casablancalover
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There are many good sources of German history you can study, The latest I've read is Richard Evans. The Nazis came into power by controlling the reaction to the upheaval in the ravaged nation and through elections and the Courts. Also, having lost the First World War put the population's arms in question already. I am not certain there was a Second Amendment in Germany. The victors in WWI were pretty sore.
The knock at the door late at night came after they were the ruling party. Before that, there were brown shirts, but they picked on the helpless and marginalized, already without protection. Nazis weren't stupid; if there was a bully in the neighborhood with a shotgun, they recruited him for their party. The rise of Nazi Germany isn't one of takeover, but a escalating exercise of fear and willful ignorance on the will of their electorate. It was a desperate country in the twenties and thirties seeking it's strength, by any means possible, to recover from economic collapse. A sobering lesson for any nation fearing monetary crises.
Edited by: casablancalover on Sep 28, 2011 12:40 AM
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>*Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.*
Frank Morgan
The Wizard of Oz
(1939)
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Oh good, another excuse to play my favorite Paul McCartney song.
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h4. And a slap on the tramp for you!
Sorry, just couldn't resist.
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>*Of course a situation like that does tempt amateurs, but, well, you know, they can't stay the course like a professional.*
Sir Carol Reed
The Third Man
(1949)
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Hahahahahahahahahaahaha. . .
We agree to disagree. What is you favorite number? Can you post a youtube of it? I have never gotten through the first 20 minutes, so hopefully it's from something later in the movie
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Thanks. And like so many of us here, secret friends from each other. Thank you for posting it. I find it so unusual for McCartney to have techno-jazz in his song list, and yet, it does have that Beatle feel. What surprises are found.
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I couldn't watch it. It was too painful. To think of all the great scripts out there, and they made this!
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h4. Four Weddings and a Funeral
They are all good, with fourth wedding of Charles and Deirdre being the best I've seen, because it doesn't come off! My favorite for funniest.Though the wedding in The Princess Bride is a close second..
Honorable mention goes to the ending of My Man Godfrey
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>*A person doesn't change just because you find out more.*
Valli
The Third Man
(1949)
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Do you think, possibly, Wyler's WW2 experiences may have open his visual field in storytelling? Have you seen the doc The Memphis Belle ? He uses the action wide screen very well in the fifties, and I wonder if it could be because when the action was so real as the doc in WW2, he could have been frustrated by the scope of the bombers with their formations and his cameras limitations. Just a thought..
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>*Why, everybody in Mandrake Falls is pixilated, except us.*
Margaret Seddon, Margaret McWade
Mr Deeds Goes to Town
(1936)
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Sort of the autumn theme I like:
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The Silverspot Cinema in Naples has a wine bar, but it is for the incredibly cushy lounge chair seating that draws me in.
Beer goes with popcorn, but wine always needs something a little more substantial to me. Bruschetta- no, too messy; maybe cheese and some bread -nothing too noisy. That's why popcorn has been the choice, it's quiet..
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Richard Cheese with Gene Kelly:
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It's *Talk Like a Pirate Day* on September 19th.. My son's birthday is the same day. He likes to celebrate it. I will try to find a good line for that day.
http://www.talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html
h5. (Chagrined) Yes, he will be 29 years old and hasn't lost his sense of humor, obviously.
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So, the "nuff said" was just your closure of your statement? I was mistaken. It read like an opinion, with the closure being your statement stands as fact and not to be addressed otherwise. I am not sure why you think you are missing skin.
Many state an opinion hoping for agreement; it will not always be the case. But this is a message board and you will expect to find messages in a conversational tone; not everyone in agreement. Just throw it out there and take your chances.
Your skin looks fine. You can get up, keep playing ball, and know that even if someone here is on the other team, don't take it personally.
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*In conclusion, film is a business, but it is also an art. Every screenwriter, director and producer starts with a blank canvas. It's not "paint by number"! There is a lot of creativity involved. Anytime you create, you run risks. It was always a good business for risk takers.*
Yes, and possibly no. The franchise movies always seemed to me like "paint by number". Men In Black 3 may come next summer. But I believe it is true that film is a good business for risk takers. A good story is a good story, no matter if it's LA Confidential or La Dolce Vita. It is no different if the subject is homelessness or underemployment.
Edited by: casablancalover on Sep 12, 2011 10:42 PM
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h4. Very brief political note: Hollywood will probably not touch a topic like our modern depression in the making because most of the industry is hopelessly devoted to the current occupant of 1700 Pennsylvania Avenue. Nuff said on that.
Nuff said? No, you don't get away with sniping from a roof top.
Anyway, your logic doesn't follow. Yeah, by that token, you would think FDR caused the Great Depression in the 1930s. Maybe someone can check, but did it not deepen in '33 through '35? I can tell you when the housing bubble burst for our current state, but it might burst your bubble too. The economy runs independent of the government in charge; unless you want to discuss details of regulation and corporate policies and trade policies. But I don't want to go all wonkish on you; I would rather discuss the socio-economic climate.
And stories about the unemployed and underemployed and basing movies about their plight would undermine the current resident? Is that your logic?
That dog won't hunt; Hollywood had far greater influence in the public consciousness in the 1930s and they didn't shy away from telling it like it was then. Neither did the writers at the time. And yet, look who was re-elected in 1936.
Ben Mankiewicz, Lindbergh and TRUTH
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A population with pistols and rifles would have a problem with a Panzer division. I think I have seen a movie like that. A brave man shooting out his window. Next, a quick cut to the gently turning turret on a Tiger tank. Gone is the man with the gun and the whole side of the building.
When you've read a little more about the actual fighting going on, we'll discuss it. Now it sounds you are in deep ideological mode.