#mr klein

[ufonaut]

This has nothing to do with me.

Mr. Klein (1976, dir. Joseph Losey)

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Tagged by @hiddenxplaces-blog (thanks — this was fun!)

Rules: post 9 of your favorite films you saw for the first time this year that aren’t new (2023/2024) but are new to you, then tag 9 people. I've been on an Alain Delon marathon (thanks to Daniel always mentioning Rocco and His Brothers during interviews), so that easily filled in the first 4 slots. I could have filled in 6, to be honest, but I wanted to make room for other 2024 finds. I kept reminding myself, "favorite—not best", in whittling my list down to 9; because logically, I know my runners-up, Le Samouraï (1967), L'Eclisse (1962), and The Piano Teacher (2001) are far more superior films than some of these; but if I truly based it on my overall experience (which can sometimes be down to fickle factors like a movie matching what I'm in the mood for), these are the ones that would make the cut.

I ticked off A Friend of Mine, Honolulu, Paradise Mall, Vaya Con Dios, Deeply, Un Poco de Chocolate, King's Road, and The Movie Teller on my Daniel Brühl watchlist last year. Of the 8, Vaya Con Dios was my favorite. It's such an underrated feel-good gem! For those who haven't seen it, I'd watch it back-to-back with Honolulu for those early aughts feels.

No pressure tag: @decemberafternoon, @deepdwellingsteamboat, @thorne-kreizler, @leatherandsoil, @alabamasweettea, @raraeavesmoriendi, @rachreads, @olloollo and anyone interested!

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Mr. Klein, Joseph Losey

[tina-aumont]

Tina Aumont in "Mr. Klein" (Joseph Losey, 1976).

Her friend Ivan Galietti recalls:

"She told me at the time that she approached Joseph Losey on her own. She had done her first film with him (Modesty Blaise). She needed money. As a favor, for old time's sake, he offered to her to appear briefly, without lines nor credit. The film had already been cast, there was no role written for that appearance. It might have been humiliating or ridiculous if she were officially credited for being used as a "generico" (a little more than an extra) although her beauty and presence is stunning in the clip. No agent was involved. Maybe she had no agent at that time, or he/she would not have allowed her to do this, it was more like a favor between friends. She was never good at planning or calculating her career. This appearances is like a "subliminal" advertising. I knew a well known director/actor who used to work as an extra some times for lack of money, but he would stipulate with the production that he was not to have any close-up or mid-shots, only long shots in a crowd, so he would not be easily recognized."

Screencaps by yonkarrash tumblr which seems now gone (luckily I saved these screencaps) as the reblogs I did, which dissapeared too.

[anitapallenberg]

Mr. Klein / Monsieur Klein (1976) | Dir. Joseph Losey

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Mr Klein, Joseph Losey (1976)

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Mr. Klein (Joseph Losey, 1976)

[sorens2015]

Klein or not !