About us
We are a group of passionate fans of classic movies (say films that are 25 years old minimum, with emphasis on 1920s-1960s). We started as a local fan club for Turner Classic Movies, and we still keep in close touch with other TCM fans. We plan outings for most of the Fathom/Turner Classic Movies Big Screen Classics series, but also take in other classic film screenings at local cinemas, and always go out for refreshments and discussion after. We recently met Eddie Muller at the Noir City Boston festival in June 2019, and have gathered to appreciate one of our own members curated compilation of 'best of' film clips. We encourage anyone to join us who loves classic film or just wants to explore what films they've missed!
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Let's discuss A Foreign Affair! (1948)
·OnlineOnlineIt’s 1948, WWII is over, US troops are still in Germany, and shenanigans are afoot in Berlin.
Enter a congressional committee to check on troop morale and progress in rebuilding the defeated country. In it enters a very earnest Midwestern congresswoman carrying a birthday cake.Billy Wilder’s examination of the postwar scene, A Foreign Affair, complete with black market and corruption among the soldiers, stars the unlikely combo of Jean Arthur, all American girl and honest Congresswoman, and Marlene Dietrich, uber-survivor former Nazi chanteuse. It’s surprising all the way! Whadda barrel of laughs that is!
The film was denounced in the U.S. House of Representatives and criticized by the Department of Defense for depicting moral ambiguity and black-market corruption within the occupation army in post-war Berlin.
One reviewer wrote “This is one of those comedies that will always exist in the stratosphere of wit, intelligence and truth. It pulls no punches about politics, greed, hypocrisy & opportunism and treats its audience like grown-ups. It is as applicable to today's congress and the situation in Iraq as it was to post-WWII Germany (to which today's politicians still make frequent comparisons). It also was the first film to unflinchingly capture the effects of the WWII devastation of Berlin.”
The exteriors were actually filmed in freshly post war Berlin which gave me the chills, and when Dietrich growls out her signature tunes the house comes down around everyone!
For more info., check out https://www.tcm.com/articles/288427/the-essentials-a-foreign-affairCheck the DVD out from your local library, or go to JustWatch see where the film can be streamed: A Foreign Affair on JustWatch. Then join us on the 22nd to discuss--remember it's a THURSDAY! The Zoom link to join will be available once you RSVP.
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