ValentineXavier
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> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote}
> I wonder if these region free machines work ok?
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> http://www.world-import.com/all-regioncode-free-dvd-players.htm
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Fred, World Import is a reputable place. For international models, and for units that require hardware modifications to be region-free, they are definitely a source to consider. For some of those cheaper Philips and JVC units, probably all they did was enter a code with the supplied remote, to make them region-free. It might well be cheaper to buy the unit elsewhere, look up the region hack on www.videohelp.com, and hack it yourself.
Another reputable source for high-end, hardware-modified equipment is www.jvbdigital.com
Often, they will sell you the mod kit, if you want to install it yourself, and save money.
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> {quote:title=misswonderly wrote:}{quote}
> Good one, Valentine. 3 Movie titles for the price of one. Maybe it's about time we hired an accountant to set up our new movie idea business $$$
Thank you, thank you!
12 Angry Men in Black Narcissus, and its sequel, were also three titles in one. I was thinking it might be fun to have a thread, or maybe do it here, where we see how many film titles we can string together. It could get quite long!
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> {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote}
> That's interesting. I never heard anything at all about them..... probably because everyone was speaking in reverential tones of Will Rogers.....
Indeed. I was always trying to twirl a rope! I read his bio, or perhaps autobio? back when I was a kid. He was really amazing, more than people remember these days.
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And, IIRC, the "pencil thin mustache" is a reference to Boston ****.
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> {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote}
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> 3. *My Darling Clementine* - it's a simply gorgeous movie, with the flat horizon, and the dust blowing so you almost feel it on your skin. It somehow makes me think of my childhood in Oklahoma, the way that town looks. Plus you have the best of Henry Fonda and Victor Mature.
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A bit of an irony for me... I can never quite appreciate this film, or any other about the Earps, because of my childhood in Oklahoma. My great grandpa drilled into me that the Earps were the bad guys, not the good guys. One of their descendants, Ancel Earp, IIRC, lived in OKC, and there were billboards with his name on them around town. What for, I don't recall. But every time we would pass one, he would go on a tear about the Earps. I kinda idolized him, so the bias stuck. I haven't really researched it, but I have occasionally read things that did portray the Earps as bad guys.
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Well, not all really, but still quite nice!
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> {quote:title=JefCostello wrote:}{quote}
> Yes, it was a great decade for the master Bunuel.
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> As for Fellini, there are some (like myself) who would argue that his films after 8 1/2 were a complete mess. The only exceptions I'd make for that are Amarcord and Roma.
I'm definitely not in that camp. I think Juliet is his best, most fully realized surrealist cinematic portrait. Starring, of course, his wife. I also think 1980's *City of Women* is an excellent, under appreciated film.
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> 1960 is special in that several foreign films came out that year which caused a boom in the 60's which became the Golden Age of foreign cinema.
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Truly lots of great foreign cinema in the 60s, including Costa-Gavras' stunning *Z*, released in 1969.
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Were they eventually found out, when ice cream was found on the crutch?
*Gone With The Wind and the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe*
Scarlett is so despondent after being rejected by Rhett that she journeys to Morocco. There, she is abducted and wooed by sheik Sean Connery. But, she still longs for Tara. One day, in the depths of the Palace, she finds an old wardrobe. She opens it, while thinking of Tara. She steps in, and is transported to Tara as it was before the war, but all the people are now animals.
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I wonder if the topic might possibly come up? Probably not, but I'd love for Stewart to ask her why she outraged classic film fans with her statements, and give her a chance to defend herself.
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Emma's going to be on The Daily Show tonight, so those of you who now hate her can throw spit balls at her.
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It was a great decade for Luis Bunuel films:
*Viridiana*
*The Exterminating Angel*
*Diary of a Chambermaid*
*Simon of the Desert*
*Belle de Jour*
Also good for Fellini:
*Juliet of the Spirits* (my favorite)
*Fellini Satyricon*
*La Dolce Vita*
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> Now, on to William Powell. He personified sophistication on screen, and I have to agree, they just aren't making the kind of movies he was noted for, and more's the pity for it. But, let me ask you, IF they were to make the Thin Man today, or Philo Vance Mysteries who in today's gaggle of actors could play either character with the wit and sophistication as our boy Bill. The only person I could think of was George Clooney. Can you think of anyone?
Clive Owen, and Daniel Day Lewis.
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> {quote:title=ClassicViewer wrote:}{quote}
> No Jonas. I have already indicated that I would not fall into that trap and I won't. You can keep arguing with me about it, but the answer is no. I won't do that.
You are the only one here arguing for the burning or banning of films. You are no longer willing to state your position, or explain or elaborate on it. You accuse those who argue against your position of "intolerance," when what they are arguing against your intolerance of certain films, which you won't specify. This makes any rational debate on the issue impossible. I see no point in continuing.
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> {quote:title=CelluloidKid wrote:}{quote}
> *Brigitte Bardot Angry Over Biopic*
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> French film actress Brigitte Bardot is furious that a film based on her life is in the works.
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> Not known to hide her feelings,
Or hide much else, either. If they found an actress that she thinks looks as good as she did, she might not squawk so much.
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> {quote:title=cujas wrote:}{quote}
> But it seems that the professionals he's involved with thinks he is, indeed, crazy. Perhaps, crimininally insane and capable of murder.
True, that's what Dr. Brulov thought might be possible, and they were approaching it from that angle, but Ingrid didn't really buy it. Still, I consider amnesia to be a "mental illness," which I would define broadly, and he is being treated for it.
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> {quote:title=RayFaiola wrote:}{quote}
> > Just curious, how would you feel if Bob or Ben stated their own personal opinions of a movie (without giving away the plot and without being unenthusiastic).
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> Back in the late 70's, Dave Dixon was hosting a late-night movie show on Channel 51 Fort Lauderdale. Every time a Pat O'Brien movie came on he would rag mercilessly on the actor. Another time, after running KENTUCKY, he said something akin to "Walter Brennan won an Academy Award for THAT!?!" It was very funny.
Just before that gig, Dave Dixon was a top DJ on Detroit's hippest rock and roll station of the era, WABX. He was indeed *very* opinionated. He would chew someone out for requesting a song, and/or asking for a dedication, and be especially vociferous about it if it was a song he didn't like. He was eventually fired, but I'm sure most of us missed him.
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The Dali dream sequence is part of what makes *Spellbound* one of my favorite Hitchcock films. But, Gregory Peck is suffering from amnesia, not psychosis.
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Yeah, I'm disappointed that way all the time, but usually on SD movie channels other than TCM. I most always turn the thing off, in disgust. They start widescreen, so that you can see all the titles, but it sure seems like bait-and-switch to me. I'd bet that TCM was surprised, or a true WS print was unavailable.
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Burl Ives, and Theodore Bikel. How could we have forgotten them so far!
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> {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote}
> Marshall Efron makes a pie:
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Fee foe fum fie,
I think I'll skip
*That* piece of pie!
Thanks, Jack, that is a classic!
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> {quote:title=Ollie_T wrote:}{quote}
> Tiny Lister! Excellent - I don't think FIFTH ELEMENT qualifies for even a guilty-pleasure for me - and Prez Tiny, Brion James and Ian Holm keep me watching, time after time. If only for a few scenes.
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*The Fifth Element* is worth watching for Chris Tucker's performance alone. It's stunning, hard to believe he could keep up that rapid-fire monologue.
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I didn't check the whole thread, so I hope this isn't a repeat - I read 30 Seconds Over Tokyo, and Guadalcanal Diary when I was a kid. I think both films did a decent job of conveying the books.
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Well, I realize that being insane, as in mental illness in its extreme form, is not the same as mentally handicapped, or '****,' which I think is often due to overt physical reasons. But, is it still considered an illness? I don't know, I'm not a doctor. At any rate, I didn't mean to offend anyone, especially not the "bull goose loonies."
(a line from One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.)Edited by: ValentineXavier on Aug 16, 2010 12:34 AM
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Johnny Cash has 20-odd acting credits, including *Five Minutes To Live*, shown recently on TCM.
Which stars from the past would make it/fail today?
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Did you ever see *Eversmile New Jersey* with Daniel day Lewis? he is quite good at light comedy, with a satiric edge. Clive Owen does tend to play darker parts, but I think he could well be very versatile, given the chance. He certainly wouldn't have any trouble handling the "urbane" part. "Witty" begins with the script. Could he deliver it right? I think he could.