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Paladin of Vengeance
If I had to pick a single theme to characterize Billy Wilder’s work, it would be the individual trapped by unusual circumstances. Sometimes his protagonists would fall victim to traps set up by society (the POW camps of Stalag 17 [1953]) or a handful of ruthless individuals (the gangsters that force Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon to go on the lam in drag in Some Like It Hot [1959]). But more often than not Wilder’s characters find themselves locked in existential traps partially (or completely) of their own design: Fred MacMurray’s seduction to crime in Double Indemnity (1944); Ray Milland’s alcoholism in The Lost Weekend (1945); Tom Ewell’s feelings of temptation to commit adultery in The Seven Year Itch (1955). How odd, then, is a little war film Wilder directed in 1943 entitled Five Graves to Cairo which sees its protagonist, Corporal John Bramble (Franchot Tone), ensnared in a two-fold trap: a literal one and an existential one.
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waking to the awesomeness that are the b-rolls for TFE??? PRICELESS and best wake-up call there is... Good lord, I need this movie soooooo badly!!!! GAH!!! And I have to wait FOUR MORE WEEKS!!!! *pouts*
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part.2 B-Rolls (7): More on filming of Harry-McGonagall-Snape duel, The Weasleys and Order of the Phoenix. Tweet
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part.2 B-Rolls (6) : Behind the scenes and filming of Ron-Hermione, Bill-Fleur, Order of Phoenix, Dumbledore's Army, Argus Filch, Harry-McGonagall-Snape duel, more on Battle of Hogwarts, and the three Davids. Tweet
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part.2 B-Rolls (5): Behind the scenes and filming of the trio in Gringotts, Bill and Fleur's house, Battle of Hogwarts; Snape talks to Voldemort in Houseboat, Tweet
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part.2 B-Rolls (3): Filming bits of Gringotts Bank scene, mostly Battle of Hogwarts. Tweet