27 January 1939: He has refused to make films in Hollywoood, or indeed anywhere save in France, because he insists that a nation’s films must not have foreigners at their head
Fleet Street, Thursday
M Jean Renoir may be one of the four or five French directors who are making their nation’s films the best in the world, yet when one spoke with him to-day he was concerned much less about films than about “the disaster of Barcelona.” That realist attitude seemed, somehow, typical of a man of the French cinema – a man who does not regard himself as of a race apart, like the film lords in other countries so often do.
M Renoir is a burly sandy-haired, vigorous Parisian. His experience of film direction goes back to Nana and the silent days. La Chienne – prohibited in Britain – was his first talkie, and a fine one. La Grande Illusion...
Fleet Street, Thursday
M Jean Renoir may be one of the four or five French directors who are making their nation’s films the best in the world, yet when one spoke with him to-day he was concerned much less about films than about “the disaster of Barcelona.” That realist attitude seemed, somehow, typical of a man of the French cinema – a man who does not regard himself as of a race apart, like the film lords in other countries so often do.
M Renoir is a burly sandy-haired, vigorous Parisian. His experience of film direction goes back to Nana and the silent days. La Chienne – prohibited in Britain – was his first talkie, and a fine one. La Grande Illusion...
- 1/27/2021
- by From our London correspondent
- The Guardian - Film News
A pastel-color explosion of J-pop-rock has landed in a purple Lamborghini on Udine in the form of “Jk Rock” a film by director Muguruma Shunji, based on an original script by Kaori Tanimoto, about a trio of school girls determined to rock their world and rescue an imploded boy band.
“Jk Rock” screened at Udine Far East Film Festival
The popular rock band The JoKes has gone through tough times after the dark and fascinating front man Jyo Koduki (Ryosuke Yamamoto) has left the band, looking for fame in the States. Handsome Jyo Kaieda (Shodai Fukuyama) is left behind pondering about his talent and the reasons why the producer didn’t chose him. He is in fact back to “normal” life and university duty, but his posh girlfriend and purple Lamborghini cannot cure his troubled heart. The two other former Jokers (Ryota Kobayashi and Kaito Kumagai) are in a suspended limbo,...
“Jk Rock” screened at Udine Far East Film Festival
The popular rock band The JoKes has gone through tough times after the dark and fascinating front man Jyo Koduki (Ryosuke Yamamoto) has left the band, looking for fame in the States. Handsome Jyo Kaieda (Shodai Fukuyama) is left behind pondering about his talent and the reasons why the producer didn’t chose him. He is in fact back to “normal” life and university duty, but his posh girlfriend and purple Lamborghini cannot cure his troubled heart. The two other former Jokers (Ryota Kobayashi and Kaito Kumagai) are in a suspended limbo,...
- 5/7/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
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