July 2010

Film du mois

Chie the Brat (Isao Takahata, 1981)






Top Ten


1. Chie the Brat (Isao Takahata, 1981)
2. The General (Buster Keaton, 1927)
3. The Sound of Music (Robert Wise, 1965)
4. In Nome Del Popolo Italiano (Dino Risi, 1971)
5. The Chaser (Na Hong-Jin, 2008)
6. Betty Boop (Dave Fleischer, 1932)
7. Death on the Nile (John Guillermin, 1978)
8. A Tale of Two Sisters (Kim Ji-Woon, 2003)
9. Leaving Las Vegas (Mike Figgins, 1995)
10. Parade (Jacques Tati, 1974)




News


19 gems.


Un Revenant (Christian-Jacque, 1946) - C-
The Angry Hills (Robert Aldrich, 1959) - C-
The Sound of Music (Robert Wise, 1965) - B
Night at the Museum (Shawn Levy, 2006) - D-
Chie the Brat (Isao Takahata, 1981) - B+
I clowns (Federico Fellini, 1970) - C-
A Tale of Two Sisters (Kim Ji-Woon, 2003) - C+
Southland Tales (Richard Kelly, 2006) - F comme FAIL
The Chaser (Na Hong-Jin, 2008) - B
Cab Calloway, le dandy de Harlem (Gail Levin et Jean-François Pitet, 2010) - C
Leaving Las Vegas (Mike Figgins, 1995) - C
The Hudsucker Proxy (Joen & Ethan Coen, 1994) - C-
In Nome Del Popolo Italiano (Dino Risi, 1971) - B
The General (Buster Keaton, 1927) - B+
Parade (Jacques Tati, 1974) - C-
Death on the Nile (John Guillermin, 1978) - B-
A Dandy in Aspic (Anthony Mann, Lawrence Harvey 1968) - D+
Samaria (Kim Ki-duk, 2004) - C
The Boat That Rocked (Richard Curtis, 2009) - D+



Cartoons


Betty Boop (Dave Fleischer, 1932)


Minnie the Moocher
Stopping the Show
Betty Boop's Bizzy Bee
Betty Boop, M.D.
Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle
Betty Boop's Ups and Downs
Betty Boop for President
I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You
Betty Boop's Museum



Films revus


Lost In Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003) - A+
The Big Heat (Fritz Lang, 1953) - B+
The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks, 1946) - B+
Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks, 1959) - B
Riso Amaro (Giuseppe De Santis, 1949) - A+



Frivolities


Surprises : Chie the Brat (Isao Takahata, 1981), Death on the Nile (John Guillermin, 1978)


Disappointments : I clowns (Federico Fellini, 1970), The Boat That Rocked (Richard Curtis, 2009)



The Patricia Neal Award : Betty Boop



The Gregory Peck Award : Buster Keaton (The General, 1926)



The Phyllis Dietrichson Award : Ha Jung-woo (The Chaser, 2008)




Top 5 Quotes


1. SERA : "So why are you a drunk?"
BEN ANDERSON : "Why am I a drunk? Is that really what you wanna ask me?"
SERA : "Yes."
BEN ANDERSON : "Well, then, this is our first date, or our last. Until now I wasn't sure it was either. "

(Nicolas Cage & Elisabeth Shue, Leaving Las Vegas)


2. Lorenzo Santenocito : O Ménopause, que ne fait-on pas en ton nom à sa femme

(Vittotio Gassman, In nome del popolo italiano)


3. A hot cornet can go: [cornet sounds]
But a hot cornet can't "boop-boop-a-doop" like Betty Boop can do!
A saxophone can go: [saxophone sounds]
But a saxophone can't "boop-boop-a-doop" like Betty Boop can do!

Betty Boop, M.D.


4. JOHNNIE GRAY : "If you lose this war don't blame me."

(Buster Keaton, The General)


5. MRS. VAN SCHUYLER: "How would a little trip down the Nile suit you?"
MISS BOWERS: "There is nothing I would dislike more. There are two things in the world I can't abide: it's heat and heathens."
MRS. VAN SCHUYLER: "Good. Then we'll go. Bowers, pack."

(Bette Davis & Maggie Smith, Death on the Nile)


BONUS : BEN SANDERSON: "I don't know if my wife left me because of my drinking or I started drinking 'cause my wife left me".

(Nicolas Cage, Leaving Las Vegas)



Livre Cinéma du Mois

Not a thing.


Rating : ABCDE

June 2010

Film du mois


Tennessee's Partner (Allan Dwan, 1955)





Top Ten


1. Tennessee's Partner (Allan Dwan, 1955)
2. Silver Lode (Allan Dwan, 1954)
3. Safety Last! (Fred C. Newmeyer & Sam Taylor, 1923)
4. The Cigarette Girl From Moscow (Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky, 1924)
5. Mother, 1905 (Vsevolod Pudovkin, 1926)
6. Nobody Knows (Hirokazu Kore-Eda, 2004)
7. Hot Water (Fred C. Newmeyer & Sam Taylor, 1924)
8. Waitress (Adrienne Shelly, 2007)
9. All That Jazz (Bob Fosse, 1979)
10. Gideon's Day (John Ford, 1958)




Découvertes


21 découvertes.


Silver Lode (Allan Dwan, 1954) - B+
Steamboy (Katsuhiro Otomo, 2004) - C-
Thunderbolt (Josef von Sternberg, 1929) - C-
Nobody Knows (Hirokazu Koreeda, 2004) - B
Slightly Scarlett (Allan Dwan, 1956) - C
Tennessee's Partner (Allan Dwan, 1955) - B+
It's Always Sunday (Allan Dwan, 1956) - C-
High Air (Allan Dwan, 1956) - C-
Castle Keep (Sidney Pollack, 1969) - D-
Waitress (Adrienne Shelly, 2007) - B-
Hot Water (Fred C. Newmeyer & Sam Taylor, 1924) - B
Safety Last! (Fred C. Newmeyer & Sam Taylor, 1923) - B+
Gideon's Day (John Ford, 1958) - C
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Mamoru Hosoda, 2006) - C
All That Jazz (Bob Fosse, 1979) - C+
J'accuse (Abel Gance, 1938) - C+
The Cigarette Girl From Moscow (Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky, 1924) - B
La Femme est l'Avenir de l'Homme (Hong Sangsoon, 2004) - C-
Escape to Burma (Allan Dwan, 1955) - D
Pearl of the South Pacific (Allan Dwan, 1955) - D
Mother, 1905 (Vsevolod Pudovkin, 1926) - B+



Films revus


Unfaithfully Yours (Preston Surges, 1948) - B
I Was a Male War Bride (Howard Hawks, 1949) - B-
My Darling Clementine (John Ford, 1946) - A



Frivolities


Surprises : Waitress (Adrienne Shelly, 2007)


Disappointments : Castle Keep (Sidney Pollack, 1969), Escape to Burma (Allan Dwan, 1955)


The Joan Blondell Award : Rondha Fleming (Tennessee's Partner & Slightly Scarlett)



The Cary Grant Award : Harold Lloyd (Safety Last!, 1923)




The Lionel "Mr. Potter" Barrymore Award : The angry mob (Silver Lode) or the Russian army (La Mère)



Top 5 Quotes



1. Elizabeth 'Duchess' Farnham : "Champagne ?"
Cowpoke : "No thanks"
Elizabeth 'Duchess' Farnham : "Whiskey ?"
Cowpoke : "Cold water if you don't mind."
Elizabeth 'Duchess' Farnham : "Anything you want. Sabrina, cold water for the gentleman."
Sabrina : "Bath ?"
Elizabeth 'Duchess' Farnham : "No, drink."
Sabrina : "My goodness."

(Rhonda Fleming & Ronald Reagan, Tennessee's Partner)


2. TENNESSEE : "Were you from ?"
COWPOKE : "Arizona. Ever been there ?"
TENNESSEE : "Yeah I was run out of the Arizona' territory three years ago. I was run out of New Mexico too. And Colorado, Utah, Texas and Oregon."
COWPOKE : "You've got to be a little bit careful here in California. I understand there's an ocean outta here someplace."

(John Payne & Ronald Reagan, Tennessee's Partner)


3. TENNESSEE : "I never even knew his name!"

John Payne, Tennessee's Partner)


4. Un écriteau devant la "maison" de la tenancière Rhonda Fleming :

Marriage Market : Young ladies all able to cook, all desirous of finding decent husbands. Manager : Elizabeth 'Duchess' Farnham
GRUBSTAKE McNIVEN : "Gosh wish I could read"

(Tennessee's Partner)


5. Jenna: I Hate My Husband Pie... You take bittersweet chocolate and don't sweeten it. You make it into a pudding and drown it in caramel.
Jenna: Earl Murders Me Because I'm Having An Affair Pie... You smash blackberries and raspberries into a chocolate crust
Jenna: I Can't Have No Affair Because It's Wrong And I Don't Want Earl To Kill Me Pie... Vanilla custard with banana. Hold the banana.

(Keri Russell, Waitress)



Livre Cinéma du Mois

Hitchcock at Work (Bill Krohn)



Rating : ABCDE

May 2010

Film du mois



Random Harvest (Mervyn LeRoy, 1942)

















Top Ten


1. Random Harvest (Mervyn LeRoy, 1942)
2. Love in the Afternoon (Billy Wilder, 1957)
3. Still Walking (Hirokazu Koreeda, 2008)
4. Papillon (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1973)
5. Bad Day at Black Rock (John Sturges, 1955)
6. Kanal (Andrzej Wajda, 1956)
7. Sherlock Jr. (Buster Keaton, 1924)
8. An Angel at My Table (Jane Campion, 1990)
9. Arise My Love (Mitchell Leisen, 1940)
10. Le Destin Fabuleux De Désirée Clary (Sacha Guitry, 1941)




Découvertes


25 découvertes.


Sherlock Jr. (Buster Keaton, 1924) - B
Our Hospitality (Buster Keaton & John G. Blystone, 1923) - B
Arise My Love (Mitchell Leisen, 1940) - C+
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (Clint Eastwood, 1997) - D-
Love in the Afternoon (Billy Wilder, 1957) - A
Glory (Edward Zwick, 1989) - D
The Man Who Knew Too Much (Alfred Hitchcock, 1934) - C-
Green Card (Peter Weir, 1990) - D
The Big Broadcast of 1937 (Mitchell Leisen, 1936) - D
Stardust Memories (Woody Allen, 1980) - C-
The Sand Pebbles (Robert Wise, 1966) - C
Le Destin Fabuleux De Désirée Clary (Sacha Guitry, 1941) - C
Kanal (Andrzej Wajda, 1956) - B
Cattle Queen of Montana (Allan Dwan, 1954) - C-
Passion (Allan Dwan, 1954) - C
Bad Day at Black Rock (John Sturges, 1955) - B
Factotum (Bent Hamer, 2005) - E
Papillon (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1973) - B+
Random Harvest (Mervyn LeRoy, 1942) - A
Aurora de esperanza (Antonio Sau Olite, 1937) - C-
An Angel at My Table (Jane Campion, 1990) - B
Garden State (Zach Braff, 2004) - D
Paprika (Satoshi Kon, 2006) - D
Still Walking (Hirokazu Koreeda, 2008) - A
Un nommé La Rocca (Jean Becker, 1962) - D-



Films revus



Scarlett Street (Fritz Lang, 1945) - B+
Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa, 1950) - B
Laura (Otto Preminger, 1944) - A
Sunset Blvd. (Billy Wilder, 1950) - A+++
Angel Face (Otto Preminger, 1952) - B-
The Great Escape (John Sturges, 1963) - A
Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954) - A



Frivolities


Surprise : Le Destin Fabuleux De Désirée Clary (Sacha Guitry, 1941), Random Harvest (Mervyn LeRoy, 1942), Still Walking - Aruitemo aruitemo (Hirokazu Koreeda, 2008), An Angel at My Table (Jane Campion, 1990), Bad Day at Black Rock (John Sturges, 1955)

Disappointment : Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (Clint Eastwood, 1997), la bande originale anachronique sur le dvd Kino Sherlock Jr., Factotum (Bent Hamer, 2005), The Big Broadcast of 1937 (Mitchell Leisen, 1936), Garden State (Zach Braff, 2004)


The Olivia de Havilland Award : Charlotte Rampling (Stardust Memories) & Greer Garson (Random Harvest)





The Kirk Douglas Award : Buster Keaton (Sherlock Jr.)



The Lionel "Mr. Potter" Barrymore Award : Le Troisième Reich (Kanaal)
Runner-up : Robert Ryan (Bad Day At The Black Rock) et l'administration pénitentiaire française dans Papillon



Top 5 Répliques


1. Ariane Chavasse: Working on a new case?
Claude Chavasse: A client from Brussels. His wife ran away to Paris with the chauffeur. I have to find them; the husband wants his car back. (Audrey Hepburn et Maurice Chevalier, Love In The Afternoon)

2. Father Jacinto: "This is my first execution."
Tom Martin: "Don't worry, Father, it's mine too." (Ray Milland, Arise My Love)

3. Oh, let me tell you, you're not the missionary type, you'd never last (Woody Allen, Stardust Memories)

4. SANDY "What was that? What was that?"
DORRIE "Hey, that's so pretty. A pigeon!"
SANDY "Geez...no, it's not pretty at all. They're...they're...they're rats with wings."
DORRIE "They're wonderful. No! It's probably a good omen. It'll bring us good luck."
SANDY "No...no, get it out of here. It's probably one of those killer pigeons."
DORRIE "No, get something for it to eat. We can coax it down! What are you doing? Hey, wait!"
SANDY "You see, it's got a swastika under its wings."
DORRIE "It's wonderful. Not that.
SANDY "I just...I just want to guide it out of the apartment. Geez. I don't want a winged thing in my house." (Stardust Memories)

5. Reno Smith: I don't know! Somebody's always looking for something in this part of the West. To the historian it's the Old West, to the book writer it's the Wild West, to the businessman it's the Undeveloped West -- they say we're all poor and backward, and I guess we are, we don't even have enough water. But to us, this place is *our* West, and I wish they'd leave us alone! (Robert Ryan, Bad Day At Black Rock)

BONUS : A WOMAN IN THE AUDIENCE "A lot of people have accused you of being narcissistic."
SANDY "No, I know people think that I'm egotistical and narcissistic, but it's not true. I, as a matter of fact, if I did identify with a Greek mythological character, it would not be Narcissus."
ANOTHER MAN IN THE AUDIENCE "Who would be?"
SANDY "Zeus." (Stardust Memories)



Livre Cinéma du Mois

Niet.


Rating : Alphabet

30 Personal Favorites Of 2009

1. Roman Holiday (William Wyler) 1953
2. A Canterbury Tale (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger) 1964
3. Il Sorpaso / Le Fanfaron (Dino Risi) 1962
4. The Great Ziegfield (Robert Z.Leonard) 1936
5. Dr. Strangelove (Stanley Kubrick) 1964

6. Has Anybody Seen My Gal (Douglas Sirk) 1952
7. The Aquatic Life With Steve Zissou (Wes Anderson) 2004
8. All That Heaven Allows (Douglas Sirk) 1955
9. Never Say Goodbye (James V.Kern) 1946
10. Spendor In The Grass (Elia Kazan) 1961

11. Monika (Ingmar Bergman) 1953
12. Jour de Fête (Jacques Tati) 1949
13. Parlons Femmes (Ettore Scola) 1964
14. The Purple Rose Of Cairo (Woody Allen) 1985
15. The Intruder (Roger Corman)1962

16. Trees Lounge (Steve Buscemi) 1996
17. The Children's Hour (William Wyler) 1961
18. Quand Passent Les Cigognes (Mikhail Kalatozov) 1958
19. Lolita (Stanley Kubrick)
20. No Highway In The Sky (Henry Koster) 1951

21. The Road To Memphis (Richard Pearce & Robert Kenner) 2003
22. Lifeboat (Alfred Hitchcock) 1944
23. The Foutainhead (King Vidor) 1949
24. En Compagnie De Max Linder (Trois films de sa période américaine début 20's)
25. Bonne Chance ! (Sacha Guitry) 1935

26. Le Gout De La Cerise (Abbas Kiaromasti) 1997
27. Le Vase De Sable (Yoshitaro Nomura) 1974
28. Make Way For Tomorrow (Leo McCarey) 1937
29. The Man in the White Suit (Alexander Mackendrick) 1951
30. Guess Who's Coming For Dinner (Stanley Kramer) 1967



Et pour quelques films de plus : Hatari (Howard Hawks), Man's Favorite Sport? (Howard Hawks) 1964, One Hour With You (Ernst Lubitsch) 1932, Broken Lullaby (Ernst Lubitsch) 1932 Magnificient Obsession (Douglas Sirk) 1954, No Room For The Groom (Douglas Sirk) 1952, Boomerang! (Elia Kazan) 1947, Wild River (Elia Kazan) 1960, The Man Who Knew Too Much (Alfred Hitchcock) 1956, The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (Irving Reis) 1947, Footlight Parade (Lloyd Bacon) 1933, Atlantic City U.S.A (Louis Malle) 1980, The Big Combo (Joseph H.Lewis) 1955, Kiss Of Death (Henry Hathaway) 1947, Nightmare Alley (Edmund Goulding) 1947, Stormy Weather (Andrew L.Stone) 1943, Deliverance (John Boorman) 1972, Knock (Guy Lefranc) 1951, The Valley Of Decision (Tay Garnett) 1945, A Letter To Three Wives (Joseph L.Mankiewicz) 1949, Sciuscià (Vittorio De Sica) 1946, The Brink's Job (William Friedkin), Elmer Gantry (Richard Brooks) 1960, The Macomber Affair (Zoltan Korda) 1947, Judgment at Nuremberg (Stanley Kramer) 1961, The Pride of the Yankees (Sam Wood) 1942, Young Mr Lincoln (John Ford) 1939, Tin Star (Anthony Mann) 1957, A Nous La Liberté (René Clair) 1931, La Nuit Américaine (Francois Truffaut) 1973, Casino (Martin Scorsese) 1995, The Bad News Bears (Michael Richie) 1976, A Prairie Home Companion (Robert Altman) 2006

Top Ten, January 2010

29 films.




1. ex aequo New York, New York (Martin Scorsese) 1977 / To Kill A Mockingbird (Robert Mulligan) 1962
3. Trust (Hal Hartley) 1990
4. The War Game (Peter Watkins) 1965
5. Monsieur Verdoux (Charlie Chaplin) 1947
6. Boys Don't Cry (Kimberley Peirce) 1999
7. The Unbelievable Truth (Hal Hartley) 1989
8. Cria Cuervos (Carlos Saura) 1976
9. Le Cimetière De La Morale (Kinji Fukusaku) 1975
10. Annie Hall (Woody Allen) 1977