To attempt adapting Dickens for the screen is to always fall short in some way, but David Lean's version of Great Expectations has the distinction of being arguably the most successful realization of a Dickens novel on film. It conveys the moody, gothic air of this late work, especially with the early scenes in the fog…
Days of Being Wild
Days of Being Wild (1990), directed by Wong Kar-Wai, takes place in Hong Kong in 1960. A young man named Yuddy (Leslie Cheung) tells Li-zhen (Maggie Cheung), a young woman working at a stadium concession stand, that she will see him in her dreams. She does, and they hook up, but Li-zhen gradually discovers that Yuddy…
The Cranes Are Flying
Chris Dashiell has worked for the Library since 1997, and reviews films for Cinescene, KXCI Community Radio, and on Arizona Public Media’s Arizona Spotlight. The Cranes Are Flying (1957), directed by Mikhail Kalatazov, was a major hit in Russia, and won the Palme D'Or at Cannes, but I wonder how many in the West have…
The Wind Will Carry Us
Chris Dashiell has worked for the Library since 1997, and reviews films for Cinescene, KXCI Community Radio, and on Arizona Public Media’s Arizona Spotlight.
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Thieves Like Us
Chris Dashiell has worked for the Library since 1997, and reviews films for Cinescene, KXCI Community Radio, and on Arizona Public Media’s Arizona Spotlight. The story of Thieves Like Us is an adaptation of Nicholas Ray's They Live By Night ('49), but Robert Altman's style and purpose couldn't be more different from that darkly romantic…
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