Charles Burnett — Director (10)
The Horse (1973) [Movie] TMDB Eggplant.place IMDb
The Horse
director: Charles Burnett actor: Gordon Houston / Maury Wright
This critically acclaimed 1973 short is about an aristocratic white farming family who has a horse that is being put away, by the father of a young black boy named William. William cares for said horse in its last moments, as the male family members eagerly wait for his dad to arrive.
When It Rains (1995) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
When It Rains
director: Charles Burnett actor: Ayuko Babu / Florence Bracy
other title: 下雨时
A musician spends New Year's Day trying to help his friend pay the rent.
The Glass Shield (1994) [Movie] Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Glass Shield
other title: 终极护卫战 / 초보 형사 JJ
J.J. is a rookie in the Sheriff's Department and the first black officer at that station. Racial tensions run high in the department as some of J.J.'s fellow officers resent his presence. His only real friend is the other new trooper, the first female officer to work there, who also suffers similar discrimination in the otherwise all-white-male work environment. When J.J. becomes increasingly aware of police corruption during the murder trial of Teddy Woods, who he helped to arrest, he faces difficult decisions and puts himself into great personal danger in the service of justice.
To Sleep with Anger (1990) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
To Sleep with Anger
other title: 带怒而眠 / 愤怒睡眠
Charles Burnett, one of America's most highly regarded independent filmmakers, wrote and directed this domestic drama about a black middle-class family living in South central Los Angeles. However, there are no gangs, no guns, no drugs but instead a lyrical story that draws on folklore and the supernatural.
family tensions are already simmering when Harry (Danny Glover) arrives to visit his old friends. He exudes an easy charm, knows secret past and present and is soon installed in the heart of the family. However, as his stay lengthens, so does he begin to cast an even more malevolent spell, provoking turmoil, setting son against son, reviving past hatreds, and inflicting a mysterious illness.
Glover delivers a career-topping performance as the garrulous family friend, full of hidden menace, effortlessly evoking nostalgia and horror in the same breath.
As ever, Burnett provides a wonderful music track featuring gospel, blues and jazz and a cameo from the legendary Jimmy Weatherspoon.
'A slow-burning, soul-insinuating, 12-bar blues of a movie.' Tom Charity, Time Out
'Danny Glover is marvellous, and terrifying, as a charismatic old-timer.' The Times
(from the description on the back cover of the DVD)
The Blues (2003) [TV] Douban TMDB
The Blues Season 1 part of TV Series: The Blues
director: 查尔斯·伯内特 / 克林特·伊斯特伍德 actor: Nathaniel Lee Jr. / 埃里克·克莱普顿
美国公共电视台(PBS)为了庆祝“蓝调年”,以连续七天,每天将近两小时(含制作说明与相关纪录片)的大手笔,播出由导演马丁·斯科塞斯担任总监制的七部纪录片,统称为《布鲁斯——百年蓝调音乐之旅》。
Blues音乐是居住在美国的黑人在艰难困苦的生活中创造出的音乐风格。它发源于密西西比河的三角洲地带,起源于20世纪初,早期为人们劳作时的劳动号子。Blues最初主要是人声的叙述,后来才加上了乐器的伴奏,它对爵士乐、摇滚乐、乡村乐和西方音乐都有相当大的贡献。
Directed by
Charles Burnett (episode "Warming by the Devil's Fire")
Clint Eastwood (episode "Piano Blues")
Mike Figgis (episode "Red, White and Blues")
Marc Levin (episode "Godfathers and Sons")
Richard Pearce (episode "The Road to Memphis")
Martin Scorsese (episode "Feel Like Going Home")
Wim Wenders (episode "The Soul of a Man")