Ataraxia

  Fight Club Screenplay by Chuck Palahniuk and Jim Uhls  http://realini.blogspot.com/2020/07/fight-club-by-chuck-palahniuk-nine-out.html 10 out of 10     Fight Club has become a cult movie, and we can still read about the making of it in contemporaneous articles – in Variety, one major performer was complaining that she did not get the role in the film, because Brad Pitt aka Tyler Durden in the adaptation would block her, the response was that the team had not promised anything, there had been casting, as is regularly the case and eventually someone else got the part – presumably, we are talking about Helena Bonham Carter aka Carla Singer   Since it was programmed last night again, I have watched some of it and thought that this is a challenging, dynamic, entertaining, thought provoking motion picture – you could read into the dialogue, the obsessions and give different interpretations – an attack on consumerism could be the impulsive buying of well, everything ...

  Giant – based on the book by Edna Ferber 9 out of 10     Giant is a remarkable motion picture, one of only three that James Dean acted in, the legendary actor that starred in Rebel Without a Cause and has started with East of Eden  http://realini.blogspot.com/2017/05/east-of-eden-based-on-novel-by-john.html  where the glorious Montgomery Clift, by his absence, allowed a new star to be born, just like he did for Paul Newman, who has had his first chance with Somebody Up There Loves Me, and then  Marlon Brando , who would light up the screen in On the Waterfront, three major motion pictures and a trio of superstars, in the real sense of the word   We learn about this and much more from the fundamental  Adventures in The Screen Trade  http://realini.blogspot.com/2017/02/adventures-in-screen-trade-by-william.html  written by William Goldman, who has won two Academy Awards, for the script for Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid and All The P...

  Accidental Hero, by David Webb Peoples There are some interesting messages in this motion picture that has received little attention, especially if we consider that the director is Stephen Frears, the cast has stars like Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis and Andy Garcia. One can read about Dustin Hoffman and so many other actors, directors, filmmakers in the sensational Adventures in the Screen Trade by the winner of two Academy Awards – for the screenplay for Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid and All the President’s Men – William Goldman. Dustin Hoffman comes across as somewhat – if not seriously – obnoxious, arrogant, self-absorbed in scenes on the set of Marathon Man, where he had the leading role – and he made efforts to highlight it – while the glorious Laurence Olivier held a supporting role, while he was very ill. In Accidental Hero – which in a confusing manner is also called just Hero – Dustin Hoffman has the part of Bernie LaPlante, which considering the aforementioned assessmen...

  Kramer vs. Kramer, written and directed by Robert Benton, based on the novel by Avery Corman 9 out of 10 A different version of this note and thoughts on other books are available at: -               https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEVa4_CsRStSBBDo4uJWT8BSWtTTn0N1E  and    http://realini.blogspot.ro/ Kramer vs. Kramer is one of the best dramas that you can see. It is on the New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made list: -            http://www.listchallenges.com/new-york-times-best-1000-movies-ever-made/checklist/12 The film won all the important Academy Awards: -            For Best Picture, Best Actress in a Supporting Role- Meryl Streep, Best Director and Best Writing – both for Robert Benton and Best Actor in a Leading Role – Dustin Hoffman -       ...

  Straight Time, based on the novel by Edward Bunker, directed by Ulu Grosbard and Dustin Hoffman A different version of this note and thoughts on other books are available at: -               https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEVa4_CsRStSBBDo4uJWT8BSWtTTn0N1E   and    http://realini.blogspot.ro/ Straight Time has been included on The New York Times ‘Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made, which you can access here: -            http://www.listchallenges.com/new-york-times-best-1000-movies-ever-made To start with a conclusion: -            I have not been all that thrilled Yes, the film is good, but not on a level with: -            Casablanca, Godfather, Citizen Kane, The Seventh Seal and so on It could also be a case where I have learned more ab...

  On Body and Soul, written and directed by Ildiko Enyedi This is a magical film that somehow did not attract the attention of the Cannes Festival organizers, BAFTAs and the Golden Globes. It is however nominated for an Academy Awards that is unlikely to go to this feature, in the face of competition from the more flamboyant The Square. This Hungarian motion picture has similarities with a number of books and motion pictures that depict animal suffering, slaughter, torture and more, from Okja to Euthanizer and We Are All Completely Besides Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler. The setting of this intriguing, provocative film is a slaughterhouse where audiences can see, if not the actual killing, many scenes before and right after the death of innocent cattle, their insertion in the final cage, the look in their eyes, the head being severed, seconds after we have seen the living animal, in what is surely no special effect wizardry, the shots have obviously been made in an actual abattoir. ...

  Citizen aka Az Allampolgar, written by Ivan Szabo, Roland Vranik and directed by the latter The Hungarian cinema has had an incredible line, which is especially outstanding if we consider the size of the population and the fact that it had been under the communist regime for so long. This rather small country has won two Oscars for Best Foreign Film, for the magnificent Mephisto and the more recent, 2015 winner Son of Saul. Colonel Redl, Sunshine, Magyarok and My 20 th  Century are also impressive works of art that stay in the mind of audiences. On Body and Soul is the entry for this year and it is in the same category of formidable, exceptional films, reviewed here: http://realini.blogspot.ro/2018/03/on-body-and-soul-written-and-directed.html Citizen, as this film was translated in our lands, is another gem, albeit it has not received the notoriety of Body and Soul, or any of the other Hungarian movies aforementioned, listed for the major competition of cinema. The hero is ...