ValentineXavier

> {quote:title=phw wrote:}{quote}I couldn't swear 'They Live' was edited and at least they tried to adhere to the original aspect ratio albeit with a smaller image because the source obviously wasn't HD. > I recorded *They Live*, and made an anamorphic DVD, but I haven't watched it yet. I have it on LD, but haven't watched it in years, so I can't say whether it was cut. No, it wasn't in HD, but I don't know what you mean by a "smaller image." From TCMHD, the image filled the screen side-to-side, and was in the OAR. > It just seemed pointless screening 'The Fog' especially when the director goes out of his way to shoot 2:35:1 widescreen anamorphic. > I'd expect that kind of treatment on Sci-Fi (can't type Sy-Fy) Channel or 'regular' TV... but a dedicated movie channel like my dear old TCM... just seems wrong. > Yeah, I don't like seeing WS movies in 4x3 either. I don't know why TCM can't get *The Fog*, or *The Green Slime*, and a few other films that definitely have WS transfers, in their OAR. Some obscure, older films have only 4x3 transfers available, so I understand those being in 4x3. > I hear what you're saying about the old B&W movies... my initial frustration and despair with TCM HD arrived during the Halloween movie marathon when I was hoping to be able to see all my old Universal Classics in glorious HD... but instead got a horrible 4x3 squeeze... but i guess there's no money in paying to upres all that old content. > I don't know what you mean by the "horrible 4x3 squeeze." When I watch a 4x3 film from a HD channel, I just set the screen size at "4x3," not stretched to "Wide." The 4x3 isn't squeezed. 4x3 films, shown on TCMHD, look just a bit better than the same film on TCMSD. > It's only a minor gripe... but through the vagaries of TV broadcasting... SD transmissions look terrible on my TV and so if i can't watch stuff on the HD channels then I tend not to watch it. (not sure if it's an issue with my TV or with the Time Warner Cable signal) Some HDTVs do a lousy job with SD sources, some do a great job. I have a 56" Samsung DLP TV, and SD looks quite good on it. Not as good as true HD of course. But, way better than SD looked on my old 48" SD CRT RPTV. Edited by: ValentineXavier on Dec 11, 2011 3:14 AM

No, no, no, you've got it all wrong... it's the one where Mitchum spots the young son of a good lookin' woman shoplifting a toy. He tries to cover for them by swallowing the evidence. But, he chokes to death, and falls dead at Santa's feet. This scares the bejezus out of all the little kids waiting in line to see Santa, and they run screaming through the store. A Christmas tree with lighted candles is knocked over, starting a huge fire that kills a store full of holiday shoppers.

> {quote:title=mrroberts wrote:}{quote}Doesn't look like there are any film noir pictures on the horizon at TCM or FMC, guess its the time of the year, no Christmas themed noirs made. Well, sort of. *Christmas Holiday* is a solid noir, with Christmas as part of the setting. There is Michael Curtiz's film *We're No Angels*, a slightly noirish crime/comedy film, starring: Humphrey Bogart ... Joseph Aldo Ray ... Albert Peter Ustinov ... Jules Joan Bennett ... Amelie Ducotel Basil Rathbone ... Andre Trochard Leo G. Carroll ... Felix Ducotel John Baer ... Paul Trochard Gloria Talbott ... Isabelle Ducotel Lea Penman ... Mme. Parole John Smith ... Medical Officer Arnaud And there is the 1949 film *Holiday Affair*, which is very Christmasy, and has a few noirish elements, and a noir cast: Robert Mitchum ... Steve Mason Janet Leigh ... Connie Ennis Wendell Corey ... Carl Davis Gordon Gebert ... Timmy Ennis Griff Barnett ... Mr. Ennis Esther Dale ... Mrs. Ennis Henry O'Neill ... Mr. Crowley Harry Morgan ... Police Lieutenant (as Henry Morgan) Larry J. Blake ... Johnson - Plainclothesman Helen Brown ... Emily

>William Lundigan ... Ben Gammon >Betsy Palmer ... Emmy Verdon >Jane Greer ... Karen >Keenan Wynn ... Marshall Keats >Cliff Edwards ... Webber's Manager >Harry Einstein ... Mr. Laurie >Jay C. Flippen ... Happy Gallant >Reginald Gardiner ... Felix Allardyce >James Gleason ... Dolph Grimes >Jack Haley ... Stanley Leeds >Florence Halop ... Mrs. Laurie >Buster Keaton ... Harrison >Chico Marx ... Mr. Kramer >Sylvia Sidney ... Mrs. Kramer >Shepperd Strudwick ... Reagan That's quite a cast, alright!

I wouldn't mind Playhouse 90, or East Side, West Side. There was some good, classy TV drama, amongst trite crapola, back in dem days...

It's pure speculation on my part, but I noticed that TCM had listed *TDDoKJ* as being letterboxed, even though it was made for TV, and surely had an aspect ratio of 1.33:1. Perhaps they were offered a LB print, then realized that would not be the OAR, and so refused it. I'd like to think that, anyway...

Much as I enjoyed, and agree with, her essay, it's easy to see how TPTB of the time would decide she needed a lobotomy, from their point of view.

I would name her, but I don't want her to be inundated by requests for the film. I'd bet that those copies for sale through Amazon are made from the old VHS tape, or a TV screening. AFAIK, it has never had an official release. Just my guess, but it may be a rights issue with Durbin's songs.

Who was Billy Brown would be the more pertinent question...

Yes, the wikipedia does offer some excellent info on *Mulholland Drive*. I recommend the "Dreams and alternate realities" section. There is also much good discussion on the IMDb forum for the film. Many believe that there is an objective, real, explanation of all the surreal goings-on, and I am inclined to believe that is quite likely. Many spoilers, of course: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166924/board/flat/39598763

I enjoyed it. I saw it when TCM ran it ~ one year ago. It all takes place in a library, and I work in a library. They used the same book trucks we still use today, and it all looked very familiar. I found these sorts of things interesting. Also - unusual for the day - were hints of a S&M relationship between Sanders, and his female accomplice.

Thanks for the heads-up. I will check it out!

Trumbo finally got his film made, and directed it himself. The very powerful *Johnny Got His Gun* came out in 1971, at the peak of the Viet Nam War.

Maybe next time, I'll add some mezcal, and call it "mole borracho." Actually, the way I cook it in the oven, the chicken is completely immersed in mole, and it "Really infuses the chicken with flavor and it just falls off the bone when done." Maybe I'm just not so good at doing it in a pot, but to me, it's a little too much like boiling, which I think takes the flavor out of things, and my way is more like slow roasting, which I think concentrates flavors. I wish we could have a mole cook-off! I'm sure we'd like each other's mole.

Here's the caption to the picture, from the wikipedia article on mole: >Selling mole mixes at the Feria Nacional del Mole in San Pedro Atocpan I use Dona Maria's too. I grind up some dried chipotles, and crush a square or two of baker's chocolate, and add those. Besides, (or even instead of,) chicken broth, I sometimes use beer, or even orange juice to make the sauce. Also non-traditional, I put the chicken pieces, closely together but in a single layer, in a roasting pan, and cover it with aluminum foil. I put that in the oven at 350 deg. for about an hour. I remove the aluminum foil, pour the chicken broth that has formed into the mole sauce pan, stir, pour the mole over the chicken, and return it to the oven for about an hour, uncovered. There are endless varieties of moles, better than we can do with the staple Dona Maria's but I stand by my oven method for cooking!

They'd both have your b*lls for breakfast, but Jane would cook them with her eggs. Linda would eat them raw.

> {quote:title=AndyM108 wrote:}{quote} > And The Big Sleep or L.A. Confidential ? Ha! Those'll take me another 30 years! > > Then my advice is to never watch *Mulholland Drive*, because you will never sleep another day, the rest of your life, trying to figure it out. *Miss W.,* I think TCM's "Brief Synopses" are a bit too brief. Some of them could describe a lot of films. So, sometimes when I am trying to remember if I saw a film, I will check the "Detailed Synopsis," and quit reading when I remember if I've seen it. As already noted by several others, they can also be a help in understanding a film, after one has seen it. So, I'm glad they are there, but quite agree that they need to be divided into paragraphs.

Thanks! The first couple of times I tried, it wouldn't even post the link - I could see it in my post in "Edit," but not as actually posted. I could spend a couple of hours smelling and buying the wonderful moles they have, then days cooking the different varieties. Much as I love mole, tamales, various dishes of the Yucatan - like tzic de venado, pescado tikin xich, cochinita pibil, and pavo in relleno negro - probably my favorite Mexican food is a simple fresh, hand-made corn tortilla, melted Chihuahua cheese, and chorizo, possibly a bit of salsa de chile fresca, rolled up and eaten!

From Kurosawa's not-to-be-missed *Dode's Ka-den*, to Boston **** films, much to like in that schedule.

Here's a photo of a place I'd like to visit: If anyone knows how to post the photo, please do. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/MaravillasMoleSPA.JPG Edited by: ValentineXavier on Dec 3, 2011 9:47 PM

> {quote:title=darkblue wrote:}{quote}Someone at Warners really hates that movie. I think Russell might have **** off whoever it was very badly. I don't think it was a matter of Russell **** off anyone at WB, I think it is people at WB that are prejudiced against the film. I will buy the BFI version, as it will be 2.35:1, and be a quality print.

There's actually an even better doc, with the dull title *Where Lies the ****?* It is about gays trying to find role models in films, and life, where there were very few open ones. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0194535/

Sounds really familiar, like it has been on TCM in the last year, but I can't quite come up with a name. It sounds a bit like *My Name is Julia Ross*, but I don't think that's it.

> {quote:title=Hibi wrote:}{quote}They are still showing the 1 hr episodes on Encore weeknights at 11pm. Dunno how long it will last! Indeed. I have been recording them all. They have been showing them in release order, except they skipped one. I'm hoping it shows up later

There is Dalton Trumbo's 1971 film about WWI, *Johnny Got His Gun*, with the lead character named Joe. There is no "Johnny."