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More Than Meets The Mogwai —
The way he was: Sydney Pollack on YouTube
Film: Film blog | guardian.co.uk —
Sad news this morning with the death of the Oscar-winning director Sydney Pollack at the age of 73 after a 10-month battle with cancer. What's often forgotten about Pollack is that he was a startlingly good actor, good enough even to keep pace with an on-form, Oscar-nominated Dustin Hoffman in 1982's Tootsie , for which Pollack was also nominated for the best director Academy Award. Hoffman is said to have begged the film-maker to take the part of his long-suffering agent in the picture, and you can see why: the pair share the sort of natural screen chemistry borne of familiarity. It can't have hurt that they apparently spent most of their time ...
R.I.P. Sydney Pollack
Dave's Blog About Movies and Such —
Iconic actor/director/producer of the seventies New Hollywood, Sydney Pollack, died Monday at the age of 73. His career produced numerous distinguished pictures including Jeremiah Johnson and Three Days of the Condor, but I will always remember him for his early directorial effort They Shoot Horses, Don't They?. Taking place at a dance competition in Depression era America, this adaptation of Horace McCoy's novel examines both the depravity of opportunistic businessmen and the helplessness of ordinary folks forced to stoop to unimaginable lows in order to survive. Whereas Bonnie and Clyde is energetic, and ...
20 Movies About the First Great Depression To Watch During the Sequel [Clips]
Gawker —
As we mentioned earlier, it's all too possible that another depression might be upon us. So how are to act, what are we to feel, what songs are we to sing? To find some answers, we dove into YouTube and (with some help from Metafilter) found 20 clips from 20 films about the Great Depression of the 1930's. They just might provide valuable insights into what the future holds. Watch and learn after the jump. It's a Wonderful Life A suicidal man named George Bailey is given a second chance at life after an angel shows him the good deeds of his past, including keeping people calm during a pre-Depression ...
