Voice in the Mirror (1958): Harry Keller’s Drama, Starring Richard Egan, Julie London

Troy Donahue, who plays a small part, would become a major youth star the following year, after the release of the medlodrama A Summer’s Place.

Ten North Frederick (1958): Philip Dunne’s Melodrama, Starring Gary Cooper, Diane Varsi and Suzy Parker

It turned out to be one of star Gary Cooper’s last pictures (due to his death at age 60).

New Book about Cannes Film Fest, Camera d’Or (2011): Las Acacias

Pablo Giorgelli directed Las Acacias, a simple low-key yet effective Argentinian drama that won the Caméra d’Or at the 2011 Cannes Film Fest.

Film Theory: Style–Editing

“The foundation of film art is editing” The syntax of cinema; its grammatic language Shots arejoined into scenes; editing eliminates unnecessary time and place (V.I. Pudovkin) “Films are a series of details–details within details.” (Jerry Greenberg, Scarface, 1983). “Everything on the shooy is just raw material. A motion picture is basically made in the editing […]

Harold and Maude: Bud Cort, Star of Ashby’s Cult Classic (with Ruth Gordon), Dies at 77

Bud Cort, who played the titular role in Hal Ashby;s 1971 classic, Harold and Maude, died Wednesday in Connecticut after a long illness. He was 77.