Rayford Publishing

Sirk was preoccupied with the theme of defeat. The three central characters of Pylon, a short story by Faulkner, each embodying a manifestation of his recurring theme: An ace pilot from WWI, a young midwestern woman, and an alcoholic reporter were looking for something to bring a meaning to their lives. In the final cross-cutting between Roger’s fatal crash and Jack’s carnival ride Sirk juxtaposes spectacle with tragedy depicting Mardi Gras is not an allegory, but the realit

In To Be or Not to Be (1942), Ernst Lubitsch revisits one of his recurring themes: the fluid border between role-playing and real life. He satirizes both sides. He demonstrates that the voracious appetite for sex is not exclusive to Germans, and is also shared by characters on the opposite side, Maria (Carole Lombard) and Sobinski (Robert Stack). Colonel Ehrhardt’s pomposity is to cover up his lack of confidence. Tura also has his problem with soliloquy as someone leaves as