the more we recognize its object's extraordinary force. Jean-Marie Straub and Daniele Huillet's La mort d'Empedocle (1986), P.P. Pasolini's Oedipus Rex (1967), and Orson Welles's The Trial (1962) confound "theory," at least the kind of theory that has reigned supreme in the field ...
The Trial of Joan of Arc(Procès de Jeanne d'Arc, 1962) byRobert Bressontells the story of Joan of Arc during the final period of her captivity and her execution in 1431. Like all of Bresson’s films, there is no backstory provided concerning significant background information of the chara...
Welles came to Hollywood at the tender age of twenty-four looking to buck the studio system and create a new sort of narrative film in his own inimitable way. And for an all too brief period, he succeeded
Orson Welles' 'The Trial' (1962) Photofest Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options On February 20, 1963, Orson Welles’ adaptation of Franz Kafka’s The Trial hit theaters in New York. The Hollywood Reporter’s original review ...
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Tense story of a tough cop attempting to transport the widow of a gangster to the trial in which she'll testify. They undertake a rail journey from Chicago to Los Angeles with their lives constantly under threat from hit men on the train, who will stop at nothing to prevent her from tes...
Nonetheless Daenerys’ psychology is intriguingly reminiscent of the main character in Lawrence of Arabia (1962), another self-made champion mixing intense neurotic revulsion for death and suffering driven to prove master of it by dealing it out, swaying from extremes of messianic heroism to base at...
The group resorts to extreme public protests consisting of fake blood throwing and invading prominent pharmaceutical company meetings. They intend to get them to release trial results immediately instead of waiting until the next year. The various debates and infighting among the chapter are heavily fe...
A thought or dream sequence requires similar emphasis on the departure from chronology of real time. Nearly all of La Rivière du Hibou (1962), a prizewinning French short film adapted from Ambrose Bierce’s 1891 short story“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” consists of the fleeting last...
I doubt the theater would have withstood the rise of VCRs and movie rentals. I have so many fond memories of the Roxy Theater in Brigham City. I’ve lost count of how many times I watched The Bad News Bears and Grease, snacking on popcorn and sipping Coke. It was announced in ...