Tikisoo

Last roadtrip I took (2019) passed & photographed the monument at the accident site in Vermont: I had known about the case since reading about him in psych class in college.

While I appreciate your thoughtfully expressed points, I also know the popularity of "open floor plan" had been overblown/exploited by home remodeling shows. I prefer having large windows to bring outdoors indoors for expansive vista from a small cozy room. Small rooms are easier to keep a comfortable temperature, no small feat in a 100 year old home! Small homes cut down on unnecessary "stuff" too and am forever amazed by the plethora of rented storage units all across America. Although I once witnessed a guy precisely backing his classic car into one for winter storage!

Why do these people need such enormous square footage? In the early days, Hollywood's successful would bring their family out to CA to support them (in return for supporting their career) Stars often shared their wealth by welcoming struggling colleagues to stay for extended periods, needing extra rooms & space. Nowadays it's everyone out for themselves, everyone needs "privacy" & won't tolerate others. Seems crazy for anyone to have a house that size.

My movie buddy recently gave me a tip: if in a Dollar Tree Store, take a look at the DVDs, there's some good ones. Found New York, New York a movie I've always wanted to see. (good thing it was only $1.25, wasn't the best) Today I was in a $ Store and what did I see? Every mid-period Woody Allen movie-all my favorites that paid top dollar for years ago- like Purple Rose of Cairo, Stardust Memories, Zelig, Radio Days, etc. Apparently, Woody's cache is tired out, his persona unacceptable, yet these still great movies have landed among the "TV Family" puppy & horsey z grade movies. Wow.

Very disappointing to find Fredric March & wife were cremated and buried under favorite tree on their CT property. Current owners of course, appreciate privacy. Also, Wolfman Jack is interred on his family estate in North Carolina. Very nice setting, private- not for public view.

I've been a "companion" to stars waiting in their dressing room to help usher them onto the stage when it's their time to go on. Actually, more like sitting in a closet and walking them down an aisle with a flashlight, since there weren't any dressing rooms. I've had long silent waits with some while others were chatty & nervous. It very much helps when you're unfamiliar with them, as I was.

Man, I give you credit for your tolerance level. Sorry to butt in, but I have to say, I really enjoyed INTO THE WOODS when I borrowed the DVD from the library. Modern musicals often leave me cold but I liked it OK. It wasn't great-but I chalked it up to being a DVD instead of a real performance, which in my mind is always preferred.

Thanks for that Tom. I used to have that book but it got lost in some move somewhere. 🙁 For awhile I confused that guy with THIS Steve Hayes 😘:

Sorry about the three posts, but they are distinctly different subjects. THIS one is I just watched.... Peter Bogdanovich's THE GREAT BUSTER from 2018. I had recorded this when it was on TCM just hadn't watched it yet. This was an odd documentary in that the first half is a kind of linear story of Buster's personal life from childhood to his death. The second half is a synopsis of his career highlighting the best movies, scenes & stunts. I'm pretty familiar with Keaton's life & films, so there wasn't much new for me to discover. I'm sure for any newbie this movie will inspire seeking out his classics, much easier than my search before the internet/streaming. My only beef was the plethora of interviews in the first half of filmmakers/performers who sang his praises of how much he "influenced" them. Who cares? I was further offended screen time was devoted to showing CLIPS of these other people's works! In a movie that's supposed to be about KEATON! Sorry, showing Spiderman's masked face is no comparison to Keaton's deadpan and only comes across as a further insult. C'mon, doesn't Keaton's universally loved & timelessness (meaning classic) kind of point out how trite & stupid the Spiderman movies or TV show Jackass is in comparison? 50 years from now people will still delight discovering Keaton's brilliant work while all those he "influenced" will be wholly forgotten. The only interviews that should have been included were those who either had personal stories like Dick Van Dyke or those who could better explain Keaton's work because of their knowledge & success in the field like Quentin Tarantino & Mel Brooks. "Influence" was succinctly told by a montage of copied scenes of the famous house falling scene: Nuff said.

And a non-fictional person....truly named Glen Glenn of the sound company!

Yeeeyeah! Me too! LOL Tom, your phrasing is hilarious!

I used to date a location driver: he had to be ready to drive any cast member wherever they wanted to go-to the set, to their hotel, etc. This was Hollywood North so no cool Woody Wagons, he had to use his own car. He kept a beautiful classic Mercedes Wagon for the job, just in case he had to transport equipment as well as people. It was from his experience I learned what stars were really nice (Kirsten Dunst) and which ones were holes (Tom Hanks) ...Bonus was any actor who said, "What a great classic car...is this yours?" I'm sure Dargo has similar stories, I believe he was driver for airlines.

Mmmm never thought about that before...I think you may be right. Ugh. There seems to be some kind of trope about a boy brought up by a single mother is going to end up in trouble in one way or another; gay/violent/addicted, etc. Imagine-sexuality on the same level with violence.😱 It's as if Hollywood was warning women not to have children without a man present, even if not the father, because women alone were incapable or raising a child -especially boys- successfully. The widowed* male charactor with children unabashedly seeks a woman to help raise them. The trope is they fall in love & she becomes their Mother since she loves them already. *(Widowed because the only way a man would get custody)

Sadly, our society was sexist & racist most of the 20th century. Films often just reflect the time period when they were made. You can't change the past which is why watching classic film is often an enlightening history lesson. You may be appalled by a charactors behaviour, but often the story illustrates how their society shaped their attitude.

Um, what about these excellent 1939 movies....? The Three Musketeers Made For Each Other The Little Princess Midnight The Hound Of The Baskervilles Dodge City The Face At The Window Only Angels Have Wings Five Came Back On Borrowed Time Each Dawn I Die Fifth Avenue Girl The Roaring Twenties The Flying Deuces Cat & The Canary Gulliver's Travels

Not really. The pre-codes were just movies. The straps put on for "decency" just changed the way the stories were told. Sometimes I prefer the more subtle suggestion of unsavory elements rather than seeing it all shown graphically.

Ugh, and people complain about TCM's repeats! Svengoolie only has to secure ONE movie a week when TCM broadcasts 15 movies each day! While I love "monster" movies, surely Svengoolie can do better....even while staying within Universal confines. But this is exactly my issue with classic Universal Horror. After multiple viewings, even I got a little sick of them. This is the time little seen foreign fantasy/horror can fill in the gaps like MST did. I was lucky enough to see TARANTULA in the theater and the entire audience whooped & hollered like kids. Watching it alone at home would be a total bore.

The "rule" is no white SHOES (& purse) between Labor Day to Memorial Day (fixed-thanks Sepia!) but also implies no white pants/skirts and especially shorts because it's not summer. "Winter white" is more cream and is welcome if worn near the face, as in a sweater. The entire idea of dressing "seasonally" is to not look stupid, but dress appropriately. Your clothing is the direct, non verbal message to others: "I care/do not care". Sadly, Americans just don't seem to grasp the concept of dressing appropriately. Not appropriate for age, size or weather condition. It definitely sends the message, "I'm lazy, my clothes don't fit & don't care if the world knows it" One reason I love classic movies is for the clothing. The charactor's personality is always reflected by their clothing and some, like current SOTM Kay Francis were trend setters for the public to aspire to & emulate.

Funny you should mention that movie....it was the first movie I ever remember looking very "dark" and "blue"- a subject being discussed inbox another thread. I have zero memory of that movie, only the impression the color photography imbedded in my minds eye.

Right. Now I see the Lucy/Desi thing BECOMING THE RICARDOS is being labeled "a fictionalized account". Talk about backpedaling......

Actually the funniest line comes next, "Aren't you?" What does N.B. stand for?

I'm starting to think I can get some kind of idea about my enjoyment of a movie from the DVD cover. I picked up a stack from the library and decided to view this one first: Why? Because the picture is 2 faces, close & both smiling. Movies about PEOPLE and their lives are the most interesting to me after 2 years of solitude. I'm sure most people have seen this Jodie Foster directorial debut, but I had not. The story was delightful, well acted and yes, very well told by the director. It's the story of Didi, an average woman played by Jodie Foster and her exceptionally brilliant 6-7 year old child, Fred. Diane Wiest plays a Psychologist that specializes in gifted children who wants to develop little Fred's abilities by intense schooling, taking him away from his Mom. Wiest's charactor seems a little stereotypical in her high professional achievement in contrast with low social & personal attributes. Good thing Wiest plays the role, she's perfect acting smart & clueless at the same time. Little Fred has the ability to grasp this and orchestrates his life to avoid & overcome this same path for himself. We see painful episodes of Fred's social rejections and discovery of those who accept him. A standout performance is similarly brilliant boy played by PJ Ochlan, who is mean to Fred who idolizes him. Another is an adult played by Harry Connick Jr who genuinely likes having Fred around. Both the pool hall & piano playing scene are standouts. This illustrates how difficult socialization is for Fred, since no one is on a similar level intellectually or socially. Also notable support is cutie Debi Mazar as Didi's best friend. Of course there is a happy ending when all elements come together. But it's the way the story is told that makes this movie worth watching. The editing, story flow is paced well. I especially like the deftness of the story, the action & sparse dialogue tell you everything, but it's not spoon fed to you-there's much here left to the viewer to discern.

Your flowery verbiage confuses me. Are you saying this is Wilt Chamberlain's home? While I'm not a big Wright fan, I do know he'd never design anything with those big ugly buttresses dominating the exterior. Nor does any high level "artiste" architect design anything with vinyl siding. Plebeian. I'm also a bit shocked about Debbie Reynolds' home being sold. From watching Debbie & Carrie's last HBO special, seemed like their houses were adjoining, possibly on one piece of property? Or maybe two separate houses on adjacent property? Maybe Billie lives in her Mom's house & Todd sold his Mom's. They sure were chock full of STUFF!

There still are several avenues to choose from: Buried directly in the ground in a cotton shroud in a natural "forever wild" trail setting & have a marker if you choose. (MrTiki's preference) Buried in the ground the same way, but in a composting site that exhumes your (dirt) remains in a year to be interred in your preferred resting place. (my preference- family plot) Kept in a stacking "pod" where decomposition is accelerated by air flow. The remains are removed in 6 months-year to go to a final resting place. If the idea gives you the newbie jeebies, realize century old above ground "oven" style crypts would push your remains to the back of the tomb to fall through a back drain hole to make room for the next relative's body! Not to mention, Paris' catacombs! While cremation offers a smaller eternal footprint, modern gas crematories are energy hogs & air polluters. If you want a "green" cremation, traditional pyres are the way to go- listen to the Vikings!

Before reading the article.... I noticed something happening with draining color in movies begining in the late 90's-early 2000's. I started seeing movies not with one or two scenes in blues & blacks to show night time in a basement or wet city streets, but ENTIRE MOVIES that were dark and duo tone. I chalked it up to computer filters added to better camouflage the "effects". I found watching duo tone movies like this visually tiring & it's one of the reasons I don't go to see any new superhero or fantasy movies. EDIT: ...just read the article. So funny, the first movie I noticed this was A LOTR movie, which is actually mentioned. Never applied this to TV, but see it's included in the article.