Isabella Rossellini. Last year, the festival took a poll of viewers’ favorite films. 3 May 2008
Posted by vincentfeli in Mp3.Tags: commerce, films, isabella, jewish, popular, rossellini, township
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Even the silliest titles are laced with seriousness. “My Fuehrer” (5 p.m. May 8, Birmingham; 8 p.m. May 13, Commerce Township) finds a silly Adolf Hitler near the end of World War II, freeing his former acting teacher from a concentration camp so the dictator can regain some of his charisma.
Like most documentaries about comedians, “Making Trouble” (8 p.m. May 7, Birmingham; 8 p.m. May 11, Commerce Township) offers bittersweet portraits of famous female performers like Fanny Brice, Sophie Tucker, Joan Rivers and Gilda Radner.
Son Of Flubber. And I’m including “Son of Flubber.” Fact is, sex scenes are there not to improve the movie, but to generate buzz prior to its release. 10 March 2008
Posted by vincentfeli in Mobile.Tags: bishops, course, films, flubber, movie, scenes, usually
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In Italy, a debate has erupted over sex scenes in mainstream films. Italian Bishops say gratuitous sex in films - the kind that usually feature a shirtless Michael Douglas - harm impressionable youth - since most lack the context of love or tenderness. Of course, we all know that it’s the lack of love or tenderness that makes great sex. But even though Catholic bishops talking sexual morality is kinda odd, they’ve got a point - but for different reasons. Sex scenes in films should be banned not because they’re immoral, but because they are terrible.
Usually they are the most uncomfortable five minutes of any film - something that always leaves me squirming nervously next to my date, who is almost always my mom. The actors go out of their way to be sexy. And when people try to be sexy, they end up looking stupid. I can’t remember a single movie where the sex scene actually mattered. And I’m including “Son of Flubber.
