Directed by Susan Lacy Steven Spielberg has been making full length films for almost fifty years now, and Spielberg celebrates the director's career by touching on all of the high notes. There isn't much drama to this documentary, not that there needs to be, and the story tries to explain some of Spielberg's impulses but mostly … Continue reading Spielberg (2017)
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Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Directed by Bob Rafelson Five Easy Pieces is at the forefront of the New Hollywood, at least I think it is. Released at the beginning of the 70s, the film precedes many of the classic movies from the likes of Martin Scorsese, Hal Ashby, Coppola, Lucas, Spielberg, Altman, Bogdanovich, Boorman, De Palma... [deep breath]... Friedkin, … Continue reading Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Fedora (1978)
Directed by Billy Wilder Everything about Billy Wilder's Fedora feels out of time and place. The story takes place in an isolated European estate, inhabited by characters with deliberately hidden agendas. Our hero, Dutch, is played by William Holden, two decades older than we're used to seeing him in his most well-known films (Sunset Boulevard, The Bridge on … Continue reading Fedora (1978)
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