first movies that made you THINK SERIOUSLY about movies.

On Oct 19, 9:12 pm, readache wrote:
> the key word here is THINK.

Well, it wasn't a mooie. It was a Brit flick called The Loneliness of
the Long Distance Runner. It was around 1964 on the then new PBS
station in New York City. Wrote about it on my website:

http://www.williamahearn.com/runner.html

William
www.williamahearn.com
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On Oct 19, 10:28 pm, Manfred Polak wrote:

> >http://www.williamahearn.com/runner.html
>
> Good site. Nitpicking: It's Alan Sillitoe (not Stillitoe). And you could
> have mentioned the great cinematography of Walter Lassally (just
> remember the battle in the refectory).
>
Damn. I always make that mistake and I even have the book. Nice catch
and thanks, I'll fix it tomorrow. As for Lassally, he also did A Taste
of Honey. I could mention numerous things and the site is designed for
people who aren't cinema freaks (or whatever term is used these days)
but to introduce people to other films so I'm always balancing what is
and isn't included. So those that know cinematographers or composers
or actors are always suggesting things that they think should be
included. So at heart I agree with the suggestion but I'm trying to
keep it simple without making it simplistic.

And thanks for saying it's a good site. I appreciate that and your
taking the time to read it.

William
www.williamahearn.com
 >> Stay informed about: first movies that made you THINK SERIOUSLY about movies. 

I was five or six years of age when I first encountered "The Toy That
Grew Up," a series on silent film, put forth by WTTW, Chicago.

The host of the program would preface the showing with talk about the
history of the films under consideration, and I was as enthralled by
the annotation as by the flickering images from50 years before. I
remember seeing features of D.W.Griffith, Buster Keaton, Douglas
Fairbanks and many others. At some point during those viewings, Motion
Pictures became for me not a simply a time-killing entertainment
commodity, but a realm of historical study and discovery.
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william wrote:

>Well, it wasn't a mooie. It was a Brit flick called The Loneliness of
>the Long Distance Runner. It was around 1964 on the then new PBS
>station in New York City. Wrote about it on my website:
>
>http://www.williamahearn.com/runner.html

Good site. Nitpicking: It's Alan Sillitoe (not Stillitoe). And you could
have mentioned the great cinematography of Walter Lassally (just
remember the battle in the refectory).


Manfred
 >> Stay informed about: first movies that made you THINK SERIOUSLY about movies. 

For me it was The Browning Version (1950). So that's why teachers are
so embittered!

<http://www.britmovie.co.uk/directors/a_asquith/filmography/002.html>


The Winslow Boy (1948). So that's why children are so embittered!

<http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/453742/index.html>


The League Of Gentlemen (1960). I now understand what Richard
Attenborough meant about "Sleeping with the light on!" when sharing his
room with the boxing coach, but it went completely over my head as I
watched it as a child.

<http://members.aol.com/cinemabritain/league.html>


A Cry From The Streets (1958). Not all kids live their lives like
something out of an Andy Williams Christmas tv special.

<http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051502/>

Fantastic prophetic end lines from the main child character which went
something like "I'm never getting married. In fact I'm tellin' my kids
never to get married, neither!"
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"william" wrote in message

> On Oct 19, 9:12 pm, readache wrote:
>> the key word here is THINK.
>
> Well, it wasn't a mooie. It was a Brit flick called The Loneliness of
> the Long Distance Runner. It was around 1964 on the then new PBS
> station in New York City. Wrote about it on my website:
>
> http://www.williamahearn.com/runner.html
>
> William
> www.williamahearn.com
>
I found the above film depressing.
Around the same era, "Billy Liar" was a brilliant film. A perfect
blend of pathos and comedy, beautifully performed.
One of my best films list for sure.

Stone me
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Dave in Toronto wrote:

>I heard Walter Lassally speak at a couple of union meetings in London
>in the fifties, he has an immpressive list of credits on many British
>and Continental European movies. He made quite a few with the Cypriot/
>Greek director Mihalis Kakogiannis _Zorba the Greek_ was one.

In case someone is looking for DVDs: "Michael Cacoyannis" is a more
common spelling of his name.

>If you haven't it and if you can find it take a look at their 1956 movie _A
>Girl in Black_.

I don't know this one, but besides "Zorba" I have "Electra" on DVD.
Directed by Cacoyannis, powerful cinematography by Lassally, a fine
score by Mikis Theodorakis, and a great performance by Irene Papas
in the title role. Almost Zorba's team, just without Anthony Quinn and
Alan Bates. For me it's the best filming of an ancient Greek tragedy,
even superior to Pasolini's "Oedipus Rex" and "Medea".


Manfred
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