Young bro of a pro-Nazi nutter,
As king, feared he never could utter
Such words as "Dec-lare"
Aloud 'On the Air'
Yet bwoadcast without any stutter.

Brian - Brilliant on La Regle du Jeu which, like the following, is one of my favourites too.

A niece lost a leg in Toledo
While flouting her uncle's strict credo
"He claims to be free -
Let's try it for me!"
She chose - and let in a tornado.

Oh, no - not Hollywood, Jerome...

Six Samurai, swordplay and pain,
But the seventh had far more to gain
And far more to give;
And as long as I live
I'll remember his howl in the rain.

Jerome -

“The Magnificent Seven” - well, damn your eye!
This remake’s a film that can wham your eye,
But I find Kurosawa
Has far greater power,
And so I prefer “Seven Samurai”.


(Our postings seem to have crossed, Ann!)

(Nigel - "Tristana", by Bunuel)

Had they met in that palace before?
To this day I confess I'm not sure
But the ceilings, the sun,
The mysterious gun
Lead me on through each blind corridor.

Since we have turned this into a guessing game -

L'Année dernière à Marienbad

This black and white movie incites
to hush like a God in the heights
and watch a knight strive
as Death comes alive
in a chessboard of long days and nights.

I rebut Ann's implicit aspersion.
The remake's a Tex-Mex excursion
Which has lots of pistols,
Hints of cleavage and bristols,
And less art than the Japanese version.

Pedro, I'd been thinking of doing "The Seventh Seal", but you beat me to it.

A man in an unredeemed state
Whose clock never changes its date
Lays on charm with a trowel
And wins Andie McDowell
Which suggests that it's never too late.