merry-go-round ( hungarian : körhinta ) is a 1956 hungarian drama film directed by zoltán fábri , based on the short story kútban ( in the well ) by imre sarkadi .

merry - go - round ( 1956 film )

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film essay on merry - go - round ( 1956 ) , the hand ( 1956 ) and barrier ( 1966 ) . [ central european film class ]
film class : film essay on merry - go - round ( 1956 ) , the hand ( 1956 ) and barrier ( 1966 ) . [ central european film class ]
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the filmography for merry - go - round has been compiled from information in játékfilmek / hungarian feature films 1931 - 1998 , the film credits , and sources in the hungarian film institute archive .
[ vii ] the possible influence of sholokov was suggested to me by istván rubovsky , lecturer at debrecen university , who has studied merry - go - round extensively .
permission to proceed with merry - go - round was received on 22nd july , 1955 and shooting was wrapped up in early november leaving just under three months for editing and other post - production work in time for the film to be premiered in february 1956 and then taken to the cannes film festival .
casffa is proud to screen merry - go - round , courtesy of the hungarian national film fund , in partnership with the hungarian consulate in melbourne . admission is free with ticket purchase to any other casffa session .
•1956 : körhinta ( merry - go - round / un petit carrousel de fête ) by zoltán fábri ( 1955 , 1h30 , hungary ) : in competition . presented by the hungarian national film fund - hungarian national film archive . a 4k scan and digital restoration from the original 35mm image & sound negatives plus additional materials : the original dupe positive and another film positive . restoration made by the hungarian national film fund – hungarian filmlab .
hegyi , barnabás , ‘igy fényképezetem a körhinta t’ , szabad ifjuság , 2 feb . 1956
as with a number of early fábri films , merry - go - round opens with a lengthy establishing shot . an extreme long shot of a country fair from a high vantage point is followed by a zoom - in to the merry - go - round . a sub - title then informs us that this is a story from autumn 1953 ( ‘1953 oszen történt’ ) – significantly the year of stalin’s death . the circular movement of the riders on the merry - go - round provides one of the key motifs of the film , preparing the viewer for the important scene to come early in the film and another scene later on at a wedding celebration where the circular motif is repeated , this time in a frenetic dance sequence .
) by imre sarkadi . it was in competition at the 1956 cannes film festival . it was later selected to be screened in the cannes classics section of the 2017 cannes film festival .
carson , fred , and jacques daniel - valcroze , fereydoun hoveyda , louis marcorelles . ‘cannes 1956’ , cahiers du cinema , vol . x , no . 60 . june , 1956 . pp 13 - 20
there isn’t a scene in merry - go - round , in the tone or subject matter that comes off badly , nor is there a conventional element . everything is of a freshness , vivacity and sometimes even boldness , that testifies to a very remarkable talent .
is a hungarian film directed by zoltán fábri , based on a short story by imre sarkadi . it premiered at the 1956 cannes film festival and was selected as one of the budapest 12 by hungarian critics in 2000 .
a tale of forbidden love set against a contemporary societal change towards individualisation , merry - go - round launched the career of mari törőcsik , who plays a beautiful young farmer’s daughter whose father is insistent that “land marries land” and that financial considerations overrule affairs of the heart .
is historically significant because it was released shortly before the country ' s failed uprising and revolution against soviet imposed rule in 1956 .
baker , peter , ‘cannes’ , films and filming , vol . 2 , no . 10 . july , 1956 , p . 34
the film ends when pataki realises that farkas is not fit for his daughter and that máté , despite his new - fangled ideas , is actually a worthy fellow and someone not afraid to get his hands dirty as he demonstrates by mucking out the cows . máté and mari now embrace in that most unromantic of places – the cow shed and the film closes with another shot of the merry - go - round .
on the 18th may 1954 fábri submitted a proposal to the dramaturgical council for a new film based on a novella , in the well ( kútban ) by the popular writer imre sarkadi . given the working title of girl market ( leányvásár ) the title of the film was later changed to merry - go - round ( körhinta ) and was to become one of the most popular and enduring hungarian films if all time .
anderson , lindsay , ‘panorama at cannes’ , sight and sound , vol . 26 , no . 1 . summer , 1956 , p . 20
predictably the film was well - received in other iron curtain countries although , again , it received no prizes suggesting that host juries were worried about or not inclined to give a prize to a film from a country which so recently had erupted in open revolt against the ‘eternal friendship’ of the soviet union . merry - go - round and later fábri films became popular in bulgaria , turkey , argentina , iran and india , the latter country hosting a fábri retrospective at the 26 th international film festival of india in bombay in 1995 .
litván , györgy ( ed . ) , the hungarian revolution of 1956 : reform , revolt and repression , 1953 - 1963 . london , longman , 1996
outside of hungary the film made an impact with a number of critics and the film was almost universally praised . favourable reviews appeared in newspapers and journals in many countries but most of all in france . cahiers du cinema had no less than four reporters covering cannes and in an article signed by this quartet they waxed lyrical about merry - go - round , ‘one of the most moving love stories that we have seen since solitude and ceux de la zone ’ ( carson et al . 1956 : 14 ) . the film historian and critic georges sadoul added his tribute . of all the voices of praise , however , few carried more weight than that of cahiers editor , andré bazin the revered film theorist and writer . writing in le parisien he stated :
after enrolling myself a central european film class [ despite the class name being
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as a way to trick students ] - i have found the sources of film criticism of central european film limited ( in english anyway ) and there were the same group of authors .
amidst the conflict of a hungarian farmer leaving the farming community ' s collective , his daughter , mari , falls deeply in love with biro , despite her father ' s insistence that she marry another suitor who plays into his future prospects .
land marries land
he says , the apparent rule of hungarian peasantry , but the two lovers refuse to give in . zoltan fabri ' s merry - go - round presents love as a carnival ride and renders its intoxicating freedom in pure movement , whether its lovers spiraling on the merry - go - round or while feverishly dancing or simply walking , embracing or glancing across a busy room . it is an enrapturing portrait of young love , a subject almost too often tackled by cinema yet rarely rendered so poetically and tenderly , even beating the french…
the political situation ( at this time always a reflection of the political flux and backstabbing in moscow ) however remained unstable and rákósi was able to regain his former position and demote nagy . however , the reform movement had by now built up a considerable momentum and would not be easily stopped . an avant - garde centered around the petőfi circle , a debate and discussion group which increasingly attracted large numbers of intellectuals and many party members , continued to argue for change . demonstrations by students and continuing unrest in the factories were to prove the final spark that erupted in october 1956 . it was merry - go - round , more than any other film , that caught this mood of change and optimism .
john cunningham , senior lecturer in film studies , sheffield hallam university , uk .
according to apor noémi when the winners were announced there was much derisive whistling from the audience . quite why merry - go - round never received a prize is a mystery as critics and reviewers praised the film in no uncertain terms . many years later in an interview with the hungarian newspaper kurir , fábri suggested that pressure had been brought to bear on the jury , though by whom and why is not at all clear . always the gentleman fábri also thought truffaut’s behaviour was ‘rude . ’ ( fábri , 28 december 1992 )
of the non - film influences it is important to note the role of hungarian literature and the way it has always interacted with film right from the very earliest days . fábri himself was a keen adaptor , indeed all his films are adaptation of works of hungarian authors , some of whom are hardly known outside the country . with respect to merry - go - round the work of the popular writer zsigmond móricz ( 1879 - 1942 ) needs particular mention . he acquired a deserved reputation in the 20th century for his gritty , realist novels and short stories about country life and its hardships and echoes of his work can be discerned in the film , as perhaps can also be found echoes of the soviet writer mikhail sholokov . [ vii ]
törőcsik’s performance was indeed memorable but that of imre soós as máté is also worthy of note . unlike törocsik , soós was an established actor both on stage and screen , probably best known in hungary at the time for performances in socialist realist films where his statuesque good looks were considered ideal for playing stakhanovite worker - heroes . such appearances included his role as feri torma in the truly dreadful singing makes life beautiful ( dalolva szép az élet ) directed by márton keleti in 1950 and try and win ( civil a palyán , 1952 ) also by keleti . his most notable achievement in film , prior to merry - go - round was the lead role in hungary’s first colour film mattie the gooseboy ( ludas matyi , 1950 – now recently restored by the hungarian film institute ) .
hungarian film bulletin ( anon . interview with fábri ) vol . 4 , 1967 . p . 5
throughout the film mari continues to act as a link between the warring factions around her . in one scene her lover and her father confront each other at the headquarters of the co - operative . she is there to deliver her father’s dinner , and before she can leave máté enters . an argument ensues between máté and pataki and as this becomes more intense , mari’s look is used to connect the two antagonists and place her , visually , in the centre of the debate . at the end of this sequence , on the road outside the co - operative , máté and mari go their separate ways , their future , at this point uncertain . máté looks up at the sky and watches the flight of a ‘v’ formation of geese overhead , [ vi ] repeating the sky motif at the end of the merry - go - round sequence .
merry - go - round is set in countryside hungary where career is synonymous to farming and status symbol is reflected through the amount of land one owns . it’s a film centred on the theme of patriarchy and the victim is mari pataki , the protagonist , who is in love with this young man called mate but is forbidden to see him by her father . on the other hand , he wants to marry her off to his business confidante with whom he has signed a land deal . “land marries land” says mr . pataki explaining how women in that society are nothing but mere props used to get the best of land deals . in a marriage scene , someone announces that the bride is soon going to…
the unforgettable carousel and dance sequences remain especially celebrated in a film enlivened throughout by barnabás hegyi’s lyrical , virtuoso cinematography .
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it is also possible that the french saw parallels between their efforts to break away from their own ‘official’ film heritage ( the ‘quality’ film , ‘le cinema du papa’ so fiercely derided by truffaut and others ) with the hungarian trajectory of developing a cinematic practice and aesthetic free from , or at least limiting , the constraints of socialist - realism and various forms of state control . the depiction of rural life in merry - go - round was also more likely to strike a chord in a country such as france with its strong agrarian / peasant tradition than in britain or the usa . no doubt , on a more basic level , they were responding with enthusiasm to a fine piece of filmmaking which embodied many of the characteristics they were looking and urging for in their own national cinema ( sentiments which no doubt also motivated lindsay anderson ) – spontaneity , contemporary relevance , location shooting , the inspirational role of the director , fresh young talented actors and actresses , none tied to tradition or constraints but all working for something new , fresh and exciting .
sitting at a table drinking a beer , pataki and farkas engage in smallholder talk – farm prices and the like – while mari , totally ignored , begins to daydream . at this point we are introduced to máté who contrasts strongly with the smallholders in their black jackets , waistcoats and hats , stiff postures , and growling conversation . máté dresses casually and , in the company of a small group of friends , is relaxed , friendly but also commands respect as demonstrated when he helps out a flustered waiter by sorting out the meal order for his group . mari , looking idly into the mirror on her mészeskalacs - szív , spots the group . while her father’s attention is elsewhere three young women from máté’s group persuade mari to join them , despite her mother’s concern , for some fairground fun and games . this leads into the most famous sequence in the film , the merry - go - round ride .
just gorgeous . shots that convey the depth of feeling of a silent combined with some of the best use of music i can remember to tell a story of patriarchy and love . the rhythm of editing to go with the constant music is impeccable .
it ' s definitely not an exciting film , but it does have it ' s moments and is my favorite of the marathon so far .
• lucía by humberto solas ( 1968 , 2h40 , cuba ) a presentation of the film foundation . restored by cineteca di bologna at l’immagine ritrovata laboratory in association with instituto cubano del arte e industria cinematográficos ( icaic ) . restoration funded by turner classic movies and the film foundation’s world cinema project .
•1981 : człowiek z ż elaza ( man of iron / l’homme de fer ) by andrzej wajda ( 2h33 , poland ) : palme d’or . a presentation of the zebra film studio ( studio filmowe zebra ) with the collaboration of the polish film institute . 2k film restoration from original colour 35 mm negative . restored sound from original magnetic tape . restoration lead by daniel pietrzyk , colour grading lead by aleksandra kraus , at yakumama film , warsaw . sound restoration lead by tomasz dukszta . artistic supervision by : andrzej wajda ( director ) , jerzy łukaszewicz ( dop ) , piotr zawadzki ( sound ) .
the second is the recurring theme of merry - go - rounds . the film opens in the midst of a carnival where we see the young lovers enjoying a ride together , escaping for a temporary moment of happiness before they have to return to sad reality . then later in the pivotal scene of the film , one that takes place at a local wedding . the lovers dance while a folk band plays , and the world around them seems to fade away . however , in reality they are soon the only couple on the dance floor and the whole village , including mari ' s husband to be , is staring at them while they dance away . the furious editing , interspersing scenes of their previous carnival ride with their dance , accentuated by the incredible sound of their feet as they spin to the music , builds a wonderful tension that words can ' t describe , just an incredibly directed and memorable sequence .
• david stratton - a cinematic life by sally aitken ( 2017 , 1h37 , australia ) presented by stranger than fiction films . produced by stranger than fiction films , with screen australia , abc tv arts , screen nsw and adelaide film festival . an love adventure of film critic david stratton with his adopted country , australia , which led him to understand himself . it is also the glorious history of australian cinema and its creators told by this cannes - regular film - lover interested in the world .
the whole sequence takes just two minutes eleven seconds and , in thirty one shots ( giving an average shot length for the sequence of 4 . 2 seconds ) establishes many of the major themes of the film : máté and mari’s affection for each other , the supporting roles of their friends , pataki’s disapproval , etc . ) . while the merry - go - round ride is in motion , máté and mari , sitting near to each other , reach out , hold hands and finally embrace and kiss . by the 20th shot of the sequence , the bell signalling the end of the ride can be heard and a medium close up registers mari’s disappointment . in the last shot of the sequence máté also gives mari a mészeskalacs - szív , similar but smaller than the one given by farkas earlier . the father’s gruff voice is heard off - frame and mari goes over to him to receive a stern reprimand for such shameful behaviour . contemptuously , he knocks away a balloon that mari has been holding and the camera follows it up into the sky and out of sight . this is the end of the fairground scene .
•1970 : soleil o ( oh , sun ) by med hondo ( 1h38 , mauritania - france ) : semaine de la critique . presented by the film foundation . restored by cineteca di bologna at l ' immagine ritrovata laboratory in collaboration with med hondo . restoration funded by the george lucas family foundation and the film foundation ' s world cinema project .
• native son ( sang noir ) by pierre chenal ( 1951 , 1h47 , argentina ) a presentation by argentina sono film . restoration with the collaboration of the library of congress .
hungary is not one of the countries from which we expect outstandingly fine films [ sic ] . this year [ at cannes ] was full of surprises . körhinta ( a little fairground ) [ sic ] – directed by zoltán fábri with blea [ sic ] barsi , manyi kiss and mari törőcsik – is a warm - hearted story of village love and life… the old story is told with charm and no little skill . ( 1956 : 34 )
•1980 : all that jazz ( que le spectacle commence ) by bob fosse ( 1979 , 2h03 , united states of america ) : palme d’or ex - æquo . presented by park circus . 4k restoration by twentieth century fox and the academy film archive in collaboration with the film foundation . the restoration was produced from the original camera negative at sony colorworks in culver city california .
balaz , bela . “the close - up” in erica carter , ed . , bela balazs : early film theory ( new york : berghahn books , 2010 ) , pp . 38 - 45
while watching this film there are two things about this film that stand out , the first is mari töröcsik , who is strikingly beautiful and delivers an amazing performance . she is effortlessly able to convey youthful innocence , wonder , anguish , joy and everything in between with just a look ; and the camera often captures these expressions with dreyer like tight close - up shots of her face .
the wife of a political prisoner tends to her mother - in - law and keeps from the old woman the truth about her son , whom she believes is in new york making a film .
[ i ] most of his acting was on the stage . of his two performances on film the best known is in péter bácso’s the witness ( tanu , 1969 – released in 1979 ) .
[ iii ] however , much of this discussion was couched in the wooden clichéd tones of socialist realist criticism , centring around such shibboleths as whether or not the film had brought out the ‘role of the party’ sufficiently . see , for example , miklós molnár in free people ( szabad nép , 5 january 1953 ) who moaned that the film showed a gap between the party and the masses .
alexander dubcek , the figurehead of the prague spring , once used the famous phrase , ‘socialism with a human face’ to describe the political changes taking place in czechoslovakia in the mid - 60s , but the words could just as easily come from nagy . fábri , who was never a party member , was by all accounts an admirer of nagy and some of the attitudes of the new course can be seen in merry - go - round . máté bíró although a worker on a co - operative does not ram his views , stalinist - fashion , down anyone’s throat . he proceeds by discussion and argument and , most of all , by example . when he argues with pataki in the co - operative office about the merits and demerits of the co - operative ethos he also criticises the leaders of the co - operative who he accuses of not doing their job properly . he is the voice of reason and of modernity . but if this was all the film was about it would have made little impact . after the years of shortages , stalinism , secret police coming in the night , censorship , and the mounting lies and the outright sham of the ‘workers’ paradise’ , hungarian cinema - goers were able to see and enjoy a film which was , in essence a love story , which centered around real people , in a real situation , who spoke something like recognisable dialogue . gone were the cardboard cutout worker heroes – a point which gained in power from the casting of imre soós who , in the past , had so often played these very roles . the film did have a political edge but as so many commentators noted this never overwhelmed the film , ultimately this is a story about people , about generations , about different ways of life , of tradition versus modernity , and about love crossing barriers . it is these elements that made the film what it was and why it had such an impact , perfectly capturing the mood of the times , and without reading into the film things that aren’t there , nor forcing an interpretation that ‘over - reads’ its impact , fábri’s tale of village love played its small part in capturing the mood of the times and transmitting it around the country . that mood , a mixture of emotion , anger and hope , that sense of a need for change , was encapsulated in the image of two young lovers on a fairground ride .
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in conclusion , yvette biro’s landscape after battle : films from “the other europe” has made valid and important points to consider when focusing on central european cinema which are : the sociopolitical situation and tradition has greatly impact on the spatial construction in films ( rural and urban spaces ) and on how the character’s faces are shown . different qualities / construction of space ( the city , rural , the human face ) applies differently and similarly to polish , hungarian and czech cinema . biro concludes these three national films have projected the spirit of dispirited places in different ways ( biro . 181 ) and that places are the extensions of people’s lives insofar as they reflect the emotions that they feel . biro’s arguments only lack in depth of focus in each individual films mentioned in the arguments which are much needed to further this understanding of the complexities that these films demonstrate . however , biro’s analysis of hungarian and czech cinema is still relevant to films like the hand and merry - go - round to a certain extent . lastly , from exploring biro’s argument , it can be noted that there needs to be more research and attention to each individual central european films created in this time period .
‘ [ … ] french president francois mitterand , said if he thought of what a film was , he thought of the laughing face of a girl . the girl is circling around in the seat of a village fair carousel , next to her there is a peasant boy in the other seat , they fly , they soar , sometimes they can touch , sometimes they get separated but the girl keeps on laughing and this laugh is unforgettable . he didn’t know in which country the film was made , he didn’t know the director’s name but he could never forget the laughing face of the girl , and for him this image was the essence of the film . ’
holloway , ronald . “the short film in eastern europe : art & politics of cartoons and puppets , ” in david paul , ed . , politics , art and commitment in east european cinema ( new york : st . martin’s , 1983 ) , pp . 225 - 51
while fábri practiced and honed his craft momentous events were happening elsewhere . on 5 march 1953 , soviet dictator joseph stalin died and a train of events was set in motion which would eventually lead to the hungarian uprising of 1956 . communist party reformer imre nagy replaced stalinist hardliner mátyás rákosi as hungarian prime minister and began to introduce a series of reforms . this had a far - reaching effect on art and culture and slowly but steadily filmmakers began to flex their creative muscles becoming less - inclined to follow the dictates of zhdanov’s socialist realism [ v ] and its endless idiotic speechifying , spotless , cardboard cut - out , worker heroes , factory love , massed choirs , pig iron statistics and wooden dialogue .
the program of the 2017 edition of cannes classics consists of twenty - four screenings , one short film and five documentaries . the films are screened as wanted by the right - holders , in dcp 2k or dcp 4k , and l ' atalante by jean vigo that gaumont wished to screen in 35mm .
i ' m going to attach a film essay that i ' ve done on space . as a way of saying : i didn ' t find any available resources ( there was nothing on wikipedia ) so here ' s the work . its a pity that i ' m such a weak writer .
•1976 : babatu , les trois conseils by jean rouch ( 1h33 , nigeria - france ) : in competition . pressented by the cnc , inoussa ousseini , the comité du film ethnographique and the fondation jean rouch . digital restoration made from the 2k digitization of the 16mm negatives . restoration carried out by l21 .
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the rest of the film was shot in the studio or on location around debrecen . one scene , when wedding guests are riding in wagons to the wedding feast , was set in the hortobágy , a marsh area near debrecen which has a famous arched stone bridge which can be seen briefly in this sequence .
hegyi began his career in film in the early 1940s as a camera assistant . his first major work as cinematographer came on a 1940 production , swap ( cserebere ) , directed by lászló cserépy for the minor aurora studio . from this point until his death he worked on 89 films including such important productions as géza radványi’s somewhere in europe ( valahol európában , 1947 ) , istván szőts’s song from the wheat fields ( ének a búzamezőkről , 1947 only released in 1979 ) , and an adaptation of emile zola’s classic novel germinal , a french - hungarian co - production directed by yves allegret . his last work was for félix máriássy on his film fig - leaf ( fügefalevél ) in 1966 . he died shortly before its release .
• paparazzi by jacques rozier ( 1963 , 18mn , france ) presented by jacques rozier and la cinémathèque française . 4k digitization and 2k restoration works made from image and sound negatives at hiventy laboratory , with the support of the cnc and in collaboration with les archives audiovisuelles de monaco , la cinémathèque suisse and extérieur nuit . the film will be introduced by jacques rozier .
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are actually central european . it gets quite hard to believe as the region is seen as backwards and completely homogeneous . or actually , the fact that a lot of talented people come from these areas to bring their culture to the west . this migration was mostly due to changing government regimes that scared the fuck out of people . the anti - semitic attitudes in the 1930s ( ~ ) . and the typical soviet occupation and central european dissolves into what is known as the eastern bloc . one flew over the cuckoos nest by milos foreman - american / czech film ? poland had the pleograph jiri trnka was considered the walt disney of central europe - but i say this with great hesitation because its still placing jiri trnka under a figure . but i hope it pertains to this idea that jiri trnka was as influential , innovative and respected as an animation artist . and that he worked under this censored regime - but much like all the other talented central european directors - the political and social agenda of the film is still present but heavily hidden behind the image .
• 1976 : ai no korîda ( in the realm of the senses / l’empire des sens ) de nagisa oshima ( 1h43 , france - japan ) : quinzaine des réalisateurs . presented by argos films and tamasa . digization and 4k resoration from the original negative by eclair . sound restoration from the original magnetic sound by l . e . diapason . the film will be released in french theaters .
• l’atalante by jean vigo ( 1934 , 1h28 , france ) , restored 35mm print presented by gaumont , la cinémathèque française and the film foundation of martin scorsese . first digital restoration in 4k and conversion to a 35mm print . a new discovery of the closest version of the director’s work thanks to gaumont , luce vigo and historian bernard eisenschitz . restoration carried out at l’image retrouvée laboratory in bologna and paris .
• a river runs through it ( et au milieu coule une rivière ) by robert redford ( 1992 , 2h04 , united states of america ) presented by pathé . 4k scan and 4k restoration from original image and sound 35mm negatives . restoration carried out by pathé at technicolor france laboratory for the image in collaboration with philippe rousselot , cinematographer of the film , and l . e . diapason for the sound restoration .
space is physical distance and area . in films , space is automatically limited to what the camera can show ( framing ) . within the image that the camera projects , space is constructed . the ways that the space is constructed and the relations between the characters , space , and narrative are important aspects to investigate when it comes to discussing postwar central european film . because of the political & social situation in central europe , space is unique and central when discussing central european films of this period . what is fundamental about this discussion is the destruction of land in central europe after the war ( destruction of space ) and the emergence of new ideology and governance in central europe ( new constructions of space ) . these qualities of space are the most important of the visual images conveyed by east european film ( biro . 163 ) . this paper will use
•1946 : la bataille du rail ( battle of the rails ) by rené clément ( 1h25 , france ) : grand prix international de la mise en scène and prix du jury international . presented by ina . film digitized and restored by ina with the support of the cnc . 2k restoration made from an acetate interpositive and an answer print . technical means : jean - pierre peltier . coordination : bénilde da ponte , brice amouroux .
•1967 : skuplja č i perja ( i even met happy gypsies / j ' ai même rencontré des tziganes heureux ) by aleksandar petrović ( 1h22 , serbia ) : in competition , grand prix spécial du jury ex - æquo , prix de la critique internationale - fipresci ex - aequo presented by jugoslovenska kinoteka / the yugoslav film archive and malavida . new 35mm print from the original negative in perfect shape then scanned in 2k and cleaned up .
during my third year at the academy of fine arts , when i had already shown pictures at two exhibitions , i was suddenly scared by the discovery that , with the increase of my professional routine , something had changed . there was no longer the same heat and fever in my work ; i seemed to work with much greater ease but the joy of creation had faded , and everything i had done appeared to be manneristic ( hungarian film bulletin 1967 / 4 : 5 )
•1969 : matzor ( siege / siège ) by gilberto tofano ( 1h29 , israel ) : in competition . a presentation of the jerusalem cinematheque – israel film archive , in partnership with united king films and the support of the rabinovich foundation . the original 35mm black and white negatives were scanned in 4k by cinelab romania . it was digitally restored and finalized in 2k by opus digital lab in tel aviv . restoration and color grading lead by ido karilla , supervised by dop david gurfinkel .
in biro’s discussion of city life in these different national contexts , the city is defined as “the place of deprivation” ( biro . 164 ) . biro claims that the setting of barren houses and rundown walls give spectators insight into the bleakness of a dispirited generation’s urban world in skolimowski’s barrier ( 1966 ) ( biro . 164 ) . moreover , the absence of human warmth in the polish film city housing conditions that biro discusses entails a general negative perspective on the city conditions and connects with polish history and tradition ( biro . 165 ) . the city is a crucial site when it comes to discuss the dynamic relationship between identity and space . biro does not delve into directly specific scenes in skolimowski’s films but glosses over them .
oh boy and i thought my event horizon review will get me into trouble . . . i watched this movie for the first time in 2006 at the international film festival in berlin . since this movie is 50 years old , it ' s clear that the pacing is slow . but that wasn ' t the main point that bothered me . because in general i also like slow paced films . it is just that the story as it was on screen didn ' t appeal to me . and that might only be me ( i ' m not here to offend any lover of this movie , especially as this was hailed by the critics in cannes ) , because the movie itself is well executed . but i think there could be more here . . . so if you like slow paced movies , which play in a village , where people live that might have more to them , than they initially show , than this might appeal to you ( more than it did to me ) ( yes there is an underlying social commentary in there , but again it didn ' t leave me with an impression )
the program of cannes classics 2017 will be dedicated for its most part to the history of the festival .
almost fifteen years ago , when the relationship between contemporary cinema and its own memory was about to be shaken by the emergent arrival of digital technology , the festival de cannes created cannes classics , a selection that displays the work of valorisation of heritage cinema carried out by the production companies , the right - holders , the cinematheques or the national archives around the world .
being now an essential component of the official selection and a presence of the history of cinema which inspired several international festivals , cannes classics showcases vintage films and masterpieces of the history of cinema in restored prints . because cannes is also devoted with the mission of enchanting the audience of today ' s relationship with the memory of cinema , cannes classics puts the prestige of the biggest festival of the world at the service of the cinema rediscovered , accompanying all the new exhibitions : releasing in movie theaters , on vod or on dvd / blu - ray editions of the great works of the past .
the films selected for this 2017 edition will focus mostly on the history of cannes . they come from nations that have allowed the festival de cannes to become a land of cinematographic discoveries : hungary , lebanon , serbia , united kingdom , italy , united states , israel , mauritania , niger , poland , switzerland , japan , spain , the netherlands , canada , belgium and australia . many countries which also consider that safeguarding heritage cinema is essential .
the films will be screened in the palais des festivals , salle buñuel or salle du soixantième , in attendance of those who have restored them and , if they are still among us , of those who have directed them .
•1953 : le salaire de la peur ( the wages of fear ) by henri - georges clouzot ( 1952 , 2h33 , france , italy ) : grand prix . presented by tf1 studio in collaboration with la cinémathèque française and the support of the cnc , of the archives audiovisuelles de monaco , of kodak and the cgr cinémas . 4k restoration from nitrate image negative and a sound duplicate made by hiventy . please note that this presentation is the preview of a major clouzot event scheduled in france in the fall of 2017 .
•1957 : ila ayn ? ( vers l ' inconnu ? ) by georges nasser ( 1h30 , lebanon ) : in competition . presented by abbout productions and fondation liban cinema . with the generous support of bankmed – lebanon . the original 35mm fine grain master positive was scanned in 4k , retouched and color - corrected in a resolution of 2k . all works were carried out by neyrac films - france . sound restoration by db studios - lebanon . in collaboration with the talkies . world sales : nadi lekol nas .
•1967 : blow - up by michelangelo antonioni ( 1966 , 1h51 , united kingdom , italy , united states of america ) : grand prix international du festival . presented by criterion , cineteca di bologna and istituto luce - cinecittà , in collaboration with warner bros and park circus . restoration work carried out at criterion , new york and l ' immagine ritrovata , bologna under the supervision of director of photography luca bigazzi .
•1982 : yol – the full version ( the way / la permission ) by yilmaz güney , directed by serif g ö ren ( 1h53 , switzerland ) : palme d ' or ex - æquo , prix de la critique internationale - fipresci presented by dfk films ltd . zürich . restoration from the original 35mm negative , from the interpositive and the positive print . restoration and new sound mix from the original digitized tapes . international sales : the match factory .
•1983 : narayama bushik ō ( ballad of narayama / la ballade de narayama ) by shôhei imamura ( 2h13 , japan ) : palme d’or . presented by toei . 4k scan , image restoration arriscan and sound golden eye in 2k from the 35mm original negative , a duplicate and video tapes .
•1992 : el sol del membrillo ( le songe de la lumière ) by victor erice ( 2h20 , spain ) : prix du jury ex - æquo , prix de la critique internationale - fipresci presented by the filmoteca de catalunya and camm cinco sl . 6k scan , restoration and color - grading from the 35mm negatives and other original video tapes . digitazing and sound restoration from 35mm magnetic tapes . technical support made by the filmoteca de catalunya , supervised by victor erice . variations on the initial editing brought by the director .
•1951 - 1999 : a short history of short films presented by the festival de cannes . a program curated by christian jeune and jacques kermabon . spiegel van holland ( miroirs de hollande ) by bert haanstra ( 1951 , 10mn , the netherlands ) / la seine a rencontré paris by joris ivens ( 1958 , 32mn , france ) / pas de deux by norman mclaren ( 1968 , 13mn , canada ) / harpya by raoul servais ( 1979 , 9mn , belgium ) / peel by jane campion ( 1986 , 9mn , australia ) / l’interview by xavier giannoli ( 1998 , 15mn , france ) / when the day breaks by amanda forbis and wendy tilby ( 1999 , 10mn , canada )
• madame de… by max ophüls ( 1953 , 1h45 , france ) a gaumont restoration . a show to pay a tribute to danielle darrieux for her birthday and presented by dominique besnehard , pierre murat and henri - jean servat who will screen the latest filmed interview of danielle darrieux .
• belle de jour ( beauty of the day ) by luis buñuel ( 1967 , 1h40 , france ) presented by studiocanal . digitization from the original negative and 4k restoration carried out by hiventy laboratory for studiocanal with the support of the cnc , of la cinémathèque française , of the fonds culturel franco - américain and the maison yves saint laurent . french theater distribution : carlotta .
• la belge histoire du festival de cannes ( the belgian ' s road to cannes ) by henri de gerlache ( 2017 , 1h02 , belgium ) presented by alizé production . produced by alizé production , co - produced by rtbf ( belgian television ) & proximus . a joyful road movie to discover the belgian cinema which has been at cannes for 70 years . the filmmakers of yesterday are talking with those of today to paint a picture of a free and heterogeneous cinema . a
belgian story
of the biggest festival in the world .
• filmworker by tony zierra ( 2017 , 1h29 , united states of america ) presented and produced by true studio cinema . young actor leon vitali abandoned his prosperous career after barry lyndon to become the faithful right hand of director stanley kubrick . for more than two decades , leon has played a crucial role behind the scenes by helping kubrick . a complex and interdependent relationship between leon and kubrick based on devotion , sacrifice and the harsh and joyful reality of creative process .
• becoming cary grant ( cary grant - de l ' autre côté du miroir ) by mark kidel ( 2017 , 1h25 , france ) presented by arte france and showtime documentary films . produced by yuzu productions , coproduced by arte france , in association with ro * co films productions . cary grant is one of the biggest hollywood actors . in his fifties , he started a cure of lsd to free himself from his demons . for the first time , with his words , he retraces his journey . the story of a man in search of himself and the love he did not find in his life . the words of cary grant are interpreted by jonathan pryce .
• jean douchet , l ' enfant agité by fabien hagège , guillaume namur , vincent haasser ( 2017 , 1h30 , france ) presented and produced by carlotta and kidam . three young cinephiles follow jean douchet , question his friends and former students . this documentary reveals the man and his critical philosophy , a part of the history of the cahiers du cinéma and this art of loving to which he has devoted his existence .
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in a rural scenery in the throes of difficult changes lives a humble but promising young farmer girl called mari pataki . her father forbids her from seeing the man she loves . the father , . . . see full summary »
jermaine fowler and omari hardwick of sorry to bother you take us back in time to the worst jobs of their careers .
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when a latin teacher publishes an essay on the carthaginian general hannibal , he is quickly hailed as a celebrity genius , but in reality has become an unwitting pawn of far - right politicians .
the tót family resides in northern hungary . the couple has a daughter and a son , the latter a member of the armed forces . when his weary major is ordered to take a vacation , the son talks . . . see full summary »
mail for translation . a kis cseled , edes anna mindenesnek szegodik vizy meltosagosekhoz . vizyne buszke a jo vasarra az igenytelen , szorgalmas leannyal , de nem veszi . . . see full summary »
a band of runaways and orphans of the war scour the countryside in search of food and shelter . they invade and then taken in by a musician and former concert pianist who ' s hiding out in a . . . see full summary »
pfc molnár decides his wwii services are over , and with serious money hidden in his hand grenades , he heads to an abandoned mansion where he encounters not only the sour butler but a bunch . . . see full summary »
on hitler ' s birthday , the germans decide to organize a soccer match between prisoners of war and germans . they assign the task of organizing the team to a well known olympics football . . . see full summary »
in budapest , two rival gangs of young boys lay claim to a vacant lot . the hostilities escalate yet never quite boil over into actual violence . just when things do get out of hand , however , . . . see full summary »


gloria is a 1980 american crime thriller film written and directed by john cassavetes .

it tells the story of a gangster 's girlfriend who goes on the run with a young boy who is being hunted by the mob for information he may or may not have .

it stars gena rowlands , julie carmen , buck henry , and john adames .

gloria ( 1980 film )

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bye , chiquita . bye , little sucker .
swanson , gloria . swanson on swanson . new york : random house , 1980 .
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the main interest of the film , for cassavetes , was the character of gloria .
gloria . 1980 . usa . written and directed by john cassavetes . courtesy of columbia pictures / photofest . © columbia pictures
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film noir foundation educational resource addressing the cultural , historical , and artistic significance of film noir . urltoken
in the manner of heroes ( review ) , l . a . weekly , michael ventura , 1980
[ … ] new york - based film writer , dan callahan , has written a penetrating article on the films and life of film noir regular , gloria grahame , for the may edition of bright lights film journal , fatal instincts : the dangerous pout of gloria grahame . [ … ]
and then came gloria , in 1980 . the film exemplifies the conflict between cassavetes ' character - based ,
guerrilla
filmmaking and hollywood ' s predilection for action - packed plots . financed by columbia studios , gloria often submerges cassavetes ' focus on offbeat , difficult characters within a mainstream production style .
john cassavetes’s gloria ( 1980 ) offers a veritable treatise on these questions—and its response is quite unlike any other film that centers on a roughly similar relationship , from peter bogdanovich’s paper moon ( 1973 ) to erick zonca’s julia ( 2008 ) .
gloria may josephine svensson , gloria mae swanson , josephine swenson , mrs . herbert somborn , mrs . henri the marquis de la falaise de la coudraye
by the time gloria swanson started her own production company , she had already been part of the film industry for over a decade .
in her academy - award nominated role as gloria swenson in
gloria
( 1980 ) , directed by john cassavetes , rowlands played a former mobster ' s girlfriend who helps a young boy escape a mob hit on his family , and protects him from underworld elements in pursuit .
i ' ve never heard elvis ' s version , but linda ronstadt did it on her 1980 album
mad love .
the thirteenth entry in an on - going series of audiovisual essays by cristina álvarez lópez and adrian martin . mubi will be showing john cassavetes ' gloria ( 1980 ) march 23 - april 22 in the united kingdom .
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below are lists of other pioneers that are related to gloria swanson by occupation or geography .
mob accountant jack ( buck henry ) and wife jeri ( julie carmen ) certain they ' re about to be murdered , neighbor gloria ( gena rowlands ) happens by , called upon to rescue little phil ( john adames ) , opening gloria , 1980 , from rowlands ' writer - producer - director husband john cassavetes . >
film noir : an introduction essay with links to discussions of ten important noirs ; part of images : a journal of film and popular culture . urltoken
still , gloria intermittently reveals some of the director ' s subversive inclinations , not to mention rowlands ' subtleties . these are visible often enough to make gloria more intriguing than a standard hollywood gangster movie .
the love of sunya . dir . : albert parker ( gloria swanson productions us 1927 ) cas . : gloria swanson , john boles , si , b & w . archive : gbb , usr .
film noir : a bibliography of materials holdings of the uc berkeley library . urltoken
a guide to film noir genre ten deadeye bullet points from roger ebert . urltoken
the original was used in the 1983 film
a night in heaven
.
as for lee , he only has one oscar nomination on his resume : for do the right thing ‘s original screenplay in 1989 . rowlands has two oscar noms : for a woman under the influence ( 1974 ) and gloria ( 1980 ) , both directed by her husband john cassavetes . both honorees rep the indie film world which is notable .
clarens , carlos . 1980 . crime movies : an illustrated history . new york : w . w . norton . isbn 0 - 393 - 01262 - x .
sadie thompson . dir . : raoul walsh ( gloria swanson productions us 1928 ) cas . : gloria swanson , raoul walsh , lionel barrymore , si , b & w , 35mm . archive : usl , usr .
talking to the slovenian director about his beautifully evocative new film ,
mother .
actresses gena rowlands ( left ) and juliette lewis ( right ) arrive with film director mira nair for the premiere of the film
hysterical blindness
at the sundance film festival on wednesday , jan . 16 , 2002 , in park city , utah .
the nick of time baby . dir . : clarence badger ( keystone film co . us 1916 ) cas . : gloria swanson , bobby vernon , si , b & w . archive : dkk .
buck , julie .
gloria swanson .
in jane gaines , radha vatsal , and monica dall’asta , eds .
sunset boulevard ( 1950 ) d . wilder , with william holden , clark , jack webb ( costarring gloria swanson )
the term film noir ( french for
black film
) , was first applied to hollywood movies by french critic nino frank in 1946 . many of those involved in the making of the classic noirs later professed to be unaware of having created a distinctive type of film .
the misjudged mr . hartley . ( essanay film mfg . co . us 1915 ) cas . : bryant washburn , ruth stonehouse , gloria swanson , si , b & w , 35mm . archive : usr .
everywoman ' s husband . dir . : gilbert hamilton ( triangle film corp . us 1918 ) cas . : gloria swanson , joe king , lillian langdon , si , b & w . archive : usl .
both swanson and kennedy wanted their first film together to be legendary , and consequently hired the most celebrated director of the silent era , erich von stroheim . the film was the famously unfinished
this hungarian film is a careful , compassionate and beautifully acted character drama with a social conscience .
one - time gangster - gal gena rowlands ( title character ) has snapped , deciding she ' ll just abandon newly orphaned phil ( john adames ) in manhattan , when some of the mobsters ( led by frank belgiorno ) chasing him arrive , in gloria , 1980 , by rowlands ' husband john cassavetes . >
gloria is an inexhaustibly rich film . downgraded by some devotees of the director as a merely commercial assignment , it in fact represents a fertile cross - fusion of generic movie elements with the singularity of cassavetes’s style and approach .
whose baby ? dir . : clarence badger ( keystone film co . us 1917 ) cas . : gloria swanson , bobby vernon , si , b & w . archive : usr , usl , usf , gbb , frl .
notebook is a daily , international film publication . our mission is to guide film lovers searching , lost or adrift in an overwhelming sea of content . we offer text , images , sounds and video as critical maps , passways and illuminations to the worlds of contemporary and classic film . notebook is a mubi publication .
the sense of place is as pervasive as a character in “moss , ” a film by daniel peddle .
colorized version of the shadow of the vampire seen climbing stairs in the famous film nosferatu ( 1922 ) .
an interview with writer / director boots riley about his incendiary new film ,
sorry to bother you .
though each film was an uphill battle , cassavetes persevered while remaining truly independent . his outsider films were commended by critics , embraced by audiences , and even managed to garner major industry awards . cassavetes was nominated for two oscars—for best director and best original screenplay—and received awards from the venice film festival and the national society of film critics .
rip john cassavetes . . . i made this trailer because the ones from 1980 dont do the film alot of justice . you know the drill : i do not own the rights to the film , nor the music used herein . also this video in its edited form is of no affiliation to the production company shown herein through their respective logo , which the use of was intended only as a means to add a realistic nature to this trailer
sometimes , the struggle is lost : even as gloria and phil develop a mutual and complex fondness for one another , the narrative eventually pushes gloria to play the standard role of mother . one of her old mob - connected boyfriends tells her ,
i understand . you are a woman . he ' s a little boy . every woman is a mother . you love him .
gloria is confused :
i love phil ?
eric von stronheim , gloria swanson ( a / p ) , & walter byron queen kelly ( 1929 ) marian ainslee ( titles des ) . pc
the danger girl . dir . : clarence badger ( keystone film co . us 1916 ) cas . : gloria swanson , bobby vernon , si , b & w , 35mm . archive : caq , itg , usr , usl , usf , frl , usw .
station content . dir . : arthur hoyt , sc . : catharine carr ( triangle film corp . us 1918 ) cas . : gloria swanson , si , b & w , 9 . 5mm . archive : pc . [ note : 1926 abridged version . ]
at united artists , swanson quickly realized that starting a production company alone would be extremely difficult . her first film ,
beginning from that natural , simple disparity between the respective heights of child and adult , cassavetes in gloria delivers an entire world - view of human relationships .
the sultan ' s wife . prod . : mack sennett , dir . : clarence badger ( keystone film co . us 1917 ) cas . : gloria swanson , bobby vernon , si , b & w . archive : usr , usw , itn , usf , frl .
shifting sands . dir . : albert parker , sc . : catherine carr ( triangle film corp . us 1918 ) cas . : gloria swanson , harvey clark , lilian langdon , si , b & w , 35mm . archive : itg , usr , usl , frl .
cassavetes ' jazz - scored improvisational film explores interracial friendships and relationships in beat - era ( 1950s ) new york city .
in a lonely place ( 1950 ) d . nicholas ray , with bogart , gloria grahame , frank lovejoy , carl benton reid , art smith , jeff donnell
moments such as these between gloria and phil expose both cassavetes and rowlands ' mutual interests in the nuances of character . he inserts pauses in the narrative , occasional details that draw attention to the struggle within the film - - between hollywood conventions and the filmmaker ' s resistance to same .
another brilliant video essay by cristina álvarez lópez and adrian martin which , amongst other things in the film gloria , captures the tension , bond , love and ' elastic band ' ( at times ) nature of the mother / child relationship , all of course dependent on what life presents .
the damned made an english version of this smash hit ,
jet boy jet girl
, around 1980 . i don ' t know the meaning of the original title nor the lyrics , but i ' ve heard that they were kinda nasty .
disco cover version of la bamba done right at the tale end of 1979 , charted and was played at clubs for awhile in the spring and summer of 1980 . the song is connected to the 80s by the cover version most popular los lobos .
dame helen mirren and jennifer garner also appear in the film . did you get to meet them , what were they like ?
queen kelly . dir . : erich von stroheim ( gloria productions us 1928 ) cas . : gloria swanson , walter byron , seena owen , si / sd , b & w , 35mm . archive : beb , dei , usr , itn , mxn , esm dew , gbb , itt , frc , auc , yub .
hey christina , thanks for taking the time out of your busy schedule to talk to me . obviously we’ve got you here to talk about your new film ‘arthur’ , coming out in uk cinema on 22nd april 2011 . what’s the general plotline surrounding this film ?
this tune which opens the film
bill & ted ' s excellent adventure
was originally called i can ' t break away .
film noir embraced a variety of genres , from the gangster film to the police procedural to the so - called
social problem picture ,
and evidence of a variety of visual approaches , from hollywood mainstream to outré ( outside ) . while many critics refer to film noir as a genre in itself , others argue that it is more of a stylistic approach that can be applied to any genre .
teddy at the throttle . dir . : clarence badger ( keystone film co . us 1917 ) cas . : gloria swanson , bobby vernon , wallace beery , si , b & w . archive : itg , usr , usw , usm , cao , nla , usl , usf , caq , frl .
this list shows all films released in 1980 , including films that went direct - to - video , or only got an international theatrical release . for each film , we use the first date on which it was made available to the public , which might include international theatrical or domestic video releases that were a few days , or sometimes more , earlier than the domestic ( us / canada ) theatrical release .
last week we featured jimmy , m . i . a . ' s remake of ' jimmy jimmy jimmy aaja ' from the 1982 bollywood cult classic disco dancer . the film follows the story of a street performer rising to disco superstardom , showing that while in 1982 disco music was pretty much dead in other parts of the world , in india it was still very much alive . in this brilliant cut from the film , usha uthup and bappi lahiri remake the buggles ' classic ' video killed the radio star ' in true 1980 ' s bollywood style .
( 1919 ) . securing rights and renting studio space was complicated , and the film took nearly a year to produce . but it’s easy to see why swanson was attracted to the material . she was able to play numerous variations on the character of sunya as she looks into a crystal ball and sees her future . the film also discussed mysticism and reincarnation , and in some ways could be considered the first new age film . though swanson was able to borrow money from united artists to produce the film , she quickly went over budget . the film , which generated a huge amount of publicity , was requested by s . l . “roxy” rothafel to open the just completed roxy theatre in new york . yet when
with kate hudson and john hurt in the spooky 2005 horror film ,
the skeleton key ,
set in the ominous bayous of louisiana .
the film tracks the adventures of gloria swenson ( rowlands ) with six - year - old phil dawn ( john adames ) , after the boy ' s family is murdered by the mafia . phil retains his father ' s ledger of the mob ' s illegal activities , which might earn him fbi protection . but , because gloria has a criminal past , she cannot go to the authorities , and instead attempts to make a deal with the mob to hand over the ledger in exchange for phil ' s life .
the history of film noir criticism has seen fundamental questions become matters of controversy unusually intense for such a field . where aesthetic debates tend to concentrate on the quality and meaning of specific artworks and the intentions and influences of their creators , in film noir , the debates are regularly much broader .
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the sociological turn of adaptation studies : the example of film noir .
in a companion to literature and film . edited by robert stam and alessandra raengo . maiden , mass . : blackwell , 2004 . isbn 0 - 631 - 23053 - x .
rowlands starred opposite actor - director josé ferrer as ginny fry in
the high cost of loving
( 1958 ) , her first film role .
silver , alain , and james ursini ( eds ) . film noir reader . pompton plains , n . j . : limelight editions , 2004 .
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…
cameron , ian ( ed ) . 1993 . the book of film noir . new york : continuum . isbn 0 - 8264 - 0589 - 4 .
film noir draws from sources not only in cinema but from other artistic forms as well . the low - key lighting schemes commonly linked with film noir is in the tradition of chiaroscuro and tenebrism , techniques using high contrasts of light and dark developed by fifteenth and sixteenth century painters associated with mannerism and the baroque .
the pullman bride dir . : clarence badger ( mack sennett productions us 1916 ) cas . : gloria swanson , mack swain , si , b & w . archive : gbb , usr , usl .
last but not least , we leave you with this incredible anecdote . did you know that acid house , a pivotal electronic subgenre believed to have emerged from chicago in the mid - 1980 ' s , was actually first recorded and performed in mumbai in 1982 ? don ' t believe us ? see for yourself .
we are not so confused , however , as the formula seems unavoidable . worse , emotional interactions between gloria and phil are usually underscored by swelling soundtrack music . or they are just forgotten in the wake of multiple chase scenes through a stunningly filmed manhattan ; these dominate the film , creating excitement and suspense that have little to do with tender moments between fully developed characters .
with more than 100 film and tv appearances throughout a remarkable six - decade career , gena rowlands ' cinematic presence is wholly singular in its command of the screen .
regarding movies not themselves considered film noir , perhaps none had a greater effect on the development of the genre than america ' s own citizen kane ( 1941 ) , the landmark motion picture directed by orson welles . its sternbergian visual intricacy and complex , voiceover - driven narrative structure have been echoed in dozens of classic film noirs .
hirsch , foster . the dark side of the screen : film noir . new york : da capo , 2001 . isbn 0 - 306 - 81039 - 5 .
ottoson , robert . a reference guide to the american film noir : 1940–1958 . london : scarecrow press , 1981 . isbn 0 - 8108 - 1363 - 7 .
this gem was written by berry gordy , jr & janie bradford and was released by barrett strong on 1960 . also covered by . . . jennell hawkins in ' 62 , kingsmen in ' 64 , jr . walker in ' 68 and finally the lizards in 1980 . all other version never made the charts in the us .
so i had all this footage and i go back to school . a teacher there … encouraged me to make a documentary out of all this footage . from there , my junior and senior year , i was an a + student . i didn’t get smarter , i was just interested . i didn’t find film — film found me .
naremore , james . more than night : film noir in its contexts . berkeley : university of california press , 1998 . isbn 0 - 520 - 21294 - 0 .
when a young boy ' s family is killed by the mob , their tough neighbor gloria becomes his reluctant guardian . in possession of a book that the gangsters want , the pair go on the run in new york .
the humming bird . dir . : sidney olcott ( famous players - lasky corp . us 1924 ) cas . : gloria swanson , edward burns , si , b & w , 35mm . archive : usw , nla .
stage struck . dir . : allan dwan ( famous players - lasky corp . us 1925 ) cas . : gloria swanson , lawrence gray , gertrude astor , si , b & w . archive : usr , gbb .
went into wide release , it received only a middling response . while certainly not an outright failure , the film had to be sold to the overseas market to break even .
christopher , nicholas . somewhere in the night : film noir and the american city . new york : free press , 1997 . isbn 0 - 684 - 82803 - 0 .
zaza . dir . : allan dwan ( famous players - lasky corp . us 1923 ) cas . : gloria swanson , h . b . warner , si , b & w , 35mm . archive : usr , usw .
fine manners . dir . : richard rosson ( famous players - lasky corp . us 1926 ) cas . : gloria swanson , eugene o’brien , si , b & w . archive : usr , usw . itg , usm .
the inaugural star wars videogame , the empire strikes back ( parker brothers , 1982 ) was based on the second film in the series and made for the atari 2600 and intellivision .
his new job . dir . : charles chaplin ( essanay film mfg . co . us 1915 ) cas . : charlie chaplin , ben turpin , gloria swanson , si , b & w , 35mm . archive : frb , rob , caq cuh , usb , itg , dkk , esm , usr , usw , hub , usm , gbb , itn , usl , usf , itt , yub , frl .
gloria grahame was born on this day , november 28 , 1923 , in los angeles . we tip our hat to this incomparable star by reposting dan callahan’s pithy profile of “the girl with the novocaine lip” – and so much more .
the great moment . dir . : sam wood , st . : elinor glyn ( famous players - lasky corp . us 1921 ) cas . : gloria swanson , milton sills , si , b & w . archive : gbb .
i play the role of tiffany , which is reminiscent of the character of gloria ( originally played by the talented anne desalvo ) . i am…for lack of a better word…a gold digger who has a one - night stand with arthur bach .
film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish hollywood crime dramas , particularly those that emphasize moral ambiguity and sexual motivation . hollywood ' s classic film noir period is generally regarded as stretching from the early 1940s to the late 1950s . film noir of this era is associated with a low - key black - and - white visual style that has roots in german expressionist cinematography , while many of the prototypical stories and much of the attitude of classic noir derive from the hardboiled school of crime fiction that emerged in the united states during the depression .
biesen , sheri chinen . 2005 . blackout : world war ii and the origins of film noir . baltimore : johns hopkins university press . isbn 0 - 8018 - 8217 - 6 .
by the time gloria swanson started her own production company , she had already been part of the film industry for over a decade . many actresses started their own production companies in the 1920s and ’30s in an effort to gain more artistic freedom and a bigger percentage of the profits . rarely , however , were actresses involved in the day - to - day workings of such an arrangement . directors , husbands , or studio heads usually handled details . gloria swanson , however , remains an exception as she handled the business side of her first company ; she did it not for “artistic freedom” but , according to swanson herself , in retaliation against jesse lasky ( swanson 261 ) .
when a young boy ' s family is killed by the mob , their tough neighbor gloria becomes his reluctant guardian . in possession of a book that the gangsters want , the pair go on the run in new . . . see more »
phil ' s feelings for gloria are similarly messy ; he sees her as a substitute mother , a tough broad , and a potential sexual interest . his efforts to perform as
the man
in their relationship expose the absurdities of standard hetero - masculine assumptions and behaviors . when , early on , gloria tries to convince him to leave the murder scene , he resists , repeating while pounding his chest ,
i am the man . i am the man . do you hear me ? not you . i am the man . i do anything i can .
gloria wipes the blood trickling from his nose and says ,
you are not the man . you don ' t listen . you don ' t know anything .
phil dawn : you ' re my mother . you ' re my father . you ' re my mother . you ' re my whole family . you ' re even my friend , gloria . you ' re my girlfriend too . see more »
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for once , his characters aren ' t all over the map in nonstop dialogue , as they were in
husbands ,
the talkathon he made in 1970 with peter falk , gazzara and himself .
gloria
is tough , sweet and goofy .
) , to see if he could direct a few added sound sequences to finish the film . shooting with a different director , however , proved to be impossible as von stroheim’s style was so distinctive .
for the lowly protagonist , david mann , spielberg hand - picked character actor dennis weaver because he loved his performance as the jittery and feeble hotel night manager in orson welles’s 1958 film touch of evil .
i recently got the chance to interview one of the cast from ‘arthur’ . here , christina calph talks about the film , about her thoughts on remakes and about how to develop a good web series .
a street - wise , middle - aged moll named gloria stands up against the mobs , which is complicated by a six - year - old urchin with a will of his own who she reluctantly takes under her wing after . . . see full summary »
rowlands , celebrated for her collaborations with her actor - director husband john cassavetes in movies like
a woman under the influence
and
gloria ,
accepted her oscar from her son , filmmaker nick cassavetes , who directed her in
the notebook .
british pop outfit the korgis scored an international hit in 1980 with
everybody & apos ; s got to learn sometime
– a forlorn ballad about love lost . the theme leant itself perfectly to the soundtrack of michel gondry & apos ; s 2004 film , eternal sunshine of the spotless mind . and in the skillful hands of beck and composer jon brion , it becomes a swelling orchestral number that would fit neatly on beck & apos ; s 2002 masterpiece , sea change . with somber piano and layers of wistful vocals , it & apos ; s required listening for anyone in the midst of their own heartbreak .
would never be finished . two years later , a few additional scenes were shot and an abbreviated version of the film was released in europe . kennedy’s failure led to the breakdown of his affair with swanson .
borde , raymond , and etienne chaumeton . a panorama of american film noir , 1941–1953 . translated by paul hammond . san francisco : city lights books , 2002 . isbn 0 - 87286 - 412 - x .
chopra - gant , mike . 2005 . hollywood genres and postwar america : masculinity , family and nation in popular movies and film noir . london : ib tauris . isbn 1 - 85043 - 838 - 2 .
in 1954 , rowlands married legendary actor / director john cassavetes . in addition to appearing together on television in cassavetes ' series ,
johnny staccato
( left ) , the couple would make 10 films together , many directed by him :
a child is waiting
( 1963 ) ,
faces
( 1968 ) ,
machine gun mccain
( 1969 ) ,
minnie and moskowitz
( 1971 ) ,
a woman under the influence
( 1974 ) ,
two - minute warning
( 1976 ) ,
opening night
( 1977 ) ,
gloria
( 1980 ) ,
tempest
( 1982 ) , and
love streams
( 1984 ) .
a middle - aged man leaves his wife for a younger woman . shortly after , his ex - wife also begins a relationship with a younger partner . the film follows their struggles to find love amongst each other .
in
a child is waiting
( 1963 ) , gena rowlands made her first appearance ( apart from a small , unaccredited role in
shadows
) in a film directed by her husband , john cassavetes .
manhandled . dir . : allan dwan ( famous players - lasky corp . us 1924 ) cas . : gloria swanson , tom moore , lilyan tashman , si , b & w . archive : itg , usw , usl , usr , usb , esm , usi , auc .
rowlands as one of the taxi passengers whose encounter with driver winona ryder may lead to a career - changing decision , in maverick independent filmmaker jim jarmusch ' s anthology film ,
night on earth
( 1991 ) .
this is the meaning of the great speech by little phil ( john adames ) when he comes around to admitting all possibilities in his tie to gloria ( gena rowlands ) , including the forbidden : “you ' re my mother , you ' re my father , you ' re my whole family . you ' re even my friend , gloria . you ' re my girlfriend , too . ” the word that , in some sense , covers all these possibilities in cassavetes ' s cinema is family —but family comes to mean many things , both as an ideal and as a reality .
for better , for worse . dir . : cecil b . demille , sc . : jeanie macpherson ( famous players - lasky corp . us 1919 ) cas . : gloria swanson , elliott dexter , tom forman , si , b & w , 35mm . archive : usr , usf .
her husband ' s trademark . dir . : sam wood , adp : lorna moon , st . : clara beranger ( famous players - lasky corp . us 1922 ) cas . : gloria swanson , richard wayne , stuart holmes , si , b & w . archive : usr , rur .
enter joseph p . kennedy . the father of the future president was a successful boston banker who was desperate to conquer the movie world . he had taken over the film booking office and had merged it with the keith - albee - orpheum to create rko pictures . kennedy made millions off the merger while many stockholders lost considerable investments . but kennedy wanted to be more than a banker in the film industry ; he wanted to be a high - powered producer .
cassavettes , who had broken out as an independent filmmakers , made two films in the hollywood studio system . after clashing with his producer , who edited his cut , cassavettes disowned the film and returned to shooting movies on his own .
a woman under the influence
received two academy award nominations ( to gena rowlands for best actress and john cassavetes for best director ) . in 1990 it was selected for preservation on the library of congress ' national film registry .
as the truck rams the car over the cliff and falls off in the final film , there is a low roar sound effect that the filmmaker included to emphasize the death of the truck . spielberg , who wanted the truck to seem
dan callahan is a film writer based in new york . he ' s the former arts editor of show business weekly and book editor at urltoken . he has written for slant magazine , time out new york , and senses of cinema .
so i graduate . and i knew that story about working your way up from the middle doesn’t work for black people . so i said , “i’m going to try and got o film school . ” i applied to usc and afi and i don’t get in there because i didn’t have an astronomical score on the gre . fortunately for me , they had more forward - thinking people at nyu who said , whether you get into film school shouldn’t be determined by a standardized test .
as familiar as this set up may sound , gloria doesn ' t represent the relationship between gloria and phil in clichéd terms . her ambivalent feelings toward this boy , so suddenly imposed on her life , emerge when they ' re in a tight spot , and she instructs him ,
run as fast as you can .
she accompanies him for a few steps , then turns , telling him to go on by himself .
i ' m not taking care of you any more ,
she says .
i ' ve been in jail .
we get a sense here of her frustration with this impossible situation .
i’m going take my time , as they say in church , take your time . how did i get here ? i was born in atlanta and moved to brooklyn and my late mother , who died when i was in film school — she was the one who intro me to film . my father , a great jazz musician , hated movies . so i was my mother’s date , drag me to movies . she introduced me to scorsese when she took to me to see mean streets .
ben gazzara , gerard depardieu and gena rowlands in the
latin quarter
segment of the anthology film ,
paris , je ' taime
( 2006 ) , a cinematic portrait dedicated to love in , and for , the city of paris .
silver , alain , and elizabeth m . ward ( eds ) . film noir : an encyclopedic reference to the american style , 3rd edition . woodstock , n . y . : overlook press , 1992 . isbn 0 - 87951 - 479 - 5 .
don ' t change your husband . dir . : cecil b . demille , sc . : jeanie macpherson ( famous players - lasky corp . us 1919 ) cas . : gloria swanson , elliott dexter , lew cody , si , b & w , 35mm . archive : caq , beb , usr , ses , usf .
why change your wife ? dir . : cecil b . demille , sc . : jeanie macpherson ( famous players - lasky corp . us 1920 ) cas . : gloria swanson , thomas meighan , bebe daniels , si , b & w , 35mm . archive : beb , usr , usm , rur , auc , usf .
in the end , cassavetes said that he agreed to do the film largely as a favor to rowlands , who relished the idea of playing a larger - than - life role . the role deeply appealed to her . it tapped into a side of her that captured the way she sometimes thought of herself – the
sexy but tough woman who doesn ' t really need a man
personality type that described many of the actresses she had idolized over the years . or one might say that cassavetes was having fun with her love for marlene dietrich ( whom gloria resembles in many subtle ways ) .
cassavetes began his career as an actor in the nascent days of television . by the time he began work on his first feature film , shadows , in 1959 , he had already helmed episodes of alfred hitchcock presents , the philco - goodyear playhouse , and playhouse 90 . this immersion in television production as both a director and actor provided both the money needed to finance his own films and valuable experience working nimbly with a small budget , limited equipment , and a like - minded cast . according to shadows producer seymour cassel , the film was shot so economically that the 16mm camera equipment was borrowed from fellow new york filmmaker shirley clarke . while some of shadows was improvisational , much was fully scripted by the time the film was shot—including scenes filmed right here in the museum of modern art .
brilliant movie . the original version of luc besson ' s leon . . only it ' s called gloria . obviously besson ' s leon is technically far superior , however this movie has much more engaging characters and a more plausible relationship between the child and it ' s adopted minder . great movie and a great score by bill conti .
beyond the rocks . dir . : sam wood , aut . : elinor glyn , adp . : jack cunningham , cost . : lucy duff - gordon ( famous players - lasky corp . us 1922 ) cas . : gloria swanson , rudolph valentino , si , b & w , 7 reels ; 6740 ft . archive : nla .
the 1940s and 1950s are generally regarded as the
classic period
of american film noir . the movie most commonly cited as the first
true
film noir is boris ingster ' s stranger on the third floor ( 1940 ) . while city streets and other pre - wwii crime melodramas such as fury ( 1936 ) and you only live once ( 1937 ) , both directed by fritz lang , are considered full - fledged noir by some critics , most categorize them as
proto - noir
or in similar terms .
something to think about dir . : cecil b . demille , st . : jeanie macpherson , cost . : clare west , natacha rambova ( famous players - lasky corp . us 1920 ) cas . : gloria swanson , thomas meighan , theodore roberts , si , b & w , 35mm , 7 reels . archive : usr , nla .
in
an early frost
( 1985 ) , rowlands starred opposite ben gazzara and aidan quinn in the groundbreaking tv film that was one of the first to deal candidly with the aids crisis . rowlands was nominated for an emmy award and golden globe for her performance .
the remake is just as good as the original . the cover version was done in 1982 , and today it is considered a classic . it has a different sound from the original , and it works . it is was used in the film
the wood .
orson welles ' s touch of evil ( 1958 ) is frequently cited as the last noir of the classic period . some scholars believe film noir never really ended , but has continued to transform even as the characteristic noir visual style began to seem dated and changing production conditions led hollywood in different directions . in this view , post - 1950s films made in the noir tradition are seen as part of a continuity of classic noir . a majority of critics , however , regard comparable movies made outside the classic era to be something other than genuine film noir . they regard true film noir as belonging to a temporally and geographically limited cycle or period , treating subsequent films that evoke the classics as fundamentally different due to general shifts in movie - making style and latter - day awareness of noir as a historical source for allusion .
as the title character in ' gloria ' gena rowlands gives a subtle yet powerful performance which gives this john cassavettes film its soul and its focal point . on the advent of sharon stone ' s re - characterization of ' gloria ' in the 1999 sidney lumet re - make it bares mentioning that while ms . stone is wonderfully talented the passionate yet understated performance that gena rowlands gives in the original can ' t & won ' t be topped . as a woman confronted with a life or death decision , to save her own or that of a child orphaned by the mafia , ms . rowlands brings us a character that we can all relate to , a woman caught at the crossroads of her life . if you ' ve ever had to make any sort of ' should i stay or should i go ' life changing desicion and you ' re thinking of seeing the current re - make i encourage you to rent the original as well , you won ' t be disappointed !
male and female . dir . : cecil b . demille , sc . : jeanie macpherson ( famous players - lasky corp . us 1919 ) cas . : gloria swanson , thomas meighan , theodore roberts , si , b & w , 35mm . archive : plw , usr , usm , itn , usw , usl , usf , yub , frl .
it is nearly impossible to create a proper list of gloria swanson’s early films . her biographers and her own autobiography states she started working as an extra at essanay in 1914 ; the titles of said films appear to be lost . swanson is listed as appearing in sunshine , a keystone comedy , in various sources as one of the bathing beauties , but this can’t be confirmed . though she is not credited in any source , swanson appears to be a maid in the extant film the misjudged mr . hartley . nearly every published source lists the nick of time baby as being released in 1916 , with the exception of fiaf , which states 1917 .
lee , a champion of independent film and an inspiration to young filmmakers , made an auspicious debut with his nyu thesis film , “joe’s bed - stuy barbershop : we cut heads , ” which won a student academy award in 1983 . he proceeded to blaze a distinctive trail with such features as “she’s gotta have it , ” “school daze” and “do the right thing , ” which earned him a 1989 oscar nomination for original screenplay . his work as a director ranges from the oscar - nominated documentary feature “4 little girls” to such mainstream successes as “malcolm x” and “inside man . ” lee’s other feature credits include “mo’ better blues , ” “jungle fever , ” “crooklyn , ” “he got game , ” “25th hour , ” “miracle at st . anna” and “red hook summer . ” he currently serves as the artistic director of the graduate film program at nyu .
working generally with much smaller budgets , brothers joel and ethan coen have created one of the most substantial film oeuvres influenced by classic noir , with movies such as blood simple ( 1984 ) and fargo ( 1996 ) , considered by some a supreme work in the neo - noir mode .
eagle - eyed viewers will catch the word “flammable” scrawled across the back of the truck , yet when it careens off the cliff at the end of the movie it doesn’t go boom . the studio wanted a big explosion , but the director wanted a slower demise for his film’s villain .
last on our list is a great example of the cyclical nature of music , a topic we love so much here at whosampled ! last week we highlighted black eyed peas ' s 2005 hit ' don ' t phunk with my heart ' as one of our top 10 bollywood samples , showing how it was conjured up out of two brilliant samples from 1970 ' s bollywood action flicks . a year later , film composer srikanth deva decided to nod back to the song ' s bollywood roots by remaking it in the soundtrack to the tamil film saravana . what goes around comes around !
the snakerama gas station seen in the film also appears in spielberg ' s 1979 world war ii comedy , 1941 , with actress lucille benson again appearing as the proprietor . the two elderly people weaver tries to flag down in a car also appear as helpless motorists in close encounters of the third kind .
on december 3 , 2017 , the kennedy center held its 40th annual national celebration of the arts – the kennedy center honors . the 2017 recipients include american dancer and choreographer carmen de lavallade , cuban american singer - songwriter and actress gloria estefan , american hip hop artist and entertainment icon ll cool j , american television writer and producer norman lear , and american musician and record producer lionel richie .
though film noirs were not known to be especially uplifting or spiritually redeeming , they did serve a moral purpose in that they brought to light the ambiguity of good and evil as well as how the underlying presence of temptation can disturb one ' s fair intentions , even those related to the pursuit of justice .
. according to swanson , von stroheim’s relentless attention to detail , his opulence , and his need for numerous retakes led to the film going over budget within weeks of shooting ( 374 ) . but swanson and kennedy’s lack of experience were also to blame . according to cari beauchamp , kennedy put everyone from the cast to the director’s assistant on salary months before principal photography started , and while they knew the film would probably need talking sequences , they had not hired anyone who was qualified or understood early sound techniques . as costs spiraled out of control , swanson finally had to fire von stroheim when she realized much of his footage would not pass the censors . at that point , less than half of the film had been shot . kennedy would spend the next few years trying to salvage the footage and cut it into something remotely useful . he hired director edmund goulding , an early fan of talking pictures ( who would go on to direct
swanson’s first sound film , a musical she produced titled the trespasser ( 1929 ) , was directed and written by goulding . it was a smash hit and very well received by the critics ( kennedy , 86 ) . swanson starred and produced a few additional sound films in the early ’30s to complete her contract with united artists , but the advent of the great depression made her glamorous , clotheshorse characters seem dated , and her popularity began to wane . she would have some success in early television , but ultimately would be remembered for her brilliant portrayal of fading former silent film star norma desmond in sunset boulevard ( 1950 ) .
the affairs of anatol / five kisses , anatol . dir . : cecil b . demille , sc . : jeanie macpherson ( famous players - lasky corp . us 1921 ) cas . : wallace reid , gloria swanson , elliot dexter , elinor glyn , si , b & w , 35mm . archive : beb , dei , plw , usr , usw , usl , rur , auc , dkk .
cassavetes ' father , to whom he was very close , died on 26 april 1979 , during the final weeks of preparations to shoot , which possibly contributed to the film ' s autumnal feel and its striking emphasis on death . three weeks were reserved for rehearsals . shooting began at the former concourse plaza hotel on 161st street in the south bronx , which was the set for the seedy apartment building at the beginning of the film . in the 1960s , it had become a home for welfare families , but it had been abandoned for four years at the point cassavetes found it . an apartment house at 800 riverside drive ( at 158th street ) served as the location for three of the nice apartments : gloria ' s sister ' s place ; the final hotel room phil waits in ; and mob leader tony tanzini ' s headquarters . cassavetes loved the history both locations wore on their walls and had to struggle to keep rene d ' auriac and the columbia set - design crew from cleaning them up or retouching the graffiti on the concourse plaza .
absolutely scrumptious cover version presented with gorgeous ott flair by neil tennant and chris lowe . just wonderful . the music video is taken from their
it couldn ' t happen here
film , and features joss ackland as a blind psychotic member of the cloth from their childhood (
i smell youth . vintage youth
)
say her name out loud , and it even sounds like her : gloria grahame , fancy and earthy at once , tart , ungraspable . she generally makes her entrance on - screen accompanied by a wail of hot jazz , eating candy , applying lipstick to that puffy mouth , flipping her dirty hair and cheap hoop earrings , extending her toned legs so we can see her shapely feet tied up in ankle - strap high heels .
2005 ' s kaal ( ' the time of doom ' ) is a bollywood horror film set in a wildlife park where the tigers are believed to be killing humans . fittingly enough , title track ' ankhiyan teriya ve ' replays survivor ' s classic ' eye of the tiger ' into an up - to - date bhangra monster .
swanson was looking for someone to deal with her finances so she didn’t have to worry about the day - to - day stresses of producing and could focus on acting and choosing scripts . so kennedy stepped in . he soon took over all of her accounts , fired her entire staff on the spot , and started a new production company called gloria productions . they also started an affair that would eventually break up her marriage to henri .
opening the seventh annual governors awards on saturday evening in hollywood , film academy president cheryl boone isaacs pointed to the event ' s guests of honor - - actresses gena rowlands and debbie reynolds and filmmaker spike lee - - noting she was
pleased that this year two of our honorees happen to be women and one an african american man .
new trends emerged in the post - classic era . the manchurian candidate ( 1962 ) , directed by john frankenheimer , shock corridor ( 1962 ) , directed by samuel fuller , and brainstorm ( 1965 ) , directed by experienced noir character actor william conrad , all treat the theme of mental dispossession within stylistic and tonal frameworks derived from classic film noir .