The Third Man (1949)

Dir. Carol Reed. Starring Joseph Cotten, Trevor Howard, Alida Valli The Third Man starts slow. It builds atmosphere through its people (Alida Valli vamping, Trevor Howard with a mustache, Ernst Deutsch stuttering with an accent), through its sights (Vienna – if you haven’t seen the movie, just ask John Irving about it), and of course, with… Read More The Third Man (1949)

February 24, 2017June 30, 2017 Tim2 Comments

Bitter Rice (1949)

Dir. Giuseppe De Santis. Starring Silvana Mangano, Doris Dowling, Vittorio Gassman The radio announcer in the beginning of the film tells us why the rice fields of northern Italy are manned entirely by women; they have faster, smaller hands. And so we are thrust into a world full of women, where men are interlopers, flinging chaos… Read More Bitter Rice (1949)

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