ValentineXavier
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I went to school with the Unabomber. Not exactly a star... he taught the freshman calculus course I took, but taught a different section.
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I'm thankful that I just got a second DVD recorder, so I can double the rate at which I save all the TCM films I want to see, but don't have time to see.
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I'm surprised no one has mentioned Mel Brooks' *Silent Movie*.
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> > In *Wings of Desire* (1987) the angels see the world in b&w. When one angel becomes a mortal, he sees the world in color.
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> Those who complained about PLEASANTVILLE would probably also have something to say about that film too.
*Pleasantville* is a good film. *Wings of Desire* is a great film.
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The perfect place to show 1970's *Deep End*.
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I don't consider *It Happened One Night* to be a screwball comedy either. But, at any rate *They Just Had to Get Married" was released a year earlier, in 1932. I saw it ages ago, but I recall it being a lot screwier than *IHON*. Unfortunately, its a Universal, so we probably won't be seeing it soon.
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I still go, when there is something I want to see. I enjoyed *Avatar* in 3D IMAX. For IMAX, I sit in the third row. In standard theaters, I sit in the center of the front row. I like the big screen experience, to be surrounded by the film, and the sound. Unfortunately, most of the films I want to see are somewhat less popular than *Avatar*, and are out of the theater in a couple of weeks, often before I get around to going to see them.
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> {quote:title=Sprocket_Man wrote:}{quote}
>...That very liberalism made Tracy and Hepburn's Matt and Christina Drayton less-than-ideal embodiments of uptight white America.
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> If there's one way in which the film does make a point, it's in painting a picture of white Americans who think they're open-minded, but who reveal that when the prospect of interacting with others who may be dissimilar to themselves on more than a casual and superficial level moves from the realm of the abstract to that of the concrete, they have feet of clay.
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Well, they weren't supposed to be "embodiments of uptight white America," but just the opposite, relaxed, easygoing liberal America. The point is that this is the ideal situation to have a black/white marriage accepted, Poitier is the perfect guy, her parents are very open-minded and supportive. But, as you say, they (and everyone else) have feet of clay, and that is exactly the point the film was trying to make. I think it succeeded admirably, and played a small part in improving the situation to what it is today.
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*All About the Three Faces of Eve*
An aspiring young actress claws her way to the top. Her psychosis gives her an advantage. While most people can only manage two-faced, she can manage three-faced!
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OOPS! LP, I want to apologize. LP, I did not intend to bend your thread from directors that broke their molds to jack of all trade directors.
So, please, some OT directors too!
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What a neck Ida had!
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> I don't know if TCM has showed it before, but I wish they would air the Soviet sci-fi silent "Aeita - Queen of Mars" (1924). Has a unique costume and set design.
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I'm virtually certain they did run it, as I think that's where I saw it, but that was probably a decade or more ago. Of course, they could show it again, it's due! They have shown *The Man With a Camera*, and several Eisenstein classics. I'm not saying that they couldn't show more, but I wonder how obtainable Russian silents are?
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> I cannot stand Robert Osborne. WB has overused this man to cause disgust. Exactly what not to do on a tv channel. Enough is enough. Next turkey... please...?
I believe you could watch *Putney Swope*, and not appreciate the irony...
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> I remember reading that the reason they made him so accomplished was so that the only concievable objection to him would be his race. I personally would be more concerned that my daughter wanted to marry someone she'd only known for two weeks, however accomplished he might be.
I agree completely. I was just commenting on the feelings behind the comment about "superni**er." Having an average black guy in the film would not have served the purpose of the film.
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> Loy and Powell were warmer--they felt like a comfortably married couple who not only loved each other, but liked each other as well.
I'd say they enjoyed each other, and I don't mean just in the bedroom.
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> ---Akira Kurosawa, the Japanese filmmaker, does the Russian film *Dersu Urzala* (I think I spelled that wrong)
*Dersu Uzala* It's a common misapprehension that Kurosawa did mainly period samurai films, but they make up less than half his work. Still, Dersu was different in various ways, beginning with its funding by the Russians.
Then, there are the directors like Robert Wise, who direct just about anything, from *The Day the Earth Stood Still*, to *West Side Story*.
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> Silent movies are the best thing on TCM. The problem is they refuse to show Soviet silents
B.S. They have shown several that I know of, and I'm not much of a silent fan.
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It wasn't me, honest! But, it does remind me of something.
Back in the early 80s, I went to a campus film group showing of *The Rocky Horror Picture Show*, because Kenneth Anger's short film *Invocation of My Demon Brother* was being shown before it. The crowd was very noisy, as you would expect for *TRHPS*. They stayed noisy when Anger's film started. I'm a pretty big guy, and I always sit front row center. I stood up, my back to the audience, and yelled, at the top of my lungs, "Shut up, you a*holes, this is the film I came to see!" Well, it got very quiet, and stayed pretty low, while Anger's film played, then they cut loose when *TRHPS* started.
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> {quote:title=ValentineXavier wrote:}{quote}
> *Timecode*, and Andy Warhol's *Empire*, 485m of - guess what? The Empire State Building.
Somehow, my quote of the question about other films in real time got lost. The two films above were shot in real time.
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> When the movie came out in 1967 Sidney Potiers character was referred to by many Black pundits as superni__er as if the idea that a man of their race could accomplish what Dr. Prentice did was impossible.
I don't think the comment was meant to imply that black people aren't capable of Dr.Prentice's level of accomplishment, but that they had to attain that level of accomplishment, to have a shot at being considered the equal of a white man, or being considered suitable for marriage to a white woman. IOW, a black man of average accomplishment would not be shown the same consideration as a white man of average accomplishment. Apart from that, I agree with you, and with what most have said.
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Thanks. It does look interesting. We'll have to see how people like them, once they are out. I just bought a second Pioneer DVDR with HDD, and a three-target DVD duplicator. So, I've shot my wad for a while. After they've been out for a while, maybe I can afford one. The comes the problem of plugging it into my already massive amount of equipment!
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*Blade Runner* is a deeply philosophic film. It is about the nature of humanity, and seeks to define it. I think it not only looks good, but is good.
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If you liked that one, you should check out *Salt of the Earth*, if you haven't already seen it.
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> > I love the music in The Third Man I think it's perfect.
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> I think the music is the most perfect music of any film ever made.
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The only match of film and music that comes close to *The Third Man*, that I can think of is *Zorba the Greek*. And, the music is a bit similar... Perhaps it Zorba even has a zither.
Bless you, TCM, for showing "The Bishop's Wife" this holiday season
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When I was a kid, in the 50s, "Happy Holidays" was a common greeting, and often on Christmas cards, long before some fundamentalists decided to make a stink about it. I use the term, because it includes Christmas, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and the days your work place may be closed in between. So, I don't see anything wrong with calling a film a "holiday film," or a "Holiday season film." But, if a film is actually about Christmas, like say, *Miracle on 34th Street*, I don't see anything wrong with calling it a "Christmas film" either.