I just watched Ordeal by Innocence (Desmond Davis, 1985) and rated it 5/10 ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordeal_by_Innocence_%28film%29?wprov=sfla1 #films #cinema #cinemastodon #OrdealByInnocence #DesmondDavis #DonaldSutherland #FayeDunaway #ChristopherPlummer #SarahMiles

Gesehen: Blow-Up (1966)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXlvYvYO11U

GB/US/IT, R: Michelangelo Antonioni, D: David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, John Castle, Jane Birkin, Gillian Hills, Peter Bowles, Veruschka von Lehndorff, Susan Brodrick, Wikipedia

A camera lense distorts everything. It creates a reality which simultaneously does and does not exist. It can be used to capture something valuable which isn’t worthwhile or something worthwhile which doesn’t turn out valuable after all. But one thing a lense can’t create: meaning.

(watched as part of the 5th Annual Letterboxd Season Challenge: 2019-20 – Director Recommendations: Martin Scorsese Week)

★★★★☆

https://andrepitz.de/2020/05/12/gesehen-blow-up-1966/

#810 #BlowUp #DavidHemmings #Filme #Filmkritik #GillianHills #janeBirkin #JohnCastle #MichelangeloAntonioni #PeterBowles #SarahMiles #SusanBrodrick #VanessaRedgrave #VeruschkaVonLehndorff

#Bales2023FilmChallenge August 16: the main character shows his real self on #NationalAuthenticityDay

Humph, doing this one without spoilers…

Joseph Losey's claustrophobic The Servant (1963), based on the novel by Robin Maugham with a screenplay by Harold #Pinter.

#JosephLosey #RobinMaugham #HaroldPinter #DirkBogarde #SarahMiles #WendyCraig #JamesFox #film #cinema #CineMastodon @film