I love movies so much that I went to film school in the 1980’s. Sometimes I think my love of movies has warped my expectations of what life will be.
Lately, I’ve been watching the movies of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, which challenge my expectations of what movies will be. In those movies (as in life), the people you are rooting for don’t necessarily win.
Here is a quote from Powell and Pressburger’s “manifesto” of making movies:
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Do you see any movies in my other images for today?
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I know there are lots of Christmas movies, but are there any Festivus movies?
Here’s the trailer from the Martin Scorsese-narrated documentary about Powell and Pressburger’s movies:
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Here’s a BFI (British Film Industry) video essay about these movies:
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Thanks to all who are here for this movies post, including YOU!
peace to all who are warring, building back what’s been lost, all corrupt leaders never leaving their cells, and kindness and compassion will rule the day.
Wonderful, beth.
I think Joan would make a great cactress in the movies, Ann.
I love the way you act, Mark.
I love movies, though I rarely make time for them now. I remember being appalled that my daughter had never seen Casablanca or The African Queen, so I ordered them from Netflix back in the day when they sent out DVDs in little red envelopes. I do have a couple of lesser known movies to recommend. “Enchanted April” is a surprising love story. “Antonia’s Line,” is a Dutch film about an amazing woman and her household. Both will buoy you up in the coming days.
I love “Enchanted April”. There’s a scene that sticks with me when the husband played by Alfred Molina asks Joan Plowright’s character, “Would you please tell me about Ruskin.” I understand the movie has to move on but I would love to hear the rest of that conversation.
I love it because the two women who defied their husbands to go on this adventure did not go to Italy and meet handsome young hunks. They rediscovered love, and the person they wanted most to share it with was the men they had left behind. Their husbands. And it worked. Because the husbands first encountered people they respected, who referred to their wives with admiration and respect. They learned to do so as well. Love them all.
Now I’m even more certain I need to watch that movie.
Thanks for recommending those movies, Barbara.
I love movies but I also enjoy the communal experience of seeing movies in the theater. It can be annoying if people talk or make noise but I love it when we laugh together or are scared together or even cry together. I remember seeing “Pulp Fiction” in the theater for the first time. A couple behind me got into an argument about whether they’d seen Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson’s characters on TV. It was so weird and funny it felt like it was part of the movie.
I still love to go to the movies in a theater, Chris, and will probably do that next week.