ValentineXavier
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> If I've ever make it to 90 I'm trying heroin.
Aldous Huxley is rumored to have taken a couple of spoonfuls of pure mescaline on his death bed. For him, probably only the quantity was a novelty...
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Clint's daughter aside, skeptical as I am of a remake of such a dull, soap-operatic theme, making it jazz-centered would be a glimmer of hope that the film might be worth watching.
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I'd rather not, thank you. But if you want to, go right ahead.
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Ann Savage? I hope you have a Kevlar suit!
Well, first I'll have to admit that I couldn't afford to date any actress... but here goes:
Ella Raines
Jean Arthur
Veronica Lake
Gloria Grahame
Jane Greer
Jane Russell
Martha Vickers
Jane Fonda
Paulette Goddard
Elizabeth Pena
Susan Sarandon
Catherine Deneuve
Lena Olin
Lupe Velez
That's got to be enough.
Well, just have to add Monica Bellucci...
Edited by: ValentineXavier on Jan 23, 2011 8:23 PM
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Yes, I did make similar comments on another thread. Except, I didn't mention the music, as you did. I agree with you about it as well.
Having seen *Badlands* a few times now, it occurs to me that the Coen Bros. were almost satirizing it in *Raising Arizona*, especially with Nick Cage's v/o narration.
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> > I finally got around to watching Peter Sellers' *The Bobo*, for the first time in a long time. Sadly, sometime after I programmed it, TCM reduced the time of its slot, to a few minutes less than its running time. So, I missed the last 3-5 minutes.
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> They seem to do that a lot. When I set the DVR for something, I have to pad about five minutes before and five minutes after the 'scheduled' times. This problem does not happen with FMC, Encore or Flix.
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> I understand that some films have several different versions/different running times for those versions. But TCM's programmers should know which version is going to be used (and stick to it) when they publish their schedule. It's an inconvenience to viewers that could be avoided.
It does occasionally happen on Encore, Flix and FMC. But, they don't try to fill all their time with actual content, like TCM does with its shorts, so it happens more often on TCM. I watch carefully, and bracket recording times, when needed. But, when they change the slot after I program, I don't have a chance. Yes, I quite agree, TCM should be a little more careful with their timings.
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My Comcast cable guide still lists the shorts. But, I agree, I wish TCM would list them on their schedules, in part so I know when I need to extend the recording time of features, to get the whole thing.
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> With respect to all those who adore *A Star is Born* , I find this story, in any of its film versions, maudlin and dull.
They all seem like third-rate soap operas to me. I think Clint could find much better things to do.
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Maybe we'll get lucky, and TCM will show them both. Back-to-back would be my preference.
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Shirley, you jest!
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And TCM has just shown all three. I have saved them, and will watch them soon. I'm an Ozu fan, but have never seen any of his silents.
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Thanks, I didn't know that! I had heard that he got his start on The Goon Show, and it's hard to be more British than that!
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I watched the originals too, and saved them all. No need to dub my Laser Disc collection of The Prisoner to DVD.
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> But I've never seen the Mitchum film, so I'd love to watch it, him being one of my favorite actors.
Bob's one of my favorites too. *Wrath of God* is by no means a great film, but it is entertaining.
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Yes, I know. I watched the whole series. It wasn't bad, but no way the equal of McGoohan's show. I think the theatrical film was meant to take place after his escape in the original series. There was a short comic book series made of this, at the time the film was contemplated.
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> If Mickey Rooney was an amazing performer, as you say, he would not have gotten stuck in character parts in A films and featured in B films in his later years post ANDY HARDY.
He wasn't a leading man-type, so of course that's what he got. It doesn't diminish him as an actor one iota.
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They just aired it a week or so ago. Crappy, yes, but good fun. Dracula looks like Frank Zappa!
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> They also have a stupid product out called "Yoostar" that places one within some movie scenes. *The purpose?*
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He is most definitely NOT Spartacus!
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For me, *Badlands*, good as it is, is number 2, of what I saw last night. I finally got around to watching Peter Sellers' *The Bobo*, for the first time in a long time. Gently humorous, yes. But, probably the most soulful performance of one of the most soulful comedians there is, very poignant. Sadly, sometime after I programmed it, TCM reduced the time of its slot, to a few minutes less than its running time. So, I missed the last 3-5 minutes. I hope they show it again. I had forgotten just how good it is, and how much I enjoyed it.
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No one has mentioned Ella Raines, one of my favorites.
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Great director, great cast, film stinks. And, from what I've read, not really a biography, either. I will disagree with you on one point. You described the effect of the film, in part, as dizzying. I'd say that nauseating is more accurate. Dizzying would be an improvement.
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> A large part of this business is recycling and updating.
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> I am sure that within twenty years there will eventually be a remake of GONE WITH THE WIND. And maybe fifty years from now, someone will re-do CITIZEN KANE.
*Citizen Rupert* could be made today. In fact, I wish it would be made.
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> I still think it's a loose remake. Spielberg used a different last name for the brothers and had one survive...but that's because he wanted a commercially successful happy ending and because he wanted it slightly different so they wouldn't have to pay the real-life Sullivan family. But SAVING PRIVATE RYAN borrows heavily and is a near do-over. That's why I called it a 'reworking.'
The Sullivans were all serving together, on the same cruiser in the South Pacific. *Saving Private Ryan* is in no way a "loose remake." The only thing the films have in common is brothers getting killed in war. *SPR* isn't "slightly different," it's 99.95% different. And, I doubt that Spielberg would have had to pay the Sullivan family a cent, if he had actually done a story about the dead sailors.
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> And as I stated earlier, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE. That's probably the most successful film series based on a hit television show.
I'd say that *MI* was clearly beaten by the *Star Trek* film series.
I believe that at one time, there were plans for a theatrical version of the Outer Limits ep Demon with a Glass Hand, but it never got made. I agree that OL provides some good stories that could go feature length.
I think it was back in the 90s, that a theatrical version of The Prisoner was under development, but never made it.
One Step Beyond had some very out-there stories that might make good films.
Going in the other direction, *Topper* became a TV series, that was a favorite of mine, as a kid.
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I'm gonna have to add Isabella Rosselleni, Naomi Watts, Julie Newmar, and Myrna Loy to my already-too-long list...
Oh, yeah, Britt Ekland too...
Edited by: ValentineXavier on Jan 24, 2011 7:46 PM