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1976's The Man in the Glass Booth, with Maximilian Schell. Was he "Goldman", a Jewish concentration camp survivor, or was he "Dorf", a Nazi who took the "Goldman" identity to shield him from his crimes? Does it really matter? As Roger Ebert explains it, "It's impossible to say for sure, but the point of "The Man in the Glass Booth" isn't really to answer that question. It's to pose disturbing notions about the nature of human identity, guilt and responsibility. And it's to illustrate the ways in which the holocaust was a wrong of such monstrous evil that individual personalities were obliterated by it." Extraordinarily compelling. It earned Schell an Oscar nomination for his performance.
Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon, 1975. A "Period" movie based on a novel by William Thackeray. It's a masterpiece of cinematography, winning Oscars for Best Art Direction/Set Direction, Best Cinematography & Best Costume Design, and nominated for Best Picture, Best Director & Best Writing (Adapted). And yet, it seems to be relatively unheard-of.
"The Silent Partner" 1978 Elliott Gould and Christopher Plummer. Look real hard and see John Candy.
Siskel and Ebert said this was one of the best of the year yet nobody saw it. It was a Canadian film with very little hoopla. It was put on DVD a while ago and is a good intense mystery.
1976's The Man in the Glass Booth, with Maximilian Schell. Was he "Goldman", a Jewish concentration camp survivor, or was he "Dorf", a Nazi who took the "Goldman" identity to shield him from his crimes? Does it really matter? As Roger Ebert explains it, "It's impossible to say for sure, but the point of "The Man in the Glass Booth" isn't really to answer that question. It's to pose disturbing notions about the nature of human identity, guilt and responsibility. And it's to illustrate the ways in which the holocaust was a wrong of such monstrous evil that individual personalities were obliterated by it." Extraordinarily compelling. It earned Schell an Oscar nomination for his performance.
Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon, 1975. A "Period" movie based on a novel by William Thackeray. It's a masterpiece of cinematography, winning Oscars for Best Art Direction/Set Direction, Best Cinematography & Best Costume Design, and nominated for Best Picture, Best Director & Best Writing (Adapted). And yet, it seems to be relatively unheard-of.
"The Silent Partner" 1978 Elliott Gould and Christopher Plummer. Look real hard and see John Candy.
Siskel and Ebert said this was one of the best of the year yet nobody saw it. It was a Canadian film with very little hoopla. It was put on DVD a while ago and is a good intense mystery.
I am not sure if this is the film you are referring to???
"The Silent Partner" 1978 Elliott Gould and Christopher Plummer. Look real hard and see John Candy.
Siskel and Ebert said this was one of the best of the year yet nobody saw it. It was a Canadian film with very little hoopla. It was put on DVD a while ago and is a good intense mystery.
I saw that on TV years ago and just rented it. Not great but quite good.
Christopher Plummer was a great villain.
On the advice of a friend, I rented another Christopher Plummer film that was overlooked in its time, Waterloo, in which Plummer played the Duke of Wellington. Great battle scenes and Rod Steiger did a fine job as Napoleon.
A more recent sleeper (2007) is Nightwatching, a Peter Greenaway film about Rembrandt. Rembrandt was played well by Martin Freeman, Tim from the UK version of The Office.
I saw that on TV years ago and just rented it. Not great but quite good.
Christopher Plummer was a great villain.
On the advice of a friend, I rented another Christopher Plummer film that was overlooked in its time, Waterloo, in which Plummer played the Duke of Wellington. Great battle scenes and Rod Steiger did a fine job as Napoleon.
A more recent sleeper (2007) is Nightwatching, a Peter Greenaway film about Rembrandt. Rembrandt was played well by Martin Freeman, Tim from the UK version of The Office.
I have to add this great William Powell(The Thin Man) obscure classic: MY MAN GODFREY....Hysterically funny!!! And an interesting diametricly perspective commentary; on our society, that even "rings" more true today!
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