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[0:31] ..." a -- studio. The -- years ago and it was founded by Mary Pickford it was a very shrewd businesswoman as well as great silent film star. Douglas Fairbanks her husband and Charlie -- the reason they found of this studio wasn't even about early stage in the history of movies."...
[5:07] ..." affair 191968. It's about -- essentially a rich bored playboy played by Steve McQueen and yup Steve McQueen has the -- the icon of cool and -- time he was like the first. Really big cool guy after Bogart. And"...
[6:34] ..." raging bull was this wonderful Scorsese film about Jake Lombardo played by Robert De Niro and it's it's -- absolutely meant that show that the you know what an -- boxing makes for disasters in human being"...
[0:00]" That it's nice to talk with you it didn't tell us a little bit about an exciting film festival coming to the rattled theater in Cambridge it the United artist ninetieth anniversary film festival."
[0:11]" Basically a lot of can't go wrong film the people it is listed -- from and they kind of speak for themselves -- got some like it hot and the called Midnight Cowboy. Marty West Side Story in the heat of the night -- in the north Bergen and so on -- every United artists. Start out as a -- studio. The -- years ago and it was founded by Mary Pickford it was a very shrewd businesswoman as well as great silent film star. Douglas Fairbanks her husband and Charlie -- the reason they found of this studio wasn't even about early stage in the history of movies. They found themselves they felt you know being spat on by studio executives. They felt restricted and they get -- wanted to do your own projects and not have to after the studio executives. So that I actually was -- the the birth to be Independent you know until movement in America strange is that they seem because United artists in the just became one of the big studios but it didn't start out which started the fabric projects."
[1:13]" Nice to get a little history on the on the studio I didn't know that either."
[1:17]" Yet it's useful contacts -- the and it's kind of funny the way things come full circle of course lately. You know there's been a lot about Independent film you saw but actually is not as do it. People think certainly not the impulse on the part of start to free themselves from the usual you know commercial restrictions."
[1:33]" Now there's going to be twenty films shown I -- United artists has thousands of films and her archive why do you think -- chosen these. Twenty particular films."
[1:43]" Well because of the because they're most universally known to have something going for them you know. Even today I was surprised and going over the it was city's film -- of them you know still have relevance which will will get -- a moment. I mean the Manchurian candidate in 1962 was unknown you know it's with regards to kind of confusing and that it got. Basically killed commercially because it happened so close before the Kennedy assassination goes about its estimate to operate -- the assassination of the president now unfortunately you know it's not as strange to audiences today to consider a field you know -- this with this subject matter you've got a film like the apartment which will get a certainly I think the most relevant in the -- films do well. Women won an Oscar was -- as a comedy about you know -- finally getting the girl Jack -- probably get controlling the plane after basically being that the worm turns in this great corporation that it works for all the apart because -- apartment available to well executives you know you'd -- this -- equipment from the office all married guys that they want affairs side they. And he gets trapped because his apartment close close enough that it would be. Office building that you know genes placed the -- be prepared for these resignations. Little about race topics than just safe for the time but you know that the funny thing is one of the vice. Interest in things about the past -- time that you know you're -- confident in in the light you look at the apartment -- you realize that Billy while it was really kind of ahead of his time. What this film is about as much as they think is the could be oppression of women in the workplace Lebanese women these is that there. Personally don't have jobs to -- because they're not executives. All the guys arms loosely but the but it really kind of play -- of these women are secretaries and switchboard operators in the case of Shirley -- you know an elevator operator and they're just kind of regarded as job perks by the guys who really wield the power of this -- so these are there's a lot of -- and Sargent Leo stop -- these are actually pretty. You know pretty nasty guys that emerge as much more clearly now than it did at the time you -- straight. Comedies like any or all of the taught everyone laws and it's probably one of the you can argue whether any or Manhattan -- the best of the vintage woody Allen's comedies but and then all of you know by anti immortalized her kind of set in motion -- Resting you know would have been men's clothes the -- and and but he kind of remembers his. Sort of goofy it's seen. Charming lovable woman but but I look at that now what you realize you know you see this wonderful seat in the bookstore where he. -- you know getting -- don't think the saudis look about books on -- countries look at books on cats. -- that time it was convert real passed off as sort of charmingly -- that you did this but -- look at it. Now they realize well we're reading about cats is one way -- hurt to deal with is. Tarek is very controlling nature because you know you've heard the expression hurting cats when he can't control -- he can't control only thing -- look at. So short -- gravitate the cats because she was always. You know having to pull off being controlled by -- by which in the end of course is what. Welcome the relationship in the film and what can only speculate in the in real life Thomas crown affair 191968. It's about -- essentially a rich bored playboy played by Steve McQueen and yup Steve McQueen has the -- the icon of cool and -- time he was like the first. Really big cool guy after Bogart. And how do you live he does it have made flying James Bond. You realize it's as well about say subtle ways insurance company detective trying to you know -- this guy who who -- its very elaborate bank job very nicely. Conveyed by sort of split screen techniques argued the courts of the job coming together and but Faye dunaway is -- him she's you know she's cool she's -- And there's this wonderful -- it's been eight you know hundred times since about the two complaints chest by the fireside of course it is about -- it's about. -- but it's also about sexist combat this is. You know this is batch between the two of them played playing cat and mouse she's. You know -- try to get kicks and she's trying to nab him in the in the diamond and that. What made it who was at two of them right out front with their motives about what it games in -- private -- not part of the -- one another and open out now combat language. She -- people. So there's an interesting stuff going on of these films to they'll immediately see the first even raging -- one of the great on this kind of ironically pair of double bill with -- if you look at what those lucky and -- the raging bull was this wonderful Scorsese film about Jake Lombardo played by Robert De Niro and it's it's -- absolutely meant that show that the you know what an -- boxing makes for disasters in human being because you know the rage in the animal. Brutality of this box -- in the ring made it impossible for him that you couldn't separate that Saudi them compartmentalize that separated out from the life that you would be of course who would it's. Is marriage played in the flight displayed by Cathy Moriarty utilities you know this team has ever more. Clear today that have been at that it wasn't its paw and so there's -- sort of in addition to a boxing movies it's a bit of a battered woman who."
[7:15]" Absolutely and I think Cathy Moriarty won an Oscar for her forget your life."
[7:20]" Then it was one of the first very graphically portrayed battered wives just living with it was a it was on knowingly brutal -- brutalizing experience. Some hot is also plain don't like -- one of the great American comedies. But you're aware today as you know you Woodward quoted have -- it was kind of -- and I joke here you know. That this story basically is these two sort of small -- musicians played by Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis. Stumbled into witnessing this thing alibis state massacre you know prohibition era Chicago. Well they've realized that you know Al Capone is going to be out of bed that they'd better you know the better. Get out of town and -- and the way they -- ideas to. But dress up as women and kind of insert themselves into what all girl band there were few of these double the jazz and composed of -- and you've been so you and you've got Marilyn Monroe. Scooping up sort of -- who -- you sort of as breathless -- caricature or the film also cut of course and the question notions of sexuality I mean that these -- out of the city and rather more easily than they would it's supposed they get a bit of insight into what. You know a girlfriend relationship of light because Merrill rose Carriker talks to these guys believing their -- at a much different way that you talks. You know who -- male characters seek any incidents like you know incident -- the faxes but things to be -- very fragile and -- recently the sexual identity as a yeah it's not like personally I think that's an extreme it's an extra dimension you know to a very -- economy could just -- for the lab with beautifully on it is wonderfully written with one of the great. Court ought to all talk about what I won't repeat of a folder or forward but it ought to go to the all that. This sort of do what billionaire played by Joey well also want to these dogs. Thinking I think you know what."
[9:11]" That's hilarious yes. And definitely not a funny under out -- wonder it does. Then there's so many wonderful films showing that this film festival let's just name a couple others doctor no I don't think they mentioned Pink Panther."
[9:25]" Sure the first the first James Bond film you -- bought at this time that this Frey was was kind of an open a thriller but frankly what does that. That's great but it was great about to become you know the launching they have for the longest running film franchise history you know we're gonna get another -- on."
[9:44]" Craig I liked him because he's -- you know you believe that they the first James Bond was talked but he that this fiscal that was emphasized as much a lot more than the toughness with. Daniel -- he's still closer to the street you know open you know short -- certainly Roger ward it -- you noticed the rough edges are much more apparent this -- out of our. A -- customer more immediately apparent that he is a rough customer yeah I think he handled himself very well of the flight certainly if you felt."
[10:14]" Also this couple of -- westerns playing great there is the Magnificent Seven you know which is. John Sturges is adaptation of Kurosawa the seven get right to basically these. These seven have good guys go to clean out of town you know. And taken over by seven bad guys translate very well the good the bad and the ugly I mean this was that this -- does several things. It was made by Sergio Leone edit it -- this book dollars and for a few dollars more number one that the spaghetti westerns on the -- getting questions would be sort of cheap but -- Italian versions of westerns. And part of their charm as. They don't get it's quite right they're not really documentaries in the west they played like sort of fevered dreams of a of a direct to fellow global westerns and doesn't know. Very much about the west but he knows about these things -- sort of big pop culture icons and just can't wait to go wallowing in this stop and they become leader of the police. Spaghetti western made the career -- to turn Clint Eastwood it was superstar he never looked back after them and Sergio Leone I was the -- he wasn't. Quite the father of the spaghetti western but he's certainly put them on the map in this country in the rest of the world and he -- he was very well situated to make these films that -- making these films in Italy and don't like them. That he knew exactly which she locations in Spain could go to that. Capacity American west and -- do a lot of shortcuts by the time we started -- these movies he's able to get them made you know very efficiently."
[11:46]" They really do hold up now what is coming your favorites."
[11:48]" Well apart from the good the bad and the ugly I'm I'm I'm absolutely would you with us some like it hot I -- West Side Story have a mixed feeling but I love the production they actually feel much but on the west side Jerome robbins' choreography explodes on the screen I think the -- weren't quite as good as the yeah the Broadway originals but it's minerals while watching some of these those -- McQueen absolutely is an icon of cool in the great escape it's one of the great. Prison camp break out movies it's taken the rule book by a British spit fire I was it was actually shot out of prison camps of as the basis fact that that other people made some were kind of had a chance to both of them learn about German prison as the Manchurian candidates stand up even better today than it is or so thoroughly familiar with. Material it's partly mystified as the first timer. So there isn't there a lot of they're all the gold markets in the lineup. And is up the -- program oriented or work out most of these films are films yeah other guides films you know but there's a lot for. Perfect but it would join in the when he does -- as a film again it's relevant it's about how this. Big city fairly sophisticated black cop played by -- quality sort of bridge the racism gap and that -- well meaning film that you stardom like the quiet ones and this is going to get an idea was the you know he was kind of well single handedly putting blacks and go to Hollywood mainstream now would you have the Denzel Washington Forrest Whitaker Laurence Fishburne is the fact that. It was pretty -- Harry Belafonte a little bit the -- he was Sydney audience he basically solve the case he goes belt itself to work Mississippi. And closet case -- tricky murder mystery that. Rod Steiger who's that local sheriff can't. Quite solved by absolutely realize this steichen helpful but he's going to have to get around the fuel is racist orientations in order to get this ought to do the job with -- entirely they'll Rod Steiger of course. Itself that's -- that's a complex stroke rod spike has -- the acting out there so that they'll stand them very well it's still in other racial tensions have been gone away though."
[14:06]" They know they can and so you know. Mom."
[14:09]" Well twelve angry men -- that one it's one of the great Jerusalem this simply bad state -- and it's a wonderful book that's still relevant today about how. You know what happened backstage of the jury tried you know that that negotiations that persuasion -- nuts and bolts that nitty gritty they also kind of interest -- To me that as well a lot of the a couple of these films. Makes you realize you know like twelve angry men like Marty again this film that one -- or moderate -- before applying this sort of let people -- were curious parties in the thirties nothing much is happening for resist paying Iraq I was you know never brands and and funny kind of stumbled through the lobby -- you know -- some real moby is -- sort of find somebody you know sort of world and it's kind of in the same boat he's in the -- Body twelve angry men came from television they start out television dramas and back at the and it's not rocket to the so -- all the gold major TV what they had serious dramas that you had directors like. You know Delbert Mann and well let me go bad and -- timer from the Manchurian candidate broken on TV you know -- further. The leak was from from TV to movies and I -- and and then you know television was referred to. Fairly accurately the vast -- faster. Bigger waste land -- and -- then them and that you don't have many dramas on television is rated movies."
[15:38]" Now the festival begins may second runs through the fifteenth."
[15:42]" At that the rattle of the heart of Cambridge OK you people get tickets you called rattle or go online you know that the number for anyone. These Saddam owed by hard at 617876821 -- just you know -- one -- is probably be just waited do."
[15:59]" Grade and I believed tickets are 950 apiece and I think there's also some double feature tickets available so that just sounds right."
[16:05]" I'm really trying to draw double feature in fact if we don't want one of you to hold this didn't see which of these films are paired up double features. And there are a lot of natural bubbles features like you know two films directed by -- Frankenheimer Manchurian candidate birdman of Alcatraz the -- films made the statement Thomas crown affair. And so on the two Billy wilder film department's public. So there's there's some actual -- that. Will probably be offered double features or what were seen on the big screen -- the great escape -- West Side Story the other big screen because they've really opened the opening up and you have that sense of that that's facial dimension. And they you know the cycle visual authority image that you just have --"
[16:51]" And that's that the people get more information -- rattle film dot org. So people are interested issue go online and take a look in they can get tickets online as well."
[17:00]" That was one of the places you know film -- find themselves wanted to keep on going back it was a great -- great evening out. The -- the wonderful history of you know film is sitting at a place that -- certain all right you know it just out of a bland suburban mall complex"
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