Cinemascope

Freaks?

On getting the rights some may be very hard, but there is much out there, and since 2004 many prior to 1970s have fallen into the public domain, and much made prior to 1963 is now in the public domain (needs no permission to show them)The big studios dont want you to know this and will tell you theres no such thing, but you can search a title at the copy write office and can find many titles that are in the public domain, there is a court battle going on right now and if the pro public domain win after a film is 26 years old if renewal of copywrite has not been done prior to experation it will enter the public domain forever. Actually I feel that when something falls in the public domain, it's almost impossible *not* to know because the market is flooded with crappy-looking copies at ultracheap prices. Also I think when copyrights have been renewed in a timely fashion, a movie would have to be something like 70 years old or more to fall in the public domain.

By the way, although some people don't agree - I think Marlon Brando was the sexiest, most handsome actor I've ever seen. He was stunning to look at in his prime. I think he was the most authentically handsome classic actor - but of course that's just my humble opinion. Yes, he was, and he was also tremendously gifted. One wishes he'd made more movies during his career.

Yes, it shows there frequently.

There is just too much coming out Ah but is it ever enough?

I wonder if it's ever been show in the "Essentials".

Does the same thing happen no matter what browser you use?

Ah, nothing like a delicious hot cup of coffee to warm up your mid-afternoon! (or maybe evening in your time zone!)

And as anyone who has seen any sci-fi movie lately, the NYC landmarks would be among the first to go in case of an alien invasion.

You know, with today's technology, I wouldn't be surprised if digital technology might make it possible to "enhance" a movie shot with conventional film stock so that it could have colors as intense as if shot on 3-strip Technicolor. It must be possible, although I'm not sure that it would be cost effective as it would involve digitally enhancing every frame of the movie. But as has been pointed out there are instances of director intentionally going for a look that closely resembles that of old-style Technicolor for artistic purposes. I guess the reason it can't be done with all films is that audiences today don't expect something that looks like that, and perhaps it wouldn't be feasible from a cost perspective.

Oh speaking of menacing turns by actors cast against type, how about Henry Fonda in Once Upon a Time in the West?

There's something about Fredo Corleone sitting in the boat in the middle of that Nevada lake that strikes me as very poetic... but that's just me.

Yeah I wish I could say more about Strange Cargo but even with a spoiler warning I'd be very reluctant to say more, some of it can be a matter of interpretation. But, if there is some sort of "celestial justice" in the world, as the movie might appear to suggest, then it can turn out to have positive or negative outcomes, depending on what a person did. So that's what I got out of it.

I don't know, I didn't think there was any menace to Paul Lukas' performance... certainly there is some inkling that there are bigger things at stake than would appear and that he has "inside information" but there didn't seem to be a sense of malice or menace on his part. At least that's what his character represented to me. And I actually hadn't recognized the guy from Dr. Cyclops, a sci-fi movie that I like a lot! Good observation.

Do you have Netflix? As for There's Something About Mary, it's one of those comedies where the humor involves a lot of bodily fluids and gross-out gags. This is the one where Cameron Diaz's character accidentally grabs a handful of a bodily fluid that can only males can produce and uses it instead of hair gel.

Um, I would take Harry Palmer instead!

Some people just don't appreciate black and white...

I'm really glad to see Without Reservations finally being released, I really enjoyed watching it on TCM last time it was on. Didn't realize how good JW could be with comedy as well as action.

I'd also recommend Arizona (1940).

I agree with that, too, MissG. I love watching RO's introductions to classic movies, but other than that, I don't usually have much info about classic movies I haven't seen before.

Actually, I have had the same trouble myself. Do you use Explorer, Opera or Firefox browser?

Well I think that when it comes to colorization, the only consideration is whether or not it will create an additional source of revenue. At least that's how distributors probably see it. At the very least these days it's easy for many distributors to release a DVD with both versions of a movie, which at the very least makes it possible for everyone who buys it to be happy.

That might prove to be an interesting project for a film maker. Not making it necessarily "more PC," but perhaps "more real." I think there's a lot more of that going on these days than there was a few decades ago, something that is perhaps in some part due to a much more globalized and interconnected world.

MissG I can totally understand what you're saying, it bothers me a lot when they show a classic movie in a theater and some in the audience just snicker for no apparent reason at things that were quite normal at the time the movie first came out. It's not like these things aren't constantly in flux, all the time.

Oh shucks, that reminds me, the 1936 Show Boat is showing this month, isn't it?