daniel-phillips's - Rented List
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Based on the bestselling fantasy book series 'A Song of Ice and Fire' by George R.R. Martin, this drama is set in a world where summers span decades and winters can last a lifetime. From the scheming south and the savage eastern lands, to the frozen north and ancient Wall that protects the realm from the mysterious darkness beyond, the powerful families of the Seven Kingdoms arc locked in a battle for the Iron Throne. This is a story of duplicity and treachery, nobility and honour, conquest and triumph. In the 'Game of Thrones', you either win or you die. - Director:
- Timothy Van Patten
- Cast:
- Sean Bean, Mark Addy, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
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Salò o le 120 Giornate di Sodoma (1975)Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Pasolini's final and most controversial film has been banned censored and reviled the world over since it's first release. The film is based on the Marquis de Sade's novel '120 Days of Sodom', with the setting transposed to Mussolini's miniature Fascist Republic of Salo, Italy in 1944. The film's content and imagery is extreme, and it retains the power to shock, repel and distress a quarter of a century on. 'Salo' remains a cinematic milestone - culturally significant, politically vital and visually stunning. - Director:
- Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Cast:
- Paolo Bonacelli, Giorgio Cataldi, Umberto Paolo Quintavalle
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Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)Au hasard Balthazar / Balthazar
A profound masterpiece from one of the most revered filmmakers in the history of cinema, Robert Bresson's 'Au Hasard Balthazar' follows the donkey Balthazar as he is passed from owner to owner, some kind and some cruel but all with motivations beyond his understanding. Balthazar, whose life parallels that of his first keeper, Marie (Anne Wiazemsky), is truly a beast of burden, suffering the sins of humankind. But despite his powerlessness, he accepts his fate nobly. Through Bresson's unconventional approach to composition, sound, and narrative, this simple story becomes a moving parable about purity and transcendence. - Director:
- Robert Bresson
- Cast:
- Anne Wiazemsky, Walter Green, François Lafarge
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