The tradition of all the dead generations weigh like a nightmare on the brain of the living–Karl Marx
It is the irretrievable image of the past which threatens to disappear in any present which does not recognize its common relation with that image–Walter Benjamin
Since there can be no history without singularity or absence, films don’t have a history, given that they are fully “present” every time they are screened–Pierre Sorlin
Most of our readers are avid film lovers, who go to the movie theaters to se new pictures, rent or buy DVDs, and watch old movies on TV. Many of them have expressed wish to know more about film history, both American and foreign.
In accommodating this response, we have decided to post periodically lengthy reviews of the high-profile movies of a given year.
For today, we chose 1953, in which the five Best Picture nominees were: “From Here to Eternity” (the winner), “Julius Caesar,” “The Robe,” “Roman Holiday,” and “Shane.”
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