JackFavell
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Oh drat! Now I have to go watch it.
I hope it's available for streaming or on youtube. Everytime I really need to see a movie quick, it's never streamable. -
Yes, mile high homemade buttercream frosting, and I haven't decided on the sprinkles....
Oh, I love that cast, Maven! Elaine Stewart, isn't she the brunette temptress in The Bad and the Beautiful? She's naughty!
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Chris - you should watch *Wild River* sometime. She's just superb in that one, and I think you would like the story, though the movie is a bit flawed. it's still very much worth watching.
I remember that scene in *Gunfight*... I'll have to go back and look at the movie. I never really liked it much, there is something about the movie I don't like. Again, I think it's the tone of it, cold and kind of overblown. But I do remember Jo in that one, one of the highlights for me. Isn't Deforest Kelly in that one? "I'm a doctor, Jim, not a cowboy!"
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Why don't you start with this:
D'oh! I'll never get the cupcakes made now!
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> {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote}Ahhh yes, "The Big Sleep(Over)." That should be fun. Has your little one decided what the itinerary will be...with your help? Are any movies on the menu? You're going to have a bunch of little Tessas and Lisas over your house. Giggling little tiny pre-women; stirring memories of being a little girl. Sounds fun...and just a little tiring with all your preparation.
I think they are going to watch *Balls of Fury*. I've never seen it, but if it's like *Dodgeball*, it's OK. My daughter's best friend has it over at their house and they thought it was a riot. I hope I don't get calls from angry parents.
> Your daughter'll probably want you to disappear (who wants a grown-up around). Maybe you can watch a movie yourself during their get-together.
Yes, she wants me to disappear, so I will be watching Richard Todd tonight. Yay! We don't have a dvd upstairs, so I can't pick and choose my movies, but TCM is always good watching.
> Listen, I think you need to revisit *"...Madame de...".* It'd be cheaper to mail it back than to buy it in the first place....
Gosh, I KNOW I have to revisit it! I really loved it when I watched it the first time. Ophuls is so great! I also need to get *Letter from an Unknown Woman.* I've only seen the very beginning, with Joan lurking and then running upstairs, in one sweeping fluid motion.
> I hope the sleepover is a rousing success!!
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> Just don't show 'em any Kirk Douglas movies and have that reported back to their folks.
No fear of Kirk movies showing up in my house!
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> {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote}*Welllll Jack, Scotchie, Miss G., I guess we're Gable's Gals or...*
> *...And that's pretty much how I get a guy in that position.*
Oh, T! Another big laugh on this bright sunny morning! Thanks for that.
I don' t think I'm any of those four, but I still love Gable in my own quirky way.
I'd say sweet definitely describes butterscotchie....
Eleanor is absolutely brilliant in *Caged.* but lets not compare ourselves to those women.... I hate to think who I'd be in that one.... ewwww!
Is it weird for me to say I LIKE Jo in *East of Eden*? And also *Cool Hand Luke, Wild River, I'll Cry Tomorrow,* and *The Rose Tattoo*. She's like the anti-Mercedes McCambridge to me. McCambridge makes me hate her, even when her characters should have a spark of sympathy to them.... and Jo, well, she makes me understand and like her characters on some level, even when they are hateful human beings. Van Fleet has a great ability to create ambiguous characters, with very human failings. People who made bad choices that made them the way they are. We can all understand that.
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> Hi there Jackaaa*A*aay. So you got out from under that dustmop (hope all is **** 'n Span) to present the Message Board with another fine critique. I like anthology movies myself. It's like getting a bunch of mini-movies for the price of one. But here again lies the difference between us, l'il sis. You're eclectic...naming lofty movies, and my first response reveals my bargain basement tastes: "Awww yeah man, *'Dr. Terror's House of Horrors.' *Whooppeeee!" It was a very undignified jump for joy on my part. When will I ever learn!
HA! You made me laugh hard here! But then I thought, "How can I get myself a copy of *Dr. Terror's House of Horrors?"*
And yes, I still have a bunch of stuff to do to get ready for the big sleepover, but time is loosening up a little now. Plus, I made myself happy by cleaning up all the little piles of stuff that clutter every corner of my house. Or at least, I moved them around.
> I've never seen the movie you described, but I just wanted to tell you it was a very lovely critique; supported by some stunning screen caps. You made me think of that great review you wrote for von Sternberg's *"Shanghai Express."*
Thanks. It helps when I really love a movie - that's when I can't stop thinking about it, and the words come more easily if I've got a semblance of what I want to say in my head already.
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I'm glad I could jog your memory! I know just how you feel! I have such a bad memory, even sometimes for movies I like!
I especially was thinking of this with the mention of *The Earrings of Madame de.....* It's a movie I really loved, but I can't for the life of me bring it up to memory, except in the most simplistic terms. Some movies are not really about anything SOLID (you can't say, "and then this happened" or describe them), and so their effects are a bit ephemeral, we remember their tone, or the way they made us feel, but not necessarily what it was that made us love them , or why. They are all about emotion, which is a much harder thing to write about or to explain. They can be some of the most beautiful and satisfying films to experience, and yet, to get them down in a concrete way is sometimes very difficult.
Or maybe it's just my addled brain.....
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I loved that one, Scottman! I am very fond of guitar, banjo or ukelele in arrangements. He's got a nice strummy feel to his songs, from the few I've heard.
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Awww! How can you play with a doggie or kitty with no fur? I prefer the real ones even if you have to clean up their real life messes.
See you tomorrow... goodnight for now!
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There are some rough patches at the beginning.... Greer is not a very warm character at first and I wasn;t sure it was going to work out in a pleasing way. Plus, Joanie is a pip, as someone told me recently!
I hope you get a nice yacht! No saxophone player, but a millionaire who looks like Gable, not Joe E. Brown.
I'm all in, gals, I have to get to bed so I can get up and get my house spotless tomorrow so my girl can wreck it having a sleepover on Friday. Nighty night! :x :x
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The World Moves On
Which I still haven't seen! Wow, I think I am the one everyone should be calling shiftless! I am very slow, and sometimes I don't even want to see all the movies by a particular person, because then, I'll have nothing to look forward to... it's crazy I know. I'm as stubborn as old Dan.
I think I did see it listed on Netflix recently... and I added it to my queue so at least there is a good chance I'll get to it one of these days.... maybe Friday.
>Dan O'Flaherty (Noel Purcell) stands out from his townfolk not just because of the position he takes and his stubborn old fashionedness, but because he bemoans not just the ways that are gone, but the commonly held feelings that people had which created those ways. It's not enough to have a community, but why you need and value it can make all the difference. He came from a time when everyone really depended on each other for all their laws, customs, favors, conflicts, entertainment...life. The world was moving away from that and on to greater self sufficiency, I guess.
If we get any more progressive or self sufficient, we'll all be living in little holes, by ourselves, with only the warmth of the computer to see and remember.
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Thanks mimi! But I was talking about the pictures in the links that Butterscotchgreer posted.
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Oh wow, that's good! It really makes the title much more interesting!
You put that so well about the lost "recipes".
Because it was not just the recipe that was handed down. The way the recipe was told was also handed down, and the little unwritten tricks to make it better were handed down, and the history of all the cooks before you was handed down too.....and somehow all the generations and all the secrets are still in that recipe when it is told this particular way.
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HA! Oh that's definitely the worst!
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Not at all, you definitely got something out of *The Majesty of the Law* that I never even dreamed of thinking about. Your post showed a much deeper appreciation of what was there.
I was thinking I ought to watch that section again, since there is a lot of nuance that I missed, just getting used to the way they spoke. Their lines came out in a weighted way that makes me think there was more to what they were saying than just a discussion of booze. They seemed to be talking about something deeper than was first apparent. - symbolically, I guess. That's what made me want to delve more into the rest of the movie to see if there was a coded theme.
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*A native bearer*
Oh that's perfect! Hahahaha! And your stuck with lines like "Ungawa... drums mean my tribe restless...."
I was hoping people would chime in with more.
Edited by: JackFavell on Nov 16, 2011 10:20 PM
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Hahaha! Isn't that the truth!
If we're going with Jimmy as Glenn, we have to move songwriter to the other list... cause it doesn't end well for poor Glenn.
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You should. Like a deer in the headlights.
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You must have looked at it to know you wanted to block it!
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Scotchie, I love the photo with Greer! What a rugged face he has! And the one with Loretta (that is Loretta isn't it?) makes you really see the warmth and sparks between them.
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Scotchie, I love that photo you tried to post. I wish I could help figure out why it isn't working.
I'm sure Frank loves it too.
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MissG - Well, I would never have even heard of the movie without you, nor would I have a copy! Nor would I look as closely without your inspiration to guide me. I really just wanted to see what connected the three movies together.
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> {quote:title=FrankGrimes wrote:}{quote}Romanticized Ford? Now this really is torture!
How appropriate for this thread!
> I liked that, as well. They seemed to have a lively nature to their performances.
Lively is right! I can't think of how they could have gotten more out of less.... what great ensemble acting! This is one of those Ford films that feels like there is a lot more to be seen on second or third viewings, even just with little incidental bits of business.
There really was a great sense of timing needed in "A Minute's Wait." Timing is often essential with comedy. It was a very charming story.
I just loved Jimmy O'Dea the little bald conductor, and his romance with the barmaid! oh, and that cute goat.... it was broad humor, but not the sledgehammer type. It was done with great restraint in so many ways. It came out just right to me.
> That was also my favorite story of the three. I loved how it ended up being about the husband and wife. "We should be doing something about this, but... "
Funny how it made them both so happy in the end. I loved the line he had - "I wonder now, Am I as great a fool as I think I am?" This could be taken in two different ways, both are great.
> That's a superb observation. The tone gradually changes during the story. It's a lovely transition.
Here's where tone really matters - the way it was done was so subtle - the overall feel felt lighter and lighter, like a weight lifted off the back, and yet it was all of a piece. I can't think of too many directors who could make that transition so smooth and relaxed, like an upward ramp.... yet it felt all a part of the same story. And it feels like he tossed it off easily!
> I thought they were wonderful. They are elders who turn youthful.
Theirs is the load that is lifted.
> Excellent! You're so right about that. Such people are highly unimportant and useless with reality is the thinking.
And that way of thinking on the Black and Tans part works to the actors advantage in this case. "Just move on and stop that singing!"
> Beautiful! And I love the irony of time that is found in "A Minute's Wait." "No more than a minute!"
Ha ha! To them it isn't any more than a minute.... There is tons of irony in all of these stories, that's probably why I like them.
> The "art of living." Now that is brilliant. I really didn't catch any of this. You are right, all three stories seem to revolve around art. The film is very much a "slice of life." *The stories aren't as important as the people. And that's how I feel life should be.*
That's definitely the moral of the three films. People should come first. Are they above the law? or beyond time? Maybe not, but both time and the law should serve people, not the other way around.
There was a line right at the beginning of the first story that caught my ear..... one of them, the old man probably, talked about the "arts" disappearing, describing the poteen making and such as an art... so I didn't come up with it at all, the old man did!
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h2. _Top Ten Jobs I'd Least Like To Have in the Movies:_
10. Any job that could be done by *Edgar Kennedy* or *Donald MacBride* - these jobs just aren't worth the aggravation. An automatic heart attack.
9. *Flat Foot/Cop on the Beat* - At best, you are played by Barton MacLane....at worst, Emile Meyer. You have aching dogs all the time and aren't too bright. You will never move up the chain of command.
8. *Banker* - might as well be called Mr. Tightwad or Miser.
7. *Psychiatrist* - you are either the most evil person on the face of the earth, or you are bonkers. If you are played by Tom Conway, you will die. If you are in a modern movie, the crazy asylum inmates will rebel and attack you!
6. *Professional Musician* - you will lose your eyesight, or your hands will be replaced with a murderers'.
5. *Archaeologist* - you just unleashed a thousand year old curse!
4. *Nightclub Owner* - You may have all the girls, money, and liquor you can consume, but you are probably going to be shot in the back in your office one night by a rival or a scorned lover. If you survive, you will go to prison for larceny or money laundering.
3. *Galley Slave* - I don't think I have to explain this one.
2. *Truck Driver* - Dude, you are going over a cliff, there's no doubt about it.
1. *Rookie Soldier* - You're a goner.
h2. _Top Ten Jobs I'd Love to Have in the Movies:_
10. *Fashion Designer* - a wardrobe to die for, classy parties, a rather confusing love life and no need to watch your waistline like those skinny fashion models.
9. *Newspaper Reporter* - Snappy patter and sensible suits! You hang out with the boys.
8. *Broadway Star* - this one is a two edged sword, you become an overnight sensation, with your pick of handsome men, but you could also contract a fatal disease or lose that career because you let it go to your head.
I think it's worth it!
7. *Writer* - you get all the best lines! And you definitely are en route for a best seller, maybe more than one. Oh! but wait, you could end up washed up dead in a swimming pool, full of bullets and self loathing.... can I take this one back?
6. *Jewel Thief/Spy* - Yeah! you have the most exciting life, which helps you to afford that villa or yacht everyone likes to visit.
5. *Songwriter* - The music goes around and around, and it comes out here - presto! Hey, Ma! I wrote a concerto in 25 seconds of screen time!
4. *Horse Farm Owner* - This is the life! Acres of rolling green pastures in the rich Virginia countryside, a beautiful Hollywood designed farmhouse, and a wardrobe of jodhpurs and jackets.
3. *Princess* - all the heartache you may experience is worth it! You live in a castle! You have servants to do your every bidding, and there is a Prince Charming out there somewhere, even if he's a commoner, he could look like Gregory Peck!
2.*Pool Boy/Golf - Tennis Pro/ Resort Worker* - I don't have to explain this one do I?
1. *International Playboy* - This is the best of all possible worlds! You have a fabulous life, drinking, dancing and clubbing. Sleep late. Granted, you have the occasional hangover, but that's OK. With just a little soul searching, you also get the girl! If you are the second lead, you had a nice time while it lasted and are good natured.
.Edited by: JackFavell on Nov 16, 2011 6:43 PM
I hope it's available for streaming or on youtube. Everytime I really need to see a movie quick, it's never streamable.
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I agree Maven, posting that is the buttercream frosting on top of the cupcake. Thanks! :x