darkblue
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I hate dumping on a movie that others have great love for, so I'm not gonna say much about 'No Country' here. I'm not saying it's a terrible movie, mind you - just not the accomplished one it's reputed to be (in my opinion). The fact that I got pretty bored trying to watch it the second time was the tip off (and even the first time, when I wasn't bored, it had that groan-worthy scene - among a few - where the cop handcuffed the monster with his hands in front and then sat down with his back to him - sheesh, how stupid do the Coens think we are?)
Okay that's enough. Like everyone, the first time I watched it, it was pretty compelling. After that, not so much.
I do usually love the Coens' films, though. 'The Man Who Wasn't There' (2001) is a particular favorite with me.
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That's so weird! I was on a little smokey & the miracles kick last night - reading his AMG biography and album reviews. And then I come in here just now and there they are!
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ps: Re the cat power song: Looks like she decided to completely invert the Stones' version of "Satisfaction", and take it 180 degrees, from a fast, hard-rocking track that will wake you up, to a, as you say, "hynotizing", languid ballad that will put you to sleep. Not bad as such, though.
I don't think I'd ever want to see anyone try to do it with less energy than that.
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Saturday, November 21
1:45 p.m. Cat Ballou (1965). Very funny Jane Fonda western with great musical accompaniment by Nat King Cole and Stubby Kaye.
First movie I ever saw of Jane's. Loved it, loved her.
I also really liked seeing Dwayne Hickman, who'd I'd really enjoyed watching as "Dobie Gillis" (one of my favorite "classic" shows).
But, of course, it's Lee Marvin who benefitted most from the movie. He, along with Cole and Kaye are what make the movie so memorable.
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An example of something that's great about TCM occurred at 5:30 a.m. Thursday. They showed a movie that was titled 'Blood Kin' (1970) - although the title was originally 'Last of the Mobile Hot Shots'.
Same movie, though.
It's not the movie specifically that rates the term "great", of course - it's the fact that TCM programmers showed us this long-forgotten obscurity. I love when they do that! Those little known films that have virtually disappeared from tv are like treasure to me.
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It's still in print ( I Think) & is a very entertaining read.
Not surprising. I found Goldman to be a terrific novelist in the 60's.
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Hmmmm...then you better have that checked out by your doctor, ol' buddy.
(...I hear that kind'a thing can be a real..ahem.."dill"-y to cure if left untreated)
That's it. I'm out.
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Now THAT was exactly what I was thinkin' here!
(...way to use the "ol' noodle", dude!)
More of a pickle than a noodle, but thanks.
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Then do me a favor here, will ya dark? Once those British "birds" show up, can you PLEASE do something about that incessant giggling of theirs?!
Maybe I can find something to busy their mouths with.
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Didn't Jerry Lewis launch a law suit over this?
Heard he hadn't been that mad since Sammy Petrillo!
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But then again, I don't think Gilligan, The Skipper, The Millionaire and his Wife, The Movie Star, and "All The Rest"(depending of course upon the season broadcast date) ever had a motor vehicle on that little island in which to perform that function.
Really? I coulda swore someone told me they made one outta coconuts.
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I notice that you're wearing a hat in your avatar photo. You obviously have pigeons in mind.
Pigeon sisters, actually. Me and Felix and Oscar are going up there later, but Felix will probably leave early.
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I thought pigeons were just about everywhere.
They are - and we have a deal, dammit! They're supposed to get out of the way, while we look the other way on statue defacation.
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Bob Hope should have made a film, MY FAVORITE NAZI, to complete the trilogy.
Did they ever run across any Nazi's on Gilligan's Island?
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Wonder where this was filmed?
I find it disorienting driving on the "wrong" side of the road like that.
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That would have been a great way to end that sitcom's series, but apparently you have dreamt that up somewhere along the way, CG...
I enjoyed reading that article, Dargs. Far more than I ever enjoyed watching that insipid show - which I think amounts to about a third of an episode over the course of 3 total viewings.
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Dyanne Thorne in 'Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SS' (1975)
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Do these pants make my *** look big?
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Peter O'Toole (Night of the Generals - 1967)
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Something else to remember is that the stars you mentioned mostly weren't recognized immediately as stars, but because contract players usually appeared in a new film every few months it was easier to find a following. Now it's likely to be a year between films.
I watch shows like Conan and (when he was on) Letterman every night.
I've noticed that TV is creating much bigger stars - judging by audience reaction - than most movies do today. Your noting of old stars getting that way from the recognition of being in movies more constantly seems to have some connectivity here.
I've seen stars from series like 'The Walking Dead', 'Breaking Bad', 'Dexter', Orange is the New Black' - really, too many to mention here - get huge reactions from audiences - the kind of reactions that used to be reserved for movie stars.
Just a thought.
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Logan's Run was all about Richard Jordan and Michael York for me, lol.
Richard Jordan's death scene was real believable, wasn't it.
Apparently he died from being tired.
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Jenny Agutter.
'Nuff said.
I don't get that at all. She was also in 'An American Werewolf in Lomdon', right?
Totally average-looking "babe". Nothing special.
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darkblue--Because "Logan's Run (1975) Won an Oscar for Best Visual Effects, and was nominated for Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction. Pretty slim reasoning, as such--but this is TCM's nod to science fiction lovers, at a guess. JMO.
Unbelievable what could win those prizes back then.
Bad, bad movie. Stinkeroo.
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I can't believe TCM is running that amateurish piece of garbage 'Logan's Run' again.
What the hell, TCM? Why do you run that god-awful thing so bleeding often? And during Oscar month??
Ridiculous.
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