The Last 10 Films We've Seen: Reading the Movies

Here are the last ten films we've seen, many of which are based on novels. We will indicate which ones those with an asterisk (*); amazingly enough, "The Deer Hunter" which last three hours and 15 minutes was the filmation of an original screenplay! There are also two Oscar-winning films on the list, they will be marked by an at symbol (@).

We got this idea from "Film Comment" magazine; I expect there will not be an intellectual examination of the film "The Devil and Max Devilin" with Bill Cosby and Elliot Gould for quite some time (forgive the film connoisseur humor).


Here they are:

1. "Humpday." 2009. dir. Lynn Shelton

2. "Gigi." (pictured top) 1958. dir. Vincente Minelli *@

3. "Pretty Persuasion" 2005. dir. Marcos Siega

4. "The Devil and Max Devilin" (pictured center) 1981. dir. Steven Hilliard Stern.

5. "The Deer Hunter" 1978. dir. Michael Cimino @

6. "The Landlord" 1970. dir. Hal Ashby *

7. "East of Eden" (pictured bottom) 1955. dir. Elia Kazan.*

8. "The Chosen." 1981. dir. Jeremy Kagan *

9. "Far from the Maddening Crowd" 1967. dir. John Schlesinger.*

10. "The Great Gatsby." 2013. dir. Baz Luhrmann

http://www.filmcomment.com

Quote of the Week- Bill Cosby

Wow! I have another unbelievable nightmare trying to get this image uploaded!

At any rate, we are posting a comment from Bill Cosby because he was the commencement speaker at North Carolina A & T University in Greensboro, NC, in 2008.

Today marked the 50th anniversary of the Greensboro sit-in at the old Woolworth's Store in downtown Greensboro and just in time for the occasion the International Civil Rights Museum was opened on that site. The students who participated in the sit-in were from NC A & T. Jesse Jackson was among the dignataries present for today's opening.

For more detailed coverage, go to yesweekly.com

Here is the quote from Cosby:

"Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you say their name it will carry."

Quote of the Day- Bill Cosby

Last week, we went with quotes from New Yorkers so this week we are going with quotes from two famous Philadelphians on our two respective blogs.

Today, we start with comedian/actor Bill Cosby who gave the commencement address at North Carolina A & T University in Greensboro, NC, last year:

"I don't know what the key to success is, but the key to failure is to please everybody."

Our other blog, "Politics, Culture and Other Wastes of Time" will feature a quote from W.C. Fields.

Quote of the Week- Bill Cosby

"In order to succeed you, your desire for success should be greater than the fear of your failure," Bill Cosby.