Day #23 of the 30 Day Film Challenge
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shadowkatDay #23 of 30 Day Film Challenge.
The prompt is A film that you like by a director who is Dead
Hmmm...choices, choices...
Going with Billy Wilder's comedy classic:
And you can't pick a director or film that you already chose somewhere else. (ie. If you picked Kubrick or Hitchcock already, you can't do it again - sorry. This category is too easy already, have to limit it somehow.)
The prompt is A film that you like by a director who is Dead
Hmmm...choices, choices...
Going with Billy Wilder's comedy classic:
And you can't pick a director or film that you already chose somewhere else. (ie. If you picked Kubrick or Hitchcock already, you can't do it again - sorry. This category is too easy already, have to limit it somehow.)
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Date: 2020-09-22 11:00 pm (UTC)But what about a director who died after his only shot at the big chair?
Steve Gordon was a veteran sitcom writer who finally got his chance to direct a high profile movie: a throwback to the romantic comedies of the 1930s and 1940s.
Gordon's movie, Arthur (1981), won two Oscars--one for its theme song and another for John Gielgud as Arthur's butler.
Tragically, Gordon died of a heart attack at age 44. But his place in movie history is secure.
https://youtu.be/D5gABBndg-w
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Date: 2020-09-23 02:29 am (UTC)Arthur worked. It was funny and charming at the same time. Although I didn't see the guy who played Arthur in much after that. And outside of Cabaret, it's among the few films that I liked with Liza Minelli, who usually grated on my nerves.