/18456#comment-form
[18] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314
[19] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=11
[20] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=8
[21] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=9
[22] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=10
[23] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=13
[24] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=14
[25] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=15
[26] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=16
[27] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=41