Welcome Guest [Log In] [Register]
Welcome to the Super Champion Film Zone. We hope your visit is dope.


You're currently viewing our forum as a guest. This means you are limited to certain areas of the board and there are some features you can't use. If you join our community, you'll be able to access member-only sections, and use many member-only features such as customizing your profile, creating a personal blog, feeding contents, filling the database, sending personal messages, and voting in polls. Registration is simple, fast, and completely free.


Join our community!


If you're already a member please log in to your account to access all of our features:

Username:   Password:
Add Reply
Christ in Concrete a/k/a GIve Us This Day - Movie Club 2018
Topic Started: Mar 31 2018, 02:52 AM (500 Views)
bure420
Member Avatar
deadpan darling
[ *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * ]
Posted Image

I suck at talking about why I like the art I like.

This is a blacklist movie, made in Britain by Edward Dmytryk in 1949. It's based on a 1939 book about an Italian-American bricklayer living in Brooklyn during the Great Depression.

It's sad and it rocks. The official title is "Give Us This Day" but it was released in the States as "Christ in Concrete," and, c'mon, that's a better title. So, enjoy Christ in Concrete.
Posted Image

sad_satellites on letterboxd | ordinaryeternalmachinery on tumblr
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Lencho of the Apes
Member Avatar
Let's go do some crimes
[ *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * ]
An interesting choice. I have good memories of the source novel; I look forward to watching this.
"The four cardinal points of the compass? In reality, there are only three: North and South."
Online Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Patrick
Member Avatar
The written word is a lie
[ *  *  *  *  *  *  * ]
This looks like my kind of film
Letterboxd
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
rischka
Member Avatar
nazi trumps fuck off!!
[ *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * ]
i'll watch this too
"covfefe" -- dj cheeto

letterboxd + tumblr + twitter





Online Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
josiahmorgan11
Member Avatar
g legs' sweetheart
[ *  *  *  * ]
god i hope i can finally get back into watching these movies
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Lencho of the Apes
Member Avatar
Let's go do some crimes
[ *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * ]
The art/noir hybrid is so "Hollywood Ten"! Carol Reed, Dassin, Losey...
"The four cardinal points of the compass? In reality, there are only three: North and South."
Online Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
mesnalty
Member Avatar
g legs' flame
[ *  *  *  *  * ]
I've never read the novel - anyone know how much of the dialogue comes right from the source? A lot of it's pretty florid and poetic, and the actors impressively manage to sell it.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Lencho of the Apes
Member Avatar
Let's go do some crimes
[ *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * ]
I understand the novelist tried to write his dialogue so that it sounded like the characters spoke ESL, so I'm guessing that toward the end, a lot of it comes straight from the book, maybe starting with that scene where Jeremias apologizes to Luigi and everyone else.

I can't remember if I read some or all the book in the early 80s or only read an essay about it. I get it mixed up with The Pawnbroker by Edward Lewis Wallant.
"The four cardinal points of the compass? In reality, there are only three: North and South."
Online Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
rischka
Member Avatar
nazi trumps fuck off!!
[ *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * ]
in the second half the dialogue is a bit florid and the um... title scene seems far too literal. some of those english actors didn't seem italian, much less from new york lol. but mostly i have a strange affection for the blacklist films, earnest as they are. the last scene was esp affecting. curtis when did you become a communist :P anyway i enjoyed this, had never heard of it so thanks for showing

Posted Image

Edited by rischka, Apr 6 2018, 03:48 AM.
"covfefe" -- dj cheeto

letterboxd + tumblr + twitter





Online Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
bure420
Member Avatar
deadpan darling
[ *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * ]
rischka
Apr 6 2018, 03:47 AM
curtis when did you become a communist socialist
since i lived in a decidedly non-socialist country (america) for 4 years
Posted Image

sad_satellites on letterboxd | ordinaryeternalmachinery on tumblr
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
rischka
Member Avatar
nazi trumps fuck off!!
[ *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * ]
:D
"covfefe" -- dj cheeto

letterboxd + tumblr + twitter





Online Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Mysterious Dude
Member Avatar

That final death scene was like a death conceived by Rube Goldberg.
Letterboxd
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
1 user reading this topic (1 Guest and 0 Anonymous)
ZetaBoards - Free Forum Hosting
Create your own social network with a free forum.
« Previous Topic · Movie Club · Next Topic »
Add Reply