tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7286673910044050811.post1091276158007284589..comments2024-03-26T18:28:58.729-04:00Comments on Just a Cineast: Thursday Movie Picks #191: Just One DayTed S. (Just a Cineast)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12394770582776749331noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7286673910044050811.post-85864619176501515052018-03-12T21:33:15.852-04:002018-03-12T21:33:15.852-04:00I haven’t seen any of these but have wanted to see...I haven’t seen any of these but have wanted to see the first one for sure. I have not heard of the second film but I have heard of the last one and have always been undecided about seeing it. Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7286673910044050811.post-8098751814788880902018-03-10T21:52:20.914-05:002018-03-10T21:52:20.914-05:00What Brittani said.What Brittani said.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7286673910044050811.post-30028932556412586492018-03-09T07:53:49.137-05:002018-03-09T07:53:49.137-05:00I haven't seen any of these, but Kurosawa is a...I haven't seen any of these, but Kurosawa is a director whose work I really want to check out. Brittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7286673910044050811.post-29680100053248195122018-03-09T01:28:24.217-05:002018-03-09T01:28:24.217-05:00I haven't seen any of these.I haven't seen any of these. Sonia Cercahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07313734872038610058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7286673910044050811.post-62324315949495124632018-03-08T21:33:53.672-05:002018-03-08T21:33:53.672-05:00I've only seen the first of these three. Fourt...I've only seen the first of these three. Fourteen Hours is a trim little thriller thanks to Basehart and Paul Douglas with an interesting cast of supporting characters moving in and out of the story. So much better than the terrible redo Man on a Ledge from a few years ago which managed to drain all the suspense out of the film. <br /><br />I've heard of the last film but the second is new to me.<br /><br />I didn't realize how many films were set in a single day until I went looking this week.<br /><br />High Noon (1952)-Just married to his Quaker bride Amy (Grace Kelly) that morning Sherriff Will Kane (Gary Cooper who won the Oscar for this performance) has quit his post and plans a quiet farm life away from the town. Word comes that a killer he had imprisoned 5 years ago has been paroled and is arriving with his gang on the noon train intent on a showdown. Ignoring advice from all to flee, including successful businesswoman Helen Ramirez (an outstanding Katy Jurado) his former mistress, Will tries to gather help to stand up to the outlaws but finds all the townsfolk turning their backs on him and he must face them alone at High Noon. A thinly veiled allegory for the blacklist which affected many involved with the film.<br /><br />Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)-A young singer, Cleo (Corinne Marchand) must wait two hours for the results of a biopsy and drifts around Paris seeing friends and considering the exigencies of life. Part of the Nouvelle Vague movement this isn’t for everyone but it has its charms. <br /> <br />Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)-“Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” That’s the credo of uber popular high school student Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) who decides that today is too perfect to be wasted in school. After convincing his parents he’s sick he gathers up his best friend Cameron (Alan Ruck) and girlfriend Sloane (Mia Sara) for a day of adventure in the city while his suspicious principal Mr. Rooney (Jeffrey Jones) tries to catch him red-handed. Broderick is madly charismatic in the lead and surrounded by a fantastic cast including Edie McClurg who is hysterical as Rooney’s secretary. joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.com