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Vor 3 Tagen · Clint Eastwood’s four greatest filmmaking inspirations: Akira Kurosawa. John Ford. Howard Hawks. Preston Sturges. Akira Kurosawa Clint Eastwood John Ford. Clint Eastwood is one of the most iconic figures in mainstream American cinema, picking up tricks along the way to help him attain that status.
Vor 22 Stunden · The Projection Booth Podcast // iTunes // I <3 Radio // Spotify. Ian Brownell and Otto Bruno join Mike for a discussion of Preston Sturges and his 1944 film The Miracle of Morgan's Creek which stars Betty Hutton as Trudy Kockenlocker, a woman who really helps support the troops going off to World War Two.
Vor 22 Stunden · The title was borrowed from the Preston Sturges film Sullivan's Travels (1941), whose lead character, movie director John Sullivan, had planned to make a film with that title.
Vor 5 Tagen · Preston Sturges wasn't an obscure name in his era. He directed over a dozen films before his death in 1959, mostly RomComs if I remember correctly. If you take an American Film class, he's almost certain to come up.
Vor 5 Tagen · More so than most other filmmakers of his age, Preston Sturges made a career out of developing the romantic comedy genre, melding it together with more dramatic themes and elements of a screwball comedy. Of Sturges’ lengthy career, one film ranks above all others: Sturges’ 1941 masterpiece, Sullivan’s Travels.
Vor einem Tag · Sturges made more great funny movies than anyone this side of Billy Wilder, or Mel Brooks, or Woody Allen. Don't go all triggery on me. As a society we have to learn to separate the artist from the art. Preston Sturges made a handful of my favorite movies. Four out of the AFI's top 100--a list afflicted with a severe recency bias: Sullivan's ...
Vor einem Tag · Alexander Payne has a Preston Sturges-like gift for going against the grain of his own cynicism, so that the movie fairly drips with irony without ever losing its raffish energy or its sense of wonder. It feels miraculously fresh.” — David Edelstein, Slate Magazine (Apr 25, 1999)
