Kinokima
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I actually prefer the Disney Version (guilty look)
But I love French cinema and I am sorry I wasn't paying attention to this post (maybe because I am not a big fan of Elevator to the Gallows, I prefer Malle's Au Revoir Les Enfants personally)
I actually made a list of my favorite French films here (always adding to it as I see more)
http://www.amazon.com/lm/R1893N6WYPEIOB/ref=cm_pdp_lm_title_1
Actually it is my favorite films from France & the UK. Why did I put them together? Well I always felt France and England had an interesting history together. Although if the list gets too big I might have to separate the lists in the future.
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I think most of what doesn't survive for the reason you state is Nazi era films. These were UFA productions before the Nazis took over the company.
Of course Emil Jannings himself made propaganda films for the Nazis. He was a brilliant actor but this destroyed his later career.
But as for discovering rare films well that is still happening today. So we never know what might be found.
Edited by: Kinokima on Apr 4, 2011 7:22 PM
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I guess when it comes to silents though whether it is an American or German production it doesn't really change much. In the silent era more than anything we had an international medium. We can still see Jannings acting ability quite well in his German silents that survived.
And that reminds me I really need to see Faust.
Of course it is a shame that any films are lost and the Way of all Flesh looks excellent from those little tidbits we saw. Did the other poster describe what other scene he/she saw?
Edited by: Kinokima on Apr 4, 2011 7:04 PM
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Thanks for providing the link. I just subscribed to that person's channel. Anyone whose user name is Golden Silents seems to be worth subscribing to.
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oh my goodness thank you. And I am so happy to see it uploaded on youtube. Wow that's great because now I can share it with others.
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Sorry I would have posted a reminder if I knew it was not often shown on the network. Actually if I recall correctly it was shown sometime last summer. I recorded it because it was on really late but like a fool I didn't keep it. Maybe TCM will end up playing it again.
It is a really good movie. I actually think it is my favorite Sternberg film.
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There were two parts about NY and I don't remember which one it was but the one I especially liked was when they were showing the different people of the city from many different backgrounds. I thought that scene was pretty neat.
And on another note if someone could give me that poem that was on the 3 screen part I would really appreciate it.
I wish I had recorded these to keep. Well maybe TCM will do a repeat in the near future.
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Blue Angel (the German version) aired on TCM within the last year. I don't remember the exact date (most likely during Sunday imports) but I know this for fact because that is how I watched the movie recently.
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Oh I know I cried too. But at least those small fragments exist. Just think of all the films that are completely lost. It's just a tragedy. And just from watching those little fragments I kept thinking wow that looks great I would love to watch that movie. I tell you those movies look better than most of what we get today.
And these Avant Garde pictures are a real treat too. I am sorry I did not record either feature.
I wonder did anyone catch the full poem that was in the 3 screen short? I loved it and I wish I could write it down (even thought it is better with the images).
Also loved the one with Edward Everett Horton!
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Oh wow how exciting. Some how I completely missed this when I looked at the April schedule. Thank goodness I found out before it aired because I would have been kicking myself.
Thanks for wonderful programming tonight TCM!
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Oh what wonderful news!
*Misswonderly you seriously made me cry* LOL
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I completely understand and respect that they have to do a Elizabeth Taylor tribute and yes I think she deserves a 24 hour tribute.
But I have to say I am bitterly disappointed it is the same day as the *Circus*. I have never seen it and I was really looking forward to it. It was probably one of the films I was most looking forward to on the April schedule. I know TCM has not shown it in awhile so it can't be that frequently aired. I really hope they reschedule it soon.
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For me James Mason was the best part of the film. Not my favorite but I was glad to see it.
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What a lovely tribute. Thanks for sharing it with us!
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Here is the transcription from last night's opening with Shannon Clute. It's basically the whole thing although I might have missed a word here and there. I also left out any one word replies such as thanks, yes, and so forth:
RO: I don't know what the brand department is but you're Mr Now Playing Guide as far as I'm concerned
SC: Print publications in general are what I am in charge of but it's a small brand group so we all work sort of so we all work across projects. The brand group is charged with making the brand accessible and tangible to the public. So we work on things like the film festival, the print publications, merchandise to some extent but that's largely another group. Just making sure everything has the look and feel of TCM.
RO: So the big programming guide that you give at the TCM Classic Film Festival you put that together?
SC: I did with a lot of help. We all work collaboratively but ultimately I got to edit that piece and be the primary art director for it.
RO: Well it's a very handy guide to have.
Now you picked a very interesting film and I have to tell everybody that the film that Shannon's film is one we've never shown on TCM before. A very classic heist film from 1955 directed by Jules Dassin called Rififi. Now why did you pick Rififi.
SC: Well partly for the reason you said. It's an opportunity to expose fans of the network to something they've never seen before but it's just a great heist film. It's tension filled, it's got an incredible ensemble cast. It's got great emotional hooks as things start to come unraveled with the plot you get to see the reasons each of these characters had for taking on this dangerous job and you can't help but feel the emotions they're feeling. It's just a lot of fun.
But also on a personal note I'm a real fan of film noir and while it is easy to love the core examples, things like Out of the Past, Double Indemnity, Detour; it's sometimes more interesting and instructive to see how noir spread out from those core characteristics into other film genres and even other film cultures.
And here you have a situation where you have a director who was one of the great American film directors of Film Noir, Jules Dassin, who did Brute Force, Night in the City, The Naked City and then he ends up blacklisted and leaves the country because he can't find film work and this is his first international production with a primarily French cast but an international cast. It's a French production in French so you get to see how the core characteristics of Noir really clashed with this foreign film making system and it produced some really interesting and quirky things.
RO: I know kind of the most famous scene is the heist in the movie but do you have another favorite scene in the movie particularly?
SC: Well there are a lots of great scenes to love but that would be my favorite scene too just because I think it's such a masterpiece of filmmaking.
RO: The choreography of it
SC: It's amazing you got almost a 30 minute sequence without any dialog or any score which in the hands of a lesser director would have been a disaster. It would have been boring I think. In fact it's incredibly tense the sound becomes the enemy. It's interesting in and of itself because it's so masterfully done but it's especially interesting I think as a window onto the life of Jules Dassin and this moment in history; because Dassin had been blacklisted and in 1950 was no longer able to find film work in Hollywood. You've got a situation where this whole reflection on silence is almost a mediation on his own situation. It starts by literally silencing the concierge and his wife, putting tape over their mouths and their eyes. You got a situation where Dassin himself is in where he couldn't see his work on the screen, he couldn't talk, he couldn't donate anything to the world. And he ends up in this situation where he has to cobble together an international crew with inferior technology and tools at their disposal just as the characters in the film had to do so I think it is remarkable from that point of view too.
RO: And a great cast you set it up really well too. Let's see the film....
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I don't know what to tell you. My comment has nothing to do with how fast you or anyone else reads subtitles that is a personal thing. Just because you and the original poster have issues with subtitles doesn't mean everyone else has these issues.
I am sure you don't mean to say because the subtitles are too fast for you or anyone else TCM should not show foreign language films?
In my opinion subtitles should preferably be as fast as the dialog so they match up with what the characters are saying on screen. It should have nothing to do with an individual's reading speed.
Of course if you are interested in watching foreign language films but subtitles are the issue then I actually suggest watching more. I believe it might just be a case of getting used to reading subtitles and watching what is going on the screen at the same time. It might also be easier to watching a recording or a DVD of a foreign language film than watching it as it airs on TCM because you can pause or go back to a scene if you feel you missed something.
Edited by: Kinokima on Mar 18, 2011 10:03 AM
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I will try to get to it tomorrow Kyle and I am happy to do it.
And I am really sorry you could not see the film Misswonderly (especially since it is a favorite of mine and I would like more people to get to see it). I never realized there were difficult right issues with this film. But it seems even the US branch of TCM had trouble playing it in the past.
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I don't find subtitles hard to follow at all. I never feel I miss anything because of subtitles. I love foreign language films and I would miss out on a lot of great films if I only limited myself to Hollywood films. Not to mention today's foreign film Rififi has one of the most brilliant sequences without sound just images. It shows the power of the film medium perfectly.
Basically you do not speak for me!
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Kyle,
If everything goes alright with my recording I can try to transcribe his introduction if you want. I know it is not the exact same thing as hearing it but at least you will be able to read what he said.
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I love the Fred & Ginger films too. I don't know if I would say they were the greatest films ever made BUT they are just tons of fun and incredibly charming. Wonderful chemistry between the leads, great music, incredible dance scenes and fun supporting characters.
I also adore Edward Everett Horton and Eric Blore. However that being said I wasn't fond of Victor Moore in Swing Time.
I also love Irene Dunne in Roberta <3
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Rififi is one of my favorite films. The heist scene is simply marvelous. I am recording it for keeps.
Thank You to the TCM Employee who chose it. Excellent choice.
Edited by: Kinokima on Mar 17, 2011 9:28 PM
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Okay now I am *really* jealous of you festival goers. TCM just announced Peter O'Toole as a guest and there will be a screening of Becket.
Robert Osbourne will also be interviewing O'Toole. I pray that interview makes it to the channel. I know Peter O'Toole is one of the top actors I wanted to see for a private screening.
Just wanted to share this with everyone. I am sorry if it has already been mentioned.
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Only once! As a kid I went to see this animated film called All Dogs Go to Heaven. Well the ending (or right before the ending to be more accurate) upset me so much that I started crying really loudly and had to be taken out of the picture. I don't think that is exactly what you had in mind.
I saw the movie some years later when I was much older and the ending didn't bother me as much anymore.
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Nope but I recorded it. I love Powell & Pressburger as a rule. Except oddly enough one of their most popular *The Red Shoes*. I really need to revisit that one.
But anyways I am looking forward to it. They are probably my favorite Classic British directors.
"Psycho" Was a Comedy...
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Psycho is not my favorite Hitchcock but it did scare the living daylights out of me when I was younger even when I knew the twist (because unfortunately it's one of those twists that everyone knows now even if they haven't seen the movie). I just think Anthony Perkins portrayal has to be one of the creepiest things ever. That last image of him *shudders*
But as for the movie being funny well isn't that true for most of Hitchcock's films? Hitchcock had a wonderful black sense of humor. I feel this humor is always there in all of his movies to a point.
But the humor doesn't take away from the fact that Psycho is still pretty darn scary (although I could handle it a bit more as an adult LOL)