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Classic Film Review: Cocteau Kink? “Les parents terribles — The Terrible Parents,” aka “The Storm Within”(1948)
One of the most praised French films of its day, Jean Cocteau’s 1948 dark comedy “Les parents terribles” still summons a chuckle or two and a cineaste’s appreciation of its compact, concentrated mise en scene-focused compositions, cinematography and editing. Its … Continue reading
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Tagged books, cocteau, film, film-criticism, literature, paris, postwar-french-cinema, welles, writing
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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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Tagged art, classic-film-review, henri-de-toulouse-lautrec, john-huston, jose-ferrer, painting, paris, van-gogh
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