Jean Seberg

 

Jean Seberg

 

ph: Peter Basch

Jean Seberg

 

Seberg (2019)

 

 

In the late 1960s, Hoover's FBI targeted Jean Seberg because of her political and romantic involvement with civil rights activist Hakim Jamal. 

 

Despite excellent production with good period detail and a noteworthy performance by Kristen Stewart, this film falls short of presenting a cohesive psychological portrait of Jean Seberg. 

 

Jean Seberg

Jean Seberg

Jean Seberg

Airport (1970)

A bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.

The movie that started the 70s series of all-star disaster movies and one of the best; sturdily produced, old-fashioned, with multiple plotlines, suspense, melodrama and some comic relief.

Halliwell***: "Glossy, undeniably entertaining, all-star version of a popular novel, with cradboard characters skilfully deployed in Hollywood's very vest style."

Maltin***1/2: "GRAND HOTEL plot formula reaches latter-day zenith in ultraslick, old-fashioned movie that entertains in spite of itself...Plastic performances dominate, with down-to-earth Kennedy, touching Stapleton, and nervous Heflin standing out."

Jean Seberg

Jean Seberg

A Bout de souffle (1960)

A young car thief kills a policeman and tries to persuade a girl to hide in Italy with him.

Highly innovative early Nouvelle Vague masterpiece turning a pulp gangster story into an avantgarde film experience, although the nervous jump-cut editing and the dislikable male hero are distracting.

Halliwell ****: "Casual, influential, New Wave reminiscence of both Quai des Brumes and innumerable American gangster thrillers. (The Film is dedicated to Monogram.) One of the first and most influential films of the French New Wave."

Maltin ***1/2: "Groundbreaking, influential New Wave tale with a classic romanticized gangster-hero and great candid shots of Paris life."

Jean Seberg