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blue_lotus13) wrote2009-06-01 04:08 pm
blue_lotus13) wrote2009-06-01 04:08 pm
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Great movies
I've been remiss on posting about two new additions to the Great movies proje
Broken Blossoms is a silent movie starring Lillian Gish. It was made in 1919 by DW Griffith and was basically his response to the allegations of racism that he endured as a result of creating "Birth of a nation."
Lillian Gish's character is the daughter of a seedy limehouse dude in London. She's abused by him, and ends up cared for by a Chinese immigrant (a man who used a rubber band to pull his features back). There were some parts that were quite touching but all in all, I've already forgotten it.
Apparently it was released during a period of extreme anti-Chinese sentiment in the US. Hmmm.
(Oh wow. It used to be called "The Chink and the Child." Yikes!)
McCabe and Mrs. Miller-
Robert Altman's 1971 pic McCabe and Mrs. Miller stars Julie Christie and Warren Beatty. Basically, Warren Beatty is a gambler who wants to open a brothel in a newly created Western town, and Julie Christie is the woman who helps him do it and teaches him important skills, like how to prevent the entire town from developing the clap. I like Altman films, loved watching two greats such as Beatty and Christie and liked the Western feel of this movie. It has beautiful scenery and a soundtrack created by Leonard Cohen, featuring "Sisters of Mercy."
It was shot near Vancouver and is meant to represent a fictional town in the Pacific Northwest. It's pretty gritty and does not have a happy ending.
Broken Blossoms is a silent movie starring Lillian Gish. It was made in 1919 by DW Griffith and was basically his response to the allegations of racism that he endured as a result of creating "Birth of a nation."
Lillian Gish's character is the daughter of a seedy limehouse dude in London. She's abused by him, and ends up cared for by a Chinese immigrant (a man who used a rubber band to pull his features back). There were some parts that were quite touching but all in all, I've already forgotten it.
Apparently it was released during a period of extreme anti-Chinese sentiment in the US. Hmmm.
(Oh wow. It used to be called "The Chink and the Child." Yikes!)
McCabe and Mrs. Miller-
Robert Altman's 1971 pic McCabe and Mrs. Miller stars Julie Christie and Warren Beatty. Basically, Warren Beatty is a gambler who wants to open a brothel in a newly created Western town, and Julie Christie is the woman who helps him do it and teaches him important skills, like how to prevent the entire town from developing the clap. I like Altman films, loved watching two greats such as Beatty and Christie and liked the Western feel of this movie. It has beautiful scenery and a soundtrack created by Leonard Cohen, featuring "Sisters of Mercy."
It was shot near Vancouver and is meant to represent a fictional town in the Pacific Northwest. It's pretty gritty and does not have a happy ending.
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