Like Night of the Hunter, Tod Browning’s Freaks or Leonard Kastle’s The Honeymoon Killers, The Road to Yesterday can be ranked among the UFOs of cinema. It’s place in the heart of Cecil B. DeMille’s work proves to be in itself very distinctive. We know that, during his entire life, DeMille had virtually only one producer—Paramount (the former Famous Players Lasky)—just like Minnelli was MGM’s man and Corman American International’s. Sixty-three of his films (out of seventy) were produced at Paramount. And, oddly enough, it is among the seven outsiders, situated within a brief period from 1925 to 1931, that his best activity is to be found (I’m thinking of Madam Satan, The Godless Girl, and The Road to Yesterday)–his most audacious undertakings. To top it off, for this uncontested king of the box office, his best films were his biggest commercial failures.
- 3/18/2013
- by Luc Moullet
- MUBI
(Rock 'n Roll High School director Allan Arkush, above. Photo courtesy of NBC.)
by Jon Zelazny
Editor’s Note: this article originally appeared at EightMillionStories.com on April 24th.
Jersey City native Allan Arkush has enjoyed a prolific career in television, currently producing and directing for the hit series “Heroes.”
He started in show business at Bill Graham’s legendary Fillmore East concert theater in New York City, then worked for the equally legendary low-budget movie producer Roger Corman. 2009 marks the 30th anniversary of Arkush’s solo directorial debut, the beloved cult classic Rock ‘n Roll High School.
I met with Arkush in his home office in West Los Angeles, and tried to keep from drooling all over his killer record collection.
Did you go to Springsteen last night? I thought he was amazing.
Allan Arkush: He really was. I thought it was interesting that he started out with some fairly dark songs: “Badlands,...
by Jon Zelazny
Editor’s Note: this article originally appeared at EightMillionStories.com on April 24th.
Jersey City native Allan Arkush has enjoyed a prolific career in television, currently producing and directing for the hit series “Heroes.”
He started in show business at Bill Graham’s legendary Fillmore East concert theater in New York City, then worked for the equally legendary low-budget movie producer Roger Corman. 2009 marks the 30th anniversary of Arkush’s solo directorial debut, the beloved cult classic Rock ‘n Roll High School.
I met with Arkush in his home office in West Los Angeles, and tried to keep from drooling all over his killer record collection.
Did you go to Springsteen last night? I thought he was amazing.
Allan Arkush: He really was. I thought it was interesting that he started out with some fairly dark songs: “Badlands,...
- 5/10/2009
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
For the third in its "Treasures" series of DVD box sets, the National Film Preservation Foundation is focussing on films -- from newsreels and cartoons to documentaries and serials -- that cast a light on contentious social issues during the first decades of the 20th century.
The selection of 48 films, entitled "Treasures III: Social Issues in American Film, 1900-1934," will be released as a four-disc set by Image Entertainment on Oct. 16.
The collection includes such films as The Godless Girl, an expose of reformatories by Cecile B. DeMille, and Lois Weber's anti-abortion drama Where Are My Children?.
"In film's first decades, activists from every political stripe used movies to advance their agenda," Martin Scorsese, who serves on the NFPF board of directors, said. "These films are an important and fascinating glimpse of history. They changed America and still inspire today."
The collection treats such subjects as prohibition, birth control, unions, TB, atheism, the vote for women, worker safety, organized crime, loan sharking, race relations, juvenile justice, homelessness, police corruption, immigration.
The selection of 48 films, entitled "Treasures III: Social Issues in American Film, 1900-1934," will be released as a four-disc set by Image Entertainment on Oct. 16.
The collection includes such films as The Godless Girl, an expose of reformatories by Cecile B. DeMille, and Lois Weber's anti-abortion drama Where Are My Children?.
"In film's first decades, activists from every political stripe used movies to advance their agenda," Martin Scorsese, who serves on the NFPF board of directors, said. "These films are an important and fascinating glimpse of history. They changed America and still inspire today."
The collection treats such subjects as prohibition, birth control, unions, TB, atheism, the vote for women, worker safety, organized crime, loan sharking, race relations, juvenile justice, homelessness, police corruption, immigration.
- 7/10/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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