Clint Eastwood — Director (43)
钢琴蓝调 (2003) [Movie] Douban
Piano Blues
director:
克林特·伊斯特伍德
actor:
Albert Ammons
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Marcia Ball
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other title:
Piano Blues
Clint Eastwood directed and hosted this final segment of the seven-part Blues documentary which was aired on PBS in the United States and then released on DVD. Eastwood has been a longtime fan of the piano and of blues and jazz artists. He once did a movie called "Bird" about jazzman Charlie Parker.
Here, Clint sits at the piano next to people like Ray Charles, Dave Brubeck, Marcia Ball, Dr. John and others and interviews them. Most aren't good interviewees and say very little, especially Charles who revealed nothing about himself or his music; absolutely no insight. Brubeck does a beautiful number but its jazz, not blues. Apparently, Eastwood forgot this was a documentary on blues. About half of the material here is more on jazz greats, like Brubeck or Oscar Peterson, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, Nat "King" Cole, etc.
The best parts were clips of older and deceased piano greats like Art Tatum, who may be the best of all time, as shown here. He was awesome and I admit I knew little about the man until this episode.
Other footage highlights Otis Spann and the Chicago electric blues sound, which is more like it, to blues fans like me. Charles Brown offers some good boogie while Big Joe Turner and Jay McShann, Pinetop Perkins, Pete Jolly, Fats Domino, Professor Longhair and others contribute either live or in footage.
Meanwhile, film of a slinky woman in a sequined dress playing some boogie-woogie stuff was a highlight to me, too. Man, she could play and was fun to watch. I'd like to see more of her, or at least find out who she was. (I should have taken notes.).
Charles, via old TV tape, concludes this episode with his bluesy version of "America" which still in unique and wonderful.
Here, Clint sits at the piano next to people like Ray Charles, Dave Brubeck, Marcia Ball, Dr. John and others and interviews them. Most aren't good interviewees and say very little, especially Charles who revealed nothing about himself or his music; absolutely no insight. Brubeck does a beautiful number but its jazz, not blues. Apparently, Eastwood forgot this was a documentary on blues. About half of the material here is more on jazz greats, like Brubeck or Oscar Peterson, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, Nat "King" Cole, etc.
The best parts were clips of older and deceased piano greats like Art Tatum, who may be the best of all time, as shown here. He was awesome and I admit I knew little about the man until this episode.
Other footage highlights Otis Spann and the Chicago electric blues sound, which is more like it, to blues fans like me. Charles Brown offers some good boogie while Big Joe Turner and Jay McShann, Pinetop Perkins, Pete Jolly, Fats Domino, Professor Longhair and others contribute either live or in footage.
Meanwhile, film of a slinky woman in a sequined dress playing some boogie-woogie stuff was a highlight to me, too. Man, she could play and was fun to watch. I'd like to see more of her, or at least find out who she was. (I should have taken notes.).
Charles, via old TV tape, concludes this episode with his bluesy version of "America" which still in unique and wonderful.
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High Plains Drifter
other title:
荒野浪子
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独行侠红屋歼霸
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A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen who tried to kill him, the townsfolk decide to hire the Stranger to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.
Invictus (2009) [Movie] Douban IMDb Eggplant.place Min reol TMDB WikiData
Invictus
other title:
우리가 꿈꾸는 기적: 인빅터스
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インビクタス/負けざる者たち
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Newly elected President Nelson Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's rugby union team as they make their historic run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Championship match.
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J. Edgar
other title:
胡佛
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强‧艾德格(台)
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As the face of law enforcement in the United States for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career, and his life.
The Blues (2003) [TV] Douban TMDB
The Blues Season 1 part of TV Series: The Blues
director:
查尔斯·伯内特
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克林特·伊斯特伍德
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actor:
Nathaniel Lee Jr.
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埃里克·克莱普顿
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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")
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")
Unforgiven (1992) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb Min reol WikiData Skybridge
Unforgiven
other title:
不可饶恕
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豪情盖天(港)
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William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute. Joined by his former partner and a cocky greenhorn, he takes on a corrupt sheriff.