Tikisoo
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I think you are 100% dead on MP2.
As a non-Christian who works at a MALL I find the "holiday" disgusting and usually take the month off and work at home.
For someone on the outside looking in, the "holiday" seems to be nothing about Christianity but instead totally evil and dare I say "satanistic"?
I did notice however, listening to the music piped overhead, that many of the songs were introduced in movies; "Silver Bells" from the LEMON DROP KID, "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" from MEET ME IN ST LOUIS, "White Christmas" from HOLIDAY INN, etc.
While I hate the "holiday" itself, I really like movies about it. Kind of like gangster movies, like 'em but wouldn't want to be them.
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I'm a Barrymore fan and John is definitely my fave of the clan. Love him in 20th CENTURY & THE GREAT MAN VOTES.
My film group screened 20th CENTURY last year and whenever Mr Teek needs to be reminded "who's John Barrymore?" I just say in a little voice, "Ting-a-ling-a ling"
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>The entire Ford family is seen as infamously low-class up here
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>So my thread on Burt Lancaster was not good enough for you? http://forums.tcm.com/thread.jspa?threadID=171582&tstart=50
(look at the number of previous postings)
Many newbies just want to jump in & stir the pot. If a person is REALLY interested in discussion, they WOULD respond to an existing thread.
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When I first became interested in film, Hitch was the guy, I even wrote my term paper on his films. A lifetime of catching up on the "classics", I realize how much hype Hitch created of his own persona & films. Although stylish, most of his miss the mark for me now.
I find Fritz Lang to be a much better director of suspense and just a touch more subtle. Last movie of his I watched made me literally squirm in my chair*. Some faves:
Metropolis '27
M '31
Woman In The Window '44*
Scarlet Street '45
While The City Sleeps '56
I love Wyler too, his films are definitely more varied in tone.
But I do thing Billy Wilder is the greatest director in classic film. His subjects were more varied and his ability to get stellar performances from tempermental actors was uncanny.
He had all the talents to make the best movies; the right guy at the right time in the right job. That brilliance doesn't align very often in any career.
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>Sepiatone said: and I just KNOW she's interested in ME, and NOT my MONEY!" As a man, I resent us being presented as such brainless dupes.
I hear ya...just like stoopid women who "follow" the bad guy because they "love him", yuk.
I think many movies present scenarios that we (the viewer) know is the beginning of a slippery slope. We yell NO! at the screen because we can see where they are going.
Not unlike movies where they find a body in their apartment and try to dispose of it rather than just calling the police. We ALL know it's going to be a mistake, but the charactors just have to do it or there would be no story.
I think movies are in many ways morality plays that illustrate how well meaning people go wrong by their decisions, weaknesses, etc.
Other people, that is.
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>I watched nearly and hour, and I got bored with it
Then you missed the sexual references and full nudity?
Geez, I thought it was pretty titillating, although as I said before, just a little heavy handed.
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I lived in Australia in 1984 and it was the ONLY time I ever went to a McDonald's in my life. I was desperately searching for a cup of coffee, egg sandwich, pancake, ANYTHING for breakfast!
I thought a Holy Grail was found when I spotted LOVELY! a pancake house...it ended up being a high end restaurant that served steak (or kangaroo) on top of a pancake-an abomination.
BTW the cute animal that sniffed the sleeping girl's head was a wombat, adorable creatures. None of the animals there have a fear of humans so you really could sit & observe them for hours.
I spent a lot of time with Aborigines. It always struck me they had very black skin but soft curly hair, not kinky like Africans.
Interesting movie, if not a bit heavy handed.
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>Even though I'm not particularly a fan of Power as a great actor or anything, from what I've read about him, it appears he was truly a huge star at one time, Fox's #1 leading male for many years.
My sentiments exactly. For whatever reason, Power leaves me cold but as I understand he was groomed to be Flynn's successor in filmdom's handsome man department.
I'm more interested in Power for his involvement with Judy Garland, first brought to my attention in Gerald Clark's book GET HAPPY. Apparently they had a torrid love affair, but Power refused to divorce his wife (Judy was married at the time too)
Picturing those two together is intriguing to me because he had every beauty in Hollywood, but when it came to love & emotion, he fell hard for Judy's talent & strong personality. It's too bad they never married because his adoration of her may have helped her insecurities (that is if had been satisfied with her only)
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I am always amazed about every 6 months or so a new thread pops up discussing James Dean-and it usually amasses a few pages before falling back into history.
James Dean, Marilyn Monroe and more recently Audrey Hepburn have all become "icons" in that their images evoke emotion beyond the person themselves. I'm not really hep to that, overlooking their talent is insulting.
The 16 y/o kid expressed it best, "Kids at school talk about Marilyn Monroe, James Dean & Audrey Hepburn as if they are so cool they want to emulate their "look". But not one of them has ever seen any of their films or even know anything about their lives."
While Marilyn and Dean both created their persona, Audrey Hepburn's "look" was completely created by Givenchy and Hollywood hair & make up people in an attempt to glamorize the "lean adolescent" look still popular today.
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>it should be told in a simple, straightforward way
Sometimes I think Hemingway is often revered for his mastery of writing -mostly by those who have written themselves, than for the actual story.
Stephen King's writing often strikes me in a similar way.
I wonder if a film like this (a patriotic theme) was focused toward the many US immigrants who may have needed more heavy handed storytelling because of language.
Remember in the movies couples fall in love within 5 minutes of having a sundae together.
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>For those who may not know
I didn't...thank you. I just love ROSEMARY'S BABY for so many reasons, that just adds to it. Patsy Kelly as an old Brooklyn Satanist is just a surreal touch.
I uploaded my blurry photo of EMERGO for you:
Sorry it's blurry, but it would have totally ruined it for everybody if there was a flash. Many people giggled but you could tell no one was expecting it.
I love the theater owners for doing it!
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Haha Sans Fin, I love those "job descriptions"....and pretty much do the same thing. Neither MrTiki or I like to talk about our work, mostly for security reasons.
Our pat answers:
"Maximum Security Babysitter"= Prison Guard
"Historical Handyman"= art restorer
I lol the other day when someone was talking about walking to their car in a dark inner city parking lot and MrT said, "Allow me and my 7 friends to escort you" while holding up his bullet clip.
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Seems most regulars here can spot the spam-usually advertising some movie or celebrity. The title itself usually gives it away and people generally steer clear.
But what gets me is the trolls-you know-those people trying to stir the pot with ridiculous opinions. I see several members falling for the bait and not only responding, but arguing.
It's best to just ignore any post that's too preposterous, has "text" grammar or is emotionally charged. There's some "Comic Book Guy" hunched over his computer laughing that you fell for his naive girl moniker.
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This discussion prompted me to get this from the library. Sissy Spacek is a stellar actress and although the subject is distasteful, I'd like to see how the movie is crafted.
>Over the next several days I learned that every prisoner in state prison has a sad story to tell, and I just hated it when I had to film those kinds of interviews
Fred, I loved your post and as you may know MrTiki is in law enforcement. 2 summers ago, I was shocked when a drug related drive by shooting happened on my street. I read the news report and family had said, "He was hanging around with the wrong crowd but in the process of changing his life around because of the new baby arriving" and I said, "Aw that's too bad".
Mr Tiki said, "They ALL say that. There is no trying there is just doing. If he had truly left the "bad life" he wouldn't have been killed".
I thought about that a lot, and started noticing yes, ALL criminals say they were "in the process of changing their ways/crowd/life around".
The one commonality of the criminals MrTeek deals with is lack of responsibility. They blame everything besides themselves; it was a bad crowd, I was on drugs, I took drugs because I had no daddy, I was poor, isolated, bullied, etc.
Every time I hear these excuses, I'm reminded of Oprah who didn't start out in the best of circumstances but was determined enough to make a great life for herself & help others' lives.
>And for 15 years he had been thinking of nothing but how stupid he had been for doing such a stupid thing.
If this is true, than his imprisonment was a success.
My biggest gripe is when inmates don't get councelling to help them understand this basic idea of being responsible for your actions.
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Also, it seems to me that the old Bailey S&L made profit mostly from interest on loans-very paltry sums. I'm sure Potter invested in commercial business re; the neonization of Bedford Falls.
Today, banks still make small profit from interest on loans. You'll also notice your bank now has a lot more "penalties" on accounts, such as limited withdrawals, service fees and big fees on both sides of bounced checks.
Still, the majority of bank profits come from investing deposits (YOUR money) in the stock market, which we all know is a loser's game these days.
Insurance is the same way-they take your money and try to create profit for themselves investing in stocks. With the volatility of the market these days, it's a wonder banks can even pay their employees.
This is why your car insurance goes up every year instead of down even as the value of your car decreases.
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Well, he IS in the NYC Madame Tussaud's Museum:
He's adorable & was great in GLORY, sorry I missed his intro.
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A quick look at eastmanhouse.org provides a bit more information:
http://eastmanhouse.org/tools/pressroom/view.php?title=tmjnyc
When discovered, the nitrate work print of the film?left unfinished by the Mercury Theatre and never shown in public?was given by Cinemazero to one of Italy?s major film archives, the Cineteca del Friuli in nearby Gemona. From there, it was transferred to George Eastman House in order to be preserved with a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation. According to published sources, until now the only known print of Too Much Johnson had burned in a fire that destroyed Welles?s home in the outskirts of Madrid in 1970.
It will be screened in NYC Nov 25th.
I doubt TCM will secure the rights to this anytime soon. You're more likely to see it at a rare historical film festival like Cinefest (in NY) or Cinecon (in OH) since they have good ongoing relationships with GEH.
GEH.org home page features "Roger Corman Godfather of Independent Film" to receive the Eastman Award tomorrow Nov 2.
How lucky to have grown up in Rochester and had the GEH for film viewing throughout my childhood-they really have a well rounded view of classic film.
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Who could forget this:
What everyone else has said: love Burt's screen presence and versatility. Was there anything he couldn't do well? Did Burt ever do comedy?
If you really enjoy Burt and want to know more about him I highly recommend BURT LANCASTER AN AMERICAN LIFE by Kate Buford. It's a big thick biography that covers his life from humble Brooklyn beginnings, to his vanities, home life and development of his own production company.
He certainly was a fascinating man whose light & talent lives on in his film performances.
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THEM! is one of the best because of the giant ant props/puppets used-you get to see them clearly and quite a few times. I love the close-ups where you can see how the artists made them with fake fur.
I've seen THEM! in a theater on 35mm *and* 16mm screened in a more intimate setting - and last night on TCM was the first time I ever noticed the weirdest wardrobe decision: the cops wear two tone cowboy style shirts & bow ties!
"Stop wailing little Bjork or there will be no ant puppet for you this Christmas!"
(sorry couldn't resist)
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Sounds to me as if no one can come up with a new idea/story (like the movies) so they're trying to make something new by playing up the "gay" angle.
>Sepia said: Or chock full of songs and music that NOBODY could possibly walk out of the theater humming to themselves( Le Miz, Rent).
Tim Rice, nuff said. How long can that guy coast on his one dismal success? And even "Phantom" was a re-make of something else, oy.
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finance-the CHAMPAGNE FOR CAESER I watched was a DVD. It was my first viewing and I loved it! (and I'm not a Ronald Coleman fan) I especially liked that the parrot was Price's in the end.
And we took TikiKid to see HOUSE OF WAX in 3D 35mm at the Eastman House a few years back. I had seen it when I was her age and it had the same magical effect on her as it did me.
She once came to me and said, "Did you know Vincent Price was in a Michael Jackson video?" Heh.
I've got a request out for DVD WATCHFINDER GENERAL too, thanks MrW.
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>Why did Dan and Alice never Kissed in 3:10 to Yuma?
Because they one has Eat a cheeseburger in Dinner @ 8
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The wonderful vintage Capitol Theater in Rome NY has been showing Bill Castle classics every year and trying to include the "extras".
I posted a photo of the screen with the "Emergo" skeleton sliding into the auditorium on this board last year-it's now deleted, sorry.
The effect was great, though, with the skeleton hanging and kind of dancing as it moved. Took great calculation to have a spot on it and not ruin the darkness or screen picture.
For one of the other effects they had ushers dressed in all black holding poles with black muslin hanging from it. They traveled the aisle lightly brushing viewers with the muslin to give them a ghostly scare!
Of course, once they got closer to the screen, they became visible silhouettes to those seated in back.
Tomorrow night I volunteer for 35mm screening of double feature Dracula (31) & Frankenstein(31). Wonder what'll happen?
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford
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>childish comments regarding someone's appearance even if he is a public figure. His looks are relevant to what?
This thread is the first time I had seen a picture of Rob Ford, thank you. His appearance illustrates that he has zero pride in himself so why would he have any pride in his city or citizens?
Appearance important? Yes.
Pride important? Yes.
Decorum & scruples important? Yes.
Especially if you want anyone to take you seriously as an intelligent hard working thoughtful person in public office.
Your appearance tells a lot about how you view yourself and how you view the world.
What kind of message does Rob Ford's appearance convey? A man who doesn't care how he looks or what he puts into his body.
We didn't need a scandal to illustrate his lack of control nor his disrespect for others.