The Ghost Goes West (1935) Review: The Good, The Bad & How to Watch British Film, Fantasy, Comedy, Romance Venice Film Festival, 1936- Official Selection National Board of Review, 1936- Winner: Top Foreign Films When French director René Clair crossed the English Channel to make his first British film, nobody quite expected him to deliver a comedy that would feel so undeniably American in its spirit. The result was The Ghost Goes West , a delightful 1935 satirical fantasy that took a gentle, witty jab at the clash between old-world Scottish tradition and new-world American commercialism. More on Wikipedia or Mubi A Ghost That Conquered America The story kicks off in the rugged, misty highlands of Scotland, where Murdoch Glourie, a dashing but somewhat cowardly 18th-century Scotsman, dies in a ridiculous explosion of gunpowder. Because he failed to avenge an insult to his family name, Murdoch is doomed to haunt his ancestral castle until he can find a w...
The film was released in Spain on 22 March 2019 to positive reviews. It made its international debut at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or and won two awards: Banderas for Best Actor and Alberto Iglesias for Best Soundtrack. At the 92nd Academy Awards, Pain and Glory was nominated for Best International Feature Film, and Banderas was nominated for Best Actor. Time magazine chose the film as the best movie of 2019.
Quartet Records has released a soundtrack album for Pedro Almodovar’s new drama Pain & Glory (Dolor y Gloria). The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Alberto Iglesias (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Constant Gardener, The Kite Runner)
who has previously scored most of the director’s movies over the last
two decades. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. A CD version is available to order on the label’s official website.
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