Seven Samurai- Solid Gold

Having seen Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai as a minimum 10 times, I still observe somewhat new each time I watch it. I don’t see how someone, particularly a non-Japanese, could perhaps understand this movie in less than 2 or 3 viewings. I have constantly been surprised at how all of the 7 samurai can formulate such [...]

Eastern promises

First of all it is astonishing the quantity of explore that went into this movie. When Mortissen’s characters say that his father worked for the government, in Russian he in fact says: “Hunched his back for the uncle”! Even the advertisement with little and directive finger straighter then the rest, it all breathers genuineness. I [...]

Goodfellas-priceless

I watched Goodfellas last week. This movie nothing like The Godfather which shows the viewers and critics what mafia life is like superior up the ranks of mafia life. Goodfellas tells the viewers and critics what mafia life is like inferior down the mafia food chain. Goodfellas as well gives the information that murder and [...]

Amelie- The movie

A year ago, if somebody would have asked me “What is your favorite movie?” , I would not have recognized what to respond precisely, possibly Fight Club, perhaps Vertigo, Indiana Jones even would have come to my mind. Since This month, I have but one answer: ‘Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain’ . It is purely [...]

Vertigo- In the heights of Excellence

I get a bit speechless talking about Hitchcock’s films since they are just so extraordinary, so amazing, so enjoyable, and so multi-leveled, that it’s very difficult to put into words what makes them huge. Hitchcock made some of the most excellent movies always made, and ‘Vertigo’, although by no means his most easily reached film, [...]