Episode Forty Two - The Lost Weekend

We've all had them; but I dare say not many like this as Joakim and Sam Hutchinson from Cinema Etc talk about Billy Wilders The Lost Weekend.

From Masters of Cinema:

''Directed by Billy Wilder (Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, Some Like It Hot), this gut-wrenching adaptation of Charles Jackson’s The Lost Weekend horrified its studio, was rejected by test audiences, and was lobbied by temperance groups, yet went on to huge success and became the awards sensation of its year.

Ray Milland stars as Don Birnam, a New York author struggling with years of alcoholism and writer’s block. Trying to keep him on the path to rehabilitation are his straight-laced brother Wick (Philip Terry) and devoted long-time girlfriend Helen (Jane Wyman). When Don absconds from a country excursion, he embarks on a four-day binge, spiralling towards rock bottom.

Winner of the Grand Prix at the first ever Cannes Film Festival, as well as Oscars for Best Picture, Director, Actor, and Screenplay, this brutal noir provided one of cinema’s first in-depth studies of addiction. Crackling with rapier dialogue, vivid performances, and Wilder’s superlative direction'

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Episode Forty One - Two for the Road

Its summer time so why not go on a road trip? Well that is of course if you want to spend the whole time bickering and trying to work out why your relationship slowly unraveling; Two for the Road is this weeks film as well as an in-depth look at why relationships fail.

From Masters of Cinema:

One of the great fims by Stanley Donen (Singin' in the Rain, Charade) after the studio era had come to a close, Two for the Road was a break-off with the old system, one which allowed Donen to further stretch his art, aided by screenwriter Frederic Raphael (Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut), in this tale of a couple voluntarily stretching themselves through the long period of their relationship.

Portrayed in fragments that span the couple's time together in marriage, Two for the Road runs the course of a relationship (between Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney) that finds a circumstantial come-together escalate into newlywed-status and, through a series of travails, into the serious situation of bearing a daughter. The disturbance of marriage, and/or life, is chronicled from here on.

After so many studio-system smash-hits, Two for the Road marked a reckoning for director Donen — which went on to influence directors like Jacques Rivette for its portrayal of a couple in interaction and its keen sense of duration across the length of their time together.

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Episode Forty - Le Silence de la mer

Its time to take a look at where a master began and in this case its Jean Pierre Melville and his debut Le Silence de la mer. Enjoy!

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Episode Thirty Nine - The Gospel According to St. Matthew

We return with a look at The Gospel According to St Matthew and are joined with regular
guest Hunter Duesing from The Midnight Movie Cowboys. Enjoy!

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Episode Thirty Eight - Hands Over the City

We return with Joakim sharing his experiences on India, a catch up on what we have been watching before a look at Francesco Rosi's Hands Over the City.

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Episode 37 - Conversation with Craig Keller

In special episode we are joined by Masters of Cinemas very own Craig Keller for a chat about all things Masters of Cinema and film in general.

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