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Post by petrolino on Aug 21, 2021 0:50:48 GMT
I like this article on filmmaker Otto Preminger because Jonathan Rosenbaum doesn't resort to the usual gossip and low blows regarding his alleged behaviour towards actors. After all, there are also actors who went on record saying Preminger was an absolute blast to hang out with, the best company you could imagine, and with a burning passion for the arts.
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Post by timshelboy on Aug 21, 2021 12:14:03 GMT
Yes interesting article that ploughs its own furrow,
Preminger a huge favourite of mine - I rewatched the entire filmography a couple of years back and very few disappointed completely.
Yes he has a bad rep with some actors..... Seberg (I gather Deborah Kerr so exercised by Otto's treatment of her she intereceded and told him to back off), John Phillip Law,Dunaway..... but others seemed happy to go back for several helpings (Dana & Gene several times - lovely pic of them BTW  , Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, Burgess Meredith, Carol Lynley, Diahann Carroll etc. Sinatra wanted to work with him again but it never panned out).
LAURA and BONJOUR TRISTESSE my favourites but I'm very fond of HURRY SUNDOWN and SUCH GOOD FRIENDS, both of which are much better than their reps. His use of widescreen was second to none, he knew how to dissect an "institution" cinematically, and his working relationship with Saul Bass felicitous. His unswerving commitment to challenging established norms of what was "acceptable" subject matter onscreen for adult viewers benefitted us all (and he sure knew how to exploit the ensuing controversy  ).
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Post by politicidal on Aug 21, 2021 13:47:37 GMT
Out of the movies I’ve seen from him:
Anatomy of a Murder 9/10
Laura 8/10
Angel Face 7/10
Exodus 7/10
Advise & Consent 6/10
River of No Return 6/10
Hurry Sundown 4/10
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Post by timshelboy on Aug 21, 2021 14:04:33 GMT
for the record
Die große Liebe (1931) 4 Under Your Spell (1936) 3 Danger – Love at Work (1937) 4 Kidnapped (1938) 4 Clare Boothe Luce's Margin for Error (UK: Margin for Error, 1943) 5 In the Meantime, Darling (1944) 4 Laura (1944) 10 A Royal Scandal (UK: Czarina, 1945) 5 Fallen Angel (1945) 7 Centennial Summer (1946) 4 Forever Amber (1947) 4 Daisy Kenyon (1947) 4 The Fan (UK: Lady Windermere's Fan, 1949) 6 (George Sanders fans miss at their peril) Whirlpool (1950) 7 Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) 7 The 13th Letter (1951) 5 Angel Face (1953) 6 The Moon Is Blue (1953) 3 River of No Return (1954) 6 Carmen Jones (1954) 7 The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) 7 The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (UK: One Man Mutiny, 1955) 2 Saint Joan (1957) 5 Bonjour Tristesse (1958) 10 Porgy and Bess (1959) 4 Anatomy of a Murder (1959) 7 Exodus (1960) 7 Advise and Consent (1962) 7 The Cardinal (1963) 5 In Harm's Way (1965) 7 Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) 8 Hurry Sundown (1967) 8 (Jane Fonda fans miss at their peril - and not just for that saxaphone "solo!"  ) 
Skidoo (1968) 2
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970) 5
Such Good Friends (1971) 8
Rosebud (1975) 4
The Human Factor (1979) 3
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