#david golder

[francophonesolitaire]

[oldfilmsflicker]

Wherein I talk about Julien Duvivier's David Golder, Poil de carotte, La tête d'un homme, and Un carnet de bal

[randomrichards]

DAVID GOLDER:

Ruthless businessman

Begins a downward spiral

Learns what does matter

[davidpotash]

Nemirovsky Belongs

There’s something fundamentally appealing – and just a little strange – about the Everyman’s Library. You’ve probably seen their volumes at a used book store. In fact, it’s impossible not to find them at a used book stores. Everyman’s are ubiquitous, with volumes on pretty much every classic work. The idea, thought of by an English publisher, began in 1905 as a way to make money bringing classics…

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[seanaxmaker]

“If I were an architect and I had to build a monument to the cinema, I would place a statue of [Julien] Duvivier above the entrance….This great technician, this rigorist, was a poet.” – Jean Renoir

Julien Duvivier in the Thirties(Eclipse, DVD) collects four films by the French filmmaker, once a giant of French cinema with a string of popular and critical hits in the thirties and a successful…

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[jeremymarsh]

David Golder

Non c’è modo migliore di cominciare un weekend se non con la recensione di un libro che abbiamo apprezzato. Cosa ne pensate? Io oggi vi propongo quella di David Golder scritto da Irène Némirovsky che, se mi seguite da un po’, avrete ormai capito amo. A casa ho quasi tutti i suoi scritti – mi mancano ancora molti racconti, ma provvederò – però preferisco leggerne uno ogni tre o quattro mesi perché…

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[criterioncollection]

“Whether he was making a romance, mystery, comedy, or domestic drama, Duvivier’s use of the camera was always revelatory, and he showed an uncanny instinct for the ways sound could be put to poetic as well as narrative uses. Nevertheless, he is today largely forgotten, particularly in the United States.” – Michael Koresky on the films of Julien Duvivier

[kuroii98]