Mohammad Hassan Movasagh on mubi.com, the social network for people who love film.

لادن

28Apr12

جای موسا و امیرو خالی بود...

You're welcome, Mohammad. That's what these lists are for, to get us interested in films and filmmakers we are not that familiar with. You have made a good start with Borzage. Seventh Heaven just may be the ultimate Frank Borzage film. I sometimes tell people if they don't like Seventh Heaven, they don't like Borzage, and not to bother. Desire is another good one, because it was produced by Ernst Lubitsch and has many similarities with his work, but it is undeniably marked by Borzage's sensibility. His Marlene Dietrich is a much warmer and more human character than she played in Josef Von Sternberg's great films. The US being a "melting pot", many of our great directors were born in other countries, but Frank was native-born and raised. There is something essentially American about his stories, even when they are set in Europe like the two you have seen, and yet his compassion for others makes the universal. I hope you enjoy exploring his work. What films have you seen and liked lately? Bob

Mohammad Hassan Movasagh

25Apr12

Thank you for your words about those two films. i will see them again. actually the seventh heaven was a good film to watch and i almost have forgotten the other one because i saw that in bad condotions. but i started watching Borzage's films with "Bad girl" and unexpectedly it was a good film, because i was expecting to see a mediocre film. Borzage's films are almost those film which i like in classic cinema, helas he has nor made film with Carry Grant, James Stewart and Catherine Hepbourne :-) i think these three could be matched in his films in Mubi, i rate film every day. recently i have seen 6-7 film by Frank Capra, and among those, It's A wonderful life, Mr. Smith goes to Washington, and Mr Deeds goes to town is in my favourite list, i hope films of Borzage be as wonderful as Capra's
Robert Regan

26Apr12

Oh yes, Mohammad, Bad Girl is a wonderful movie! A big surprise. By the way, if you like James Stewart (who doesn't?). one of his best performances is in Borzage's The Mortal Storm. I hope that one is available for you. The two Franks, Borzage and Capra, made a lot of very good and very personal films during the studio days in Hollywood. My favorite Capras are It Happened One Night, Lost Horizon, and the movies he made in the early thirties with Barbara Stanwyck, especially The Miracle Woman and The Bitter Tea of General Yen. He sort of fell apart in the fifties and sixties, but before that almost everything he did was excellent. Keep me up to date with your viewing. Stay well. Bob

Robert Regan

20Apr12

Thanks, Mohammad, for fanning the Borzage Silents. Putting that together was a great experience, tracking down some of the hard -to-find films and seeing them all in chronological order. It increased my admiration and love for his work. What Borzages have you seen? Bob

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