Jules and Jim

cinemaburn

Both Jules and Jim live the bohemian lifestyle in Paris during the turn of the century. They appreciate poetry, art, cafes, and women. They get together to talk about philosophy alongside personal problems. You see, Jules wants a woman to love. But every woman he encounters in Paris does not meet his high standards. Either they are flighty (like the steam engine girl) or not intelligent enough (like the many whores he visits). But Jim, he has a girl. A girl who is faithful and loving and boring. He wants excitement. Both of them find what they are looking for in one woman: Catherine. She is giving, outrageous, spontaneous, emotional, free-spirited, and loving. But she is ultimately destructive.

One of the big arguments concerning this film is whether Catherine can be seen as empowered or not. On the surface she seems to be. She is not beholden to one man…

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Summertime

Better Than Timeless, Timely: Bach at 327

Jazz is Dead/This Isn’t Jazz, Part Etc.

1935 Meanwhile, across the Atlantic…

Lanahj

Although my focus has been American movies, I wanted to include some major foreign films during the course of this project. To conclude 1935, I watched something British and something German.

the 39 steps

Alfred Hitchcock directs this thriller about a wrongly accused man who finds himself flung into a international conspiracy of spies. The troubles of our hero Richard Hannay, about whom we know only that he is Canadian, begin at a London music hall. When a gun goes off in the theater, Hannay allows a frightened woman to come home with him. An easy-going host, Hannay becomes intrigued as the mysteriously Slavic «Annabelle Smith» tells him about her work as an agent. She is a haunted and hunted woman. When she wakes him in the middle of the night with a knife in her back and a map in her hand, Hannay gives himself only one option: to…

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Suspense 101

A Dreamer Walking

There are two ways to create entertainment for those who choose to watch your film. 1. You create entertainment through enlightening, humoring, or awing your audience in the present tense. 2. You create entertainment through expectation of the future; creating a sort of mystery and suspense that keeps your audience member on the edge of his or her seat in anticipation.

I have seen several moments/scenes/sequences in film that will stay with me for the rest of my life. I was in awe of the land of Pandora when watching Avatar for the first time. The sequence where Jake and the rest of the Na’vi go up the mountain cliffs to ride the ikran was unbelievable and an unforgettable experience. Red Skelton, Bill Cosby, and Robin Williams have given us thousands of hours of entertainment through masterful comic timing with their ability to create humor from pretty much any scenario…

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‘The 39 Steps’ Linkage

A RATOS ALGUIEN PREGUNTA DETRAS DE LA RIGIDEZ DE LO VIRTUAL, QUIEN ERES, COMO ES TU VOZ, DONDE VIVES, EN QUE PARTE DEL MUNDO PODEMOS ENCONTRARNOS. ALLI, EN YOUTUBE, EN UN CANAL QUE APRECIO Y DONDE ES POSIBLE , TAL VEZ , SABERNOS UN POCO MAS. SALUD MANON KUBLER

In Memorium: Adrienne Rich

AQUI SOMOS Y CABEMOS TODOS. NUESTROS ANHELOS, NUESTRAS IDEAS, NUESTRA PROTESTA, NUESTRO AMOR POR EL MUNDO. AGRADECIDA POR SUS GENEROSOS COMENTARIOS , UN ABRAZO INMENSO. MANON KUBLER MARZO 2012