Marc Allégret: From André Gide lover to Simone Simon mentor (photo: Marc Allégret) (See previous post: "Simone Simon Remembered: Sex Kitten and Femme Fatale.") Simone Simon became a film star following the international critical and financial success of the 1934 romantic drama Lac aux Dames, directed by her self-appointed mentor – and alleged lover – Marc Allégret.[1] The son of an evangelical missionary, Marc Allégret (born on December 22, 1900, in Basel, Switzerland) was to have become a lawyer. At age 16, his life took a different path as a result of his romantic involvement – and elopement to London – with his mentor and later "adoptive uncle" André Gide (1947 Nobel Prize winner in Literature), more than 30 years his senior and married to Madeleine Rondeaux for more than two decades. In various forms – including a threesome with painter Théo Van Rysselberghe's daughter Elisabeth – the Allégret-Gide relationship remained steady until the late '20s and their trip to...
- 2/28/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Noteworthy inclusions: “Winter’s Bone” for best picture; Ethan Coen and Joel Coen (“True Grit”) for best director; Javier Bardem (“Biutiful”) for best actor; Jeremy Renner (“The Town”) and John Hawkes (“Winter’s Bone”) for best supporting actor; Hailee Steinfeld (“True Grit”) and Jacki Weaver (“Animal Kingdom”) for best supporting actress; “The Illusionist” for best animated film (feature); “GasLand,” “Restrepo,” and “Waste Land” for best documentary film (feature); Greece (“Dogtooth”) for best foreign language film; “I Am Love” for best costume design; “127 Hours” for best film editing; “Barney’s Version” and “The Way Back” for best makeup; “Unstoppable” for best sound editing; “Hereafter” and “Iron Man 2” for best visual effects. Noteworthy snubs: “Blue Valentine” and “The Town” for best picture; Christopher Nolan (“Inception”) for best director; Robert Duvall (“Get Low”), Ryan Gosling (“Blue Valentine”), and Mark Wahlberg (“The Fighter”) for best actor; Julianne Moore (“The Kids Are All Right...
- 1/25/2011
- by Scott Feinberg
- Scott Feinberg
Over at MTV Movies main, we posted an article exploring whether the Oscar nominations for “District 9” and “Avatar” could finally snap the Academy’s long-held sci-fi stigma. While writing it, I took a look at the list of the greatest sci-fi films of all time on IMDb -- ranked by hundreds of thousands of votes from moviegoers -– and was floored by some of the titles that earned little or no Oscar recognition.
Below are some particularly egregious crimes against the genre – with the actual Best Picture winner listed in parenthesis. You tell me – all these years later, which film is better remembered?
“Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back” (Winner: “Ordinary People”)
In my opinion, it’s the single greatest science fiction movie of all time; the IMDb users seem to agree, as they’ve also ranked it #1. Yet, the film that introduced Yoda, Boba Fett and the phrase “Luke,...
Below are some particularly egregious crimes against the genre – with the actual Best Picture winner listed in parenthesis. You tell me – all these years later, which film is better remembered?
“Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back” (Winner: “Ordinary People”)
In my opinion, it’s the single greatest science fiction movie of all time; the IMDb users seem to agree, as they’ve also ranked it #1. Yet, the film that introduced Yoda, Boba Fett and the phrase “Luke,...
- 2/5/2010
- by Larry Carroll
- MTV Movies Blog
Born Marion Robert Morrison and better known by his stage name John Wayne was an American film actor, director and producer. After playing in some bit roles he got his first starring role in The Big Trail (1930), and that was the time when his named changed to John Wayne, in fact the name was chosen by the director and Fox Studios chief Winfield Sheehan without his presence! The movie was a flop and he relegated to low budget movies again. But it was John Ford who cast Wayne in Stagecoach (1939) a huge critical and financial success, and Wayne became a star. He later appeared in more than twenty of John Ford's films, including She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), The Quiet Man (1952), The Searchers (1956), The Wings of Eagles (1957), and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962).According to the imdb.com , Wayne played the lead in 142 of his film appearances. Thirty...
- 6/11/2009
- Films N Movies
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