ValentineXavier
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I guess I should probably rewatch *Soylent Green*. I haven't seen it since it first came out. I found it to be a big letdown.From near the beginning, I assumed that *all* soylent products were made from humans, so finding out that was the big deal with soylent green seemed very anticlimactic. I expected something more.
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I finally watched it. I was going to look for your earlier post, and fill you in.
>Addendum: it wasn't your earlier post, it was someone else's. My error.
The TCM synopsis is incomplete, and a bit inaccurate.
In the parole hearing, Darin convinces the parole board that he is sane, reformed, and Poitier just hates him, because Poitier is prejudiced against him for being white. Later, Darin tells Poitier that of course the parole board believed him, a convict, rather than Poitier, a Dr., because Darin is white, and Poitier black. All this takes place while while Poitier is packing up, because he has resigned his job. Poitier responds by putting Darin in his place, verbally, and Darin is obviously taken aback by it.
Flash forward to present day - Peter Falk asks Poitier what ever became of Darin. Poitier says that 10 years later, he killed an old man for no reason, and was hung. Falk decides not to resign, but to go back to try and help the black kid he has not been getting through to. He says that he will see the kid in black face next time, and Poitier says that's a good idea.
I liked the film quite a bit, including the surrealistic hallucinations and flashbacks. It was all very striking. It would make a good double feature with Sam Fuller's *Shock Corridor*.
Edited by: ValentineXavier on Jan 29, 2012 10:21 PM
Edited by: ValentineXavier on Jan 29, 2012 10:55 PM
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> {quote:title=lzcutter wrote:}{quote}
> > Does TCM place ads in certain mags or on Internet sites?
> I don't know about magazines but I've seen ads for TCM (usually for *31 Days of Oscar* and *SUTS* as well as the Film Festival and Cruise on sites as varied as the HuffPost to LAObserved.
I realize the question wasn't about cable, but I have seen *31 Days of Oscar* advertised many times on CNN. Nice ad, too.
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Joseph Calleia
J. Carroll Naish
Akim Tamiroff
Mike Mazurki
Pedro Armendariz
Joanna Moore
Ella Raines
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> {quote:title=Sepiatone wrote:}{quote}Valentine, I recall the Fugs. An attempt to answer to the Mothers of Invention. They weren't all that bad. A favorite of mine they did is also a song that would get "bleeped" on radio and probably in these forums, titled "Johnny P***off and the Red Angel".
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> Being a Detroiter, I can attest that nobody here enjoyed that "safe" version of "Kick Out the Jams". Radio station WABX used to play the original, catch hell from the FCC, apologize and then do it again!
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wikipedia says that both The Fugs and The Mothers of Invention were formed in 1964. But, the Fugs had two albums out before Freak Out was released. So, I don't think that The Fugs were an answer band to The Mothers. I love them both. Of course it is said that "of Invention" is a substitute for something objectionable
that Zappa added to the name, in hopes of getting air play.Living in Ann Arbor most of the time since 1966, I was very much a WABX fan, and still miss it. Yes, they did play the original version of Kick Out the Jams.
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> {quote:title=FloydDBarber wrote:}{quote}I have always wondered if the stations do a clean cut to a commercial so we do not lose any of the film.
> I don't remember ever noticing if the film returns to the exact spot where it was interrupted before the commercial. Would anyone know how the films are edited for commercials? Are the films left intact? I seriously doubt it.
Maybe Fred, or someone else in the biz will give a better answer, but as one who has been watching movies on TV since the 50s, I've seen a lot of what they do, and it's really all over the place.
On commercial TV, most films are trimmed a bit, to fit a time slot. That can be minimal, or extensive, depending on the film's TRT and the time slot.Of course, they also edit for content, if needed. I'd guess that these days, most stations get the sort of length/content edit they want from the distributor. In the old days, I think they did a lot of it at the station, since I saw cuts vary from station to station.
Probably most stations try to go to break at a scene change, so unless you are familiar with the film, you won't know if anything was cut at that break. But, there isn't always a scene change in the vicinity of where they need a break, so sometimes it is clear that nothing was cut at the break, because of the continuity. And, sometimes, it is clear that there has been a cut.
Personally, I no longer watch edited films, and about the only films I watch with a commercial break are on the MGMHD Movie Channel, which usually has one short commercial break, in the middle of the film.
I think it is now the law that stations must run disclaimers if the film is edited, or reformatted. Many do.
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To me, as the film progresses, and she becomes more and more disturbed, it clearly shows on her face, making her somewhat less beautiful. I think that an important part of her acting, and the effect of the film.
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At least on a national basis, there are viewership figures for the different cable stations. That would be the start of basing their rates, and adjustments would follow.
I'm not really advocating ala carte. I'm not saying it is practical, or easy to implement. I think my personal rate would probably go up, even though I have no interest in sports. I'm just pointing out that there is no logical reason for overall huge increases in rates, under an ala carte system. Unless, of course, the cable companies use it as an excuse to gouge.
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In my estimation, *Mr. Arkadin* is Welles' third best film, with *ToE* being #1, and *CK* being #2. But, probably not many would agree with me.
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> {quote:title=JEV1A wrote:}{quote}Best Visual Effects! Hugo or Rise of the Planet of the Apes?
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> And the Oscar goes to:
*Hugo* it's incredible.
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Angela Davis, in the 60s.
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Will this one pass?
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Thought so.
No expletives that begin with "e"? Sounds like a load of equine excrement to me.
A few musical censorship notes from the 60s -
There was a NYC group called The Fugs, who used the word that their name sounds like, in their songs, supposedly saying their name, hoping it would pass.
A 60s art-rock band, Pearls Before Swine, had a song titled Miss Morse, where they spell out the f-bomb in Morse code. It did get airplay on the stations that played that sort of music.
60s Detroit band The MC5's best known song, Kick Out The Jams, Begins with "Kick out the jams, m-fers." Just a couple of years ago, I heard someone request the "original version" on a local rock station. The DJ said "sure," but played the air-safe "Kick out the jams, brothers and sisters" version instead.
Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen was an up and coming band, with a few hits. Well, their climb ended when they published an album including a vintage tune with the line "everybody's doing it, truckin' and f*ckin'. Radio stations didn't want the album in the studio, lest it be played by accident.
The Who get away with using the F-word in their song Baba O'Riley, probably because most people don't catch it.
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> {quote:title=tcmprogrammr wrote:}{quote}This is an ongoing issue - believe me, we all cringe when a film comes on that isn't properly letterboxed or the wrong version is played. And I know it seems like it should be an easy fix when a better version is out there but it can be complicated. Sometimes we don't know ourselves the version that was sent to us isn't letterboxed until a couple of days before air (and it's too late to get a replacement). Sometimes that company that sold us the tv rights is different than the company that put it out on home vidoe and obtaining the home video version is a challenge (we are very fortunate to be able to access Criterion versons when that's the situation with their films). And sometimes we make mistakes. I do apologize and we will keep trying to do better. And whenever this happens, even it's too late for a specific airing, we try to upgrade for the next time.
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> I also agree that it's particularly frustrating that this was the situation during a Jack Cardiff festival. We appreciate the comments.
tcmprogrammr, thanks so much for posting that. I do hope that TCM makes a practice of showing that OAR disclaimer, when ever it is appropriate. I think that would help a lot with people accepting the situation, being warned, before disappointment strikes. Now, if TCM could just show *The Green Slime* in 2.35:1, instead of the 4x3 it's been shown in in repeatedly, I'd be a happy camper...
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> {quote:title=infinite1 wrote:}{quote}I'm glad all you folks are so giddy over the fact that TCM, supposedly a movie channel, is starting to show left overs from PBS, (at first I thought I was watching OVATION or BRAVO), but frankly I thought it STUNK.
If the hissy (or tissy) doesn't fit, you must acquit.
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Kyle, you are absolutely right about retransmission fees driving raises in cable rates, I am aware of that. But, they would not necessarily increase again, if cable co.s began charging ala carte.
My argument is a simple one. If a cable co. goes ala carte, why couldn't they just continue to send the same total amounts to all their providers? If so, their costs would not go up, so the total of the cable bills their subscribers pay need not go up. They would just be apportioned differently, based on which channels people selected. This would lower bills for some, and raise them for others.
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Earlier, someone asked a question to the effect of when did we first know smoking is bad for the health? Well, Merriam-Webster says that the first use of "coffin nail" as a slang term for cigarette was in 1888.
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Powerful, stunning, distasteful, obsessive, repressed. Even more so than most Polanski films. A classic, but not one I watch often.
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The people who say that cable bills in total would go up with ala carte pricing sound like they are trying to explain Xeno's paradox. There is no inherent reason for cable bills, all totaled, to rise, and good reason why they might drop a little bit. But, yes, some small niche channels would be out of business.
Look at it this way - if all cable channels continue to charge your cable company exactly the same amount of money they do now, the cable companies have no increase in costs. If some niche channels go out of business, the cable company's costs actually go down. So, why would they have to increase cable bills in total? They wouldn't have too, but they might use it as an excuse.
How would individual bills be affected, assuming the cable company doesn't use the ala carte change as an excuse to raise total rates? Well, if you really only selected a few popular channels, your rates would go down. If you selected lots of less popular channels, your rates would go up. This is because you are now sharing the costs of individual channels, with the others who watch them.
As to Congress being in bed with the cable industry, well Rupert Murdoch was made a US citizen, by special act of Congress, avoiding the ordinary niceties mere mortals have to observe to become US citizens. This was to make it legal for him to own US media. Then, they gave him waivers, so he could own more media in one market than the law allowed. Then, they changed the laws so he could totally control markets, if he wanted too - owning papers, radio, and TV stations, all in the same market. In bed, indeed. I wonder where Congress buys sheets that big?
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I hope they rerun them too.
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TCM has shown *Caught* before, but several are new to TCM. I'm recording all that I don't already have. Ophuls is great!
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I like *Mark of Zorro* a lot, but to me, it can't compare to *The Adventures of Robin Hood*. There's just so much more to *TAoRH*. Lots more characters, lots more story and plot twists. I'd rank *MoZ* more on a par with *The Adventures of Don Juan*.
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> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote}"s" as in "sit", as opposed to "sh" as in ..............?
"sh" as in shut yo mouth!
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> {quote:title=Sepiatone wrote:}{quote}Here in Detroit, WTVS has had a Friday night movie presentation for several years now. I only tune in when they show something I haven't already seen on TCM recently.
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So it is Friday nights. I keep meaning to check them out, to see if they really are in HD. Have you noticed? Does WTVS really show them in HD?
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*Pandora and the Flying Buttress*
Pandora is getting bored with seducing all the eligible men around her, and demanding sacrifices from them, to receive her charms. One day, walking by an old church, she decides upon a truly great test of her charms. She will try to seduce a flying buttress, hoping to melt its heart of stone!
Every day, for weeks, she visits the buttress, lavishing her attentions on it. Finally, the buttress succumbs to her allure. She demands that it cease supporting the wall of the church, to show that it cares only for her. Smitten, the buttress cannot resist. It releases the wall. The wall falls, crushing them both.
that Zappa added to the name, in hopes of getting air play.
The D.I. and -30- not correct ratio???
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The IMDb says that *The D.I.* was shot in 1.66:1.
Well, I appreciate knowing they weren't shown in their OAR. Now I know what to do with them.