ValentineXavier

> {quote:title=chaney7 wrote:}{quote}I believe Yankee Doodle Dandy was colorized but it was done many yeas ago and they made a poor job of it. *YDD* was the first colorized film I ever saw. I could have done a better job, using just a red and a blue marker.

> {quote:title=JackWrites wrote:}{quote} > Looking for reasons why the traitor Goldstein was changed to Calidor in the movie... ...Did it have anything to do with McCarthy and his witchhunts of of Hollywood? Yes. Calidor was the name of a witch having an affair with Joe McCarthy. The name change was meant to get Joe's goat.

It is as you say, usually TCM has plenty of timeslot to accommodate a film, and once in a while they do not. I always note the running time, and pad the DVR recording if it is tight. When the previous film ran long, I thought I was going to lose some of the end. But, I got lucky, and got it all, with 30sec. to spare, Whew! I suspect that when a film runs long, it is because TCM was misinformed about the running time by the distributor. One would think that they would check running times when they get the digital copies, but that may not be far ahead enough to adjust the schedule.

Nuts.

> {quote:title=Swithin wrote:}{quote}*Brazil* is the biggest pile of crap ever put on film. Sorry, I see red when I think about that big fat pretentious cliched bore. I'm an Anglophile and love Monty Python but think Terry Gilliam (an American) is a great animateur but a lousy director. I walked out of Gilliam's *The Time Bandits*. I couldn't walk out of Brazil, because I was going to a dinner party in the neighborhood, and it was too cold to walk around. You are entitled to your opinion, as are we all. Mine is that *Brazil* is an excellent film, even prophetic, as it has become more relevant since it was made. I think it, along with some of Gilliam's other films, i.e. *The Fisher King*, *Twelve Monkeys*, and *Tideland* are some of the best of modern films. And, I liked *Time Bandits* very much too, I just don't think it rises to the level of excellence of the other four of his films I've cited. As to Gilliam's skills as an animator - I am a Monty Python fan, and loved his animation. But, mainly for his sense of humor, and perspective. Anyone who has seen a lot of experimental animation, collage animation, stop-motion animation, etc., as I have, would likely tell you that Gilliam's technical animation skills were nothing special.

Clore, are you saying that TCMHD showed it in a wide aspect ratio, but TCMSD showed in a different aspect ratio, i.e. 1.33:1? That would be really weird, and would seem to be an error in setting the equipment, somewhere along the line.

I prefer my eggs hatched.

I'd say that *Ran*, *Brazil*, and *Kiss of the Spider Woman* by themselves justify 1985 as a decent year. Sadly, even though I am a Nicolas Roeg fan, I've never seen *Insignificance*.

I'm looking forward to them very much. I've never seen the silent version. My DVR is programmed for both.

> {quote:title=jamesjazzguitar wrote:}{quote} > Bound for Glory was an interesting movie and very relevant to events today, but it is a highly political movie. It pits 'the man' against workers and it has a very pro-union POV as well as an anti establishment one. > > Based on the movie, if Woody was around today he would be entertaining the Occupy Wall Street groups. I'm not taking sides on this, one way or the other, but just pointing out how Woody was portrayed in the movie. (I admit I don't know much about his actual life). > The movie *Bound for Glory* is based on Woody's autobiography, which has the same title. The film is very true to the book, so Woody is portrayed as he portrayed himself. I think it's a fine film. It is known for its early steadicam work, and the Haskel Wexler cinematography. Anyone interested in Woody should get the Library of Congress recordings, recorded in March of 1940, by Alan Lomax. I think they are about three hours long (at least,) and now available on CD. I have them on vinyl. There are several monologues and dialogues with Woody, telling about his life, amid many of his songs. BTW, Pete Seeger did play for Occupy Wall Street, as did David Crosby, and a few other old folkies. No doubt Woody would have too.

I have an amateur's interest in anthropology and archaeology. While perusing one of my favorite news sites for such, I ran across something that people here might find amusing: >A year later, Byrne returned to the monastery and struck a deal with the monks about removing just one finger. > >According to Byrne, the alleged yeti's digit was replaced with a human finger provided by professor Osmond Hill, who got it from a severed hand belonging to the Hunterian Museum. > >The relic was smuggled out of Nepal with the help of Hollywood movie star James Stewart, who was on holiday in Calcutta with his wife, Gloria. > >Hidden in Gloria's lingerie case, the finger finally reached the scientist in London. > >Professor Hill identified it as belonging to an early hominid. > >But DNA analysis performed at the Zoological Society of Scotland in Edinburgh proved that Hill was wrong. > >"We found human DNA," the zoo's genetics expert, Rob Ogden, told the BBC. You can read the entire article here, but there is no further mention of Jimmy: http://news.discovery.com/history/yeti-finger-mystery-solved-111229.html

Coming from a different culture, and learning the references, as you have, is sorta like having to have the joke explained to you. In that kind of case, no one finds it funny. So, I quite understand your reaction to the Marx Bros.

I'm a big Who fan. The Who Sell Out is the first album I bought, when it came out. I loved the cover. Great satire.

Or, 'that big cutting room in the sky...'

Condos and apartments most usually negotiate a custom channel package with the local cable provider, so TCM being moved to Digital Preferred probably wouldn't affect that package, at least not without new negotiations. Usually, apartment/condo situations will let you pay more, and get the same packages available to anyone else in the area, from the cable provider. As others have said, Comcast makes changes in different areas, at different times. Usually, a change like moving TCM to a more expensive tier, would eventually happen everywhere, just not everywhere at once.

I wish I could find some good pest programmers in my area, to program my squirrels and raccoons. I like the critters, but they sure can be pests!

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> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote}You didn't say whether Robert Vaughan answered you. I assume he didn't.......... It's been so long, I don't recall much. I don't think I tried to panhandle from him, but did say something, probably U.N.C.L.E. related. He kept up his brisk walk, but spun around as he walked, to face me, and said something. I don't recall what, but I'm sure it wasn't rude or unpleasant, or I would remember.

> {quote:title=TikiSoo wrote:}{quote} > > Heh ValentineX, you reminded me that I too have met Crispin Glover. I was working at my neighborhood movie theater when he brought his indie film there and was asked to "guard" him before he went up for Q&A. He was a squirrelly little man and we mainly talked about Syracuse and classic film since I know nothing about him. (a definite advantage when meeting a "star") I watched his film and was completely disgusted by it. Amazingly, the goth kids ate it up with a spoon and I had to "guard" him again for the roudy autograph line later. > I met him when he came to show his film *What Is It?* at the Ann Arbor Film Festival. He was in our Green Room, for which I was the manager/chef. Squirrelly, perhaps, and thin, but he was as tall as I am, 6'1". I actually liked his film, but I realize it is not for all tastes.

Well, let's see... back in the spring of '68, I was a hippie, panhandling outside of a big drugstore on Sunset Strip. Robert Vaughn walked out, with some little starlet in tow, and I said hello to him. I know a lot of experimental/avant garde filmmakers, who most here wouldn't know. But, I have met Kenneth Anger, Crispin Glover, and Michael Moore.

If you don't have a cable box, probably you cable company took them off the analog band, so you'll need a box to get them. Also, Comcast is moving TCM to a higher tier - from Digital Standard to Digital Preferred. So, you might have lost it that way. Call your cable co.

I remember Bill touting a scene in *Viva Zapata*, only to find out that it had been cut from the film by channel 50. He was embarrassed, and ****!

I saw it. I thought it was sort of interesting, but certainly not great. Its meandering reminded me of experimental narratives of the 60s and early 70s, but with the vampire thing added. It was unpredictable, which I consider a plus.

Sounds like Japanese scifi from the 60s. Was it Japanese?

Yeah, Fred, I thought that was what you were up to. But, I doubt it will stop the proliferation of such threads, until they stop running the spot. Maybe it will put a dent in them, though...