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“(OK) George Sherman is an excellent artisan and here amuses himself becuase the circomstance and the genre allows him. All is centered in Blyth sex, religios, supertritos, 3 civilizations, around her, around it, and all the clisés of the genre in glorious tehcnicolor Universal knew the genre, oh ye” read more
“(OK) Dreyer in a circular or spiral story, not so clear in intention (he celebrates melodramtic supertitious fatalism, or rebels against it); not yet poetci in his contentions, as later” read more
“(OK) Jena Boyer is a kind of french Richard Thorpe, excellent dominion of genres, here the musical, with imaginative visual solutions (the singing 'cadres')...” read more
“(OK) Strange film as strange is the topic of jockey education in a pretty bad rural school. Paul Frankeur is as cruel as passionate and moving, he is the spirit of the film more than the abused boys” read more
“(OK) Delicate Chistian Jaque, good portrait of femmes, the honest romantic and the unsufferable that atrracts men, and Ledoux as father of both, and Perier as the unchosen boy...” read more
“(OK) Yeah, better than the more ambitious colour remake. This is as modest and firm as his character. Not a simple man, netiher a simpel story, because there´s too much socilal prejudices unexplicit...” read more
“(OK) Action, ful spectacle, and, yes, there's petry in the unveiling of swords and cirmes in he beginning, in silent suffering of Machyko Kyo, in la amour fou of the hero...” read more
“(OK) Te complete auteur, Sacha presents his cast, amueses himself with a great piece of cinicism depitcting social life and marriage and crime...with a strole of genius in the momento of the stroke of a knive in Michel Simon´s wife” read more
“(OK) Bad nouvelle vague and good documentarism, all in one, even in the same scenes. The match of the ancient strange game in the 'venetina' canal, is so rare, that you expect a miracle as in "Viaggio a Italia", but wait, Agenes in her debut is too far from Rosellini” read more
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“(OK) The silent version is less pure than the 1932, but Mme Lepic is an excellent monster. I would've loved to stay more sequences with little 'Poil de carotte' in his solitude, before and after being bullied by mom and brothers” read more
“(OK) A rare gem of early space opera, wonderfull 'earthly' settings in space, good argument; poor cast for a great production, but Pidgeon is excellent” read more
“(OK) A wonderfull choreography of swashbuckling, boat climbing with swords cutting the veils, and extreme violence of the pirates. The early less colured technicolor makes wonders here.” read more
“(OK) All the charm of an early technicolor western; with a tragic Scott, suffering in silence; a comic touch with rhe drunken indians ends in violence (Chil Wills is killed/crossd in the post)....” read more
“(YT) It has not the social poor backgrund of Collodi, but Gepetto is as humble and naif as Pinnochio is arroant in his tenderness. 'Pepe Grillo' is the real conscience in the pretty animation...” read more
“(OK) Just a few non Hollywood director could made such an spectacular film/enterprise with his local industry. Politics, religion and a bit of sex; all mixed and battled. Pretty composition, and camera movements over the sand and the stones...” read more
“(OK) Little comedy of moors. Cowl is sympathetic, non handsome non ugly, nod determined nos submissive; a francois moyen with his charm and good commentaries on war...” read more
“(OK) We needed the 'retour'. he first one was so rich that had to be continued firm the minute it ended. Fernandel is punished in the mountain (there´s some christian passion with the big cross, the Don Camillo passion) and then makes his happy return. The flood of the end has to be real...” read more
“(OK) Mature, social background, multi topic; but with two solid characters and a precious bond between them: compteition of power, church and marxism, and friendship. Too much for just one film...” read more
“(OK) Marc Allegret in the best of his charm. Choral, romantic, well balanced between voluble even hideous Odette Joyeaux and Blier, and other good people in love. Good atmospher for the debut of Gerard Philippe” read more
“(OK) Some gothic touch, dickensian, in a little Temple vehicle. The music in not well integrated, as some secondary characters...” read more
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“(OK) Haven´t seen the very long version, but Lourcelles says the shorter one is prettuy much better. Yeah, it has his charmfull humour, no judging approach to irresponsible african millionaires for nothing...” read more
“(OK) Clement puts class and some style in this chant a la resistance. Bou Noel Noel has his own sobriety and elegance to play with orchids and nazis...” read more
“(OK) La comedie noire et absurd reaches a sublime point, as a a sunrise ending after a nightmarish night, in the zoo.” read more
“(OK) Good beginning but then, becomes so selfconscious, humour forced, reiterative... Undefined point of view, not of the 'twice hanged hero' that doen't recognice himself, not of the idiotic gardian capable of killing a woman...” read more
“(OK) The plot becomes lousy, but is so well narrated and directed and acted by Chaney, that you forget it. Chaney climbing with his hands to see his women workers, is just great...” read more
“(OK) Chaplin reached maturity in the early 20's. Here you have simple gags but bitter ironic depiction of a community devoted to a false priest, himself...” read more