Sukhov

J'accuse

Looks interesting. Apparently this was Ingrid's last film before moving to the US. Did you watch it for your 1940 list in the foreign films thread?

I saw that one a few days ago too. It captures mental illness and uncertainty in a cruel world very well.

P. Lovett, Alexander, played by Edward Everett Horton in Lost Horizon

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My top 10 for the 1930s- 1.) Moscow Laughs (1934) Grigori Aleksandrov, Russia 2.) The Three Penny Opera (1931) G.W. Pabst, Germany 3.) Grand Illusion (1937) Jean Renoir, France 4.) A Nous la Liberte (1931), Rene Clair, France 5.) M,(1931) Fritz Lang, Germany 6.) Zouzou,(1934) Marc Allegret, France 7.) The Bartered Bride (1932) Max Ophuls, Germany 8.) Avoda/Labor (1935) Helmar Lerski, British Palestine Mandate 9.) Alexander Nevsky (1938) Sergei Eisenstein, Russia 10.) Volga-Volga,(1938) Grigori Aleksandrov, Russia

They mention that before Miller was imprisoned the town was rather seedy and women and children would look very out of place. It would make sense for everyone to know so much about each other.

More likely they just didn't expect to die and thought killing him would be easy.

Last time the entire town was willing to help him. Everyone chickened out the second time.

Yeah, that one is decent to watch on Halloween but I'm not a big fan of most of their films.

No, the spam does occur in the other sections as well.

The Drinking song from the Student Prince Next: a song by Irving Berlin

He didn't make anyone look bad and especially not fans of the channel. He was asked his opinion and he shared it.

Yeah, Kimmel came across as trying too hard. His comments about how important Black Panther (an inane culture industry superhero movie that happens to have an all African-American cast) and how he wishes he was a woman came across as particularly cringey. I understand supporting the #metoo movement but that's just reaching parody levels of virtue signalling.

I have a question. I saw Zouzou yesterday. Should I add it to my 1934 list? Should we go back and edit our lists after we see a new film? Alternatively will we go back and do the lists with the new films when we are all done?

Oh, thanks. I missed her when it first aired.

They left out Danielle Darrieux too unfortunately.

The actor trying to heavily imply the celebrities are unpatriotic or don't care about the vets because they didn't serve.

That argument would hold more water if the celebrities in the room actually claimed to support the US's foreign wars.

My favorite foreign language movie from the 1930s is Moscow Laughs (1934) Grigori Aleksandrov, Russia

This is the worst it's been that I've seen. The spammers usually just target a few hours late at night but today they've been non-stop spamming all day long!

I think he was referring to the years that those movies won awards. It's a really minor detail.

Twin Peaks: the Return

Seven freaking pages of spam! AhhhhhHhhHh!!!

My review of Tractor Drivers- Jean-Luc Godard famously said "the history of film is the history of boys photographing girls" but in the USSR the quote would more adequately be "the history of Soviet film is boys photographing tractors!" This was made during the brief Japanese fascist invasion of the USSR and this film has a propagandastic effect that you can expect. Three friends (a Russian, Ukrainian, Georgian) live on a collective farm together and have affairs with the local girls (including the star Marina Ladynina). The main characters work their tractors and sing about how they will protect their homeland from invaders (similar to what Hollywood was doing with musicals like Yankee Doodle Dandy around this time) while working on their collective farm. The Georgian character even mentions having served in the far east. The movie ends with the characters singing about how their tractors and tanks will be used for defense and the Japanese invaders won't take their land. The ending musical number