Black Narcissus by Thomas Pynchon

“The film libraries on some of these channels.” Elmina said. “I swear. There was one on last night. I couldn’t sleep. After I saw it, I was afraid ro sleep. Have you seen Black Narcissus, 1947?” Eddie, who was enrolled in the graduate film program at SC, let out a scream of recognition. He’s been

Centenário de Jack Cardiff

Top-dúzia como diretor de fotografia: 1- Narciso Negro (Black Narcissus, Powell & Pressburger, 1947) 2- Sapatinhos Vermelhos (The Red Shoes, Powell & Pressburger, 1948) 3- Neste Mundo e no Outro (A Matter of Life and Death, Powell & Pressburger, 1946) 4- Os Amores de Pandora (Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, Albert Lewin, 1951) 5- A

Richard Attenborough (1923 – 2014)

Top dúzia como ator: 1- Neste Mundo e no Outro (A Matter of Life and Death, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1946) 2- A Noite Toda (All Night Long, Basil Dearden, 1962) 3- O Fantástico Dr. Dolittle (Doctor Dolittle, Richard Fleischer, 1967) 4- Fugindo do Inferno (The Great Escape, John Sturges, 1963) 5- Um Beatle

Centenário de Wendy Hiller

Top 5: 1- Sei Onde Fica o Paraíso (I Know Where I’m Going! Powell & Pressburger, 1945) 2- O Homem Elefante (The Elephant Man, David Lynch, 1980) 3- Pygmalion (Anthony Asquith/Leslie Howard, 1938) 4- Vidas Separadas (Separate Tables, Delbert Mann, 1958) 5- O Homem Que Não Vendeu Sua Alma (A Man for All Seasons, Fred

Centenário de Marius Goring

Top 5: 1- Nesse Mundo e no Outro (A Matter of Life and Death, Powell & Pressburger, 1946) 2- Sapatinhos Vermelhos (The Red Shoes, Powell & Pressburger, 1948) 3- Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (Albert Lewin, 1951) 4- A Condessa Descalça (The Barefoot Contessa, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1954) 5- O Espião Negro (The Spy in

I feel naked without a moustache.

Major Patrick Leigh Fermor versão Bogarde-Lord Byron ‘Kissing a man without a moustache was like eating an egg without salt.’ The seductive and priapic major’s moustaches had been long, curly and waxed. Point Counter Point – Aldous Huxley, 1928 The seductive and priapic major’s moustaches had been long, curly and waxed. foi a frase mais

Centenário de Erwin Hillier

There are so many things in nature that are fascinating. When we used to go out to select locations I would spend hours by myself… I used to find out the time when everything looked most fascinating, when it has character and style, rather than shoot in a flat light. Hillier photographed I Know Where

Lean – Powell

Lean quickly mastered the craft of editing sound movies and continued to assist other directors in cutting talkies. He developed his own approach to assembling the footage for a sound picture, virtually ignoring the sound track, and cutting the film primarily by focusing on the images. Michael Powell, who would one day commission Lean to

Tudo que é bom vem aos pares: Livesey & Walbrook

This brings us to Clive’s duel with Theo in Berlin, 1902, where an unreal attention to the artifices of honourable action is a sublimation of the real, the visceral, and potentially the homoerotic. The excessive observance of detail before and during the duel marks both the period and the officer class as one fatally disassociated

Memórias do inferno

Situação 1 Terapeuta: Por que você não quer falar do Jung? Paciente: Falo suficientemente dele no meu blog. Terapeuta: Então por que não me dá o endereço do seu blog? Paciente: (rindo) Porque não, caraleo. Situação 2: Paciente: Rindo ao olhar para dois alvos em preto e branco, um na parede à sua esquerda, outro

24 Frames: Orlando (Sally Potter, 1992)

In Potter’s Orlando the maze opens onto a heath and Orlando runs in Cathy Earnshaw fashion through the hugely exaggerated dry ice of Gothic and melodrama costume films. Similarly Woolf continues to parody Orlando’s absurd belief in a union with nature: ‘Then, some strange ecstasy came over her. Some wild notion she had of following

Googie Withers (1917 – 2011)

*Momento Jack Nicholson* Não disse há alguns dias que a Googie Withers deveria ter cuidado? Top-dúzia, então: Nota 1: Só para quem perdeu a conta, Miss Withers fez 5 filmes sob a direção de Michael Powell e, infelizmente, a maioria perdidos, foi inclusive Powell que a alçou de extra para personagem de peso, tornando-a assim

War Starts at Midnight!

É, nem lacrimejei. Art Goes On Forever – A Tribute to The Archers Nota: Faltaram Elusive Pimpernel, The Battle of the River Plate, Oh… Rosalinda!!, Ill Met by Moonlight, One of Our Aircraft Is Missing e Spy in Black, alguns destes compreensivelmente porque não foram devidamente restaurados e seria covardia colocar perto de Narcissus e

John Sweet (1916 – 2011)

Primeiro e único Sargento Bob Johnson. Semaninha do inferno! Cuidado Sheila Sim, Richard Attenborough, Googie Withers, Glynis Johns, Petula Clark, Christopher Lee e Karlheinz Bohm, vocês são os próximos! Related articles Extreme Film Choice: Michael Powell – Kim Newman A Tale of Two Cities British Queer Cinema: A Canterbury Tale Tea and toasted John Sweet’s

24 Frames: A Marca da Pantera (Cat People, Paul Schrader, 1982)

Like the strangely sympathetic villain of Cat People, Irena, Sister Ruth’s passion for a man and her hatred for her romantic rival animalizes her. She assumes a feline’s nocturnal wandering habits and silent method of stalking prey. The camera treats her like a cat, emphasizing her eyes in tight close-ups. The most notable of these

Black Narcissus – Bastidores

Wohlbrück não pode mesmo ficar longe dessas desgraças?

Sir Patrick “Paddy” Leigh Fermor (1915 – 2011)

Did ye not hear it? – No; ’twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o’er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet. But hark! – that heavy sound breaks in once more, As

24 Frames: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (Michael Powell, 1955)

O meu mestre feiticeiro Um dia quis se ausentar. Seus espíritos tomei E fiquei em seu lugar. Vi suas magias. Vou fazer igual. Farei maravilhas Com força mental! Água, cresce E transborda! Corre, entorna. Cria bolhas! Agora esta tina: ferve! E toda essa água escorra! Vem, dona Vassoura! Entra,Enrola-te nestes panos! Já trabalhaste bastante: Estou,

24 Frames: Ringmaster

… e eu? Quem sou eu nessa história? O carrossel? O autor? O apresentador? Um transeunte? Eu sou você. De fato, qualquer um como você. Eu sou a personificação do seu desejo, em desejar saber tudo. As pessoas sempre sabem apenas um lado da realidade e por quê? Porque conseguem enxergar apenas um lado das

Travelling (Auf Reisen, Emeric Pressburger)

At that time a village stood on the site of this town, the mail coach was running instead of the fast train and my grandfather was travelling instead of me. A young lady and an old man were sitting opposite him. The man was snoring, drawing deep, heavy breaths. A signet ring glittered on one