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Classic Film Review: Ferrer, Huston and the Can Can — “Moulin Rouge” (1952)
The American master John Huston was an Oscar winning director and screenwriter, and no slouch as an actor. A bon vivant, boxer, horseman and at his richest, a member of the Irish landed gentry, he became Hollywood’s most famous Renaissance … Continue reading
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Classic Film Review: George C. Scott is the “Transporter” in a much older BMW for “The Last Run” (1971)
“The Last Run” is a tidy if not exactly tight template for generations of “driver” movies to come. Here is George C. Scott as the original “Transporter,” taking out and thrashing a collectible BMW from Portugal to the Pyrnees all … Continue reading
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Tagged algarve, classic-bmw, classic-film-review, film, francos-spain, george-c-scott, john-huston, movie
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Classic Film Review: James Joyce by John Huston, “The Dead”(1987)
You don’t have to get old to truly appreciate John Huston’s elegiac ode to Belle Epoque Ireland and his farewell to the cinema. Wintry, wistful, funereal and poetic, James Joyce’s “The Dead” becomes a simple, short and beautiful postcard from … Continue reading
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