Friday Minute
Entr’acte | August 27, 2010

“Caravan”

from The Last Waltz

This week, selections from concert films worth remembering.

1.  Fred Astaire and his sister, Adele, were inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in 1971.  How many films did Fred and Adele make together?

a.  6
b.  2
c.  1
d.  0
e.  4

2.  Match the dance with the film in which it was performed.

Tango
Twist
Sirtaki
Jitterbug
Ballet
Street dance

Zorba the Greek (1964)
Step Up (2006)
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
Mulholland Dr. (2001)
The Red Shoes (1948)
Pulp Fiction (1994)

3.  Mick Jagger has acted in several movies.  Which one of the following roles was not a Jagger performance?

Ned Kelly in Ned Kelly (1970)
Turner in Performance (1970)
Vacendak in Freejack (1992)
Andy Warhol in Basquiat (1996)
Luther in The Man from Elysian Fields (2001)

4.  Casting for David Fincher’s English-language adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, due out at the end of 2011, has made news the past few weeks.  Daniel Craig will play the male lead, Swedish journalist Mikael Blomkvist.  Stellan Skarsgård and Robin Wright will co-star.  Little-known Rooney Mara will play the title character.  What is the name of “the girl with the dragon tattoo”?

5.  A recent article called “The Worst Movie Year Ever?” decried the woeful Hollywood films of 2010.  Who was the author?

a.  Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
b.  A.O. Scott, New York Times
c.  Joe Queenan, Wall Street Journal
d.  Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
e.  J. Hoberman, Village Voice

Answers here.

…58…59…60.

Thursday Minute
Entr’acte | August 26, 2010

“While My Guitar Gently Weeps”

from The Concert for Bangladesh

This week, selections from concert films worth remembering.

Wednesday Minute
Entr’acte | August 25, 2010

“Once in a Lifetime”

from Stop Making Sense

This week, selections from concert films worth remembering.

Tuesday Minute
Entr’acte | August 24, 2010

“Sympathy for the Devil”

from Gimme Shelter

This week, selections from concert films worth remembering.

Monday Minute
Entr’acte | August 23, 2010

“Suite:  Judy Blue Eyes”

from Woodstock

Most musical films feature performances staged specifically for the movie audience.  Concert films are something else altogether.  The music is performed for the live audience, and the filmmakers’ job is to capture the essence of the event.  Sometimes the focus is on center stage, sometimes on the periphery.  Concert films are documentaries in the most basic sense, capturing for the record what happened and ensuring it will not be forgotten.

This week, selections from concert films worth remembering.