Tag: Film
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Cinematography Then and Now
With the recent death of the great actor and director Robert Redford, I have embarked on a kind of Robert Redford retrospective. I am watching three films that I have heard are some of his greatest: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Three Days of the Condor, and All the President’s Men. Next on deck…
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Jacques Tati — Les Vacances de M. Hulot
The other night my wife and I got to watch Les Vacances de M. Hulot, the breakthrough film by French mime and comedian Jacques Tati. It was the Criterion Collection version released on TCM. This version was a little different than earlier versions I had seen; it was the original ninety-eight minute release from 1953.…