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Harakiri (1962)
Spine No. 302
Blu-ray
The Film:
the directing: Masaki Kobayashi
the writing: Yasuhiko Takiguchi & Shinobu Hashimoto
the acting: Tatsuya Nakadai, Rentaro Mikuni, Akira Ishihama
the time: 133 minutes
You’ll be happy to know, my eyes have finally seen a black and white samurai film not […]
Identification of a Woman (1982)
Spine No. 585
DVD
The Film:
the directing: Michelangelo Antonioni
the writing: Michelangelo Antonioni, Gerard Brach & Tonino Guerra
the acting: Tomas Milian, Daniela Silverio, Christine Boisson
the time: 130 minutes
Claiming I’m an expert scholar of everything Antonioni would be a mistake. I’ve seen a few of his […]
Letter Never Sent (1959)
Spine No. 601
DVD
The Film:
the directing: Mikhail Kalatozov
the writing: Grigori Koltunov, Valeri Osipov, Viktor Rozov
the acting: Innokenti Smoktunovsky, Tatyana Samoilova, Vasili Livanov
For some reason, after much debate of what film to watch, finally sitting down and plopping the DVD in, I was not expecting much […]
La Havre (2011)
Spine No. 619
DVD
The Film:
the directing: Aki Kaurismaki
the writing: Aki Kaurismaki
the acting: Andre Wilms, Kati Outinen, Jean-Pierre Darroussin
I know Aki Kaurismaki mostly from his Proletariat trilogy – it all started for me with the episodic Ariel. That is what makes it so intriguingly different to […]
Branded to Kill (1967)
Spine No. 38
DVD
The Film:
the directing: Seijun Suzuki
the writing: Hachiro Guryu
the acting: Joe Shishido, Koji Nanbara, Annu Mari
Every description of Seijun Suzuki’s Branded to Kill begins with some statement of how the film got him fired. Not so cleverly, I have done the same […]
3:10 to Yuma (1957)
Spine No. 657
DVD
The Film:
the directing: Delmer Daves
the writing: Elmore Leonard (story), Halsted Welles (screenplay)
the acting: Glenn Ford, Van Heflin, Felicia Farr
Ben Wade (Glenn Ford) is a notorious outlaw freshly captured after pulling off a job that resulted in two deaths – both by his […]
