misswonderly3
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I've heard that there was serious talk at one time of a film version of a J.D. Salinger story which would have had Jane Fonda in the lead role. Of course, Salinger wouldn't co-operate...
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> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote}
> Wasn't that concept originated with, e.g., GRAND HOTEL, WEEKEND AT THE WALFORF, TALES OF MANHATTAN, and SEPARATE TABLES?
Yes, I'd say all of the above. Guess they were doing it long before Altman came along (of course, Robert Altman had a unique directing style...)
MFF, I'd say *Crash* (the second one) and *Grand Canyon* do fall into that category too. Personally, I really like that type of film; of course, it has to be well-done or it can just end up being chaotic and messy. But I think all the ones listed here, both classic and newer, "work".
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Greta Garbo !
Greta Garbo !
The same mystique
If her name had been "Margo" ?
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Maybe we should run with this...what are some noirish women's names? (besides "Cathy", which actually isn't very noirish. Jane Greer is what made her noirish.)
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JOEL McCREA !
JOEL McCREA !
24/7, for 31 day (s) !
well, that might be a bit much even for the most ardent JOEL McCREA ! fans. Should I go back to haikus?
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> What a fun thread! At the moment I can't really add to it. In reading the responses I find that I changed my mind a lot about what my answers would be. As far as Fred & Ginger go I think the dance number I liked best was "Dancing in the Dark," but then again, maybe not.
clearskies, I too love that number, Dancing in the Dark. It's flawless dancing to a wonderful moody song, music by Arthur Schwartz and lyrics by Howard Dietz. Fred and his partner really get across a bittersweet mood, the kind of yearning feeling that some of his best "quieter" dances were all about (like Never Gonna Dance in *Swingtime*.)
I hope you don't mind if I respectfully mention that Fred's partner in Dancing in the Dark was actually Cyd Charisse, the number being from *Band Wagon* (it's very easy to get some of Fred's numbers mixed up, I know, he made so many...)
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Hey, MFF, I agree too. We agree on something !
Both Anderson and Altman liked to make films involving several different stories with different characters, which somehow connect. I like that.
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Well, I don't know how you found this out, but the fact is that I use a large zucchini as a tennis racquet. It's a little awkward, and often the racket breaks, but I sure stand out in the tennis court.
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I'm concerned that I may have derailed this thread a bit. A lot, maybe. So to return to Ray Milland: does anyone know if TCM has scheduled *The Big Clock* for Ray's month?
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> I don't know how you can say that a particular movie is better than a particular book, or vice versa. That's almost like saying that you like tennis better than zucchini.........Book to book, or movie to movie, comparisons seem to be more productive.
But people compare the film to the book all the time. There's even been at least one thread about it. I think it's inevitable that, if one has read a book that later is made into a movie, one will compare the two. Of course they are different mediums to tell a story, different art forms, but it's only natural, if one has read and loved a book, to think of the book when watching the film and assess how similar or dissimilar the two are -keeping in mind that they are different, and will never accomplish the same things, one's film, the other is literature.
Edited by: misswonderly on Feb 1, 2011 10:05 AM
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From radioactivity to electricity, take it away, Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zExFchzV5UQ
(I like the nerdy little organ player in the orange suit.Very cute.)
Edited by: misswonderly on Feb 1, 2011 10:20 AM
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My apologies, Jonny...this is what happens when I don't read someone's post carefully enough. I realize now that you were speaking of Graham Greene's books, not the films that have been made from them. But I still say, give Brighton Rock a try ( book, then film. or vice versa, if you like.)
You're probably aware that Greene was a little preoccupied (was going to say "obsessed", but perhaps that isn't fair) with Catholicism, so if that bothers you, stick to Dickens.
Edited by: misswonderly on Jan 31, 2011 8:25 PM
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Maybe the OP was thinking of gaffers.
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Don't get offended, MFF, but since you're bringing up the subject, I have to say that with very few exceptions, I cannot abide "Cast of Thousands" movies. They tend to be epics (naturally), a genre I disdain. They tend to be big fat long overwrought works, too long, too serious, too dull.
The exceptions might be the spoofs you mention, although *Airplane* actually does not have a very big cast at all.
I'm a huge fan of both Woody Allen and Robert Altman, but neither used large casts -they both focus very much on character, so almost perforce they are going to work with only a handful of actors. I agree that they both use "ensemble" acting, but wouldn't that belong in a different thread than one entitled "Cast of Thousands"?
Edited by: misswonderly on Jan 31, 2011 4:24 PM
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> Not only is Ministry of Fear a good movie, it's the only Grahame (sic?) Greene novel I've read that didn't, (forgive me lack of coothe here) SUCK OUT LOUD.
Now, now, JonnyG., I beg to differ. Have you seen *Brighton Rock* ? (the 1947 one, of course.) I not only think it does not SUCK OUT LOUD, it does not even suck quietly. In fact, it's pretty good. (Not as good as the book of course, but movies made from books rarely are.)
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Well, those boys have to be the life of the party...remind me to invite them next time I have one.
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> Typical--I would have picked "Little Egypt" by The Coasters.
I thought of Little Egypt, too. Good song. But the Bangles tune seemed to fit a bit better, and anyway, that's the one that pops into my head every time I watch the news lately.
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Can't decide if "Thelma" is better than "Gladys".
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This was hard to do, because there are so many Fred and Ginger, Gene Kelly, and Marx Brothers movies with great songs and dances. So I'm not " married" to this list, it's what came into my head at this time.
1) Favourite Fred and Ginger dance number: Heaven, from *Top Hat*. Hate to pick such an obvious one, but it's such a lovely performance, feathers and all. Close second: Let's Face the Music and Dance, from *Follow the Fleet*. I cannot separate the dancing from the music in these Fred and Ginger films, they had such fantastic tunes to dance to. Irving Berlin was tops...
2) Favourite dance partner for Gene Kelly: hm, again tough. Well, one of my favourite Gene Kelly dance numbers is the one with Leslie Caron in *An American in Paris*, the gentle sweet courting scene by the Seine river: Our Love is Here to Stay. (That number is perfect, but ironically I don't rate the film itself as highly as many other musicals.)
3) Favourite Marx Brothers song: Hymn to Freedonia, from *Duck Soup*. Manic music at its best. And it's the scene that Woody Allen walks into and makes him want to live in *Hannah and her Sisters*. (There is another song, sweet melody, I think it's called Looking at You. I'm pretty sure Chico sings it, but I can't remember which movie.)
4) Favourite moment of singing in a non-musical: Poor Claire Trevor singing Moanin' Low for a drink in *Key Largo*. I love what happens when she finishes -Edward G. refuses the her the drink, Claire gasps, "But Johnny, ya promised !". "Yeah, but you were rotten.", says Johnny.
5) Favourite moment of dancing in a non-musical: from Fellini's *Amarcord*; the young boy and his friends have discovered a deserted palace, with a beautiful upper terrace. They imagine how it used to be, with grand and elegant gentlemen and ladies dancing to fine music, and they begin to dance themselves, swaying and twirling solemnly to Nino Rota's irresistible theme . I think it's snowing.
Edited by: misswonderly on Jan 31, 2011 4:36 PM
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SansFin, baby, where have you been ? ( just kidding, in a rhetorical exclamation of glee that you're back.) You were missed.
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> How can you not care about how the movie looks? That's like saying that you don't care whether or not you develop cataracts or macular degeneration when you get older.
Ok, I went a little overboard in my declared indifference to all things technical surrounding the airing of films. Yes I do care what a film looks like, I definitely notice if it's a fuzzy print, I also very much notice how it sounds (some really old prints that haven't been cleaned up are almost impossible to hear clearly). So I take that comment back ...sort of. I will say that I don't notice or care about such matters as much as most people on these boards.
My intent in making that rather extreme statement was to draw attention away from the quality of the print (which was, I concede, the main point of your post) and focus on what you'd said about the movie itself.
I used to know someone who called the eye condition you mentioned "immaculate conceptionation".
Edited by: misswonderly on Jan 31, 2011 9:44 AM
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Interesting comment from Mr. Milland. I get what he's saying, although I'm not sure I entirely agree with it.
However, if Ray wanted to ensure that his status as a glamourous star remained intact, perhaps he should have reconsidered his involvement in *The Thing with Two Heads*. Maybe it's good, in a campy quasi-horror kind of way- I've never seen it. Has anyone checked the schedule to see if TCM's going to air it?
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Over the last few days I have had this song going through my head. I take world events very seriously, and I don't mean to be frivolous, but I can't help it. Anyway, it's a great little pop song. Here are the Bangles, exhorting everyone to "Walk Like an Egyptian" :
Edited by: misswonderly on Jan 31, 2011 3:41 PM
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There's something fishy about that comment.
20th Century Vole Presents
in General Discussions
Posted
THE GRAPE-NUTS of WRATH :
A starving family, rendered destitute by the Depression, drought, and Ma's profligate ways, turns to the production of the fibre-filled breakfast cereal in an attempt to haul themselves out of the morass of poverty to which they have been reduced. Hero Tom Joad thinks the little wheat berries will be the family's salvation, but is crushed when he learns that Americans have turned away from cereal and are now pursuing avocado smoothies for their morning energy boost.
Further complications await the Joads when the brutal Californian police burst into the Joad abode and arrest Tom, claiming the Post corporation is charging him with copyright violations...
"So, yer sayin' ya think goat's milk will add that certain je ne sais quoi
to the Grape Nuts ? "
Edited by: misswonderly on Feb 1, 2011 2:41 PM
Edited by: misswonderly on Feb 1, 2011 4:36 PM