ChiO
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The initial post doesn't suggest limiting selections to American movies, so I haven't.
I won't opine on the [best] , but here are my [favorites] :
1910-19: *Birth of a Nation*
1920-29: *Passion of Joan of Arc*
1930-39: *M*
1940-49: *Citizen Kane*
1950-59: *Tokyo Story*
1960-69: *Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb*
1970-79: *The Godfather*
1980-89: *Love Streams*
1990-99: *Dead Man*
2000-07: *A.I: Artificial Intelligence*
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To paraphrase [Cinemaven] , "(I really want to say Dustin Hoffman in "Tootsie" but I don't want to be stoned, dissed, lambasted, tarred and feathered or IGNORED.)"
Rene Falconetti as Joan in *Passion of Joan of Arc*
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[Arturo] -- what is the other DVD release?[i/]
*With a Song in My Heart*
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Dave Kehr reviewed two new Susan Hayward DVD releases today in the NY Times. Not only does he capture the attraction of Hayward, he name-checks a favorite actor of mine.
No matter how low her character falls ? and ?I?ll Cry Tomorrow? goes so far as to imagine her having a one-night stand with Timothy Carey, the great, mad character actor of many of Stanley Kubrick?s films ? she remains the center of her own private universe, the brightest figure in a gray landscape. Many other actresses have gone on to play invalids and alcoholics and win armloads of Oscars for their efforts, but few if any have done it with Hayward?s panache. Agony was her business, and she knew it inside out.[i/]
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Grace Kelly
Spanky *or* Alfalfa?
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Let's start a new channel -- TMM: Turner Mediocre Movies. Then nobody would be satisfied.
Discuss.
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Dear [MissG] and [FGrimes] -- I have now finally finished "Print the Legend". Of particular interest near the end was an interview of John Ford by Bernard Tavernier in 1966. In response to Tavernier's question of who his favorite directors were: Leo McCarey, Frank Capra, Raoul Walsh, Tay Garnett, Henry King and...
*I like Sammy Fuller, too; he puts a little too much violence in his films, but unlike many others he doesn't do it for base commercial reasons -- he is an upright, honest guy.*
If my hair were wavy & I smoked cigars, I'd pass as his twin.
To begin my serious delving into Ford, I rented *The Fugitive* last night. I had no idea that in 1948 Harrison Fo...or, it that the wrong Ford movie?
And, Mr. Grimes, did I see in the "Classic TV" thread that Kristy McNichol is another of your many obsessions? If so, Criterion is releasing *White Dog* in 2008. Start saving now. *Family* it ain't.
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Paul Muni
Howard Hawks *or* Raoul Walsh?
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1930's -- Sophia Loren (she musta been a beautiful baby)
1940's -- Sophia Loren (ditto the teen years)
1950's -- Sophia Loren
The pattern contines to today.
A beautiful actress that I haven't seen mentioned -- Julie Christie.
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I guess there's no confusing MM with Dale Evans.
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[CineMaven] -- *But he just never had a strong persona for me.*
I, too, have seen few of his movies, but it seems like I've always known of him. Was his picture in alot of photoframes at Woolworth's in the '50's? What little I have seen makes me think there's no there there. Love *The Big Combo* , but others probably could have filled the role as well. Then there's *Passion* -- I was psyched for a Dwan western with Wilde, Raymond Burr, Yvonne DeCarlo (in two roles!), Lon Chaney, Jr., an uncredited Clayton Moore, and John Alton cinematography. Blah. Then a friend gave me a copy of *Hot Blood* -- it looked like it would turn me around on him, but then it started pixilating until it was unwatchable. So Cornel is doomed in my house...thusfar
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*Wisconsin is, as everyone knows, on the Cheesed Coast.*
Some may think that, but it's actually *Wurst by Bratwurst* .
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No *Batman Dracula* .
Here's the remaining schedule (through Nov. 22):
My Hustler
Beauty #2
Bike Boy
The Life of Juanita Castro
Vinyl
Kitchen
The Nude Restaurant
****
Harlot
Bufferin
Mrs. Warhol
Screen Test #1
Screen Test #2
I, A Man
Recommendations?
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*(sob) How's the movie festival going?*
It's on Otto-matic. Last night was a big soiree for Facet's start of the Warhol fest. May go tonight for the 11:30pm showing of the Velvet Underground. Love that John Cale.
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[F-Crimes] -- *What's odd about Forty Guns to me is how Barbara acts at the end of the film. It doesn't seem like something a Barbara character would do. But I guess she really wanted Griff that bad.*
I think we're thinking the same thing. Sure, she acts all gushy to get Griff, which does seem out of character, but...you just [know] that whip will come out later.
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My favorite Garfield performance was not in a "John Garfield" movie: *Gentleman's Agreement* . To me, he was far and away the best part of the movie.
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*I swear I saw Elvis in K-Mart looking at shag carpeting!*
Don't believe it. This is a hoax. Elvis is dead.
You saw Andy Kaufman.
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Huntz Hall
Ray Dennis Steckler (aka Cash Flagg) [or] Mike Kannon?
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*Ci ? soltanto un padrone che tutto altrimenti ? i suoi apprendisti.*
Oh, yeah? Well, Gallia in tres partes divisio est.
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*A high-ridin' woman with a whip.*
There's nothing like a sweet love song to get a movie started. Yup, he is the f---ing "F" director. He wouldda had that Wayne guy cowering (but I suppose the other "F" director did, too), but not Stanwyck, the toughest hombre of them all.
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*"Never be the innocent bystander. That's the guy that always gets hurt."*
Few better lines in any movie.
*By the way, I don't know Wilmington.*
He was a film critic for the LA Times, then came to the Chicago Tribune to replace Dave Kehr, who had come from the Chicago Reader (the Chicago attempt at a Village Voice) to replace Gene Siskel and left the Trib for the NY Times (or was it a different NY paper? He's at the Times now.). And Kehr's replacement at the Reader? Jonathan Rosenbaum. Follow that? Wilmington has no books to my knowledge. He falls somewhere between Rosenbaum and Ebert (As an amateur shrink, I'd say he aspires to Rosenbaum's intellectualism and Ebert's popularity. But don't we all.). And, much like Kehr at the Times, he's now pretty much limited to writing about new releases on DVD of "classic" films and art house screenings.
*The "Whirlpool" track is by Miss G's favorite, Richard Schickel.*
Boy, did they diss him. Either Wilmington or Hirsch said that, not only did Schickel support the blacklist, he wishes it were still in effect. That came up in the context of Hirsch's book. He said that the only negative review was by Schickel and that he found it ironic that an editor would assign a book about a blacklist fighter to a blacklist supporter.
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Film noir: Film noir is not a genre, but an attitude and approach to the material, which is often based on gangster or mystery genre elements. So, with film noir, I can often get one or both of those genres.
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Ooooh -- one of my favorites. Isn't Sergio Leone the Italian translation of John F---ing Ford?
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"I wanted a sympathetic heavy, a psycho with charm, manners, and the balls to disturb audiences. Zanuck and Adler went for him like a bullet. Adler called him up on the phone, Bob said 'Yes,' and we did the picture right after that." -- Samuel Fuller, on *House of Bamboo*
What is the Best Film From Each Decade???
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*Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz* (aka *Z XVII* ) was the 16th sequel to *Z* (1969). I'm still awaiting *Mmmm* .