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Martin Balsam

Also known as:  Martin Balsam
Born:  November 4, 1919 in New York, New York, United States
Died:  February 12, 1996 in Rome, Italy
Nationality:  American

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Filmography Cast Member

Silence of the Hams

(1993) R

Cape Fear

(1991) R

Two Evil Eyes

(1990) R

Innocent Prey

(1988) R

Queenie

(1987)

P.I. Private Investigations

(1987) R

Delta Force

(1986) R

Grown Ups

(1986)

Death Wish 3

(1985) R

St. Elmo's Fire

(1985) R

Murder in Space

(1985) Unrated

Little Gloria. . . Happy at Last

(1984)

The Goodbye People

(1983)

The Salamander

(1982) R

The People vs. Jean Harris

(1981)

The Warning

(1980)

The House on Garibaldi Street

(1979) Unrated

Silver Bears

(1978) PG

Death Rage

(1977) R

Raid on Entebbe

(1977) R

Contract on Cherry Street

(1977) Unrated

Two Minute Warning

(1976) R

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case

(1976)

All the President's Men

(1976) PG

Spaghetti Western

(1975) PG

Mitchell

(1975) R

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

(1974) R

Murder on the Orient Express

(1974) PG

Miles to Go Before I Sleep

(1974) Unrated

Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams

(1973) PG

The Stone Killer

(1973) R

Confessions of a Police Captain

(1972) PG

Eyes Behind the Stars

(1972) Unrated

Brand New Life

(1972) Unrated

The Anderson Tapes

(1971) PG

Season for Assassins

(1971)

Catch-22

(1970) R

Hard Frame

(1970)

Tora! Tora! Tora!

(1970) G

Little Big Man

(1970) PG

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

(1969) PG

Hombre

(1967)

After the Fox

(1966)

Harlow

(1965)

A Thousand Clowns

(1965)

Bedford Incident

(1965)

The Carpetbaggers

(1964) PG

Seven Days in May

(1964)

Cape Fear

(1961)

Breakfast at Tiffany's

(1961)

Psycho

(1960)

Middle of the Night

(1959) Unrated

Al Capone

(1959)

Marjorie Morningstar

(1958)

Twelve Angry Men

(1957) Unrated

Public intellectuals and liberation of Rosemonde
Reviewed by actingoutpolitics for The Salamander at 2010-08-05 20:29:29

Rosemonde is an existentially gifted girl from a poor family who is neglected by the culture, abused by people and exploited by the system that keeps her on mechanical job and cheap mindless entertainment. When impoverished intellectuals appear in her life she gradually starts to feel that she as if was waiting for them since her childhood. Relations with them make her understand her weaknesses and potentials and taught her to respect her humanity and be intellectually alert. ?The Salamander? is Tanner?s early attempt to find a political meaning in personal friendship in an epoch when progressive political agenda either becomes petty and purely financially oriented or streamlined and dissolved into conformism. The most fascinating aspect of the film is Tanner?s depiction of the creative process of trying to understand the world better as a part of personal relations. What always was considered as the function of individual mind became a function of actual existential togetherness. We see how intellectual process can be not retrospectively but future-oriented and be the very living through friendship. Read the article about Tanner? film ?One Liberated Human Face in the Crowd of Somnambular Shoppers? and analyses of the film?s shots, and articles about films by Godard, Resnais, Bergman, Kurosawa, Pasolini, Cavani and Bertolucci at: www.actingoutpolitics.com by Victor

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A classic.
Reviewed by NWRdr4 for Breakfast at Tiffany's at 2010-01-31 15:52:51

The beautiful Audrey Hepburn shines in this charming 60s romance as Holly Golightly, a wild-at-heart young woman who provides a stark contrast to George Peppard's character Paul Varjak. The acting of these two leads is largely what makes the movie believable: wholly convincible in their on-screen relationship, they draw a much-needed and powerful sympathy from the audience. Also adding to the brilliance of the movie is Blake Edwards' great direction, which is backed by Henry Mancini's admirably moving score. Combine these elements, and you get a movie that simply works wonderfully in every way, shape and form.

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