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The Professor’s Fall Journal: October Week 2

Oct30 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Blobs, Comedy, Cults, German Expressionism, Ghost, Gothic Horror, Horror, Independent, Kaiju, Lists, Mad Scientist, Made for TV, Monster, Mummy, Musical, Mystery, Quick Reviews, Short, Silent, So-Bad-It's-Bad, The Original Tagged Agatha Christie, Australia, Bing Crosby, Bugs Bunny, celebration, comet, curious george, Daffy, E. F. Benson, Emil Jannings, endurance film, folk tale, Frankenstein, Germany, Gossamer, Halloween, Halloween party, holiday fair, home invasion, Italy, M. R. James, Marvin the Martian, Mary Shelley, Mayans, Mel Blanc, mesmerism, Mexico, nepotism, Nicholas Cage, Panos Cosmatos, party, prom, Thomas Hood, TV special, Walt Disney, Warner Brothers, Washington Irving

December 29th, 2014: Solaris (1972)

Dec29 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Aliens, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Drama, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Space Travel, Speculative Sci-Fi, The Original Tagged Andrei Tarkovsky, Cosmonauts, Mosfilm, Russia, Soviet Union, space exploration, space station, Stanislaw Lem

December 28th, 2014: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Dec28 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Black and White, Buddy Flick, Drama, Movie of the Day, The Original, Tragedy Tagged banditos, bandits, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actor, children of famous people, double cross, fate, gold, greed, Humphrey Bogart, Jack L. Warner, John Huston, lottery, luck, Mexico, mine, miners, old timer, prospectors, Tim Holt, train, train attack, train robbery, village, Walter Huston, Warner Brothers

December 23rd, 2014: A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)

Dec23 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Adaptation, Animation, Based on a Comic Strip, Comedy, Family, Holiday, Made for TV, Movie of the Day, Short, The Original Tagged Bill Melendez, Charles M. Schulz, children, Christmas, Christmas Pageant, Christmas Party, Christmas tree, commercialism, Outstanding Children's Program, piano, psychiatrists, TV special, United Features Syndicate, Vince Guaraldi

December 9th, 2014: Serpico (1973)

Dec9 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Book, Biopic, Cops, Crime, Drama, Independent, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, The Original, Thriller Tagged Al Pacino, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, corrupt cops, corruption, Dino De Laurentiis, double cross, F. Murray Abraham, Judd Hirsch, M. Emmet Walsh, maverick cops, New York City, Paramount Pictures, Sidney Lumet, Tony Lo Bianco, Tracey Walter

December 5th, 2014: Charade (1963)

Dec5 by bellabone

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, From Beyond the Grave, May-September, Movie of the Day, Revenge, Romance, The Original, Thriller Tagged assumed identity, Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, double cross, Henry Mancini, hidden treasure, Hitchcock, James Coburn, Mark Wahlberg, Paris, philately, Punch and Judy, Seine, Sixties, skiing, Stanley Donen, World War Two Veterans

December 3rd, 2014: Breathless (1960)

Dec3 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Black and White, Coming of Age, Crime, Drama, Independent, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, Neo-Noir, New Wave, Romance, Spoof, The Original, Tragedy Tagged before they were famous, car thief, double cross, femme fatale, Francois Truffaut, hand held camera, homage, Jean Luc Godard, Jean Serberg, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean-Pierre Melville, jump cuts, low-budget, motorcycle cop, murder, New Wave, newspaper, Paris, press conference

November 21st, 2014: Young Frankenstein (1974)

Nov21 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Comedy, Horror, Independent, Mad Scientist, Monster, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Remake, Sequel, Slapstick, Spoof, The Original, Unofficial Sequel Tagged 20th Century Fox, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, Cloris Leachman, doctor, Frankenstein, Gene Hackman, Gene Wilder, hermit, homage, it's not over, Ken Strickfaden, Kenneth Mars, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Mel Brooks, Teri Garr

November 16th, 2014: It Happened One Night (1934)

Nov16 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Movie of the Day, Road Trip, Romance, Screwball, The Original Tagged Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director, Best Picture, Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Columbia Pictures, Frank Capra, New York City, Ward Bond

November 11th, 2014: All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

Nov11 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Anti-War, Based on a Book, Black and White, Coming of Age, Drama, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, The Original, War Movies Tagged apprentice/mentor relationship, before they were famous, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director, Best Picture, Carl Laemmle Jr., cursed objects, Edward L. Cahn, Erich Maria Remaque, French Army, George Cukor, German Army, Germany, Great War, hard ass seargant, horrors of war, hospital, Karl Freund, Lew Ayres, Lewis Milestone, Louis Wolheim, military training, teachers, Universal Pictures

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