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Platoon

March 3, 2012 / Classic, Movie

Hell in Stone’s perfection – The Vietnam War was an unpleasant experience for everyone involved. Having served in Vietnam, Oliver Stone harnessed these experiences to make Platoon, he managed to made an astonishing Vietnam war film. Everything about it is as close to perfection as we are likely to see. And he unbelievably makes our feelings oscillated and takes us deeper into the gist of humanity. Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) is torn between the sergeants. From his point of view, war is a hell without end, he [...]

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The Manchurian Candidate

March 2, 2012 / Classic, Movie

A riveting political thriller – From the Golden Globe nominated director John Framenheimer, the film sets in the demonizing and political overtones in the middle of cold war paranoia that struck all over America. A former Korean War POW Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey) returns with the Congressional Medal of Honour, to his domineering mother Eleanor Shaw Iselin (Angela Lansbury), who he tries to distance himself from. Lt. Raymond Shaw is not a person you would like. The Vietnam veteran and [...]

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C’era una volta il West (Once Upon A Time In The West)

January 14, 2012 / Classic, Movie

A buzzing fly, a train whistle, the wind blowing through the desert, and harmonica – After “The Good, The Bad And The Ugly”, Italian maestro Sergio Leone came up with this brilliant story, wrote by himself, which he described as “a fresco on the birth of a great nation”. Leone emerges a 300-page treatment which was eventually distilled into the script, penned by Leone and Sergio Donati in this meticulously-plotted screenplay. In fact, he builds a myth with modest elements, an [...]

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The Lady Vanishes

January 13, 2012 / Classic, Movie

Marking the peak of Hitchcock’s British period – It is an exquisitely crafted cinematic treasure, played by the equaly brilliant casts. And for obvious reason you’ll see how Hitchcock set his point of view for a film. Set in pre-WWII somewhere in Europe, A group of people board a train bound for England after having spent the previous night in an overcrowded hotel. Iris Henderson (Margaret Lockwood) befriends a kindly old governess, Miss Froy (Dame May Witty). When Iris is [...]

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L’Argent

January 12, 2012 / Classic, Movie

L’ Argent, the last directorial effort of Robert Bresson, is unfortunately, in my opinion, seems also to be his least ( I adore Au Hasard Balthazar and A Man Escaped. but really, this film is plain forgettable). Forgive me all the Bresson fans out there, but i just didn’t find anything special in this film. Once again, the things that bugged me the most is the acting. Yes, it is true that Bresson always thought that acting is secondary. He [...]

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Ladri Di Biciclette

January 12, 2012 / Classic, Movie

A portrayal of a working class men struggling in this post war so-called world – An unemployed man Antonio Ricci is given a job putting up posters, however a condition of his employment is that he needs a bicycle, eventually he manages to buy one from a pawn shop, but on his first day at work it’s stolen and thus the man and his young son begin a desperate search through the back streets of Rome to find the missing [...]

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One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest

January 3, 2012 / Classic, Movie

Based on a novel by Ken Kesey, and later a play by Dale Wasserman, this film won 5 Oscars including; Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress. Though, the film’s stand-out of many strong points is the acting. Within a large and extensive cast, there is not a single bad actor and a handful of outstanding ones. Jack Nicholson, playing the hot-tempered convict R.P. McMurphy, and his usual psycho routine are as convincing as ever. As is, Louise [...]

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