Great film. Great book. Great cover.
A film can be good, mediocre or poor. But it should never be done against conscience, thoughts and ideology of the author.
Luis Buñuel, Filmmaker
One of my favorite movies of all time is 20 years.
Some are celebrating.
(Illustration by Horla Patrie)
Fritz Lang’s Metropolis monocle: This monocle was worn by director Fritz Lang during the making of Metropolis (1926). The monocle is housed in a unique mechanical frame designed by Thomas Kuntz with a vintage photograph of Lang mounted beneath giving the illusion he is wearing the monocle. Lang wore a monocle throughout his life, generally for effect, but in later years when his sight actually began to fail, Lang gave the Metropolis monocle to Forrest J. Ackerman.
Dear Mr. Rossellini:
I saw your films “Open City” and “Paisan” and enjoyed them very much. If you need a Swedish actress who speaks English very well, who has not forgotten her German, who is not very understandable in French, and who, in Italian knows only “ti amo” I am ready to come and make a film with you.
Ingrid Bergman (in a letter to Roberto Rossellini)
