5 min movie guide
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CORMAN'S WORLD ; EXPLOITS OF A HOLLYWOOD REBEL
When I look down the long list of the hundreds of films that Roger Corman has either directed or produced I have no recollection of seeing a single one of them. That obviously is not the case because as a teenager growing up in Britain in the 19..’s (well a few decades ago!) I lived…
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I'M GLAD MY MOTHER IS ALIVE
Thomas is just 5 years old when his mother gives him up for adoption, and his younger brother Patrick is still a baby. But Thomas never forgets this rather wild woman who abandons them rather than trying to cope, and he never stops obsessing for one single moment about finding his mother again. The Jouvets…
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FOOTNOTE
The opening scene of this film is a ceremony where Uriel Shkolnik is being honored as a new member of the prestigious Israeli Academy, and the camera stays completely focused on Eliezer his father who sits in the audience totally stony-faced even when Uriel is lavishly praising him. It neatly sets the whole timbre of…
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THE FORGIVENESS OF BLOOD
It may be the present day in Albania where even the rural teenagers text each other on cellphones every day, but some of the customs that still dictate how families must conduct themselves date back centuries. The older generation accepts this willingly but it’s tougher on young people who are full of life and energy…
