#Burt Lancester

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Burt Lancester's Thrilling Western Movie

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FILM FAVES: A sumptuous funeral march for an aging aristocrat, Visconti adapts the sole novel of the last Prince of Lampedusa into a mesmerizing work of clear-eyed nostalgia.

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Sweet Smell of Success

Noirvember 2017 – Classic Noir Films

Press agent Sidney Falco, who is the king of playing a false note, press the button and messes up things, after he is both asked to and forced to break up the relationship of his columnist friend J.J.'s sister by his friend J.J.

The film revolves around corruption, dirty schemes, blackmails, manipulations and possessive brother-sister relationship. Burt Lancester and Tony Curtis portray two unprincipled and manipulative men who are power hungry with no morals in the most excellent way possible. You just would love to hate their characters. At least, I did.

There are quite iconic, sarcastic and sassy lines in the film. Those lines give the dialogues a sharp feeling. My favorites would be the followings below.

"I'd hate to take a bite outta you. You're a cookie full of arsenic."

"Sidney, conjugate me a verb. For instance, 'to promise'."

"You're dead, son. Get yourself buried."

"Maybe I left my sense of humor in my other suit."

"Mr. Hunsecker, you've got more twists than a barrel of pretzels!"

I can tell that this film invented sarcasm of '50s.

The cinematography is not the best but it is really good. I am just iffy about a few camera angles but that is just alright.

Bottom line, "Sweet Smell of Success" - I'd have to call this "Sweet Smell of Scam" though - is one of those noirs which must be watched.

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The Cassandra Crossing – Cassandra Geçidi

The Cassandra Crossing – Cassandra Geçidi

The Cassandra Crossing – Cassandra Geçidi

1970’li yıllar soğuk savaşın en kanlı ve acımasız olduğu yıllar olarak yakın tarihte yer etmiştir. Bombalamaların, suikastlerin, insan kaçırmaların, fidye istemelerin, uçak kaçırmaların, politik cinayetlerin ayyuka çıktığı yıllardır bu dönem. Nice radikal eylem gerçekleşmiş olsa da, felaket senaryolarının en berbatlarından olan kimyasal teröre yönelik…

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POV:

It’s the day before Easter Sunday. You are mildly drunk cuz a far distant relative of your‘s you are not actually related to refused to stop filling up your wine glass. You are there bc they have invited you to a huge easter fire which is a tradition where you live. You get home and watch an ancient and really really bad Moses movie with Burt Lancester. Meanwhile you are on tumblr. indulging in MSR posts realizing you are so not over them.

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The Killers

Noirvember 2017 – Classic Noir Films

This film is good but there is something missing. I can't quite put finger on it though. Perhaps, it lacks of narrativity. I don't know if it was because the screenwriter stayed true to Ernest Hemingway's original short story or he played around with it a lot. Since Ernest Hemingway ended up liking how the film turned out, it seems like the screenwriter stayed true to his original work. I think, I found the narrative placid. I also found it murky rather than lucid. I blame Ermest Hemingway for most of it because of unambiguous explanations on his short story since the movie's explanation through flashbacks was more ambiguous compared to his story.

Burt Lancester pulled off that dramatic and tragic looking guy who feels snookered so well. Ava Gardner was brilliant at portraying a sultry and seductive femme fatale. Their performances were really remarkably good. No wonder, they became big thanks to this movie.

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BURT LANCESTER

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Burt Lancester ma lenne 100 éves. Audrey Hepburn is térden csúszik előtte... (The Unforgiven - 1960)

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