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Monthly Archives: September 2022
Other films for your consideration IX
If you like something a bit off the beaten track, as they say, then we can suggest tracking down the films of Polish director Walerian Borowczyk. Borowczyk began his film making doing animation, but moved into live action in 1968. … Continue reading
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“Fritz The Cat”
If you asked people to name great animators you’d get Disney, Hanna-Barbera maybe and then… Not the Fleischer brothers (Betty Boop, Popeye), not Walter Lanz (Woody Woodpecker) or Chuck Jones (Warners) or the “Great” Bob Godfrey. Maybe Terry Gilliam (Monty … Continue reading
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“Barry Lyndon”
Kubrick followed “A Clockwork Orange” with his second great cinematic masterpiece, “Barry Lyndon” from 1975. The film is based on the book by Thackeray, a lengthy tome, with some episodes removed for the film. The story is of the adventures … Continue reading