John Huston
Across a Hollywood career spanning over 5 decades, John HUSTON (1906-1987, USA) directed, wrote and starred in countless films, many of which are now considered classics. Born in a small town in Missouri, he studied fine arts and painting before moving into filmmaking in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Once he'd discovered his vocation, he earned 15 Oscar nominations, winning Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948).
Filmography
(selection) The Maltese Falcon (1941), Let There Be Light (1946, doc), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), Key Largo (1948), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), The African Queen (1951), The Unforgiven (1960), Fat City (1972), The MacKintosh Man (1973), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), Escape to Victory (1981), Annie (1982), Prizzi's Honor (1985), The Dead (1987)
John Huston op IFFR
The Battle of San Pietro
VS
IFFR 1988
Beat The Devil
VS
IFFR 1988
The Dead
83'
VS
IFFR 1988
Fat City
100'
VS
IFFR 1988
Let There Be Light
VS
IFFR 1988
Roots of Heaven
VS
IFFR 1988
The Mackintosh Man
Een haast vergeten en weinig geliefde John Huston-Koude Oorlog-spionagefilm – of anti-spionagefilm? – met Paul Newman als Brits (!) geheim agent die in een enge communistenclub moet infiltreren. Toch behoren de vaak onnavolgbare plot en de sfeervolle verwarring tot de onmiskenbare, ingetogen charmes van de film. Ook met James Mason en Dominique Sanda.
98'
VS
IFFR 2019