tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post3262762782097553563..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRĂNMARK BLOG: Foreign movie-fest: The Golden Coach, Rome - Open City, Rocco and His Brothers, Faust, and Cairo Station Scott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-74091888126758289162018-10-28T01:45:31.514+01:002018-10-28T01:45:31.514+01:00I don't know Helen you'd have to ask the e...I don't know Helen you'd have to ask the experts. <br />Supermac took the nation's pulse and declared "you've never had it so good."<br />Even Steptoe (the younger one) debated Fellini's Eight and an 'arf.<br />There was something in the air call it what you will - a yearning for the exotic which Bond and other films like it managed to fulfil. Steptoe's wistful hopes of self improvement would have to be put on the back burner.southern mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-36219520251631412202018-10-26T18:12:27.258+01:002018-10-26T18:12:27.258+01:00I agree, Southern Man. Any suggestions as to why ...I agree, Southern Man. Any suggestions as to why that should have been? British films which followed did not seem to take up the baton.Helennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-38021479607348999672018-10-25T13:03:41.838+01:002018-10-25T13:03:41.838+01:00There's something about post war European movi...There's something about post war European movies up to the 1960's which I can't quite put my finger on. <br />I remember we all felt ever so sophisticated watching directors like Fellini work their surrealist magic into the very fabric of cinemaphotograhy and then it all disappeared as suddenly as it had arrived.<br />Thanks for reminding me. <br /><br /><br />ssouthern mannoreply@blogger.com