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The Top 10 Armchair Filmmakers

12.12.2017 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog , 1 Comment

Distracted | @Distractedfilm   "In my films I always wanted to make people see deeply. I don't want to show things, but to give people the desire to see." - Agnes Varda. (Nominated by @RomantikKurbaa.) "Maybe it is worth investigating the unknown, if only because the very feeling of...

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Top 10 Cinema Swag

26.11.2017 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog , 40 Comments

Distracted | @Distractedfilm   The top 10 swag, the top 10 cash, the top 10 green, the top 10 moolah, the moolah, the moosh, the moo moo, the spondooli, the readies, the notes, the top 10 filthy lucre. Here they are. And in no particular order. Danger: Diabolik (Mario Bava,...

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The Top 10 Actors-In-Stripes

14.10.2017 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog , 12 Comments

Distracted | @Distractedfilm Thanks again to everyone who took the time to suggest titles. Notable exclusions this time included; Visconti's Death In Venice, Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin and Richard Harris in Mutiny On The Bounty. Anyway, as always, in no particular order.   Jean Seberg in Jean-Luc Godard's A bout...

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Top 10 People In Pictures Taking Pictures

16.08.2017 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog , 0 Comments

Timothy Spall in Secrets And Lies (Mike Leigh, 1996).  Suggested by @PaulVonMitchell. Eiji Okada in Woman In The Dunes (Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1964). Thanks to @DancerOnFilm. Katharine Ross in The Stepford Wives (Bryan Forbes, 1975). Nominated by @XanaduFitness. Eddie Constantine in Alphaville (Jean-Luc Godard, 1965). Nominated by @Romantikurbaa. Paparazzi in...

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Top 10 Cinema Chess

23.07.2017 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog , 30 Comments

Follow @distractedfilm   Cary Grant in The Talk Of The Town (George Stevens, 1942). Suggested by @JHPCine. Henryk Baranowski & Wojciech Klata in Dekalog: 1 (Krzysytof Kieslowski, 1988). Thanks to @KafkaBoots. Alec Guinness in Carol Reed's Our Man In Havana (1959). Nominated by @GloriaBB2. Juliet Berto & Jacques Donoil-Valcroze in...

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Top 10 Cinema Billiards

19.06.2017 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog , 33 Comments

Follow @distractedfilm Alain Delon in Le Cercle Rouge (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1970). Suggested by @dean_frey. Buster Keaton in his own Sherlock Jr (1924) Anna Karina in Vivre Sa Vie (Jean-Luc Godard, 1962). Nominated by @AshesOfTheSoul. Alun Armstrong in Billy The Kid And The Green Baize Vampire (Alan Clarke, 1987). And @PaulvonMitchell nominated this...

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Top 10 Armchair Actors

29.05.2017 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog , 35 Comments

Follow @distractedfilm Catherine Deneuve with David Bowie in The Hunger (Tony Scott, 1983). Marcello Mastroianni with Jean-Louis Trintignant in The Sunday Woman (Luigi Comencini, 1975). Nominated by @RomantikKurbaa. Greta Garbo in Queen Christina (Rouben Mamoulian, 1933). Many thanks @believebird. Dirk Bogarde in Providence (Alain Resnais, 1977). Suggested by mskathleenquinn. Jean Gabin with Lino...

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