4 Or More Shots From 4 Or More Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!
Here are four shots in beautiful black-and-white!
4 Shots From 4 Beautiful Black-and-White Films
Rebecca (1940, Dir by Alfred Hitchcock)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940, Dir by John Ford)
The Southerner (1945, Dir by Jean Renoir)
Sunset Boulevard (1950, Dir by Billy Wilder)
4 Or More Shots From 4 Or More Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!
Today, we pay tribute to a classic year in film. It’s time for….
4 Shots From 4 1950 Films
Orpheus (1950, dir by Jean Cocteau, DP: Nicolas Hayer)
Sunset Boulevard (1950, dir by Billy Wilder, DP; John F. Seitz)
All About Eve (1950, dir by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, DP: Milton R. Krassner)
In A Lonely Place (1950, dir by Nicholas Ray, DP: Burnett Guffey)
4 Or More Shots From 4 Or More Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!
Today, we pay tribute to the year 1944 with….
4 Shots From 4 1944 Films
Murder, My Sweet (1944, dir by Edward Dmytryk, DP: Harry J. Wild)
Double Indemnity (1944, dir by Billy Wilder, DP: John Seitz)
To Have and Have Not (1944, dir by Howard Hawks, DP: Sidney Hickox)
House of Frankenstein (1944, dir by Erle C. Kenton, DP: George Robinson)
4 Or More Shots From 4 Or More Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!
Marilyn Monroe would have been 99 years old today. Sixty years after her mysterious death, Marilyn Monroe continues to intrigue film lovers and conspiracy theorists alike. Her legacy is such that, ever since her death, directors have been trying to recreate her life with biopics and actresses have been trying to recapture Marilyn’s magic.
It’s not easy to for them to do because Marilyn Monroe was an original and not someone whose talent and charisma can be easily duplicated. Needless to say, it’s time for….
4 Shots From 4 Marilyn Monroe Films
All About Eve (1950, dir by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, DP: Milton R. Krassner)
Niagara (1953, dir by Henry Hathaway, DP: Joseph MacDonald)
Some Like It Hot (1959, dir by Billy Wilder, DP: Charles Lang)
The Misfits (1961, dir by John Huston, DP: Russell Metty)
4 Shots From 4 Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!
Today is Arthur Conan Doyle’s birthday. Today, we pay tribute to Doyle’s most popular and influential creation. It’s time for….
4 Shots From 4 Sherlock Holmes Films
Sherlock Holmes (1922, dir by Albert Parker, DP: J. Roy Hunt)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939, dir by Sindey Lanfield, DP: Peverell Marley)
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970, dir by Billy Wilder, DP: Christopher Challis)
Sherlock Holmes (2009, dir by Guy Ritchie, DP: Philippe Rousselot)
4 Shots From 4 Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!
Today, I’m using this feature to take a look at the history of the Academy Award for Best Picture. Decade by decade, I’m going to highlight my picks for best of the winning films. To start with, here are 4 shots from 4 Films that won Best Picture during the 1960s! Here are….
4 Shots From 4 Best Picture Winners: The 1960s
The Apartment (1960, dir by Billy Wilder, DP: Ernest Laszlo)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962, dir by David Lean, DP: Freddie A. Young)
In The Heat of the Night (1967, dir by Norman Jewison, DP: Haskell Wexler)
Midnight Cowboy (1969; Dir by John Schlesinger, DP: Adam Holender)
4 (or more) Shots From 4 (or more) Films is just what it says it is, 4 (or more) shots from 4 (or more) of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 (or more) Shots From 4 (or more) Films lets the visuals do the talking.
117 years ago today, Billy Wilder was born in what was-then Austria-Hungary and what is today Poland. Having started his film career as a screenwriter in Germany, Wilder fled to the United States after the rise of Hitler. (Many members of Wilder’s family would subsequently die in the Holocaust.) He went on to establish himself as one of the great studio directors, a filmmaker who could seemingly master any genre and whose films were often distinguished by an irreverent wit and a welcome skepticism when it came to accepting any sort of conventional wisdom. He made the type of films that could only be made by someone who had seen humanity at its worst but who also understood what people were capable of at their best. Wilder made dramas that could make you laugh and comedies that could make you cry. He was a master filmmaker, one whose work continues to influence directors to this day.
Today, in honor of Billy Wilder’s legacy, the Shattered Lens presents….
4 Shots From 4 Billy Wilder Films
Double Indemnity (1944, dir by Billy Wilder, DP: John Seitz)
Sunset Boulevard (1950, dir by Billy Wilder, DP: John F. Seitz)
The Apartment (1960, dir by Billy Wilder, DP: Ernest Laszlo)
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970, dir by Billy Wilder, DP: Christopher Challis)
Today, the Shattered Lens observes the 141st birthday of filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille.
Today, if Cecil B. DeMille is known at all, it’s for directing Biblical epics like The Ten Commandments. However, there was much more to DeMille’s career than just that one film. DeMille got his start during the early silent era and he quickly established himself as one of Hollywood’s first superstar directors. Unlike many of his contemporaries, he survived the transition to sound and he remained a force in Hollywood at a time when many of the other silent directors were fading into obscurity. DeMille played a key role in the founding of what would become the American film industry. He began his career in 1914 and he made his last film in 1958. That’s quite a legacy.
In 1950, when filming Sunset Boulevard, Billy Wilder needed someone to play the key role of one of Norma Desmond’s former directors. Who better to represent the old style of Hollywood than Cecil B. DeMille? In the scene below, DeMille plays himself. Norma Desmond is, of course, played by Gloria Swanson, an actress whom DeMille had directed in the past.
From Sunset Boulevard, here’s a scene that I love.
4 Or More Shots From 4 Or More Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!
Marilyn Monroe would have been 96 years old today. Sixty years after her mysterious death, Marilyn Monroe continues to intrigue film lovers and conspiracy theorists alike. Her legacy is such that, ever since her death, directors have been trying to recreate her life with biopics and actresses have been trying to recapture Marilyn’s magic. The latest to try will be Andrew Dominick and Ana de Armas with Blonde later this year.
While I wish them luck, Marilyn Monroe was an original and not someone whose talent and charisma can be easily duplicated. Needless to say, it’s time for….
4 Shots From 4 Marilyn Monroe Films
All About Eve (1950, dir by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, DP: Milton R. Krassner)
Niagara (1953, dir by Henry Hathaway, DP: Joseph MacDonald)
Some Like It Hot (1959, dir by Billy Wilder, DP: Charles Lang)
The Misfits (1961, dir by John Huston, DP: Russell Metty)
4 Or More Shots From 4 Or More Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!
Today would have been the 93rd birthday of one of my favorite actresses, the wonderful Audrey Hepburn!
We’re all Audrey Hepburn fans here at the Shattered Lens. How could we not be? Long before she made her film debut, Audrey Hepburn literally risked her life as a part of the Dutch Resistance during World War II. After she retired for regularly appearing in the movies, she devoted herself to humanitarian causes and served as a UNICEF ambassador. She was one of the greats and, for that reason, we honor Audrey Hepburn today with….
4 Shots From 4 Audrey Hepburn Films
Roman Holiday (1953, dir by William Wyler, DP: Henri Alaken and Franz Planer)
Sabrina (1954, dir by Billy Wilder, DP: Charles Lang)
Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961, dir by Blake Edwards, DP: Franz Planer)
Two For The Road (1967, dir by Stanley Donen, DP: Christopher Challis)
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