Post by london777 on Aug 26, 2018 4:14:59 GMT
What identifiable movies have we noticed within movies? That is, the characters are watching them on TV or at the cinema, etc. I hope posters will add examples from time to time, as and when they stumble on them in viewing.
Films in the public domain are frequent candidates, for obvious reasons. Also, studios like to remind us of their earlier triumphs.
In The Tamarind Seed (1974) dir: Blake Edwards, one of the characters is watching Foreign Correspondent (1940) dir: Alfred Hitchcock. He switches it off to concentrate on sex with Sylvia Syms. Good choice!
In Paris Nous Appartient (1961) dir: Jacques Rivette, the students are watching Metropolis (1927) dir: Fritz Lang. I had never heard of "Metropolis" in 1961, but I thought it looked a lot more interesting than the film I was watching.
And many times since, when watching some mediocrity, seeing within it a clip from some great film has inspired me to watch the latter again, sometimes cutting short the one I was currently viewing.
Films in the public domain are frequent candidates, for obvious reasons. Also, studios like to remind us of their earlier triumphs.
In The Tamarind Seed (1974) dir: Blake Edwards, one of the characters is watching Foreign Correspondent (1940) dir: Alfred Hitchcock. He switches it off to concentrate on sex with Sylvia Syms. Good choice!
In Paris Nous Appartient (1961) dir: Jacques Rivette, the students are watching Metropolis (1927) dir: Fritz Lang. I had never heard of "Metropolis" in 1961, but I thought it looked a lot more interesting than the film I was watching.
And many times since, when watching some mediocrity, seeing within it a clip from some great film has inspired me to watch the latter again, sometimes cutting short the one I was currently viewing.