Tag Archives: Ernst Lubitsch

catherine: rule by parlor trick

1787. Catherine’s triumphal tour to the Crimea. Catherine’s boat ride. The Empress was showing off the wonders of her realm, and they were many indeed. But were they real or were they fake. Only Potemkin knew for sure, and he … Continue reading

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games without frontiers

Its a bit shocking and easy to ridicule. Giving the Nobel Prize for Peace to the European Union! It can be perceived as a black comedy. Dr. Caligari. After all, Europe of the recent past and its colonial and imperialist … Continue reading

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moods of modernism… berlin to the bayou

Post war American movies were locked into a pattern that began when Shirley Temple saved Hollywood studios from completely going under and were “rescued” by Morgan and Rockefeller money and then the post WWII era saw the norm being movies … Continue reading

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there’s plenty of room at the bottom

From the previous post that brought up Harry Saltzman, one of the originators of developing the social realism genre of film. Of course, Saltzman did not operate in a vacuum, but he had an intuitive sense that connected the north … Continue reading

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there’s something about paradise

The double entendre of a trouble in paradise.The Lubitsch touch. The phrase used to describe the work of director Ernst Lubitsch. Reams have been written on the subject, but it remains a vague elusive concept that defies generic interpretation and … Continue reading

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sarko for supper: the dinner game

Nicolas Sarkozy and the Dinner Games. Though in some respects Sarkozy does recall Louis de Funes and the comic posturing, the ideal context in which to place the French leader would be Francois Weber’s Le Diner des Cons. Sarkozy is … Continue reading

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WILD BILLY'S CIRCUS STORIES

Life and Art Not while the fever of the blood is strong, The heart throbs loud, the eyes are veiled, no less With passion than with tears, the Muse shall bless The poet-sould to help and soothe with song. Not … Continue reading

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NOBODY'S PERFECT … HEAVEN KNOWS THEY TRIED

”…Problem is, the only open slots are with Sweet Sue and Her All-Girl Society Syncopaters. As if high heels, girdles, and falsies weren’t tsouris enough, “Josephine” and “Daphne” must keep those testosterone levels down while in the sensuous proximity of … Continue reading

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