France, the first world war. Both the Germans and the French have dug themselves trenches and are in fierce fights to conquer just a few metres. With so little changing it’s bound to be a long trench war. Colonel Dax (Kirk Douglas) of the French army receive order from his superiors to attack the “Ant Hill” and take it. Although Dax makes it clear that it is a suicide mission as more than half the soldiers will be killed before they are even near their target, his concerns are noted, but the attack still has to take place. Continue reading
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A Face in the Crowd (1957)
America, the land of the endless possibilities. The country where there are a lot of “rags to riches” stories. A Face in the Crowd shows one of those stories. The movie is set in the fifties. Marcia Jeffries (Patricia Neal) is a popular radio personality who always travels around with her tape recorder to let her audience listen to her conversations with regular Americans. One of her shows brings her to a prison where she convinces the sheriff to allow her to interview the prisoners.
Larry “Lonesome” Rhodes is one of the prisoners. Initially he’s not interested in being interviewed by Marcia, but after some time and a bit of talking she manages to get his permission to record him. It turns out that “Lonesome” is a very interesting character. Besides his very clear opinions about things, he also sings and his appearance in the radio show results in a lot of request to hear more. It doesn’t take long for him to receive a contract. After making his name on the radio he keeps rising and also gets a television show. Continue reading