March 15, 2008 • 6:38 pm 2
I have always loved Westerns. And I have always loved Clint Eastwood: particularly in Westerns and in Dirty Harry; but I will make no excuses for Play Misty for Me.
But his best role for me, and one that he has played variations of throughout his career, is The Man With No Name.
The Man With No Name has many qualities that I admire.
May 22, 2007 • 5:38 pm 2
I was watching How to Marry a Millionaire last night, and clothes-wise out of the three it’s got to be Betty Grable for me.
Almost from start to finish she’s wearing a kind of Dior
tiny-waisted full-skirted New Look – which is kind of odd as fashion
historians tell us:
The first Christian Dior couture show was scheduled
for 12 February 1947. Clothes were still scarce and women wore the
sharp-shouldered suits with knee-length skirts that they had cobbled
together as makeshift wartime versions of Elsa Schiaparelli’s slinky
1930s silhouette. The Paris couture trade, which had dominated
international fashion since the late 18th century, was in a precarious
state. What it needed was excitement and Christian Dior delivered it in
a collection of luxurious clothes with soft shoulders, waspy waists and
full flowing skirts intended for what he called “flower women”. “It’s
quite a revelation dear Christian,” pronounced Carmel Snow, the editor
of Harper’s Bazaar, the US magazine. “Your dresses have such a new
look.”
What makes it odd is that the film came out in 1953…
August 31, 2005 • 8:59 am 0
Writing about web page http://www.kungfuhustle.co.uk/
It has it all: great fight scenes, comedy characters and action, dancing gangsters, romantic subplot etc.
Himself bought it from CD Wow and we settled down with lots of chocolate and guinness cake and hot tea to watch it.
It’s the kind of film that makes you grin from ear to ear and sit forward in your seat almost from the first scene.
(Triad boss with a cowboy hat and dancing gangsters in the film’s opening scenes.)
It’s beautifully shot and the costumes, sets and characterisation are superb.
To top it all off the fight scenes are unspeakably good – choreographed by Yuen Wo-Ping (Kill Bill 1 & 2 and The Matrix).
The director is Stephen Chow (Shaolin Soccer) – which I’ve not seen and am now desperate to see.
I
don’t think I could stand to hear a word against it. In fact I enjoyed
it so much I might suggest that we watch it again tonight.
See the IMDB entry
