Friday, October 21, 2022
War and Peace
- Commentary: Under construction.
This is about the Soviet war drama released in four installments from 1966-67. The cast is huge. I should probably treat it as a series in four parts, thus being able to highlight more cast members and commentary specific to each part. Stay tuned for that.
The director of each part of the series, by the way, is the same for the entire series. That information is reflected in the final Wikipedia link at the very bottom of this write-up.
Part I - Andrei Bolkonsky
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Sergei Bondarchuk Pierre Bezukhov Vyacheslav Tikhonov Andrei Bolkonsky Nikolai Tolkachyov Kirill Vladimirovich Bezukhov Boris Zakhava Mikhail Kutuzov Irina Skobtseva Hélène Kuragina Oleg Yefremov Fyodor Dolokhov Vasily Lanovoy Anatole Kuragin Anastasiya Vertinskaya Lisa Bolkonskaya
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of Part I.
Release Date:1966
Part II - Natasha Rostova
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Ludmila Savelyeva Natasha Rostova Vyacheslav Tikhonov Andrei Bolkonsky Anatoly Ktorov Nikolai Bolkonsky Vasily Lanovoy Anatole Kuragin
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of Part II.
Release Date: 1966
Part III - The Year 1812
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Boris Zakhava Mikhail Kutuzov Vladislav Strzhelchik Napoleon Vyacheslav Tikhonov Andrei Bolkonsky Sergei Bondarchuk Pierre Bezukhov
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of Part III.
Release Date: 1967
Part IV - Pierre Bezukhov
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Viktor Stanitsyn Ilya Rostov Ludmila Savelyeva Natasha Rostova Vyacheslav Tikhonov Andrei Bolkonsky Sergei Bondarchuk Pierre Bezukhov
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of Part IV.
Release Date: 1967
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the entire series.
Release Date: 1966-67
Directed by Sergei Bondarchuk.
Labels: §5, Criterion4, dramaF, historical4, period7, romance5, violence5, war3
Notorious
- Commentary: Under construction.
Roger Ebert christened this movie as one of his Great Movies.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Cary Grant T. R. Devlin Ingrid Bergman Alicia Huberman Claude Rains Alexander Sebastian Leopoldine Konstantin Madame Anna Sebastian Louis Calhern Cpt. Paul Prescott Reinhold Schünzel Dr. Anderson Moroni Olsen Walter Beardsley Ivan Triesault Eric Mathis Alexis Minotis Joseph, butler Wally Brown Mr. Hopkins Sir Charles Mendl Commodore Ricardo Costa Dr. Julio Barbosa Eberhard Krumschmidt Emil Hupka Fay Baker Ethel Bea Benaderet File Clerk Friedrich von Ledebur Knerr
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
Release Date: 1946
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Labels: §5, alfred-hitchcock, cary-grant, claude-rains, Criterion4, film-noir2, ingrid-bergman, melodramaB, spy, thriller3
Minding the Gap
- Commentary: Under construction. The write-up for this film on RogerEbert.com also includes Matt Fagerholm's interview with director of this film, Bing Liu.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Bing Liu Self Kent Abernathy Self Mengyue Bolen Self Nina Bowgren Self
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
Release Date: 2018
Directed by Bing Liu.
Labels: coming-of-age2, Criterion4, documentary2
Come and See
- Commentary: Roger Ebert christened this movie as one of his Great Movies in 2010. My guess is that he reviewed it initially in 1985 (although, maybe he didn't, maybe it didn't become available to U.S.A. audiences until 2010), but I can't seem to find any other review on his site but this one.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Aleksei Kravchenko Flyora/Florian Gaishun Olga Mironova Glasha/Glafira Liubomiras Laucevičius Kosach (voiced by Valery Kravchenko) Vladas Bagdonas Rubezh Tatyana Shestakova Flyora's mother Yevgeny Tilicheyev Gezhel, Soviet collaborator Viktors Lorents Walter Stein, German commander Jüri Lumiste German officer
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
Release Date: 1985
Directed by Elem Klimov.
Labels: Criterion4, violence5, war3
A Brighter Summer Day
- Commentary: Under construction. For the full TCM write-up, click into the beginning of the article featured at the link in the title of this post.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Chang Chen Xiao Si'r Chang Kuo-chu Xiao Si'r's father Elaine Jin Xiao Si'r's mother Lisa Yang Ming Wong Chi-zan Cat (Wang Mao) Lawrence Ko Airplane Tan Chih-kang Ma Lin Hong-ming Honey Hung-Yu Chen Sly Wang Chuan Xiao Si'r's eldest sister Chang Han Lao Er (elder brother) Chiang Hsiu-chiung Xiao Si'r's middle sister Stephanie Lai Xiao Si'r's youngest sister Ming-Hsin Chang Underpants Chun-Lung Jung Bomber Hui-Kuo Chou Tiger
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
Release Date: 1991
Directed by Edward Yang.
Labels: §5, Criterion4, political5, violence5
