This is part of Fred Zinnemann Week, hosted at Shadowplay.
I've found that, for some people, the classic-status ubiquity of certain scenes in From Here to Eternity or High Noon, plus the damned aura of taste and quality which surrounds an AFI-favored filmmaker like Fred Zinnemann, can be intensely off-putting. I've also found that I prefer some of the director's less celebrated works. In other words, I think he deserves his high reputation, but perhaps for reasons and films that aren't so well-trodden.
One of Fred Z.'s undoubted attributes was an eye for acting talent. If he had only introduced Brando, Clift and Steiger to the screen, he would deserve to be remembered, but in fact he directed the first films of Julie Harris, Brandon De Wilde, Tony Franciosa, William Hickey, Don Murray, Claude Akins, Shirley Jones and Meryl Streep. And he directed early film appearances of Jessica Tandy,...
I've found that, for some people, the classic-status ubiquity of certain scenes in From Here to Eternity or High Noon, plus the damned aura of taste and quality which surrounds an AFI-favored filmmaker like Fred Zinnemann, can be intensely off-putting. I've also found that I prefer some of the director's less celebrated works. In other words, I think he deserves his high reputation, but perhaps for reasons and films that aren't so well-trodden.
One of Fred Z.'s undoubted attributes was an eye for acting talent. If he had only introduced Brando, Clift and Steiger to the screen, he would deserve to be remembered, but in fact he directed the first films of Julie Harris, Brandon De Wilde, Tony Franciosa, William Hickey, Don Murray, Claude Akins, Shirley Jones and Meryl Streep. And he directed early film appearances of Jessica Tandy,...
- 10/20/2011
- MUBI
Lee Remick on TCM: Anatomy Of A Murder, Days Of Wine And Roses Schedule (Pt) and synopses from the TCM website: 3:00 Am Baby, the Rain Must Fall (1965) A parolee tries to launch a musical career and keep out of trouble. Cast: Steve McQueen, Lee Remick, Don Murray. Dir: Robert Mulligan. Bw-99 mins. 5:00 Am Wheeler Dealers, The (1963) Texas tycoons try to mix love with finance on a trip to New York. Cast: James Garner, Lee Remick, Jim Backus. Dir: Arthur Hiller. C-106 mins. 7:00 Am Loot (1970) A nurse, her lover and his boyfriend hide the money from a bank job in her dead patient’s coffin. Cast: Richard Attenborough, Lee Remick, Hywel Bennett. Dir: Silvio Narizzano. C-98 mins. 9:00 Am Experiment in Terror (1962) A master criminal tries to force a bank teller to help him pull off a big heist. Cast: Glenn Ford, Lee Remick, Ross Martin. [...]...
- 8/26/2010
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Great news for Lee Remick fans: eleven of her movies will be shown on Thursday, Aug. 26, on Turner Classic Movies. Remick Day is part of TCM’s "Summer Under the Stars" series. [Lee Remick schedule.] I’ve been a major Lee Remick fan since I saw this pretty, talented blonde with the bluest of blue eyes in two movies: Otto Preminger‘s courtroom comedy-drama Anatomy of a Murder (1959) and, in a supporting role, Martin Ritt‘s The Long, Hot Summer (1958). Her movies have ranged from the excellent (the aforementioned Anatomy of a Murder) to the exceedingly awful (The Medusa Touch), but no matter how atrocious the screenplay Remick has always brought honesty, intelligence, and a cool sensuality to her roles. There are four TCM premieres on Lee Remick Day: Robert Mulligan‘s drama Baby, the Rain Must Fall (1965), co-starring Steve McQueen and Don Murray; Don Sharp‘s Ira thriller Hennessy (1975), with Rod Steiger...
- 8/26/2010
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
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