ValentineXavier
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He doesn't steal the film, but in *Touch of Evil* Joseph Calleia, as Sgt. Menzies, steals a scene from Welles, and a scene from Heston, no mean feat!
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Keith David, and David Keith.
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> {quote:title=HarryLong wrote:}{quote}
>... but what do I know? I love even MR. ARKADIN & most people think it's crap.
I love it too, and would put it in Welles' top five. It does remind me a bit of *The Mask of Dimitrios* though.
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> ValentineX, I'm glad you do! I am not to sure with Comcast and other cable companies but I am glad you have Encore Mystery channel. Do yourself a favor and keep a look out on their schedule, or even download it monthly from the website. Why? Because they show the same film over and over again but then they slip in a classic that is rare and only play it once in the month. Some months they play the Sherlock Holmes PD films, TOUCH OF EVIL and CAPE FEAR (1962) quite a few times and they slip in something rare. I once caught MY GUN IS QUICK (1957) and never saw it again. If Encore channels have access to the Paramounts of the 40s, I guess I should try and shoot them an email with a list of some other films I'd like to see.
A few years back, when I learned I would be getting Encore Mystery, I thought it would be composed mostly of 40's whodunits, and I would get to see lots of rare B films. Sad to say, it is mostly recent films, and many aren't even mysteries. But, that said, as you pointed out, they do sometimes show some good films. Once every day, I go through the program guide, channel by channel of those I am interested in, and program my DVRs. Encore Mystery is one I always check, along with Encore Drama, Western, and HD. I believe I caught *My Gun Is Quick*, and now have it on DVD.
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>There is little hysteria today,
Plenty of hysteria today, it just changes with the times. Now, it's anyone vaguely middle-eastern, or even lily-white toddlers whose name happens to match one on a list.
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I think *Dr. Strangelove* would go well with *Seven Days in May*, but *On the Beach* would work well too, showing the outcome if the conspiracy had been successful.
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> When I was a child I loved Shirley Temple (Captain January was my favorite)
When I was a kid, I hated her. Such a goody-goody! A traitor to kids everywhere, always sucking up to the adults...
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> MFF, I agree, I actually think A BULLET FOR JOEY is an awesome flick and I hope to see it again sometime soon!
It was just shown a few weeks ago, if not on TCM, perhaps on Fox Movie Channel. I watched it. Not a great film, but well worth watching. Lots of interesting details.
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Thanks! I have that channel on Comcast!
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Lee De Forest filed his first patent for his sound on film process in 1919, and he wasn't the first to make sound films.
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Well, I'll agree that Dane should have hit the cop with something harder than an ottoman, to make the death plausible. But, at that point, it still looked like Dane was sincere about being reformed, and they wanted to make the death look unlikely, unexpected, and unintentional. To me, the biggest problem is the title, which is, as it turns out, a massive spoiler!
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The dictionary says that the first known use of "talkie" was in 1913. My guess is that it gained usage with the coming of the sound films, and began to fade with the end of the silents.
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> >>Back OT, I don't recall the name, but there was an awful Japanese scifi film, from the 60s, or 70s, that had the Red Chinese digging a hole through the Earth, to invade the USA.
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> That was BATTLE BENEATH THE EARTH wasn't it? Kerwin Matthews was in it - he was better off a decade earlier. fighting the cyclops in 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD.
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> Now you have me curious about that Craig Baldwin film, I'll have to locate it.
Yes, it was *Battle Beneath The Earth*. Why did I think it was a Japanese film?
Craig's film is on DVD, is listed on the IMDb, and perhaps Netflix has it, I don't know. You can buy it directly from him at www.othercinema.com, along with lots of other strange films, including Experiments in Terror, and the infamous Sins of the Fleshapoids. *Tribulation 99* is what is called a "found footage" film, made by stitching together clips from old sci fi films, industrial films, what have you. It is frenetic, and funny. It has won awards at film festivals.
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> The scene where the guy follows the girl home from the store and gets killed was beyond cornball.
I thought that was quite plausible. Pushy drunk cop, a would-be ladies' man, follows her home, thinks he can get away with forcing himself on her. Her hubby hears it from the other room, takes him on, and he is killed in the process. Not an everyday occurrence, but common enough human behavior. I thought it was a reasonably good film.
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I think I remember her most from the Marilyn cultists in *Tommy*...
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Sounds like a great exhibition!
I have seen *L'Atalante* a few times. It is a magical film. Too bad Jean Vigo, its director, died at such a young age.
I've seen *Un Chien Andalou* many times. It is probably the best known surrealist film, or experimental film, there is. Some friends of mine showed it at their wedding, in a dark room with just a few colored lights, and a smoke generator keeping the whole room, and dance floor, covered almost to the knees with fog!
I've seen many of Jean Renoir's wonderful films, but haven't seen *The Little Match Girl*. I see that it is on a 3 DVD collection of his work, from Amazon.
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What channel is that schedule on?
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> >>Hopefully this was pretty clear from the start, but I just wanted to state it outright.
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> It's kind of sad that even after all these years, you felt the need to have to say that. It never struck my mind for an instant.
Sad, but understandable, given the inquisition Fred is running in that other thread, constantly accusing people of supporting communists, and/or Stalin. I gave up posting in that one. Paranoia is not subject to logic.
Back OT, I don't recall the name, but there was an awful Japanese scifi film, from the 60s, or 70s, that had the Red Chinese digging a hole through the Earth, to invade the USA.
My all-time favorite movie about communists is Craig Baldwin's 1992 satire *Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America*. We find out that the commies are actually aliens who came to Earth from their destroyed planet, and are doing all sorts of nasty things to us. Only the CIA can save us. But, the reason the CIA's assassination attempts against Castro never worked were because you can't kill what isn't alive - he is an alien android!
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> Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is one film I wouldn't give a hoot if it were shown *pan and scan* !
That would be Two and a half Brides for Three and a half Brothers. I agree, it it awful!
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> Very interesting that so many people agree on the same "classic" films!
> I just watched RANDOM HARVEST for the first time and was amazed at how ridiculous it was. The *suburb* acting by both principles was the only thing that elevated a kooky story.
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I'm guessing you meant superb, not "suburb," but typo, Freudian slip, what ever... I think "suburb" is most accurate!
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> > Mr. Dobbs--I don't understand why you say this movie is rarely seen. I think it's been on at least 4 times this year, the last time was about 6 weeks ago.
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> Lol, ok, ok. I confess. If I have somehow missed it, and if I havent seen it much, then it is rarely seen.
I'm gonna back Fred up just a bit on this one. *Gun Crazy* was rarely seen, until about a year ago. I'd wanted to see it for years, and it was NEVER shown on cable, anywhere I could find. So, I bought the DVD. But, TCM has shown it several times in the last year.
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The Dude replaces The Duke. I'm up for it.
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> {quote:title=bocalovestheclassics wrote:}{quote}
> I hardly ever post here, and the few times I have, I have only gotten positive feedback just once, every other time, someone is trying to be a joker in the first follow up post, and then the thread becomes a private joke of the posters and then the main topic is not addressed and I don't get my answer I came for.
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> and I did spell El Dorado correctly and I am being respectful to the movies, it is someone is not respectful to me.
Look, when people are making jokes, it usually means they don't have a straight answer to the question, and/or they don't think the question is of great import. Probably both apply here. I didn't mean to be disrespectful, just a bit humorous.
If you will check your first post, you spelled it "El Doredo," which sounds like "Dorito," thus engendering the first joke. Everyone makes typos, so making a joke of it doesn't mean anyone thinks you are dumb, it just means that some of us like to kid, and make jokes. Probably if anyone who read your post knew the answer, they would have said so. So, please. don't feel personally insulted.
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Yep, they run letterboxed until the credits are over, so none are cut off on the sides. Then, at the end, they go back to LB, if needed to display all the credits. I usually curse a bit when the LB ends, and it goes to 4x3, and then delete the film from my DVR.
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The first scary Scrooge, perhaps. But nowhere near as scary as Mr. McGoo playing Scrooge...