"Nobody's really captured the quality of a film festival," observed musician/composer Neil Brand, "You're doing something that's pleasurable, but then the fatigue sets in..." It's true—a celluloid feast like Il Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna is a particular case, too, since so many of the films are rarities. It's like being a cake specialist and suddenly somebody offers you fifty magnificent cakes of unique recipe but says "You have to eat them all in an hour or I'll take them away and you'll never see them again." You plunge in, and even when nausea starts to replace pleasure you can't bring yourself to stop...
Cinephiles like to grumble, and the venues of Bologna attract a certain amount of criticism (one has a bar which runs between the front row and the screen, cutting the subtitles in half; air conditioning is switched on and off at random; and then there's...
Cinephiles like to grumble, and the venues of Bologna attract a certain amount of criticism (one has a bar which runs between the front row and the screen, cutting the subtitles in half; air conditioning is switched on and off at random; and then there's...
- 7/7/2014
- by David Cairns
- MUBI
They didn't call him "Wild Bill" for nothing. Between his roles in the Lafayette Flying Corps, as Hollywood's most acclaimed aerial adventure specialist, and as the director of the first winner for Best Picture at the Academy Awards, it goes without saying that William Wellman made quite the mark on film and American history alike. And yet despite his legacy for beloved action flicks and pictures set high in the skies, Wellman was also the man behind some of the greatest screwball comedies of the 21st century, and he directed films in nearly every cinematic genre. The man forever changed Hollywood - no doubt about it. Film Forum will be rolling out their proverbial red carpet for old Wild Bill this month, showcasing a wide array of his pictures from Wings, to You Never Know Women, to A Star is Born, to Night Nurse ...
- 2/7/2012
- TribecaFilm.com
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