Quai des Orfèvres David Sanjek November 2011 CTEQ Annotations on Film During the course of a conversation in the crime drama Quai des Orfèvres (1947) between the photographer Dora Monier (Simone Renant) and the investigator Antoine (Louis Jouvet), he discourses upon how the demar...
Johnny Guitar David Sanjek June 2011 CTEQ Annotations on Film Does it come at all as a surprise that the first image in the often-hallucinatory Johnny Guitar features an explosion, and one whose cause is not immediately apparent? Or that the next sequence draws attention ...
My Man Godfrey David Sanjek March 2011 CTEQ Annotations on Film While William Powell’s eponymous butler in My Man Godfrey is characterised as the “forgotten man”, perhaps the film’s director, Gregory La Cava (1892-1952) might more appropriately merit this title. For someone...
Richard Lester by Neil Sinyard David Sanjek October 2010 Book Reviews How do you solve a problem like Richard Lester? Typically, analysts have taken one or another extreme position: either to extol the American-born, long-term English resident as an overlooked, underestimated pur...
Ambling Along The Long Horizon of History: The 24th Il Cinema Ritrovato David Sanjek October 2010 Festival Reports The Cineteca del Comune di Bologna is located in a residential portion of the city, down a side street and then within a lovely, small piazza. The facility incorporates the organisation’s administrative offices...
Plein soleil David Sanjek July 2010 CTEQ Annotations on Film The first of five novels Patricia Highsmith published about her murderous protagonist Tom Ripley, The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955) begins with the eponymous central character fearful of his presumed pursuit by an...
Bright Leaves David Sanjek April 2010 CTEQ Annotations on Film A hot topic in literary circles of late has been whether the memoir has successfully superseded forms of fiction as the pre-eminent formal expression of contemporary life. Certainly the sales and critical appro...
Le Feu follet David Sanjek April 2009 CTEQ Annotations on Film Le Feu follet/The Fire Within (1963 France 103 mins) Prod Co: Nouvelles Éditions de Films Dir: Louis Malle Scr: Louis Malle, from the novella by Drieu la Rochelle Phot: Ghislain Gloquet Ed: Monique Nana ...
The Shop Around The Corner David Sanjek March 2009 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Shop Around The Corner (1940 USA 99 mins) Prod Co: MGM Prod, Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Scr: Samson Raphaelson, from the play Parfumerie by Nikolaus Laszlo Phot: William Daniels Ed: Gene Ruggiero Mus: Werne...
Medium Cool David Sanjek August 2008 CTEQ Annotations on Film Medium Cool (1969 USA 110 mins) Prod Co: Paramount Prod: Tully Friedman, Haskell Wexler, Jerrold Wexler Dir, Scr, Phot: Haskell Wexler Ed: Verna Fields Art Dir: Leon Erickson Mus: Mike Bloomfield Cast...
The Godless Girl David Sanjek March 2008 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Godless Girl (1929 US 113 mins) Prod Co: C.B. DeMille Prod, Dir: Cecil B. DeMille Scr: Jeanie Macpherson Phot: J. Peverell Marley Ed: Anne Bauchens Prod Des: Mitchell Leisen Cast: Lina Basquette, ...
The Professionals David Sanjek November 2007 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Professionals (1966 USA 123 mins) Prod Co: Columbia Dir: Richard Brooks Scr: Richard Brooks, based on the novel A Mule for the Marquesa by Frank O’Rourke Phot: Conrad Hall Ed: Peter Zinner Art Dir: E...
Exiled/Fongchuk David Sanjek May 2007 CTEQ Annotations on Film Exiled/Fongchuk (2006 Hong Kong 100 mins) Prod Co: Milkyway Image Production Prod, Dir: Johnnie To Scr: Szeto Kam-yuen, Yip Tin-shing, Milkyway Creative Team Phot: Cheng Siu-keung Ed: David M. Richardson...
Bitter Victory David Sanjek February 2007 CTEQ Annotations on Film Bitter Victory (1957 France/USA 102 mins) Prod Co: Columbia Pictures Corporation/Productions – Robert Laffont/Transcontinental Films Prod: Paul Graetz Dir: Nicholas Ray Scr: Rene Hardy, Gavin Lambert, Ni...
Running out of Time David Sanjek November 2006 CTEQ Annotations on Film Running out of Time (1999 Hong Kong 93 mins) Prod Co: Milky Way Image Dir: Johnnie To Scr: Julien Carbon, Laurent Courtiaud, Nai-Hoi Yau Phot: Siu-keung Cheng Ed: Chi Wai Chan Prod Des: Jerome Fong Mus: ...
Summer Storm David Sanjek October 2005 CTEQ Annotations on Film Summer Storm (1944 USA 105 mins) Source: NFVLS Prod Co: United Artists/Angelus Prod: Seymour Nebenzal Dir: Douglas Sirk Scr: Douglas Sirk, Rowland Leigh, Robert Thoeren (additional dialogue), based on A...
Abroad with Two Yanks David Sanjek July 2005 CTEQ Annotations on Film Abroad with Two Yanks (1944 USA 85 mins) Source: The Library of Congress Prod Co: United Artists-Small Productions Prod: Edward Small Dir: Allan Dwan Scr: Charles Rogers, Wilkie Mahoney, Ted Sills, form ...
Hands Up! David Sanjek April 2005 CTEQ Annotations on Film Hands Up! (1926 USA 56 mins) Source: NFVLS Prod Co: Paramount Prod: B. P. Schulberg Dir: Clarence Badger Scr: Monte Brice, Lloyd Corrigan Phot: H. Kinley Martin Cast: Raymond Griffith, Marian Nixon, V...
Cold, Cold Heart: Joseph Losey’s The Damned and the Compensations of Genre David Sanjek July 2002 Director: Joseph Losey In favour of Losey's genre work, Sanjek puts forward The Damned as a crazed, rich highlight.