And a happy All Saints Day, and that goes to the Bernards too. Time to get convivial again in the Cinema du Projectionniste, and is there ever some fancy cookin' going on today.
And now - the Blaxploitation Buffet, and here is a bonafide classique, starring the holy trinity of the genre in their hey now heyday prime - Jim Brown, Jim Kelly and Fred Williamson. Directed by another holy member of the scene - Gordon Parks Jr. son of the inimitable Gordon Parks Sr. in case you were wondering on the off chance.Time to let the dice a'tumble - it's
Three The Hard Way (1974)
And one would have to be a shweinhund not to appreciate one of these keeper krimis, that kame kourtesy of the strories of Herr Edgar Wallace. Das Geheimnis Der Schwarzen Koffer (1962). Sehr gute things that go bump in the night here in this that simply translates as The Secret of Black Suitcases. And we all know that black suitcases in particular are cloak and dagger for a reason, they won't get fooled again after the last suitcase porn Ladies Who Love Luggage was made viral and all. This one is directed by Weimer Republic honcho Werner Klingler.
And meanwhile back on the risotto ranch - It's The Rigatoni Theatre Hour ! Bongiorno good spaghetti people, I prepared today's pasta western super al dente style . And here's the ultra rare - Thunder Over El Paso which has another alias - Sentence of G-d (1972) Our ol' amico Antonio Sabato returns . Sabato was going round the giallo houses and back to westerns in the early seventies. The molto prolific Roberto Montero has his directors mitts all over this one, which assures it's merit and Alfonso Nieva makes a meal out of the scenery, does this guy know how to snap 'em or what? Mangiare, mangiare!
The kettle's on and The Projectionist is here on board to top up your cuppa, refills are always on the house - and here's a feelgood war comedy, because as we all know nothing can be funnier than a war, eh? This one's all about the double-u double-u two, starring Brian Rix who plays his own doppelganger, but he was in two minds about doing it really. And Cecil Parker and Leslie Philips complete the scene in this Rank ruby from 1959 - The Night We Dropped a Clanger. Directed by Darcy Conyers.
And now I spread some more silver screen seeds - with Germination - celebrating the films of Pietro Germi, who was indubitably one of Italy's most interessante filmmakers. And heist, you know it's never easy and how very hard it can be. It is no different the case in Un maladetto imbroglio from 1959. Starring the comely Claudia Cardinale as well as director Germi himself. Oh and you see those subtitles - I was the one who translated them from the Italiano language .
Are you ready to get caught between a schlock and a hard place .Spies and hydrogen bombs and underground Chinese organizations
in the mood for a little mass destruction and Star Trek's Christopher Pike in this B movie ya Gotta C. It's got a tad more gravitas than
your usual dr schlock business. And lots of unintentionally humorous moments as per. Franklin Adreon who directed many a forgotten television fare in the 1950s and 60s, heads this one. Taking you to - the Dimension 5 (1966). After all, we are in the Age of Aquarius.
The first film is a hushie from Danish director du jour Carl Theodor Dreyer, who was recognized for his opus of opuses (opusi?) Ordet, but this from the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen - Presidenten (The President) feels most apposite with the impending debacle that is next Tuesday and all, if you are one of the (not so) lucky ones stateside. Allegedly. Richard Christensen leads the way in this silent stunner.
