A lot of times, I pick some lesser-known films in the Thursday Movie Picks blogathons that pique one or another commenter's interest in seeing. This seems especially true with foreign films. TCM's 31 Days of Oscar is going by decades on the weekdays, with Fridays being the province of 1970s films. This Friday's lineup includes three foreign films back to back, all of which I've mentioned at one point or another in Thursday Movie Picks and which some people expressed an interest in seeing.
First up, at 6:30 AM, is Dersu Uzala, a co-production Akira Kurosawa made with the Soviet Union, about a Siberian native who meets a group of Russian surveyors in the beginning of the 20th century. This one has memorable cinematography, although as I understand it, the shoot wasn't an easy one for Kurosawa.
That's followed at 9:00 AM by The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie. Frankly, it's one that I hated, being the sort of movie that non-movie buffs will likely find pretentious, but movie buffs will praise simply because it's not the way Hollywood makes movies. But, as always, watch and judge for yourself.
Finally, at 11:00 AM, you can see Day for Night, François Truffaut's movie about making movies. I find it quite funny, and a stark contrast to The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie in that it's the sort of movie I think would be more accessible to non-movie buffs. Valentina Cortese was nominated for Best Supporting Actress but lost to Ingrid Bergman, who was very open in her belief that Cortese should have won.
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