Michael Korda
English-born American editor and author; editor-in-chief of Simon & Schuster, and author of the family memoir Charmed Lives (1979) and lives of Eisenhower, T. E. Lawrence and Robert E. Lee.
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Liked Tunes of Glory
The regiment in Tunes of Glory is like one of those, a small, enclosed world, and in it the rivalry between the brash and heroic young colonel and his replacement leads to a sad and messy tragedy. It is one of those brilliant “little” films that almost reaches greatness, and it remains, along with The Hill and Zulu, one of the iconic films about the British Army.
criterion.com 29 Nov 2011
Loved Rififi
Rififi was a stunner, and an eye-opener, teaching us that French gangsters were a lot more interesting and attractive than our own mobsters, but just as tough, if not tougher.
criterion.com 29 Nov 2011
Loved Paths of Glory
But Paths of Glory is one of the last great triumphs of black-and-white filmmaking.
criterion.com 29 Nov 2011
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Loved Great Expectations
Crisp, brilliantly cast, a flawless rendition of the period, and amazingly faithful to the novel, Great Expectations is the model that every Masterpiece Theater rendition of an English classic strives to emulate, only better, far better than that.
criterion.com 29 Nov 2011
Loved Brief Encounter
Brief Encounter has always seemed to me the very best of classic British filmmaking, with its fiercely restrained emotions and good manners trumping passion, typical of its era.
criterion.com 29 Nov 2011
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