Tree of life was too big for my jump drive, so maybe tomorrow.

...re-watching in advance of listing to the corresponding Out Of The Past podcast discussion of it...

Let's see if this can match my obsession with Citizen Kane

Orson Wells was overrated.

Watching "The Third Man" with Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles via #Netflix Instant.

OOP Criterion: I adore this film w/ its shadows, dialogue, echoes, canted angles--all of it! Brilliant!

Saw this at Webster University's film festival. Excellent acting and camerawork far ahead of its time.

The Vienna sewer scenes are legendary. The really don't make them like this anymore.

Black n White Friday continued

Super excited to watch this finally!!!

Gorgeous Academy award winning black and white cinematography, with slightly distorted camera angles with zither music create an atmospheric film noir gem.
Outstanding performances.
This is at the... more

Gorgeous Academy award winning black and white cinematography, with slightly distorted camera angles with zither music create an atmospheric film noir gem.
Outstanding performances.
This is at the top of my Film Noir Must list.

Next to revolution, Orson Wells is as good as it's gonna get.

Watching it with babez another movie in the 501 must see movies.....

Brilliant on every level: acting, script, direction, aesthetics. I wish every one of my students. It may not br directly related to the subject but it's creative: aesthetic grounding would be... more

Brilliant on every level: acting, script, direction, aesthetics. I wish every one of my students. It may not br directly related to the subject but it's creative: aesthetic grounding would be perfection to any career in creativity broadly construed. Bottom line: see it

They say it's great, but I'm too ADD right now to notice.

Grand finale of TPR's Cinema Tuesdays for 2011! What a way to close out the "season."

in an old movie mood after watching the intruder

Film Noir continues....

One of my MSBE fact patterns was based on this movie (our novel, a the case may be).

on TCM, celebrating the great Orson Welles today.

one of the best on foot chase scenes ive seen