Friday, November 2, 2018

Movies for the Day, Saturday, November 3, 2018

Today's movies mark the appearance of Godzilla, National Alzheimer's Month, and the birthday of Cellini.  Which of today's films would you watch?









Rodan (1956) is one of a series of
successful monster films produced in
Japan.  This one features a colossal
pterodactyl.  The first monster, Godzilla,
appeared nationwide in Japan in a movie
released November 3, 1954.  Today is
also Japan Culture Day.




Rodan








The Leopard (1963) is a critically acclaimed
movie about an aristocrat in 1860s Sicily coming
to terms with Ital's upheavals which would
eventually lead to unification of the country.
Unification was complete November 3, 1918,
with the Armistice of Villa Giusti, a national day
in Italy.





The Leopard







The Affairs of Cellini (1934) is
a dramatic look, with comedy and
romance, at the life of the great
Italian artist, Cellini, born November
3, 1500.






The Affairs of Cellini










































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