Historical Figures 20 Questions
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Forostar
Ancient Mariner
17. It wasn't he.
-The director of this game was not born in England.
-He was in more dangerous surroundings and had good reasons to leave.
-Apart from some important English directors, out of all other filmmakers who went to the USA (including all Oscar winners and everyone else you can think of) this man has made some of the most famous and influential films from them all.
-The director of this game was not born in England.
-He was in more dangerous surroundings and had good reasons to leave.
-Apart from some important English directors, out of all other filmmakers who went to the USA (including all Oscar winners and everyone else you can think of) this man has made some of the most famous and influential films from them all.
Forostar
Ancient Mariner
Yes! Fritz Lang --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Lang
His German films are his most famous ones, but I really advise filmlovers to not forget his American period as well. If someone is interested I’ll gladly mention some titles, which are very dark and exciting and contain interesting camerawork.
Wiki:
Upon his arrival in Hollywood, Lang joined the MGM studio and directed the crime drama Fury. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1939. Lang made twenty-one features in the next twenty-one years, working in a variety of genres at every major studio in Hollywood, occasionally producing his films as an independent. These films, often compared unfavourably by contemporary critics to Lang's earlier works, have since been reevaluated as being integral to the emergence and evolution of American genre cinema, film noir in particular. One of his most famous film noirs is the police drama The Big Heat (1953), noted for its uncompromising brutality, especially for a scene in which Lee Marvin throws scalding coffee on Gloria Grahame's face. During this period, his visual style simplified (owing in part to the constraints of the Hollywood studio system) and his worldview became increasingly pessimistic, culminating in the cold, geometric style of his last American films, While the City Sleeps (1956) and Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1957).
I have him in my top 3 of favourite directors (together with Kurosawa on an equal second place, right after Hitchcock who was even influenced by Lang)
One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the BFI.
His German films are his most famous ones, but I really advise filmlovers to not forget his American period as well. If someone is interested I’ll gladly mention some titles, which are very dark and exciting and contain interesting camerawork.
Wiki:
Upon his arrival in Hollywood, Lang joined the MGM studio and directed the crime drama Fury. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1939. Lang made twenty-one features in the next twenty-one years, working in a variety of genres at every major studio in Hollywood, occasionally producing his films as an independent. These films, often compared unfavourably by contemporary critics to Lang's earlier works, have since been reevaluated as being integral to the emergence and evolution of American genre cinema, film noir in particular. One of his most famous film noirs is the police drama The Big Heat (1953), noted for its uncompromising brutality, especially for a scene in which Lee Marvin throws scalding coffee on Gloria Grahame's face. During this period, his visual style simplified (owing in part to the constraints of the Hollywood studio system) and his worldview became increasingly pessimistic, culminating in the cold, geometric style of his last American films, While the City Sleeps (1956) and Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1957).
I have him in my top 3 of favourite directors (together with Kurosawa on an equal second place, right after Hitchcock who was even influenced by Lang)
One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the BFI.
Was this person born on or after Jan 1, 500?
Forostar
Ancient Mariner
Was this person born in one of these regions?
I realize many names were different back then, but you know what I mean.
I realize many names were different back then, but you know what I mean.
Was this person a politician?
Was this person also known for military deeds?