Bronxgirl48

Great stuff, LOL Fay and Evelyn -- the stuff that screams are made of.

OMG -- FRANK! IT'S ON YOUTUBE!!! THE WHOLE FILM!!! (TMWSLV) I'll watch it tomorrow afternoon and get back to you on it! I'm so excited! Night-night!

Why, where are you going??

SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON doesn't hit wrenching emotional chords like RIO GRANDE, and it doesn't have a dark, psychologically complex anti-hero at its core like Ethan in THE SEARCHERS, but through the exhilaration of the action, the beautiful sweeping expanse of the landscape and the exquisite use of color, it has its own stylized power. (which is why it reminds me compositionally of THE SEARCHERS, not thematically of course in any way) But I don't think Ford's direction of THE SEARCHERS is very satisfying; the story doesn't flow well and I don't get any sense of the passing of time, and frankly by the end I could care less whether Debbie is found or not. And Vera Miles is a pain in the arse. But then so is Dru. Message was edited by: Bronxgirl48

Well, my aborted viewings of THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE was years ago, as I wasn't into westerns and Ford as I am now.

Like you, Fonda isn't a favorite with me, although I think his greatest performance is in THE GRAPES OF WRATH; where his suspicious, surly character is evoked as much through the distinctivness of his thoughtful, even guarded, body movements as much as it is through intonation and inflection. Interestingly, although as you say Wayne is more of a physical presence, and has his own unique gracefulness, it's the Ford Fonda (and John Carradine) that's poetry in motion for me, their lean frames like silhouettes of expression, artistic compositions in themselves -- they're organically stylized.

Maybe Encore Western will run WAGON MASTER. My favorite line in SWAYR is almost a throwaway: Nathan at the gravesite, whispering to his dead wife, "She's nice" of Dru, who handed him the gift of a plant. Message was edited by: Bronxgirl48

hey-hey, ho-ho, ROCKETSHIP X-M should be the show!

HAHAHAHAHAHA

You're killing me LOL.

"I am Ro-man, from the planet Ro-man" Gutman: "By gad, sir, you ARE a character!"

LOL LOL LOL

"We don't need no stinkin' leeches!"

You are exactly right. Antonioni, Ozu, Phil Tucker....

"Of all the gin joints in all the world, a giant leech has to walk into mine".

THERE you go! Normally you'd never catch me on the street chanting "hey-hey, ho-ho" for any social cause (I'm too darn ELITIST for that, lol) But for wonderful crummy old horror and sci-fi films, I'll do almost anything.

CineMaven is correct, we need some hey-heying and some ho-hoing from you and we WANT IT NOW! I'll practically do it for you: First movie: SINGING IN THE RAIN Second movie: ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES Message was edited by: Bronxgirl48

I'm chawing the tobacco that John Wayne had left over from SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON. No actually I'm on my fifth cup of coffee. My drug of choice.

Whew. Glad that's over. I bet you are too, LOL.

GREAT CHANTING! That's the spirit! EVERYONE -- Come on, SING!! Hey-hey, ho-ho, FUNNY GIRL has got to go! Hey-hey, ho-ho, ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE should be the show!

Yeah, that's him. But you know what? I think you're right -- I'm thinking of THE THING THAT COULDN'T DIE. I think. Message was edited by: Bronxgirl48

You're right about the Franzes. I think my movie has EDUARD in it (the older guy) and Marcel.....Hillaire.

It's so similiar to THE THING THAT WOULDN'T DIE, and it has veteran actors in it. Is the creature in this a pirate? Maybe this is the movie after all. Message was edited by: Bronxgirl48

No, I know it's not THE THING THAT COULDN'T DIE and it's not THE FOUR SKULLS OF JONATHAN DRAKE. You know who I think may be in it? He's an old guy who speaks with a French accent and he's thin and distinguished looking, with gray hair. Could his first name be Marcel? Oh, wait, and I think Arthur, what the heck is his name, the guy in INVADERS FROM MARS, not Arthur Franz, the other Arthur. And they find the head of this pirate, but he hypnotizes everyone who looks at him. I'm not sure what the head wants. Maybe a body, but I think something more. Wait, maybe it IS Arthur Franz. Not the old Arthur Franz, the young Arthur..... Oh, heck. Message was edited by: Bronxgirl48

Let's all chant: Hey-hey, ho-ho, BORN YESTERDAY has got to go! Hey-hey, ho-ho, VOODOO MAN should be the show! (continue singing and fill in the apppropriate movies for each line, while I rest and have some french fries, er, no, I mean, a carrot stick)