Comments on: 1950s movies marathon – part 112

By: Bruce Rheinstein

Bruce Rheinstein — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 03:14:17 +0000

You’ve found an interesting niche for your blog. And thanks for the suggestions!

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The best movies of 1957 « Bjørn Stærk's Max 256 Blog — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 14:14:08 +0000

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By: Bjørn Stærk

Bjørn Stærk — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 12:23:55 +0000

Well, I respect remakes more when they don’t try to ride on the name, but just reuse the plot.

Soviet movies seem to have started becoming really good around 1956, at least if you like movies that have the ambition of Hollywood, but are more sentimental. Don’t start with this one, though. My favorites up to 1957 are The Cranes are Flying, The Forty-First, and Spring on Zarechnaya Street.

Btw, glad to have a reader!

By: Bruce Rheinstein

Bruce Rheinstein — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 12:12:14 +0000

3:10 to Yuma is a top-notch western, but the 2007 remake with Russell Crowe isn’t bad.

In addition to obvious remakes, movies plots are often recycled. If you think about it, Predator is really just one of many remakes of The Most Dangerous Game, albeit with an important twist.

I’ll have to watch Different Fortunes. My view of Soviet romance is pretty much defined by Ninotchka…