A Cinematic Weekend

I watched some great movies,this weekend:

1- Wild River 1960 : a masterpiece by Elia Kazan,starring Montgomery Clift and Lee Remick 
A young field administrator for the TVA comes to rural Tennessee to oversee the building of a dam on the Tennessee River. He encounters opposition from the local people, in particular a farmer who objects to his employment (with pay) of local black laborers. Much of the plot revolves around the eviction of an elderly woman from her home on an island in the River, and the young man's love affair with that woman's widowed granddaughter.(IMDB)
Montgomery Clift is realy eye catching in this movie
 8/10

2-Days of Wine And Roses 1962 : directed by Blake Edwards,starring Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick
An alcoholic falls in love with and gets married to a young woman, whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together.(IMDB)
I liked the portrait of an ill-mannered couple,a weakness cripples and contagious,victimizes the weakest.The ending sequence is one of my favorites.Music is performed by Henri Mancini.
8/10

3-The Spirit of St. Louis 1957 : directed by Billy Wilder
Biography of Charles Lindbergh and his impressive effort to pursue his adventure:New York to Paris ;The first transatlantic solo flight in 1927.
47 yrar old James Stewart portrayed Charles Lindbergh at the age of 25
the movie became a box office flop when originally released.
I think the movie is years ahead of its time.I enjoyed the picture and the concept of the movie.
8/10

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

Godfather's Marlon Brando,Forrest Gump's Tom Hanks, Scent of A Woman's Al Pacino,The Piano Teacher Isabelle Huppert, The Dark Knight's Heath Ledger and now Jack Nicholson in Milos Forman's masterpiece :

i got the whole story this way: a kind of border line personality guy is sent to mental institution with a nurse not far from dogmatic manner, in charge

Randle McMurphy (Nicholson) shows his discomfort and tries to break the routines;but he's not well supported by other patients;as it's shown McMurphy's demands are far ahead of other patients thoughts.But after a while he finds other patients' assistance,confronting the wards staff specially cotquean head-nurse...

The squence McMurphy broadcasts Baseball across the TV showing a serial( pretending to watch World Series on TV) This is the saddest scene i have ever seen;a five star Nicholson could make it a memorable and everlasting picture;a mixture of innocence and waggery;how fantastic !

I don't get the concept of the movie;i can make some assumptions;Forman shows the role of elite and genious people demolished in the cast of democracy,or regular bureaucracy

Another angle shows the head nurse didnt really respect the votes as they reach the quorom for watching baseball she refuses to accept the vote.Isn't it a similar story we have with some democracies.(how about Afganistan elections as a recent example.)

It also shows McMurphy as a loser :in the end ; he's not the one who can escape,he's the one who gets caught and sink deeper,brainwashed by harsh treatment ; it seems they blurred his sight offreedom;

eventhough he finds ample oppurtunity to run away he misses them because of his inconssistent manner based on hedonism,and sometime due to his sense of compassion for other patients.He could really find his way out of sanitarium in the interview with psychiatrist but he finds kind of entertainment living there playing a superior role . He's not a must be admitted type at the begining.

I haven't watched any other Forman's film but as i read in IMDB he's got obssessed with this rebellious type personalities .

Final Words : Jack Nicholson realy deserved Oscar prize,also; credit to Sydney Lassick

I give it a 9/10