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stdesjardinsGuess Who's Coming to Dinner was released the year I was born. It's still an interesting movie, even if it is a historical curiousity. The performances are all solid, the dialogue fresh, and some of the characters surprising--such as the aged Monsignor who takes the situation matter-of-factly and is one of the couple's strongest defenders. Worth seeing. (The answer to the title question, by the way, is "His parents.")
The Last Laugh is an early Murnau silent movie. It's easy to see why it was so extraordinarily influential. The camera work really is clever, and little like it had ever been seen before. The story is poignant, conveyed through some subtle and effective acting. It's also not very interesting, though, unless you have a passion for film history. Alas, I can't recommend it.
A few days ago I went to post my Dersu Uzala review on GreenCine, and found the following language in their review guidelines: "All submitted reviews become the property of GreenCine. We reserve the right to edit and/or amend submitted reviews."
I don't think so. I started a thread in their forum, pointing out that this language would make it illegal for me to even post one of my own reviews on my own web site, and got a couple of people agreeing with me and a couple of people arguing that I should shut up and be grateful GreenCine was letting me post reviews at all. A GreenCine representative weighed in eventually and said that they were reconsidering that language and would probably eventually go with a Creative Commons license or something similar, which is not bad. I'm still not posting any reviews until they get that language fixed, though.
The Last Laugh is an early Murnau silent movie. It's easy to see why it was so extraordinarily influential. The camera work really is clever, and little like it had ever been seen before. The story is poignant, conveyed through some subtle and effective acting. It's also not very interesting, though, unless you have a passion for film history. Alas, I can't recommend it.
A few days ago I went to post my Dersu Uzala review on GreenCine, and found the following language in their review guidelines: "All submitted reviews become the property of GreenCine. We reserve the right to edit and/or amend submitted reviews."
I don't think so. I started a thread in their forum, pointing out that this language would make it illegal for me to even post one of my own reviews on my own web site, and got a couple of people agreeing with me and a couple of people arguing that I should shut up and be grateful GreenCine was letting me post reviews at all. A GreenCine representative weighed in eventually and said that they were reconsidering that language and would probably eventually go with a Creative Commons license or something similar, which is not bad. I'm still not posting any reviews until they get that language fixed, though.
