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July 16, 2013  |  An Auteurist History of Film
Blake Edwards’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s

Posted by Charles Silver, Curator, Department of Film

Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's. 1961. USA. Directed by Blake Edwards

Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s. 1961. USA. Directed by Blake Edwards

These notes accompany screenings of Blake Edwards’s </em>Breakfast at Tiffany’s</a> on July 17, 18, and 19 in Theater 3.</p>

With the possible exception of Robert Aldrich, Blake Edwards (1922–2010) is, I think, the most important director to emerge from the shambles of the Hollywood studio system

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December 28, 2010  |  An Auteurist History of Film
Leo McCarey’s Make Way for Tomorrow

Posted by Charles Silver, Curator, Department of Film

Make Way for Tomorrow. 1937. USA. Directed by Leo McCarey

Make Way for Tomorrow. 1937. USA. Directed by Leo McCarey

These notes accompany the screening of Leo McCarey’s </i>Make Way for Tomorrow</a> on December 29, 30, and 31 in Theater 3.</p>

Leo McCarey (1898–1969) reached his creative peak in 1937, the year of The Awful Truth and Make Way for Tomorrow. He had already written and directed countless Hal Roach shorts, discovered the wacky chemistry between Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, and handled the likes of Eddie Cantor, Mae West, and the Marx Brothers. Make Way for Tomorrow is a film of devastating emotional impact and almost indescribable inner beauty. The great Japanese director, Yasujiro Ozu, gave McCarey credit for inspiring his own best film, Tokyo Monogatari (Tokyo Story), another masterpiece from 1953 about aging parents and insensitive families.

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