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Gershwin:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK_ShoOL2ao
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDsPydW3Y54
Edited by: casablancalover on Feb 4, 2010 1:18 PM
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> {quote:title=Hibi wrote:}{quote}
> LOL. That's putting it mildly. I smell a stinker. They can have it. I wont see it (didnt see the Streisand version either).........
It's for the fan base who loved The Bodyguard when they were tweeners...
It would be sort of cool though if Beyonce could do her *all-kicker _I'm a Single Lady_ . . .
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The day yesterday. It has been discussed here before.
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Bobby Vee:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HM14xsCw-g
Bobby Vee is important;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Vee#The_day_the_music_died
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>Wilma Cameron: *You wrote me that when you got home, you and I were going to be married. If you wrote that once, you wrote it a hundred times. Isn't that true?*
>Homer Parrish: *Yes, but things are different now.*
>Wilma Cameron: *Have you changed your mind?*
>Homer Parrish: *Have I said anything about changing my mind?*
>Wilma Cameron: *No. That's just it. You haven't said anything about anything... I don't know what to think, Homer. All I know is, I was in love with you when you left and I'm in love with you now. Other things may have changed but that hasn't.*
Cathy O'Donnell and Harold Russell, The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
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Buddy Holly:
Big Bopper:
Richie Valens:
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Boy, that brings back memories! Very electronic...
My favorite electronic hit was Telstar by the Tornadoes:
h5. I was an infant then..
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Oh, I know. And where she must look, she will see the hooks in her field of vision.. Hers is the most sensitive expression, like she has thought this through, and she already knows how to respond to him.
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> {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote}
> Sixth grade, ey? Saw a little of "The Best Years Of Our Lives" last night. Is that a perfectly constructed motion picture or WHAT! Everyone was perfect and I especially like the son.
> His line readings were great! The end with Dana and Teresa and the swelling music cuts
> into my heart...every...time.
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> (Congrats on your own son's accomplishment).
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> By the way Debbie, ya should have listened to me. I told you Eddie was a no good louse!!! Sheesh!
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> Now here at the palace...
In Monaco, no less!
I have been busy today, rescheduling my calls for tomorrow and playing here, instead of doing rewrites. Such is Little Debbie... Actually, I am on the Movie Rambles II about said Masterpiece by Wyler/Toland/Sherwood.. I was just discussing Toland's work. I know we will get to Friedhofer's score.. it's played to cue our tears.
Re: The Hurt Locker: I did ask my son how much layering is required in explosions. Quite a bit.
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Thank you.
h5. In my previous post, is it: The composition in the shots are wonderful, or is wonderful? Always have trouble with that. I need loving proofreader -cause I can't afford to pay him.. haha..
Ro,ro- Notice early when they arrive at the Parrish home. Toland POV is through the cab window, further framing the scene. Like a window.
And the reaction of his loved ones when reality of the moment is shown. Mother cringes.
I fear posting too many shots. Toland's work here is a masterpiece. So much of this movie is really in conversation, yet the action has to look natural. As a writer, I really appreciate how much flow and beauty Gregg Toland gives to his shots. He can tell the story better than so many can even imagine.
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Yes, Jack is right. And you will need the kleenex early.
I watch with amazement each time at the photography. Gregg Toland. He frames the scenes with a touch of Americana, not unlike Norman Rockwell. I have written about this before. The first scene, as early light reaches Homer's face as the plane (B-17) floats through brilliant and beautiful cumulus clouds is tear-inspiring for me. The composition in the shots are wonderful.
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Howdy Mr Snarky...
Interesting observations.
When will you become Sineaster?
Edited by: casablancalover on Feb 3, 2010 4:20 PM, who already knows how to throw a back-off pitch, and knows better than to react.
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h4. LUIGI's is the turning point emotionally for Fred, Peggy and me.
Peggy and Fred look like all the world just two people sharing lunch. But it is so much more. It is two souls making a connection; Peggy is drawn to Fred, not so much to Fix him or rescue him, but she does have this almost cosmic attraction of fate. Remember, Peggy works at a hospital -not a nurse- maybe in the office. Just a passing reference in the kitchen that first morning after. She has many opportunities to see many men like Fred. Why Fred? Why anyone? I posted her little slip in Favorite quotes:
*"Maybe all the good ones are married.* -Peggy Stephenson.
She is definitely attracted to Fred, and maybe it is he is filling what she needs, not that she can fill his needs. But she will try to fill his needs, and see that his dreams are met. We can see that in Luigi's. She isn't pushing him with her comments, rather validating his choices and offering encouragement while never alluding to Marie.
I am not certain if Peggy sees Fred as impoverished. I don't think it matters to her what his station in life is now, but it clearly does concern her that Fred does not give up on a dream. Fred may see himself as not getting anywhere, and while he doesn't voice it, we think that maybe he's seeing that Marie is not helping his attitude any.
*"Yeah. You can get crazy ideas right here at home."* -Fred to Peggy.
Love is seeing fulfillment in one another.
Fred declares first. He spontaneously kisses her in the parking lot.
*"That had to happen. If I see you, it will happen again."* -Fred (from memory)
Not a romantic setting at all.
But this isn't about romance. This is about love.
I think your observations of Fred are spot-on.
h5. Remember school and we would have to write themes of Compare and Contrast and how we (at least I) would hate it? And here we are...
Edited by: casablancalover on Feb 3, 2010 12:31 PM
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Sorry for the cut ins, but your post was wonderful, and I had to comment. I deleted The CineMaven remark, not because I don't like it (I love CM too!) but it makes reading confusing sometimes, and I can't tell who's comments I'm reading when there's a multiple reference.
> {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote}
> I LOVE Myrna too... the way she takes the drink out of March's hand ever so subtly, the way she looks up at him all aglow when he has just effectively killed his career in banking with that sublime drunken speech... I like how she listens to Theresa but never says a word as March asks, "How do you KNOW they're unhappy? Are you GOD?" Then she utters that devastating line about how many times she and Al thought that they were through..... crumbling Theresa's resolve to destroy the marriage. Then she just holds her while she cries and cries. Much of Myrna's role in the film is unspoken.... when she does speak, it means so much more.
Myrna has a great face for carrying that off. We can't help but to look at her expression no matter what she's doing. In Mr Blandings... she seems to have a matter of fact style that plays wonderfully against Cary Grant. She lets him do the mugging when they are in the scene together. That's fine collaboration between actors. Comedy is hard.. I wonder how she felt about her approaches between working with Fredric and William Powell?
> and you forgot her achingly sad turn in Lonelyhearts....
> Gladys George - your review was absolutely spot on. That old couple may not be up and comers, but they are good people. She has always been a favorite of mine. Gladys gives me her WHOLE backstory without speaking somehow - a tough early life, married to god knows what kind of awful jerk, only to find Roman a calm port in a storm in her declining years. These two have led a HARD life, not Hollywood hard, but real hardship. Somehow they found each other and gave Fred what they could. She takes care of Derry, so Fred knows he is going to be OK. They don't talk, tell each other their feelings, or say I love you in this family, but the feeling of love and respect for Fred's sacrifice is so palpable in that scene it makes me cry.
I didn't see her automatically as a stepmother, but more of the woman who cares and loves both the Derry men. Couples living together (common-law marriages) were common then in certain social strata.
> Cathy O'Donnell - leaving the door just a little ajar after she kisses Homer good night.....
This is a coda that we see in the bedtime sequence with Homer and his father earlier. Sadly, from a storytelling perspective, I have heard critics say it is too "on the nose" I believe they're wrong.
> Whenever I see this film, I actually do feel for Virginia Mayo's character. From her point of view - Dana comes in and starts bossing her around, and his stubborn pride won't let her work for a living. If they loved one another they could weather the storm, but they don't and there is no way around it. From the minute Fred rings that doorbell at Mayo's apartment, we know, just as Peggy knows, that there is something wrong here. And by the way, the scene with Andrews standing outside the door waiting for her to buzz him in is amazing... a man shouldn't have to wait for his wife to answer the door buzzer.... Theresa Wright looks like a mom leaving her boy at Kindergarten for the first day of school.
I love Virginia Mayo's character too. The gentle kind way Hortense describes her before we see her..
*"..Poor thing works all hours..."* -Hortense really is gracious about it, but we immediately get a bad feeling about the whole situation (good foreshadowing).
> Anyway, back to La Mayo -- she's so delightfully trashy, so inelegant that I give her kudos for portraying the bad guy with so much gusto and good-natured sluttiness. What do you bet she makes a play for Woody, the upstanding young man of good family, while she is enjoying Steve Cochran's charms? And yes, the contrast between Mayo's gorgeous white and glitttered body, and Wright's perfectly taliored, innocent black dress is stunning visually.
Oh, yeah. Marie admits as much, when Peggy and her arrive at the door of the ladies room..
*"Ignore the sign. Go right on in."* -Marie Derry.
I like the contrast in dressing too, and the good girl/bad girl flip of color use...
My favorite little touch of her character is this scene: Sulking on the couch, waiting for Fred to make her dinner, she pulls off her fake eyelashes. It is a reveal: She's either not going to bother looking nice for Fred, or she's self-destructing --probably both.
> And I've always appreciated Mayo getting the title line in the movie - "I've given you the best years of my life, and for WHAT?" The fact that she says it to Andrews just makes the irony of it complete.
*"..You'll find a good job someplace else. There are drugstores everywhere."* - Marie Derry.
Her last line sums up what she really feels for Fred. It is contempt for the man she thought she married, and what he actually is, which is just a normal guy she cannot relate to now. I find it ironic that given the time and space that they met, I am certain they thought they were in love, same interests and they were attracted to each other. But experience has teaching Fred some things, and Marie resists, wanting what was.
> What's amazing is how much we can take from this film and apply it to our lives and relationships now...Al's business quandery is one I can completely relate to, having worked in banking for many years. All the characters are making adjustments between what is expected of them in the world, and what is necessary for them at home. Wyler was a genius. The best movie of our lives? I think it just might be.
I comply with your assessment. So much to learn about ourselves...
Edited by: casablancalover on Feb 3, 2010 11:39 AM
Edited by: casablancalover on Feb 3, 2010 12:30 PM
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Hold on, Jack! I need that job too!
Great Favorite Quote btw from TBYOOL.
Is *Temple Drake* good?
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I really should get back to my work.. but...
JF and Grace Kelly, your observations are right on!
The scene establishing the relationship between Peggy and Fred is pitch perfect for me too. The previous scenes shows Peggy engaging Fred in conversation at Butch's place, but remaining a wise young lady and aloof. Not cold, but aloof.
>*...Why don't you call your wife?* -Peggy Stephenson
It is all very proper. Even as Fred gets drunker, and they must bring him home.
I love how Wyler shows the gentle ways relationships develop. It is one of the themes. These fellas had to depend on each other in times of war, and that continues when they return. The obstacles have shifted, from matters of life and death (the references to atomic energy and the "big one" are intentional) and the importance of the little victories that can help us win the WAR of life.
Fred Derry has his battle made really personal, and true, his is the last to be resolved. Homer Parrish has his fight for everyone to watch and observe. His obstacles are painfully obvious, so his demeanor cannot be like Fred's. Yet, it is a miraculous thing to watch him grow internally as his character is forced to act confident and competent externally. Wilma loves him, and is seeing him as he is, and he is bothered that maybe she will see the diminished Homer and they will break up. So he unconsciencely sabotages her love.
>*Did I say I don't want you?* Homer Parrish.(from memory here)
I don't think he is being deliberate; I think he's just trying to preempt the pain of losing her. He has emotional baggage to deal with, and he has to get through it too. But fear, not love, is ruling him in the movie.
Did we say this is a movie about change? So what do you think of the whole lunch at Luigi's thing?
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h4. casablancalover is ROFL that she and CineMaven are talking over each other to respond to MM!
or is it Debbie Reynolds and Grace Kelly?
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> {quote:title=movieman1957 wrote:}{quote}(in part)
> My life of movies also started at a young age. If was before VCRs. It was before cable. It was setting my alarm to get up at 3:15am to watch the Marx Brothers or John Wayne because I knew it could be six months or more before I might get a chance to see it again.
You are not alone. I was afraid I wouldn't get up, so I would pretend to be asleep until my parents dropped off (which was pretty fast-they had 4 kids!) and then I would sneek into the livingroom, and keep the sound low. The first time seeing The Best Years of Our Lives was when I was in the sixth grade. That movie ran all night! Midnight to 5:30am! I swear! I feel asleep in school the next day.
> I don't go to new movies. I would almost rather stay home than go out if we could watch a movie. Luckily, my other friends like movies, just not as much.
Don't be too quick to judge. The storytelling is a bit different at times, but still engaging.
> My bride is patient with my problem. She will sometimes indulge me and sit with me. She is coming around.
Haven't found a lifemate to indulge me yet. I am hopeful...
> My Netflix queue has about 111 discs. Not all movies but it sure beats cable.
I am falling behind. My queue is at 58.
> But I sleep better knowing most of my friends reside here. I can get support, encouragement and an education.
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> Wait! Is this place becoming an addiction?
There are *Far Worse things* to be addicted to..
Yes, but it is good and comforting to come here an chat with the other addicts..
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I love this! Had no idea, and I live in actually a pretty artistic (I thought) part of the viewing landscape.
How do I tell this story?
I read Alexander Pushkin poetry after I was introduced to the pet dog of a much older friend. He named his Finnish Spitz (adorable dogs, look like a cross between foxes and Spitz) -Pushkin. It was only much later that I learned how utterly romantic this sweet old man was, and then his love for his sweet dog and the poetry made sense. I will save the wonderful story (the friend's) for a Rambles 2 thread, however.
It looks like a fine recommendation, lafitte. I will check later for updates...
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Hum, the Cabin Fever edition.
All my days are strange right now. Winter has six weeks more in my mind, no more. By the time the Academy Awards come up, it'll be just couple of weeks before the Spring snow. I am only half sarcastic; Spring snow can melt faster than anything.. And the air smells of Spring when it happens.
May I brag like a proud mother? My son's sound crew was nominated this year. Editing and mixing.
-casablancalover (Debbie Reynolds)
Edited by: casablancalover on Feb 3, 2010 7:39 AM
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>*We never had any trouble. How many times have I told you I hated you and believed it in my heart? How many times have you said you were sick and tired of me; that we were all washed up? How many times have we had to fall in love all over again?*
Myrna Loy, The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
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Casablancalover walks into the darkened room, and softly calls out:
h4. Jake...?
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It's Dave Davies birthday today. Of course he's Aquarius!
h4. You Really Got Me:
h5. Play it *LOUD*
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