The World's Greatest Lover (1977)

"My soul is on fire! Don't talk to me about money!"

(Rudy Valentine)

finally am vazut filmul lui Gene Wilder care-mi lipsea la "colectie" si la...cultura generala :) no, i won't get money for it and no, i won't get laid, so why should I see it ? :-)
Dupa recuperarile la Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975) si Start the Revolution without Me (1970), ca si Rincocerii (1974, pentru American Theatre), dupa piesa de teatru a lui Eugen Ionescu, m-am pus la punct cu filmele lui Gene Wilder pe care nu le vazusem...s-a retras de atita timp incit nu se poate sa nu ti se faca dor de el


un riff la Seicul alb al lui Fellini, (de unde i-a venit ideea lui Wilder si l-a creditat pe Fellini pe generic!) si o comedie zanatica inegala scrisa, produsa si regizata (si jucata) de Wilder !, situata in perioada filmului mut in Hollywood, si bazata pe confuzie plus slapstick (Rudy Valentine vs. Rudolph Valentino), cu un Dom De Louise irezistibil si psihotic (seful studiourilor rainbow, Adolph Zitz), inconjura de 5 yesmen-i si un barbier pe care-l chinuie sistematic, cu o Carol Kane minunata, cu ochi mari si ingenua

si in roluri secundare un Danny De Vito pe care daca clipesti nu-l observi ;-)
Criticii din epoca au comparat filmul cu Young Frankenstein si l-au macelarit.
-logo-ul la 20th Century Fox parodiat excelent, muzica de John Morris, cintec "Ain't It Kinda Wonderful", compus de Wilder, cintat de Harry Nielsson care si apare in film !

format: 1.85.1 anamorfic
dvd extras: comentrariu cu Gene Wildr, mai eliptic putine exista, odata la 10 minute Gene comenteaza ceva
plus trailere la filmele sale, Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother, Frankenstein jr, Silver Streak si...The World's Greatest Lover !
3 din 5, 6 din 10 !!!

piesa zilei/noptii: Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood: The Animals in Bucuresti (2 aprilie 2011) !!!

si cred ca ma duc diseara la The Animals (in jukebox),


hitul trupei in afara de House of the Rising Sun e un alt cover, Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (piesa Ninei Simone, compusa de Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell si Sol Marcus), care a aparut in versiuni diferite de succes de atunci, de la renditia disco de Santa Esmeralda din 1977 reinviata de Kill Bill Vol. 1 (versiunea de 10 min. in duelul final), si de cavalcada din noodle-westernul The Good, the Bad, the Weird !!! la versiunea lui Joe Cocker (originalul din 1969, pe genericul final din Layer Cake ), The Killers, Cyndy Lauper, StrangeFruit, etc...
aici versiunea lui Cat Stevens, pardon Yusuf Islam :)!!!

si cea a lui Gary Moore (de pe Dirt Fingers), yep, fuckin licking good (una din cele ami covered covers din istoria RnR)

si una extrem de interesanta, Trevor Rabin, din soundtrackul la The Banger Sisters (2002)!!!

si asta e cea mai tare, OZZY as backing vocals in 1975 pe versiunea lui Chris Sedgwick !!!!

People, do you understand me now,
If sometimes I feel a little mad
didn't you know no one alive can
Always be an angel
When things go wrong I seem a little sad
But I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood

You know sometimes, I'm so carefree
With a joy that's hard to hide
Sometimes seems that all I have is worry
And then you're bound to see my other side
But I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood

If I seem edgy, I want you to know
That I never mean to take it out on you
Life has its problems and I get more
Than my share
But that's one thing I never mean to do
I don't mean it

People, don't you know I'm only human
Don't you know I have faults like any one
But sometimes I find myself alone regretting
Some little thing; some foolish thing
That I have done,
But I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood
Don't let me be misunderstood
I'm just someone whose intentions are good
Don't let me be misunderstood,

Robbie Robertson-How To Become Clairvoyant (2011)

n-am mai scris de muzici, dar ascult prea multe noi ca sa ma hotarasc...dar l-am vazut pe Robbie Robertson in CARNY (finally), si acum ascult albumul sau nou, “HOW TO BECOME CLAIRVOYANT” (iesire oficiala 5 aprilie),
cu piesa He Don’t Live Here No More (cu Eric Clapton la chitara), mi se pare ca are niste elemente de Chris Rea in spate...


HOW TO BECOME CLAIRVOYANT,
ROBBIE ROBERTSON’S FIRST ALBUM IN OVER A DECADE, IS DUE OUT APRIL 5, 2011 ON 429 RECORDS
Produced By Marius de Vries And Robertson
Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Robert Randolph, Trent Reznor And Tom Morello are Featured

On April 5, 2011, 429 Records will release How To Become Clairvoyant, Robbie Robertson’s fifth solo album and his first record in more than 10 years. Guitar virtuosos Eric Clapton (who co-wrote three tracks with Robertson), Tom Morello and Robert Randolph guest on the album, which Robertson co-produced with Marius de Vries. How To Become Clairvoyant also features Steve Winwood and Trent Reznor as well as vocalists Angela McCluskey, Rocco Deluca, Dana Glover and Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes. Bassist Pino Palladino and drummer Ian Thomas lay down the groove throughout.
On his last two albums – Music for The Native Americans (1994) and Contact from the Underworld of Redboy (1998) – Robertson explored his ancestry. Now, with How To Become Clairvoyant, he takes on his rock heritage, delivering his first-ever song about leaving The Band, the evocative “This Is Where I Get Off.” “What is lost? What is missing?” Robertson asks on “When The Night Was Young,” a poignant reflection on youthful idealism. “We could change the world/stop the war…but that was back when the night was young.”

Periferic (2010)

mi-a placut mai mult ca , dar e pe acelasi gen; “romanesc”
interpretarea, Ana Ularau, ca o tinara Jean Seberg (À bout de souffle -Breathless-ul lui Godard si Ioana D’arc pentru Preminger), bravura performance, disperare, frumos filmata, cu multa furie in ea, de new wave, ea si Madalina Ghitescu (Marilena de la P7), mi se par cele mai bune din nouvelle vague-ul romanesc.
locuri comune: Andi Vasluianu-secund (fratele), Mimi Branescu-cel mai viril barbat din filmul romanesc, total neconvingator in rolul unui peste, din nou overcast !!! copiii-dragutzi (desi cu tigara in gura :-)
-imaginea, bravura filmmaking (Marius Panduru pe pelicula), in mult contre jour, dar la un moment dat iara zdruncinata rau, filmari din spate, cefe, acceptabile doar la Wrestler si Raging Bull
montajul, debut Eugen Kelemen, minus splice-urile\ok, flash-uri de overediting –ok la Tony Scott, out of range la Dardenne
Gloria lui Cassavettes dar pe invers si ceva din fratii Dardenne (marota cineastilor romani mizerabilisti), structura in trei inserturi, fara muzica, un story scris de Mungiu si Ioana Uricaru, scenariu de Tuodr Voican si Bogdan George Apetri (regizorul, debut ok), care incearca undeva sa se desprinda, dar nu iese din plutonul acestui gen de film romanesc minimalist.
Are similitudini si cu Francesca, si cu Puiu, si Mungiu (firesc), unitatea de timp (totul se petrece intr-o zi). As mai avea ceva de zis si de calul ala alb dar...
Titlul descrie bine leit-motivul cinematografiei romanesti: Periferic.
3 din 5, 6 din 10 !!!
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premiera la Festivalul Internaţional de Film de la Locarno in 2010, unde Ana Ularu a primit trofeul Boccalino - premiul criticii elveţiene pentru cea mai bună actriţă.
-Premiul special al juriului pentru scenariu şi premiul FIPRESCI la Festivalul de Film de la Varşovia, unde Ana Ularu a primit o menţiune specială.
-premiul juriului la festivalul de al Vilnius

*filmul se poate vedea online la http://www.webkino.ro/ pentru un pret modic