Drama > 1959 Drama

Leaves me Breathless everytime

Advantages: A true classic
Disadvantages: Subtitles and in French

...Bout de Souffle (transalated to Breathless in English) = is part crime noir, part romantic thriller and basically a good old fashioned chase The film is about petty, foul-mouthed criminal Michel Pioccard (played by 26-year-old Jean-Paul Belmondo's) , who is obsessed with the film star, Humphrey Bogart . He steals a car and in the process kills the policeman following him. He goes on the run with a young American journalist, living in Paris, Patricia ...
...of filming. Credits Director: Jean-Luc Godard Script: Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut Photo: Raoul Coutard Music: Martial Solal Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo (Michel Poiccard), Jean Seberg (Patricia Franchini), Roger Hanin (Cal Zombach) Country: France Language: French Subtitles Runtime: 89 min, B&W Aka: Breathless ...

baherbc 26.09.2009 · Read full review
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Ben-Hur

Advantages: Direction, Characters, Performances
Disadvantages: May be Run Time

Ben-Hur is an epic movie released in year 1959. Film was directed by William Wyler. The movie was written by Karl Tunberg, Gore Vidal and Christopher Fry. Movie won 11 academy awards including, Best film, Best Direction and Art Design. Movie is an adoption and third film version of novel by Lew Wallace. Star Cast: Charlton Helton portrays Ben-Hur. Martha Scott plays a role of Miriam. Stephen Boyd portrays Messala. Plot Summary: Judah ...
...is shivered when he heard that his old friend Messala is coming to command the Roman garrison of Jerusalem. He meets Messala after very long time and feels that he is changed. His political view is changed and he is supporting Rome. This thing separates them. Judah refuses to accept the Roman rule and to disclose the name of dissidents. Messala sends galleys to kill him and throws his mother and sister in the prison. Judah manages to escape and returns ...

cool.dude 05.12.2008 · Read full review
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Coming of age

Advantages: Great storyline, good characters, modern in an old fashioned way.
Disadvantages: In black and white, is in french, can be a little vague.

...most would know it, The 400 Blows and it was the debut film for Francois Truffaut, who not only wrote it, but directed and produced it as well. The 400 Blows was written to reflect on Truffauts own childhood and has been described as a "coming of age" story by some. The lead character is Antoine Doinel; a twelve year old boy living with his mother and father in France. Immediately it is clear that Antoine doesn't have the kind of relationship with ...
...definitely worth it as The 400 Blows is one of my favourite films of all time. And I'm not even a fan of black and white ones. To pick up a copy can be a little tricky as it quite old and unheard of, but just have a look on amazon.com or eBay and you will most likely find it. Mine was bought for me as a gift from a friend and I think that it roughly cost around £20, but that is because as I said, it is hard to get hold of. I haven't yet seen any ...

xnovaxlazyx 12.06.2006 · Read full review
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Kaagaz Ke Phool - A Suicidal Autobiography !!

Advantages: Masterpiece, Actors, Music, Cinematography , Lighting effects.
Disadvantages: None!

Kaagaz Ke Phool a black and white masterpiece movie made in 1959 was directed by the all time great actor and director Gurudutt. It is believed that this movie is a semi autobiography of the great artist Guruduttt! The title 'Kaagaz Ke Phool' in Hindi means Flowers made up of paper (I deliberately not using the words, Paper flowers, because this name refers to a particular type of natural flowers) indicating that they are very beautiful to look at, ...
...all they are artificial! In this movie Gurudutt tried to portray the darker and morose aspect of film world which looks apparently very glamorous, attractive and very green with hidden pathetic and morose tales to tell! He could artistically manage to put his message across the masses in this movie! But unfortunately this movie was a failure when it was released initially! May be people found the movie too slow and was more of melancholy, and disappointment! ...

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Anatomically Correct

Advantages: sharp and witty
Disadvantages: daft ending

...fractured stylised body that represents Anatomy of a Murder was one of the most pervasive. Two: it was an introduction to director Otto Preminger. Three: I love Jimmy Stewart. Anatomy of a Murder is a deceptive film... by that I don't mean that there are a number of meandering twists and curves; more that there are fewer than you might expect. Surprising, witty, teasing, yes. Shocking, no. In many ways it's the score that gives that away. And a ...
...What's immediately noticeable about Anatomy of a Murder is that with all the suspense, for all that it is a very serious and unsettling film, it's also tremendously witty. Much of the dialogue exchanged in the courtroom is greeted with laughter. Stewart's technique is grandstand and smokescreen, to object and rage, and then to quip and grin disarmingly. It's left to Scott to balance this with his oily, insidious lawyer routine, softly-spoken and ...

ruth_cole 23.09.2004 · Read full review
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