Amongst these, the ones that really stood out, in chronological order; SEVEN CHANCES (1925) THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE (1951) A FACE IN THE CROWD (1957) LONELY ARE THE BRAVE (1962) SUZHOU RIVER (2000) POLISSE (2011)
1. Polite Society 2. Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World 3. Fallen Leaves 4. La Chimera 5. Oppenheimer I wasn't able to add my fifth pick OPPENHEIMER - a big budget blockbuster that apart from its technical brilliance was a movie about talking (lots) and listening.
As 2023 ends and 2024 begins, here's the list of my favourite first watches that I saw last year. There is a clear bias to old Hollywood movies, as per usual, but my Mubi subscription is also well represented 😅 boxd.it/khrWc
The ones that hit the mark on my first viewing - 2023 edition
Like the FBI STORY, the Native americans in BOOM TOWN too have no speaking roles.
Well before the almost 20 minutes of 1959's copganda THE FBI STORY starring James Stewart devotes to the Osage Nation murders, there was a blink-and-miss shot of Clarke Gable inking an oil deal with Oklahoma Native Americans in 1940's BOOM TOWN. Earliest cinematic representation in Hollywood?
4 favourite first watches of #Noirvember#Noirvember2023; Jenny Lamour (1947) A Lady Without Passport (1950) Hell Drivers (1957) Deep Cover (1992)
