Movies for the Day, Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Today's movies are about Joan of Arc, cars, and reality television.


The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) is mostly
about the trial of the great French saint, who
died May 30, 1431.  May 30 is her feast day.
The movie is a silent classic.







The Passion of Joan of Arc







Cars (2006) is a favorite family
movie about race cars.  The first
Indianapolis 500 was on this date,
May 30, in 1911.  The last was
yesterday.




Cars









Cinema Verite (2011) is a fictionalized
account of An American Family (the
Loud family), a 1973 PBS documentary
television series which was an early
example of reality television.  The Loud
family was filmed May 30 to December 31,
1971.  Cinema Verite won an Emmy for
Picture Editing.



Cinema Verite