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At the same time he plays at sentimentalising it, Pino Donaggio’s lush strings scoring rendering the scene like some lyrical depiction of the blooming glory of young womanhood. Cross-reference the more idealised, clean, arty version found in the early scenes of Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)...
19. Picnic At Hanging Rock (1975) 21. Year of the Dragon (1985) 22. Fool For Love (1985) 23. After Hours (1985) 24. El Topo (1970) 24. The Color of Money (1986) 26. The Adolescent (1979) 26. Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986) 28. In the White City (1983) 28. Choose Me (1984) ...
Holden and Novak sizzle in their scenes together, particularly a dance at the picnic. As they draw closer to one another, their fingers interlocking momentarily, the music (the 1933 standard "Moonglow") merges into composer George Duning's exquisite Picnic love theme. It's a magical movie ...
When Nina and George have the inevitable dramatic scene and express their feelings it doesn’t feel as forced as one might expect. Their bond is solidified and the film unsurprisingly has the pair remain in each other’s lives, presumably forever. ...
Questions about the extent of their relationship continued to gnaw at me especially during the final scene when they lie down next to each other in the grass. And never was a mention of a woman ever muttered. Otherwise, the gorgeous (4×3) cinematography is evident throughout the film as...
Watching early Vidor is fun, as he was clearly experimenting with the medium. There was an unexpected forward tracking shot in the picnic scene, and his use of superimposition is both striking and emotionally resonant. There is a lot of the usual silent film framing, with a static camera cap...
Robert Aldrich’s direction is assured from the first scene. A title card states simply that the setting is ‘Europe 1944.’ The movie opens in the midst of a battle. A National Guard Infantry Company, Fragile Fox, has been ordered by company commander Captain Erskine Cooney to capture one...
On July 19, The Brattle’s “50 Years of Million Year Picnic” series screens a great Terry Zwigoff double feature. His excellent documentary “Crumb” about “Fritz the Cat” cartoonist R. Crumb plays with “Ghost World,” the movie that really put ScarJo on the map and also features gr...