Bronxgirl48
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Glad everyone is safe and sound! Even though blizzards are no fun, I'd still take them over hurricanes. At least with all that heavy snow, one can hunker down, light a fire, snuggle with loved ones, settle down with a good book and in general nest cozily while riding out the storm. When there's a power outage down here due to the 'canes, we squirm and sweat in our tiny condos, the only company being mold, mildew, bugs, lizards, snakes, alligators, and unidentifiable shrieks in the humid, moist, fetid night.
Thanks, Frank. Rankin (wonderfully apt name) doesn't smoke a pipe, though it would have been easy enough to give him one as a prop to telegraph "professor".
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I always enjoy Steve Hayes. Here he reviews THE STRANGER, lol:
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Stay safe, Jackie, Goddess, Frank, and everyone in the impact area for Nemo. Jim Cantore already has his yardstick out.
Fascinating discussion on THE STRANGER -- must revisit it soon. I've always thought it was "lesser" Welles, but some of you have given me new food for thought. I remember Eddie's pipe as some sort of motif throughout, almost like a talisman against the dark forces. Loretta's wedding dress was (you'll excuse the expression) to die for. She looked like a sacrificial maiden. I've always noted the similiarity with SHADOW OF A DOUBT as well as the vampire analogy.
Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Feb 8, 2013 10:00 PM
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To make my doctor happy, I got a flu shot for the very first time two months ago. Since I'm probably not going to take the statins he will no doubt recommend when I see him in February, the flu shot was the least I could do, lol.
You, Sans and Cap all need a dose of Yakov's Golden Elixir.
Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Jan 23, 2013 1:13 PM
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I enjoyed Stan and Ollie speaking Spanish and French, especially the philosophically Gallic way Ollie deals at one point with Stan's imbecility: "C'est la vie!"
I feel we should ban shotguns for Laurel & Hardy wives.
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> oved marble mouth's accent, lol! and the way he says "Hana-Ogi" was to me, one of the funniest things. he was amusing playing a basically simple man who really had never in his life reflected on things like race or wider implications for personal actions. it's why it's my favorite Brando movie, i find him very sincere and not as messy-complicated as he often is.>
You know, I think this is my favorite Brando movie too, Miss G., and for exactly the reasons you state.
I even like Red Buttons, lol.
As for Capri, people keep telling me it's overrun with Mcilhenny types. ("Look, Lloyd, the Blue Grotto! Isn't it marvelous!" -- Lloyd: "Give me the Carlsbad Caverns!")
Is anyone familiar with the site Virtual Pike? ("VPike" is all you need to click in) Put in any address and you can see your long-lost family home and street (I just took a trip down memory lane to The Bronx. Would you believe that our Chinese restaurant on Kingsbridge Road is still there AFTER 40 years? I wept with joy) I also just recently visited the entire city of Sorrento (down every lane!) and La Croisette in Cannes.
Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Jan 19, 2013 7:00 PM
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Ro, va bene? Did you get a flu shot this year?
I'm really fascinated by this in-depth discussion of MILDRED PIERCE. As I say, I do feel very sorry for Bert, and think he's been treated unfairly by Mildred, who, despite her business sense, has the mind of a child (even Veda tells her, when Mildred expresses shock over Veda's venality regarding Ted, to "Grow up!", an interesting mother-daughter reversal, to say the least) and is incapable of being supportive of her husband when he's going through job instability. Bert's had bad luck but I never felt he was unreliable. Do we know how long he's been looking for work? Bert's not some lazy bum. But Mildred is impatient, and Bert feels betrayed.
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Yeah, I'm obsessed with Italian street urchins and try to avoid these bambinos whenever I can, but get confused sometimes with where they are -- IT STARTED IN NAPLES and/or HOUSEBOAT. I've seen bits and pieces of NAPLES but never the whole movie; at least, I think so. (my memory these days just cannot be trusted apparently)
I've stayed away from A COUNTESS FROM HONG KONG, and have a difficult time putting "funny" and Marlon in the same sentence. I thought he was very authentically "Southern" (not just the accent, but "attitudes") in SAYONARA but could hardly understand what the heck he was saying! That famous Method mumble was never so pronounced. I kept wondering how Hana-Ogi could figure it all out.
Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Jan 14, 2013 4:16 PM
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Goddess, is IT STARTED IN NAPLES the one with the urchin?
I wouldn't mind with Clark, Sophia, and Capri.
I love this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lr-6ySAnHc&NR=1&feature=fvwp
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Whew, Lynn!! I feel better!! (and Rod called all the way from New York!!) What a guy...what a MAN.
My Rudy! I'll take the Marrakesh Express. (but I can do without the charming cobras in the square)
Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Jan 12, 2013 11:01 PM
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> found one of my favorite "off beat" movies on line, and if you haven't seen it I'd love to know what you think of it. It's The Man Who Haunted Himself with Roger Moore, and is based on the same story as the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode, "The Case of Mr. Pelham" (which starred Tom Ewell). I think it's one of the best things Moore ever did outside 007 (I mean actually has a role he can sink his teeth into):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z7PJCFGBBw&feature=g-high-a&list=PLFAF3B1A4FD87D7EE>
Goddess, I loved this! A little gem! Very eerie. Roger is excellent, and I have to say he really creeped me out! I was on the edge of my seat from start to finish. I was trying to figure out just where his second self came from, and didn't connect the arrival of the doppleganger with incidents that occurred immediately after the crash. Taut and nightmarish. Haunting overall. The psychiatrist reminded me of Dr. Strangelove, really weird, lol.
Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Jan 12, 2013 10:52 PM
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Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Jan 12, 2013 12:33 AM
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Oh, no, Lynn! I forgot January 11th was Rod's birthday! (it's so much fun growing old, lol. I think I even forgot Rudy's on May 6th (or just realized it at the very last moment) -- that's how far gone I am...
Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Jan 12, 2013 12:17 AM
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I love Jennifer's Anouk Aimee, lol.
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I don't think many people are familiar with I VITELLONI, but they should be, right, king? I'm uploading this under-the-radar Fellini. There are no English subtitles but anyone with limited Italian, like myself, can follow along beautifully.
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I do feel Fellini can be, like Hitchcock, a fairly sympathetic interpreter of the female psyche -- in LA STRADA, NIGHTS OF CABIRIA, also our film, but he does go over the top stylistically in JOTS lol. Guilietta was supposed to be the ugly duckling in her family, and had everyone telling her, most notably her beautiful but cold mother, that appearances were everything. So it made sense to me that she didn't look too chic, lol. Juliet was trapped inside her little "fairy-tale" cottage in the woods, and the real magic for me happened when she finally stepped out of that garish shallow world to embrace her true self.
I highly recommend I VITELLONI -- it's sort of the anti-AMACORD. One of his best early films.
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Naturally I was watching JULIET OF THE SPIRITS along with you this evening. I saw it only once years ago and decided it was one of my favorite Fellinis, but now not so sure. (those honors go to AMACORD and LA DOLCE VITA, respectively) I don't know, I love the ending (the tall trees, and what they symbolize) but it's an exhausting two and a half hours of push-push-push surrealism, colorful though it is, before poor little Guilietta finally allows herself to break free.
I can see a new reality/competition show on the horizon: The Snooty Wars: Connecticut or Boca? (they're probably equally divided, lol)
Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Jan 7, 2013 11:50 PM
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I agree with you, Jackie! I came to South Florida (less neighborly than North Florida) after a long time in down-to-earth Chicago, and believe me, up until only a few years ago, I missed the four seasons and friendly attitudes of the Midwest. Then, all of a sudden, the Mediterranean started to seep into my soul....and now I'm constantly yearning for the sun. It's still hard for me to believe!
Boca Raton has always been notoriously snooty, but I have to admit there's an aspect to it I enjoy, lol. How's that for true confessions?
Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Jan 7, 2013 11:57 PM
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Jackie, thank your lucky stars you don't live in Florida. Oh, sure, it's (almost) paradise here during the winter (and I can pretend I live on the French Riviera, lol) but try making any fashion statements in virtually year-round humidity. It drives me crazy! I try to convince myself that I can be eternally chic in a St. Tropez kind of way, but then yearn desperately for outerwear.
I love Sandra's clothes in HOBBS too, especially the Brigitte Bardot look with the teased hair and black tights she sports getting off the plane from Paris.
Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Jan 7, 2013 7:21 PM
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Hey, molo! I think Jimmy's Mr. Hobbs would find something to complain about even on the French Riviera, lol. ("Dontcha just HATE the way we're ignored by waiters when those fancy movie stars come waltzing into Cannes?")
I think he and Maureen have great chemistry together in HOBBS -- not surprised they reunited for THE RARE BREED a few years later. (I don't remember that one very well however) I love when she mimics him. The scenes with the eccentric Turners, John McGiver and Marie Wilson, are hilarious. And there are unexpectedly poignant moments when Stewart takes son Michael Burns out on a boat. The father-son bonding is very touching, and the two actors hit all the right notes.
TAKE HER, SHE'S MINE is even worse then I remember, lol. "The brown or the black bag?" Audrey Meadows keeps asking Stewart whenever a new missive-from-abroad sent by daughter Sandra gives Jimmy spasms of Freudian anxiety, and he's just got to get on a plane for Paris and find out if Dee is walking the streets and/or about to give birth.
I didn't catch DANCE WITH ME, HENRY this time around, but have seen bits and pieces over the years, never the whole movie. I always felt it was going to be a bit of chore seeing it all the way through.
Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Jan 7, 2013 7:23 PM
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Unfortunately TCM is not showing DEAR BRIGITTE this evening to complete the Stewart Stroke Screech Trilogy.
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Tonight don't miss the dark side of Jimmy Stewart in two of his '60's comedies, MR. HOBBS TAKES A VACATION, and TAKE HER, SHE'S MINE.
I'll dredge this up:
http://forums.tcm.com/thread.jspa?threadID=124082&start=90&tstart=0
Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Jan 6, 2013 7:25 PM
A Walk on the Noir Side
in Film Noir--Gangster
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Bon soir, Goddess! So glad you and the Baron are okay! Yes, city snow is charming and romantic for about ten minutes, then becomes utterly unbearable and you think Spring will never come.
I'm going to watch THE STRANGER in a few days and see if Wilson's pipe-as-talisman is really as I remember it, or whether I've just been lost in dreamland all these years. And I wonder if Loretta, with her fashion sense, had final say in the choice of Mary's wedding gown. Did Young also know how ethereally appropriate it really was?
Are there any Rod Taylor types in that Outback Wrangler show, lol? I have a tiny lizard near my place who never runs away when I stop to say hello, but looks up at me with his sweet little face and beady eyes as though mesmerized.
Mom is not happy.