Thursday, April 12, 2007

Flying Padre


Stanley Kubrick - The Flying Padre, a wonderful piece of 1950's Catholic Americana
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well I never. I had to look it up on IMDB because l couldn't believe it was really directed by THE great Stanley Kubrick, and IT IS!!!!! Well we all have to start somewhere.

Hebdomadary said...

That is just wonderful. I think we can see where one of the inspirations for the film "Lillies of the Field" came from, which is itself a low-budget masterpiece. Also, composer Nathaniel Shilkret introduced at least one subtlety into his score, featuring the Palestrina "Adoremus Te Christe" during the Benediction scene. I wonder if that baby grew up to know what that remarkable priest had done for him. I hope so. Thanks fo sharing that, Padre.

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