Over the next several weeks a retrospective of the work of the great American director George Stevens is taking place at Film Forum here in New York City. This past Sunday I was able to attend the opening day’s film which was a superb documentary about Stevens made by his
Let’s closed ‘fight week’ with another George Stevens directed fight sequence. Earlier this week we watched his superb fight scene from ‘Shane’ (which took place in a bar). The day before we caught the fight from John Sturges ‘Bad Day at Black Rock’ (which took place in a diner that
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4X24dPPg-8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U_jzOepc8o Yesterday we watched the excellent fight scene from “Bad Day At Black Rock” in which an aging, one-armed Spencer Tracy kicks martial arts ass. Today we’ll watch what I consider to be the Grandaddy of all fight scenes, George Stevens virtuoso bar fight from ‘Shane’. I first saw ‘Shane’
Below is part 4 of 4 of an essay I wrote on director George Stevens in 2011. Click here for part one, here for part two and here for part three. Last week was Stevens 119th birthday. I had a plan: to work our way through “Shane”, my favorite Stevens
The below is a segment of an essay I wrote in 2011 on director George Stevens (‘A Place In The Sun’, ‘Shane’, ‘Giant’ etc.) Last week was Stevens 119th birthday. Click here to read part one and here to read part two of the essay. The other day I discussed
The below is part two of a four part essay I wrote on director George Stevens (‘A Place In The Sun’, ‘Shane’, ‘Giant’) in April, 2011. Yesterday would have been Stevens 119th birthday. I’ll be posting the rest of the essay throughout this week. Click here to read part one
The below is part one of a three part essay I wrote on director George Stevens (‘A Place In The Sun’, ‘Shane’, ‘Giant’) in April, 2011. Today would have been Stevens 119th birthday. I’ll be posting the rest of the essay throughout this week. A few weeks ago I was