Friday, October 27, 2017

Movies for the Day, Saturday, October 28, 2017

Today's movies mark Halloween, a Statue of Liberty anniversary, and a great storm.





Ugetsu (1953) is a ghost story set in 16th
century Japan, but is also about much more-
family, love, war, and ambition.  Try this
excellent movie for Halloween.






Ugetsu








America, America (1963) is about
the desire of a Greek man to emigrate
to America.  The movie is on the National
Film Registry.  It won an Oscar for Art
Direction/Set Decoration.  The Statue
of Liberty was dedicated today in 1886.





America, America








The Perfect Storm (2000) is about a a storm
of the century that in 1991 sunk
a fishing boat off Gloucester, Massachusetts.
The Andrea Gail was lost at sea in the storm,
which occurred October 28 to November 2,
1991.




The Perfect Storm
















































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