ValentineXavier
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Back when T-Zone was still on the air as a first run show, there was a story that they filmed an ep about a small southern town that was so racist that the townspeople turned into pigs, but it was decided not to show this ep. If it still exists, I'd love to see that ep.
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I just happened across the wikipedia article on Film Noir. It is informative and engaging. I recommend that noir fans check it out. It has lots of interesting information. One thing I learned is that the term "film noir" was coined in France in 1946, not by Francois Truffaut in the 50s, as I had read several other places.
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Boris Karloff made the Mr. Wong series for Monogram.
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*Randolph, the Rude-Nosed Reindeer*
Everyone knows the story of Rudolph, but this is the story of his son, Randolph. Randolph was quite a cut-up. One of his favorite things was goosing people, and other reindeer, with his nose. Perhaps he was trying to show it off, even if it didn't glow like dad's.
Rudolph was getting a bit long in the antler, and needed extra urging from Santa to lift off from the rooftops. Santa wanted to replace him with son Randolph, but he was just too undisciplined, too much the joker. Then, Santa had a bright idea. He hitched Randolph up right behind Rudolph. Randolph's constant goosing was just the urging Rudolph needed, and with each goose, his nose glowed a little redder!
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It hasn't been active for a few weeks, but there is another "one-hit wonders" thread around here.
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> {quote:title=TikiSoo wrote:}{quote}
> FORT APACHE
> SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON
> RIO GRANDE
> THE SEARCHERS
> 3 GODFATHERS
I think *The Searchers* and *Rio Grande* are the best two films. So, by all means, see *Rio Grande*, since you haven't seen it. For the other one, I'd say *Fort Apache*, even though I think it would have been a better film, if Fonda and Wayne had switched roles. SWAYR is too sentimental, and formulaic, to me, anyway.
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TCM's shown *The Locked Door* before. I've seen it, and it's a solid precode drama. She's good in it.
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You didn't know that someone had to bleed to make your plasma screen, did you?
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Yes, they knew blood types in WWII. Besides whole blood transfusions, they also used plasma transfusions, so that type didn't matter.
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J. Arthur Rank, poverty row? Now there's a laugh!
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> {quote:title=misswonderly wrote:}{quote}
> ( fill in Klingon word for sword)
Batleth
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> {quote:title=Fedya wrote:}{quote}
> Do you really think they'll listen?
Listen? Well, they did reply to my e-mail, saying that the commercials were necessary, so that they could afford to make new programming 'in the independent spirit.' So, I guess they "listened." Will they change their new ways? Almost certainly NOT, unless they start losing money. Bravo and AMC went this way, and they're still around, so I guess what the IFC was is gone for good. Unless The Z Channel comes to cable...
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> {quote:title=misswonderly wrote:}{quote}
> Ok, now that it's all over, I cannot resist: the narrator, whom everyone seems to think did an excellent job, as everyone knows was Christopher Plummer.
> *What you may not know is...yes! Christopher Plummer is Canadian.*
Oh, come on now! Everyone knows that most Klingons are Canadian... or is that most Canadians are Klingons? I forget...
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> {quote:title=markfp2 wrote:}{quote}
> > {quote:title=ValentineXavier wrote:}{quote} .... as HD transfers become available.
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> I think that's the main issue. TCM runs so many films that no other channels have any interest in showing, the studios aren't in any hurry to spend a lot of money making HD masters if only one channel is going to lease them.
Doubtless, that accounts for lots of things not being in true HD, but there are a number of things TCM shows which are available in HD. So, how come they aren't showing those in HD? *North by Northwest* is a good example. I've posed this question here before, and no one seems to have an answer.
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> {quote:title=TikiSoo wrote:}{quote}
> HD broadcast shows look "harsh" and high contrast as if "cooked" in PhotoShop.
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If that's the case, your TV may need some adjustment. With HD, you should get a sharper picture, and truer colors, but the picture shouldn't look "cooked."
Once upon a time, the phone company charged extra if you used a "touch tone" phone, instead of a dial phone. I think that eventually, there won't be extra HD charges, that will just be the norm. But, it's gonna take a few years!
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Alan Ladd to Veronica Lake, in *Blue Dahlia* :
Every guy's seen a girl like you. The trick is to find her.
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I'd just second what phroso said. I've seen *Big Deal on Madonna Street*, also *Lady Liberty*, and *Bocaccio 70*, which he did a segment in. I'd bet that few of his films made it to the US, or Canada, so that's why we're not really familiar with him.
Oh, it's Mario, not "Maio," but I bet you knew that.
Edited by: ValentineXavier on Dec 14, 2010 7:29 PM
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There are already several threads discussing this, although they haven't been active lately.
TCMHD channel exists, but not all cable systems, or satellite systems, carry it yet.
It isn't really HD yet, and they don't advertise that it is.
They upconvert SD, but usually, when they show a widescreen film, it is zoomed to fill the screen, so you should get close to the picture quality of an anamorphic DVD, which is better than SD.
When will they really have HD? I don't think they have announced a date, but the hints are that it will be phased in over the next couple of years, as HD transfers become available.
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If anyone would like to e-mail their sediments to the IFC, their address is:
IFCFEEDBACK@IFC.com
I unloaded on them a bit, more politely than they deserve.
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There are three different threads, long ones with lots of posters, in the Favorites forum. Better you should look yourself, rather than us try to guess your taste. Some are stunning. I often use them for desk top backgrounds.
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> {quote:title=HarryLong wrote:}{quote}
> If there really is a liberal agenda behind this show, they're doing a ****-poor job of promoting it.
It figures. We liberals are ****-poor at everything we do.
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I'd like to see those Lina Wertmueller films, too. I'll add *The Seduction of Mimi*. Also, she has done many films, and I've seen only a few. It would be nice to see some others as well.
She was a protege of Fellini, which brings to mind some rarely seen Fellini films I'd love to see - *City of Women*, *Ginger and Fred*, and his last film, *The Voice of the Moon*.
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Of the performances I am familiar with, which is most, I agree. My own pick for the most overlooked performance would be Joseph Calleia as Sgt. Pete Menzies, Orson Welles' (Capt. Quinlan) right hand man in *Touch of Evil*. He steals scenes from Welles and Heston, most remarkable! I think it is easily the equal of any on TCM's list.
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When they edit down programs, they are just throwing away content that they paid good money for. I think it would make more sense to bundle shows. Show three old half-hour shows in a two hour timeslot, unedited. Show two hour programs in a 2.5 hour timeslot. I'm a fan of the old Perry Mason series, but that was made unwatchable by editing. There are even a couple where you never see the character who did it, until Perry reveals them in court. All of their previous screen time had been cut out. How the heck are you supposed to figure out who did it that way?
Lookalikes?
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While watching *I Wake Up Screaming*, I noticed that Laird Cregar resembles Raymond Burr, especially from certain angles, like in profile.