misswonderly3
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Right you are, of course Jeff Lynne was the musician who played in both bands. I was aware he wasn't with The Move at the time of recording Blackberry Way, but I figured that would be splitting his considerably long hairs (or was that Roy Wood? One of them had formidably long locks, wizard -like.)
finance, as the resident "funk/soul/disco" guy, I think it incumbent upon you to devise a dance routine that all three TCM hosts can manage. Down and dirty, but not too taxing on the knees or back.
Edited by: misswonderly on Jan 12, 2011 2:01 PM
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C.B., another coincidence...I 've had a Travelling Wilburys tune in my head lately, and was thinking of posting it here today. And lo, you post a song by The Move. I know that you know the connection, so just for fun, you tell us.
We all feel fragile sometimes. These guys are reminding us to Handle with Care:
(By the way, there's a good cover of this by Jenny Lewis, but I couldn't find a suitable copy on Youtube.)
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Pas de problem.
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We'll have to add that one to Bob and Alex's dance list. Hope they've got the stamina.
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Sometimes you Americans can be a little weird, especially at the Canada/US border crossings. Read this link:
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/womans-candy-egg-seized-border-20110110-145449-459.html
And Whitman's chocolates aint got nothin on Kinder Surprise....
Edited by: misswonderly on Jan 11, 2011 5:16 PM
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Hibi,baby, I couldn't care less about *Hot Spell*. Maybe it's a good movie, I don't know. I was just making a rather obvious joke on the title. Please don't attribute all the threads and requests/demands for this film to me, the original poster has made such a fuss about this movie, I was just trying to make fun of it all, a little.
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Not really, it's just that it was because the way I worded my comment (in response to yours' about *Anatomy of a Murder* and those two Wilder films) made it sound as though you thought Wilder directed *Anatomy*; I misunderstood and posted in response, without stopping to go"Wait a minute ! That's not what finance meant --hey, it was Preminger who did *Anatomy*.".
oh, blah blah blah...rewind, start again.
Billy Wilder and Otto Preminger have this in common: they are both amongst my top ten favourite directors. (although I'd have to view all their works again to ascertain who features panties the most.There are plenty of them in SLIH...)
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I always understood *Hot Spell* to be a melodrama about menopausal women. It's not?
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I think I find your comments about panties to be more entertaining than the undergarments themselves.
Apparently that was the big shocker in *Anatomy of a Murder*, they say "panties" on screen. Lee wasn't keeping track of hers'.
The mistake over who directed *Anatomy of a Murder* was entirely mine. If I re-read your post, I can see that you're just talking about some of your favourite movies, and including court room movies in your comment. I hadn't finished my coffee yet (nor had I sampled any Whitman's chocolates), so obviously wasn't awake enough yet to post anything. Sorry, folks, I do usually know my Preminger from my Wilder.
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Duuh... I just believed him, without stopping to think about it. Of course, *Anatomy of a Murder* is an Otto Preminger film. Never post without stopping to think first. I wonder if finance was just testing us?
( know that he knows who directs what, he's always on those trivia threads.)
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Is that why she put on a little weight? Got addicted to the cheap stuff, couldn't stop consuming it, next thing you know her hips are a little too generous for that train berth in SLIH. (On her it looks good, though.)
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*Anatomy of a Murder* is very good. I always like James Stewart, and Lee Remick is enjoyably and shamelessly flirtatious here. But all in all, it doesn't have the pure entertainment that the other two Wilder gold standards that you mentioned provide.
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Mick Jones did that, Joe Strummer formed the Mescaleros . Well, he got involved in other musical projects too, but I'm talking about the Mescaleros here. Especially Get Down Moses. All the musicians in this are just dead on, particularly the drummer. The compelling guitar intro doesn't hurt, either.
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Good thing, Val, that you're not given to providing visual accompaniment with your 20th Century Vole ideas. At least for your latest.
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I don't usually post this late ...perhaps this thread is giving me insomnia !
Fred and everyone else, I'm very distressed if anything I said, intentionally or unintentionally, in any of my recent posts here, has contributed to misunderstandings or injured feelings. Oh, why can't we all just get along?
Fred, I've no desire to take away anything of what you like about TCM, or to change it. I don't want to flood it with new movies, in fact I'm quite happy with it the way it is.
Perhaps "what we have he-ah, is a fayl-yuh to communicate."
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Fred, Fred, Fred...I have to admire your tenacity, I guess.
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Thanks, lynn, very valid points.
I'd also like to draw attention again to what I said about the other offerings on TCM, aside from the movies themselves. I know some people don't like the shorts, the "ads", the hosts' commentaries etc., but to me that is a unique and extremely worthwhile part of what Turner Classic Movies does. Maybe I'm the only one who feels that way, because I haven't noticed anyone else on this thread making that a part of their pro-TCM arguement. But I think the programming in between the screening of the films is an important and very enjoyable aspect of this television station, and there is no other like it.
(As for this "Fox" channel people are always mentioning, I may or may not get it on my cable, I'm not even sure. From what I hear about it, I'd have very little reason to want to watch it. )
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No. Please see post below for further explanation.
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What I don't understand is why no one has raised the issue of the chocolates in contention here. Are Whitman's chocolates in fact any good? How do they compare to, say, Hershey's? Or Cadbury's?
The quality of chocolate bon bons is a serious matter, and I do not blame Miss Monroe for wishing to discuss it. As to the name "Whitman's", there are also chocolate companies named after Herman Melville and John Steinbeck; everyone knows literature and chocolate make a delicious and cerebral combination.
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Valentine, you've outdone yourself.
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No, Fred. For one thing, I don't live in the States where the channels you suggest are apparently available. But even if I did have access to those other stations, I would probably just stick with Turner Classic Movies. As often happens, not just with my posts but with others. someone will notice one sentence or comment in a post, seize upon it and ignore the post as a whole, take that sentence out of context and misinterpret the poster's intended point.
Let me reiterate: I love old movies, I like the fact that this is TCM's main focus. This station really does show films made before 1960 most of the time. I do not want to watch all those different channels you suggest (even if I could) because I like the way Turner Classic Movies does their programming. I was just saying that people who care about movies in general usually like old films as well as newer ones. I enjoy TCM because it airs classic films, it is the core of its appeal. But I also enjoy movies in general (sorry to keep repeating myself) and I love the way TCM offers a variety of cinematic works.
Another thing about Turner Classic Movies is not just the movies themselves, but all the so-called "filler". I like that. I like the hosts, I like the "ads"; I enjoy the "commercials" for upcoming movies, the vintage previews and trailers, the " shilling" as some call it, of DVDs recently made available, the TCM Film Catalogue, and the "Play ON" TCM monthly guide. I love the ads for TCM itself, many of them are exceptionally clever and interesting to watch in their own right. I look forward to the shorts, the "from the vaults" featurettes, and especially the "Word of Mouth" filmettes.
All of the above I see as part of the Turner Classic Movies experience, and I honestly enjoy and like them. They give me almost a cozy feeling, a feeling of a film lovers' community. I purposely leave them in if I am recording a movie.
So Fred, baby, I don't think there is any other television station in existence that can give me that experience. See?
Edited by: misswonderly on Jan 10, 2011 10:11 PM
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finance, you'll notice an arrow at the bottom of the pic; put your mouse on it and you can move the photo of the young Canadian flag clad lady back and forth until it's centred or at whatever angle one prefers.
Edited by: misswonderly on Jan 10, 2011 3:49 PM
(On a serious note,when speaking of our military, I meant no disrespect to Canadian soldiers who are currently on duty in Afghanistan. On the other hand, I do not want to get political in any way, which is why I didn't mention it before.)
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With respect to the suggestion that the United States simply take over Canada -yes, you could probably do that easily. Canada, despite the line in our national anthem "O, Canada, we stand on guard for thee", is a comparatively non-military nation. I expect Luxembourg could take us over, should they take a notion to do so.
Perhaps we could distract the invading army from the south with citizens clad thusly:
Edited by: misswonderly on Jan 10, 2011 3:35 PM
That's one huge pic -sorry, didn't know it was going to take up so much space.
Film noir runneth over on the schedule lately
in Film Noir--Gangster
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Glad you like it, mark, I think it's a very unusual and under-rated noir.
Hey, has anyone heard about this book that apparently came out last fall? It's called The Best American Noir of the Century, edited by Otto Penzler and James Ellroy (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt).It's not about film, though, it's an anthology of noir literature, including stories by James Ellroy (said editor), James Crumley, James Cain, Cornell Woolrich, and even Joyce Carol Oates, to name a few. I haven't seen it myself yet, but I read an article about it, and wondered if any of you film noir fans also enjoy reading the literature upon which many of the films are based. (redriver? for instance? ) I thought it sounded kind of interesting.
I've gone crazy with posting links lately. Here's another, a review of the above:
http://lynne-booknotes.blogspot.com/2010/10/review-best-american-noir-of-century.html
Edited by: misswonderly on Jan 12, 2011 2:06 PM