ValentineXavier

I wouldn't expect my friends to sit through hours of films at my funeral. I think I'd just show two - *Un Chien Andalou*, and *Attack of the Crab Monsters*.

> {quote:title=sewannie wrote:}{quote} > I don't know whether to catch UNDERWORLD USA or not...but since I love noir/crime dramas, I probably will catch it. It's a great film, especially if you're a Sam Fuller fan, as I am.

> {quote:title=fxreyman wrote:}{quote}Another point I was trying to make in my own feeble attempt of a way is that Ascotrudgeracer seemed to suggest that there is a theory out there that there has never been a great film shot in color. > > I was trying to take 25 films that were shot in color to at least give him a chance to modify or change his statement. Now maybe, some of the 25 films I listed would not show up on a list of so-called greatest films considered by you, but many of the films I listed are considered some of the greatest films ever made. By a wide margin from many different sources. I took your point. My intention was to agree with it, and amplify it. I meant that I agreed with most of your list, as being great color films, and add that there are easily 100 more. Call me lazy, but I find researching and making long lists tedious, so I rarely do it. I do love B&W. But, most films, beginning in the 60s, are made in color. Personally, I don't think they stopped making great films then.

> {quote:title=Bill711 wrote:}{quote}"The One That Got Away" is based on a true incident where a German POW escaped to the USA (before Pearl Harbor) while on his way to a Canadian POW camp. This movie has been shown on TCM. > I was thinking of that film, and also the recently shown *49th Parallel* when I made this post. *49 P* implies the situation Markfp2 mentions below: >Few people, today, know that during WWII there were over four hundred thousand German, Japanese and Italian POWs in hundreds of camps throughout the United States. Other than the die-hard Nazis, most were probably content to be in a safe place away from the war and were generally treated very well so they had little inclination to try to escape.

I recall, as a teenager in the early 60s, picking up a spurious audio transmission on the TV that said something about the "5 meter Mars net." I figured that our gov. knew more about aliens than it was telling us...

> {quote:title=Ascotrudgeracer wrote:}{quote}Anyone else notice the insect crawling across the upper-right corner of the screen that made it into last night's print about halfway into the movie? > > I'm always amazed (and delighted) to find a noir I have never seen. Watching that gem late last night was as refreshing as a cool day in the middle of a scorching summer. > > The moment I saw those opening graphics and Eagle Lion, I knew it was a winner. Yep, I saw the fly crawling along the upper right edge! I agree, it was a gem, and I'm very glad to have seen it. Of course, I'd rather have seen a new print, but then I would have missed the fly...

I lived in Maracaibo, Venezuela, for a couple of years, when I was a kid. We often went to a place called Rincon's. It was outdoor tables, a movie screen, restaurant and bar service. I loved it. Of course, being 10-12 years old, I didn't drink anything stronger than pineapple juice, but my folks did. Here in Ann Arbor, in the summers, we have an event called Top of the Park. It is outdoors, there are food booths, beer and wine available. There is a band every evening. On weekends, after the band has played, a film is shown. The band and films are free. A wonderful institution!

> {quote:title=clore wrote:}{quote}Should TCM message board posters consider modifying their stagnant film requests? YES.

Eagles don't flock.

Well, I've often spouted off about what a turkey I think GWTW is. *Meet Me in St. Louis* is lamer than a quadriplegic snake, and *Seven Brides for Seven Brothers* is as insipid as a Hallmark card from the 50s. Apologies to all who love those films...

Well... I think that three of the films on your list are turkeys. But, I think there are at least 100 great color films you didn't list... Edited by: ValentineXavier on Sep 18, 2011 12:07 AM

TCM has shown a number of good films about escaped Nazis in the Canada, and the US, and POW films. I ran across an article about learning from excavations of a POW camp in Canada, for prisoners taken from Rommel's Afrika Corps. It's short, interesting, and provides some historical context to the films we see. Page 2 consists of only three very short paragraphs. I hope some enjoy it. http://news.scotsman.com/world/Camp-that-held-Rommel39s-men.6825279.jp

Having seen *2001* from the front rows of both the Detroit, and Hollywood Cineramas, I like feeling immersed in all films. I do have good peripheral vision, and that helps.

> {quote:title=rayallen wrote:}{quote}I think I'm more of a film *geek* than a movie nerd. Does that mean you look like Tyrone Power?

I vote for *Christmas Holiday*, hopefully a good print. I had never seen it, until Countess Delave sent me a copy. Not exactly a warm and fuzzy film, in fact, just the opposite, but it does take place over Christmas...

*Peeping Tom* is at least a near-noir, if not a real noir. It is a British film, and has that flavor to it too. Edited by: ValentineXavier on Sep 4, 2011 11:28 PM

I'll admit it was better than *Rocky*...

Sorry, I definitely didn't mean to make fun of anyone's disabilities. Here's a list of Lou's movie credits. Click on them to read a description of the film, and maybe you'll find it. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001283/#actor_main

Ciao, Bela, I always say...

I mostly agree with you. There are many common elements to noir, but a film doesn't really have to have all the elements to be a noir. I.E., many noirs have a good girl, helping a a guy who is in trouble, who may have been bad (or not) and is trying to do good, or she is trying to reform him. *This Gun For Hire* is such a film. Also, there are a few classic noirs filmed in color. the recently shown *Second Chance* is one.

Everybody knows that...

*Eraserhead* is definitely NOT a normal sort of horror film, in fact it isn't really a horror film at all, but an avant-garde experimental film. I like it a lot, but it definitely is not for all tastes.

Try entering "Kansas" and Dust in the Wind a searches in the IMDb. I found a film with the song War in it that way.

I have kind of a vague recollection of Ann Sothern doing a scene like that, but can't recall any more, or a title.

I haven't seen all of Elvis' movies, but the only one I have seen, and actually liked, was *Jailhouse Rock*. The only good "Elvis" movie is *Bubba Ho-Tep*.