tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post8738120034192305140..comments2024-03-15T04:08:16.172-04:00Comments on Only the Cinema: 10/8: Pale Flower; King Lear; In Harm's WayEd Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-29501756762708733482010-03-11T23:10:12.135-05:002010-03-11T23:10:12.135-05:00Funny combination of films. In Harm's Way is r...Funny combination of films. In Harm's Way is rather a tedious film full of masculine tough Navy guys with their women back at base.Schroon Lakehttp://www.adirondacknorthway.net/towns/schroon-lake.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-7982852800300895062007-10-22T23:21:00.000-04:002007-10-22T23:21:00.000-04:00I remember reading somewhere that at some point Go...I remember reading somewhere that at some point Godard quotes from a novel/poem without permission and unfortunately lost the lawsuit. I'm not sure what this means for DVD but it doesn't look good.<BR/><BR/>In addition, this is one of the Cannon films that remain distributer list. Judging from who owns the rights to the other films in the Cannon oeuvre, it would look as if this is an MGM/UA Filmbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10856374977796706304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-82841214975094697712007-10-10T15:02:00.000-04:002007-10-10T15:02:00.000-04:00Yeah, Lear is an epic of stunt casting greatness, ...Yeah, Lear is an epic of stunt casting greatness, so many totally counterintuitive but great choices. The Mailer cameo, in which the writer's dissatisfaction is made a matter for discussion within the film itself, sets just the right tone for the opening. Likewise Woody Allen as the film's editor at the end. It's like the life cycle of the film summed up by the two famous figures who open and Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-48561405521187432092007-10-10T02:26:00.000-04:002007-10-10T02:26:00.000-04:00Nice to see another admirer of Lear. I watched it...Nice to see another admirer of Lear. I watched it again with friends the other night and I was amazed at just how clever it is. I doubt we'll ever see this on DVD.Filmbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10856374977796706304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-43004652710422929612007-10-09T20:50:00.000-04:002007-10-09T20:50:00.000-04:00Quite a strange trio. The Godard is notable for it...Quite a strange trio. The Godard is notable for it's bizarre casting which begins with the dismissal of Nroman ailer and hid daughter Kate ("Creative differences" were never more different) and cotinues with Molly Ringwald as you've never seen her before (or since), Burgess meredith (a frequent Preminger player) the now-omnipresent Julie Delpy, obscure-auteur (and former Juliette Binoche DavidEhrensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016905507543736049noreply@blogger.com