SansFin
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I like it very much. It is very subtle psychological horror and most people I know were more frightened the day after they watched it than they were while watching it.
The hardware is charmingly dated as hamradio stated. I love that voice! It is so purely mechanical that it is not possible to imagine it being friendly..
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I had a serious alteration of my sleep cycle because of travel and an injury. It needed only one instance of me falling asleep during a thing I wished to watch to make me watch only short programs until I recovered
It is usual that I recognize sleepiness early as in: "I will need to go to sleep within the next two hours". This allows me to chose movie with run-times less than that.
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These are my five favorite Mosfilm movies which are on YouTube with English subtitles:
*Formula of Love* (1984)
I do not know whether to call it an absurd tale of love or to call it a tale of absurd love. It is in Eighteenth Century when a young man asks a fakir to materialize the one he loves. It is comical and touching. There is philosophy and absurdities and absurd philosophy:
Lorenzia: Love is divine.
Caliostro: Fire was divine until Prometheus stole it. Now we use it to boil water.
You must use the "CC" button on the bar beneath the image and choose "Translate" and select English so that you may see the subtitles.
*The Bright Way* (1940)
This is a simple story of a simple girl finding happiness and love. The songs are touching.
*Irony of Fate* (1975)
It is humor and love after a comical mischance. A young man wishes a quiet New Year's Eve with his friends. It is not to be. This movie is so much a favorite that it has aired each New Year's Eve since it was released.
*Jolly Fellows* (1934)
This is a classic musical comedy of mistaken identity and wonderful songs mixed with slapstick.
This is one also where the "CC" button below the image box must be used to see subtitles.
*Dreams* (1993)
This is unusual comedy as dreams of a proper young countess transport her to the vulgar present.
This is one also where the "CC" button below the image box must be used to see subtitles.
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I believe that an important factor is that some movies are aired often because many people like them and consider them important. The guest programmers are among those who like them and consider them important and therefore they chose them despite the fact that they are common. It is as if you ask people to name the five best presidents before President Richard Nixon. It is likely that three names will be on nearly all lists. Five more names will be on the majority of lists. It is likely that some others will be missing even although a great many people may be asked to create such a list.
It may also be that the guest programmers have a public image to maintain. It may be used against them if they chose a movie which is not very mainstream or which includes any material which is not mainstream or is not currently politically correct. It would be damaging beyond worth if they were publicly connected to a movie which unrepentantly contains racism, fascism or belief in alien abductions.
I believe this second factor is supported by the fact that the Movie Morlocks have less of a public image separate from movies to maintain and so their selections could be more esoteric.
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> {quote:title=misswonderly wrote:}{quote}
> Do you watch a film alone most of the time? If so, by preference or necessity?
This varies greatly depending on time of day, type of movie and other circumstances.
Our schedules are rarely synchronized and so it often is that I am sleeping or at school when it is his time for relaxation. He is often in the same situation with sleep or work when I am idle. We have no choice but to watch movies alone when that happens.
There are movies which I like very much which he will not watch. He likes some movies which I will not watch again. It has happened that we will be watching our movies in different rooms.
We both also like to have a movie playing when we are working in the house and we are not then watching the movie.
Our preference is to watch movies together while laying on the bed. It is sad to say this rarely happens more than three or four times each week and so we like to maximize it by watching two or more movies in a row.
> Do you like to have something to eat and/or drink when you tune in to a movie? Alcohol, coffee, hot chocolate? Or for the more Spartan of us, mineral water?
This depends on the movie and time of day. I always have a beverage at hand. The type is chosen based on time of day and type of movie. We will at times eat meals while watching a movie. It is common to have at least nuts or wafers on the stand next to the bed. Vodka and ginger snaps are our traditional "last movie of the night" accompaniment.
> Do you like to talk during a film - this is assuming that you're watching it with others - well, hopefully.
I am more likely to talk when I am alone. I will at times say what the character should have said or I will give advice. It is also justification when I say aloud what I expect to happen next and then it happens because it means I was so sure of my prediction that I articulated it rather than merely having it pass through my mind. I can not speak for him as I am not there when he is alone but I have found him talking to all manner of things so it will not surprise me if he does it often.
I have not tabulated frequency but I will guess that the majority of the time when one of us speaks when we are watching a movie together that we will quickly put the movie on pause so we may discuss an aspect with no loss of watching the movie.
> What about falling asleep while watching a movie, anyway? Do you do that?
It has happened to me but it is rare. It is less rare that I will be distracted by a more attractive activity and so I will let the movie finish which my attention is elsewhere.
An aspect of our movie-watching is that we rarely watch a movie as it is airing. It was my habit to be active until a movie began but any contretemps in my activity would make me late for the beginning. He would often try to do the same but he is such that he would nearly always finish so far in advance of time that he would have to find some other thing to do while waiting and there are not many things which are productive to fill ten or thirty minutes.
That is why nearly all of our viewing of new-to-us movies now is time-shifted using the DVR. We can do real-world things until it has begun and the other is also free and then begin to watch from the beginning.
I am very interested to know how other people watch movies and what affects their methods and modes.
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We have problems with both our Sony DVD recorders in that they often claim there is copy protection when there is not. There have been times when recording of FMC or IFC stopped on other machines when programs changed.
Such instances were all the recorders refusing to record and displaying a notice that it can not record because of copy-protection.
I know of nothing related to copy-protection or false sensing of copy-protection that will explain a recorder continuing to operate but recording only sound and not video.
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It has been my experience that a copy-protected broadcast will be recognized by the recorder and it will display a message and record nothing.
That you have sound with no video makes me think there is a problem with your cables. I must jiggle the "video-in" connector on the television in my workroom each and every time I begin to play movies there.
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> {quote:title=Mike00 wrote:}{quote}
> I am serious about this, but yet you people continue to make jokes.
I am truly very sorry if you found my attempt at humor offensive. I did not intend to detract from the seriousness of your comments.
I am sure you are very sincere in your wish to see more modern movies on TCM. It is sad to say there are also many who are equally as sincere who wish TCM to air no movies made after 1959.
I rely on the wisdom of TCM programmers and managers to chose the type and range of movies which they feel best serves their viewers. I am happy when they select movies which are to my taste and I accept that I will not like every movie they chose.
I have not been long here and I have no experience with influencing programming selection. I have seen that those who seem most pleased with TCM's introduction of themes and types of movies and tributes are those who begin respectful threads requesting a star or tribute or who enter the TCM Programming Challenge from which TCM programmers have said they steal ideas.
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I find it odd that there is so very much support for such animation in the forum. I researched some time ago and found wide criticism and many disparaging remarks for the time when TCM did a tribute to the movies of Hayao Miyazaki. He is one of the few great animators in the world today.
Is the difference in attitude because his movies are modern or because his movies are foreign?
I would very much like to see a TCM tribute to the works of Władysław Starewicz. He was a pioneer in stop-motion animation and the combination of live action with stop-motion.
I believe his: "The Cameraman's Revenge" (1911) is truly classic:
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I often see the threads in groups of three appear soon before I stop browsing for the day.
I have reported some as spam. I have stopped doing that as I have learned that they can put into a post a link to an image which is a single pixel. It does not damage your computer but the hotlink counts as a hit on their site and it is by the number of such hits that they charge advertisers. To open their post is making money for them. I do not know that those who post here are doing that but it is within their capability and so I do not open their posts even to report them. I am confident the moderators can recognize such posts easily.
The syntax of many is odd because English is not the native language of the posters. I am grateful that those here have not made great fun of my writing despite my syntax and idioms varying wildly from your normal.
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I remove this post because a poster found it inappropriate.
Edited by: SansFin on Oct 25, 2012 2:22 PM I remove this post because a poster found it inappropriate.
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JackFavell,
Did you watch *Formula of Love* (1984)?
I hope so as there is one scene which troubles me. It is her dance which starts at: 1:07:17. I know how all the other absurdities in the movie are managed but that one vexes me. It vexes me greatly.
Do you know how it may have been done?
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I am one also to not watch to the end of a movie which I consider bad. The worst movie I have seen in its entirety is therefore not the worst movie of which I have had some exposure.
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Happy Birthday from your foreign --fiend-- friend!
This photo in in Public Domain.
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> {quote:title=darkblue wrote:}{quote}
> > It must be an American thing which I do not understand that you would think the victim of theft should apologize to any person.
> It wasn't me who said anyone deserved to get an apology. It was willbefree25 who said it.
I believe a proper reading of this thread clearly shows that I stated it.
willbefree25 quoted me.
> I was just wondering from who. I couldn't see why any of our members would be owing an apology to the administrator,
A poster created a situation which undoubtedly required a moderator to apologize to the copyright holder for the violation and necessitated the moderator expend specific effort to correct the problem.
It is considered common courtesy to apologize when you cause a problem even when you meant no harm or did not realize your actions might be considered improper..
> Willbefree's reasoning is a mystery to me.
I say again that if one were to properly read the thread they will find that what I stated was merely quoted by willbefree25.
> You say you mentioned an apology as well? From whom and to who?
I believe all who post copyrighted material when they do not have proper permission owe the moderator and all members of this forum an apology because they create extra work for the moderator, give the entire forum a very public reputation as a group of uncivilized louts and cause discussions such as this thread which diverts readers' time and attention away from the reason they visit these boards.
I hope you will PM me rather than continuing this part of the discussion on the open board as I have great difficulty phrasing my replies so that I do seem neither snide nor condescending and I believe we are allowed greater latitude in private conversation.
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> {quote:title=darkblue wrote:}{quote}
> > I believe the TCM moderator deserves apologies
> From who? The rights holder? The lawyers for the rights holder?
It must be an American thing which I do not understand that you would think the victim of theft should apologize to any person.
I believe the poster of that thread had no intent to deprive the copyright holder of their income and no intent also to cause problem for TCM. It was an oversight much the same as when a person by accident steps on some other person's foot. I mention an apology only because it is in my nature to say I am sorry when I do such things.
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> {quote:title=hlywdkjk wrote:}{quote}*"The original source was BBC News."* - SansFin
> one can read a Reuters article at numerous sites online - Reuters, NYTimes, Yahoo, etc.
I believe industry standard practice is to list the source of all articles which are not created by the provider by stating the creator's name at the very beginning of the body of text. The most common ways in which I have seen it are in smaller font or enclosed within parenthesis. This has the dual effect of acknowledging copyright and removing most liability for statements in the article.
I have noticed that when I copy-and-paste from some sites the pasted text includes an url which was not evident within the highlighted selection at the time of copy.
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> {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote}
> Thank you! I may watch Love and Pigeons without titles, if you think it would make sense. If it's a witty movie, let me know it's not worth trying to watch without knowing what the actors are saying.
I believe you would find little in it. My computer's speakers were not working properly when I discovered Mosfilm on YouTube and I did not remember the movie so well that I could follow it when not hearing the dialogue plainly.
There are many others for which the subtitles or captioning work well.
*The Bright Way* (1940) is a simple musical comedy which you may like:
*Dreams* (1993) is a more off-beat comedy:
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> {quote:title=willbefree25 wrote:}{quote}
> On the bright side, how cool is it that one of the world's largest media corporations' legal team reads here?
I have been told that some corporations use search engines to find first identical text prior to it being posted to their site so as to find copyright violations when a lazy staffer cut-and-pasted their copy and then to find any site in which more than a few paragraphs of their material appear so as to find copyright violations by others. Any results are sent to the lawyers.
> Who are they, by the way?
Speak not the names of demons!
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I found *The Revenge of Frankenstein* (1958) interesting. I am surprised I have not watched it before now. They worked well to create a new story for the character while keeping tradition.
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> {quote:title=cinemanut wrote:}{quote}
> Overall I say bravo TCM for a decent January, for we all know Feburary will bring tons of repeats.
I believe it is very wise and considerate programming. February is when we will need time to watch all of the wonderful movies we had to time-shirt onto a recorder in January!
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> {quote:title=hlywdkjk wrote:}{quote}
> I wish I knew what the source for the article was.
The original source was BBC News:
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> {quote:title=misswonderly wrote:}{quote}
> something to do with TCM having to commit to a certain number of airings if they want to rent the film.
I suspect the conversation may be nearly this:
Distributor: "You can rent most films for $X. Films which some other channels want will cost you twice as much. Films which are thought to be old standards and which can be shown by many channels will cost you ten times as much."
TCM: "We need a few old standards in our schedule. We will pay ten times as much but we want to air them ten times as often so as to get our money's worth."
Distributor: "Sure. What do we care how much you use them? It is not as if digital copies can wear out."
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Mosfilm has a channel on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/mosfilm/videos?view=0
I believe there must be two hundred movies available for viewing. Most of them are Soviet-era films and most are set in Russia.
*Formula of Love* (1984) is a period movie of the aristrocracy:
English subtitles are available by using the "CC" button on the bar beneath the image. You may have to click the button and choose "Translate" and select English. I am not sure of this because Capuchin has the connection so tricked out it does many things like this automatically so I do not know how it works for others..
I very much wish *Love and Pigeons* (1985) was properly subtitled! I think many of you would enjoy it very much.
*Winter Evening in Gagra* (1985) may interest some:
*Boris Godunov* (1954) is perhaps the most classic:
Tonight's HORROR OF DRACULA--Wow!
in General Discussions
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There is an article in the 2003 issue of Journal of Dracula Studies regarding Peter Cushing's connection to his role:
It?s all in the blood: The Bram Stoker/Peter Cushing Alliance by Michael McGlasson:
http://blooferland.com/drc/images/05McGlass.rtf
This link may begin an automatic download of the article. You may wish for reasons of security to visit instead the JoDS index and read or download the article by other methods:
Journal of Dracula Studies
http://www.blooferland.com/drc/index.php?title=Journal_of_Dracula_Studies
The article in question is the second entry in issue: Number 5 (2003).