TCM Imports-May 2014

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• Featured Films for May

 

   Intimate Lighting ('65) Premiere

 

   Lacombe, Lucien (('74)

 

   My Life as a Dog ('86)

 

   Carnival in Flanders ('35)

 

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late Sun., 5-4

2:00 AM

73 min

Intimate Lighting (1969)

A musician comes to a small town to visit a friend he has missed

 

Dir: Ivan Passer Cast:  Vera Kresadlová , Zdenek Bezu¿ek , Jan Vostrcil .

 

Article: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/79322/Intimate-Lighting/articles.html

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I'm looking forward to Louis Malle's LACOMBE, LUCIEN.

 

 

 

Originally EUROPA, EUROPA had also been scheduled for May, but it appears TCM was not able to secure the rights. Hopefully it will air on TCM in the future.

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The following excerpt from TCM's article on Louis Malle's LACOMBE, LUCIEN provides some interesting information on the lead actor in the movie, Pierre Blaise: 

 

Malle would be the first to admit that much of the picture's ultimate impact was due to its star, a rather nonchalant amateur named Pierre Blaise. Malle knew that the character had to be played by a man from the area where the story takes place, and he had to have an accurate accent. So Malle started fishing for a performer during a series of casting calls that didn't go well. That is, until Blaise walked in.

Malle tells [interviewer Philip] French that, as he was walking out of the casting building, he ran into Blaise. The boy, who had a tough peasant accent, explained that he was there for an audition, but had arrived late. "Immediately, I saw something about him that was unique," Malle said. I said, 'Let's go to a caf and talk.' I discovered he'd been more or less forced by his mother to come; he had absolutely no interest in playing the part." The more Malle talked to Blaise, the more he grew convinced that he had found his Lucien.

But Blaise wasn't entirely taken with the filmmaking process when shooting began. He told Malle after the first few days of filming that he was going home. Malle and an assistant had to talk him into sticking around. Malle later determined that Blaise, who was only 17 at the time, didn't like how everyone on the set ordered him around all day long. Malle gathered his main technical collaborators together, and said, "...'Starting Monday, you're going to treat him as Alain Delon. Don't think of him as Pierre Blaise, this little peasant of seventeen. Think of him as Belmondo. You have to be really cautious. He's got the whole film on his shoulders; he's so much more important than any one of us.' And from then on, things went better. He started enjoying being the main man on the set."

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late Sun., 5-11

 

2:30 AM

C- 138 min

drama

Lacombe, Lucien (1974)

A French teen collaborating with the Nazis falls for a wealthy Jewish girl.

Dir: Louis Malle Cast:  Pierre Blaise , Aurore Clement , Holger Löwenadler .

 

Article: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/80568/Lacombe-Lucien/articles.html

 

 

 

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Pierre Blaise died in a car accident the year after the release of LACOMBE, LUCIEN.

He was barely 20 years old.

 

He appeared in only 3 other films, including LE GRAND DÉLIRE with Jean Seberg.

 

 

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terrifically moving, thought-provoking but non-judgemental film.

performances were perfect, especially Pierre Blaise , Aurore Clement , Holger Löwenadler .

left me rather stunned for quite awhile after viewing.

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late Sun., 5-18

 

2:00 AM

C- 101 min

drama

My Life As A Dog (1986)

A young boy's life changes the summer he moves in with relatives while his sick mother tries to recover.

Dir: Lasse Hallstr÷m Cast:  Anton Glanzelius , Anki Liden , Manfred Serner .

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airing late Sun., 5-25

 

2:00 AM ET

114 min

comedy

Carnival in Flanders (1935)

When a village's men flee, the women are left to cope with Spanish invaders.

Dir: Jacques Feyder Cast:  Louis Jouvet ,

 LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:

D: Jacques Feyder. Francoise Rosay, Jean Murat, Louis Jouvet, Andre Alerme, Bernard Lancret. "Rollicking farce about Spanish invasion of a small Flemish town in the 17th century. While all the men find excuses to leave, the women stay behind and conquer the warriors with romance and revelry. Amusing costume comedy with outstanding photography by Harry Stradling and striking art direction."

American version runs 95m. Original title: LA KERMESSE HEROIQUE.