Home Movies (1954)

BOURSE to the center of town for lunch. After lunch take a tram No. 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, to the Pare due Cinquantenaire. In the pork is the Monumental Arch and its semi-circular cololnades built in 1905. The front of the Arch is approached by an extensive lawn and garden. The afternoon light will model nicely the colonnades and the chariot with its figures that top the arch. In the rear of the arch is another garden with a reflecting pool that will provide a rather interesting mirror of the arch. You may find both in the front and back of the arch that the expansive foreground can be minimized by the use of a very low camera angle. This will give still added height to the monument. A visit to the many museums here shouldn't delay you too long for the next stop is the very picturesque Bois de la Cambre. A number 24 tram from the arch takes you to the woods on the ousskirts of town. In the woods you will have an afternoon of scenic shooting with rustic bridges, curving lanes, trees and hollows. There are many outdoor cafes where games are played and dancing takes place. During the summer months there afe afternoon concerts on Thursdays and Sundays, and at all times boats may be rented for riding in the lake. The woods will more than fill your afternoon. The foregoing will show most of the important places in Bussels. If you have more time in the city you may want to see the Botanical Gardens and the Park Leopold, formerly the Zoological Gardens and now containing many museums, one of which is the Natural History Museum. There is the museum of Ancient Paintings, the Wiertz Museum, which holds a collection of his works, gigantic in size and odious in subject matter. If time permits, a short train ride (a little over an hour) to Bruge would be well worth the time spent. This medieval city with its winding streets lined with step-gabled houses, curving canals, stone bridges and swans presents everywhere scenes reminiscent of old candy box covers. Truly a delight for the color photographer. As in many European countries, when looking for a place to eat, concentrate on finding a restaurant, rather than a cafe. On the continent a cafe seldom has food to serve. They concern themselves mostly with drinks of one sort or another. Some restaurants are also cafes among which are; The Metropole, Trois-Suisses and the Royal Bourse. A meal here will cost you about 150 francs ($3.00). A meal at a restaurant like Deux Clefs, Paris ien, or Anspach will range from 50 to 110 francs ($1.00 to $2.20). Throughout the city you will find various tea rooms that serve light snacks. Some of these are Old England, Bon Marche, Innovation. An unusual spot to visit is the inn called l'Enfer (Ye Hell). Here you can have a drink from a skull shaped glass while sitting at a coffin like table and viewing fiendishly painted walls that suggest hell. Next Month — Heidelberg. CANNES • Continued from Page 213 in English are often literal translations of the French titles and may not correspond to the titles eventually used for United States distribution.) Jean Cocteau and our group were having drinks in the bar of the Carlton Hotel the day before the showing of the film. His praise was added to that of the other members of the jury who had seen the film already. He found the color, the poetry, the fatal slowness of the filmic rhythm all of a quite exceptional beauty. The projection the next day supported his opinion. Never have we seen color in such violence, such beauty, such purity. This film marks a highpoint in the use of Eastman color to technical and artistic perfection. At the same time its simple story has a beauty and violence which is perhaps not 'commercial' but consequently very interesting. The slow rhythm is typically oriental . . . the story moves with the methodic motion of the centuries. Yet it should not be thought this film is as violent nor as great as Rashomon, for according to some people, it is not. Jigokumon, based on a popular Japanese story that takes place in the 12th century is a picture one must see. Needless to say the story is but a vehicle for a certain beauty of filmic expression which is impossible to describe fully with the written word. Included in this film are some unforgetable sequences showing ancient dances, ceremonies, and physical contests expressed in a shower of blues and reds and yellows. There is no doubt that the Japanese are gaining in international importance. This film, directed by Nagata Masaichi and produced by Daiei Film, will certainly be a classic among films of legend and oriental beauty. 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