SansFin

Odessa has always been very mutli-cultural. I believe it is also true for all of Ukraine. I know an Orthodox Priest who knows all the rites and traditions of Judaism and he will intervene with the police until a Rabbi can arrive. St. Paul Lutheran Church in Odessa Ukraine: This is how it looked in 1927: Brody Synagogue:

> {quote:title=casablancalover wrote:}{quote} > SansFin, I saw you pics of the church in Georgia (Russia) and immediately thought of this movie: > Can you guess which Powell and Pressberger production? I believe it is in *Black Narcissus* (1947). It was common for monasteries and other religious retreats to be built in inaccessible places and are often perched on the edge of a cliff. This is Meteora in Greece: I must give you a word: to equate Georgia with Russia is not polite. The Kartvelebi are proud people. A woman of Georgia is likely to slap your face if you say she is Russian!

> {quote:title=ugaarte wrote:}{quote} > I wonder how the parishoners made their way to Sunday Service. I see something of a 'lift' like object to the side there. Could it be they were 'lifted' to service ? I believe that for much of history in the area that people went to church nearly every day. It was a trait of the Industrial Revolution that people had such demands placed on their time that they had to limit their attendance. Here is an image of the side of the pillar which shows the ladder: The climb is only forty meters. > But it must have been a real 'Challenge' to bring the building material up there, in the first place, to build this 'Church'. The pillar is limestone and I believe the church is built of limestone. I suspect that what they had to dig away to make the top level is what they used to build the church.

I believe this is the original Stairway to Heaven. It is a church on top of the Katskhi pillar in Georgia. It is believed it was built in the 6th Century.

> {quote:title=wouldbestar wrote:}{quote} > Those folks who think The Sting is overrated now have me to contend with. The way the story is told with the placards between the scenes, the music, the costumes and sets all have a 1930's feel that makes you feel you're really there. I love this movie! I feel it would have been made exactly that way if it was made in the early 1930s. It has all the proper sensibilities of a pre-code. I believe it is brilliant that they are presenting the movie in stages and they are actually pulling a con on the audience in the same way as the characters in the movie are pulling a con on the mark. We even have the twist of the hit-man which makes us lower our defenses as we believe they have played the one ace they have up their sleeve.

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I love that video! I thank you for posting the link. The squirrels do not have the area for such fighting here. Capuchin did remove the screens from the porch windows so they would have room to scamper to the feeder from the place where they can come down from the roof. This is a sad story if you think of the fate of the poor squirrel and yet I laugh each time I listen to it: Part One: Part Two:

I was surprised and disappointed that there was no discussion of this movie on this forum by the more knowledgeable posters prior to the airing to alert people who have never seen it. I truly believe this should have premiered as a TCM Essential. I do not know if the music was original for the movie. It is also classic and it is very beautiful. I have heard it few other places and it always reminds me of this movie.

I wish to thank TCM very much for airing *A Man and a Woman* (1966). This is a very important movie. It is thought by many to be the most accessible foreign film because it deals with universal concepts of love and loss. Its cinematography is innovative and some of the techniques are used still. It has a realism that no elaborate sound stages and carefully crafted scripts can reproduce. This is a very powerful movie. The use of flashbacks to underpin the emotions and reactions of the characters draws us into the thoughts of the characters in ways that mere dialogue never will. We all know the hesitancy of entering a new relationship and we know how the past affects our present. We all know how hard it is to let go of loss and how people can remain alive in our hearts and thoughts long after they have passed. These are the major theme of the movie so it could well be our story being shown on the screen. I believe this was an excellent choice for TCM Imports and I hope the TCM Programmers know how much we appreciate their work and insight to air this movie for us.

This thread has made me think of what television actors or characters may be the object of a crush today. I fear for the future of little boys who develop a crush on Masha: They are sure to grow up warped and twisted!

> {quote:title=MissGoddess wrote:}{quote} > I'm very new to Kurosawa, but he's already impressed me deeply. I know more of Kurosawa than I do of Capra or Ford. I love very much how the scenes are layered and they draw me in so that I feel I am in the midst of the action. His stories are very strong and come from within. I must tell of the squirrels: I often hear a tap ... tap ... tap ... when I enter the kitchen. It means that a squirrel is taking food out of the feeder and letting the lid drop closed. The time between taps is how long it takes for them to eat a piece of corn. When the food is low they must reach deep for it. The picture is of when the food is very low and they climb into the feeder and eat there. One day I saw a squirrel eating peacefully. Another squirrel came and they chattered at each other. I do not speak squirrel but I know cursing when I hear it! The second squirrel chased away the first. He did not go far. When the second was halfway-in and halfway-out of the feeder so he could reach the food the first squirrel returned and sat on the lid. I do not know if it was the second squirrel struggling that made the lid bounce a little or if the first was deliberately jumping up and down on it. The first then retreated a little ways away. The second sat on the feeder and chattered angrily. He then went away and left the first to finish his meal.

I hope that all here watched *A Man and a Woman* (1966) last night! I find this movie very moving. It is unusual in how deeply it explores how their past affects their present. I identify with the characters very strongly as I know that if I had lived that life I would be the same as them now. The ending is so perfect! It is so poignant I nearly always nearly cry before the last minute and then I do cry as it ends but it a happy cry.

I thank you for alerting me to some movies I might not have considered watching! I will definitely groove on Wednesday! I find their alignment in the schedule particularly interesting. I am sorry to see that TCM has not created a tribute on Tuesday as I believe it is "Dead Duck Day". I must believe that the schedule for Sunday is a good thing as it means I can get a lot of work done as I will not be spending time watching television.

I have read that doing on-demand or pay-per-view requires a different license from the distributor. Porting the channel to other devices for subscribers is acceptable under the standard rental license as it is keeps to the spirit of the agreement because it is only expanding the viewing options. I have read that a station may show their content on a Roku or similar streaming only if they own all the rights to the content or have negotiated the proper license agreements for each and every program.

I truly feel that I was born a hundred years late. It was a time of elegance and awe. A grocery store was built in Moscow in 1901. Its full name was: "Eliseev Gastronome with Russian and Foreign Wine Cellars". I believe it is the place of which my grandmother spoke where they bought bread still hot from the oven. I can imagine myself walking the aisles to chose truffles, exotic fruit, caviar and oysters. It has been newly restored using the original plans and photographs: I have yet to find a Safeway or Piggly Wiggly that compares.

> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote}Santa Claus is fat because he gorges himself with ho-ho's. A man can expect to become fat if he works only one day a year. I have heard that he is jolly because he knows where all the bad girls live.

Many people **** bird feeders and then squirrels raid them. My esso choose to install a squirrel feeder and let the birds steal what they can from it. *Ride the Pink Horse* (1947) aired in May and November, 2005. Its turn in the rotation may soon come again. *The Hidden Fortress* (1958) is by Akira Kurosawa. Toshir? Mifune is classic warrior/general which he does so very well and the characters of Tahei and Matashichi are a natural-type of Abbott and Costello.

> {quote:title=misswonderly wrote:}{quote} > As I said, if you want to study up on Canada for Jeopardy I have much still to learn about the United States. I have seen monuments near here dedicated to things of which I know positively nothing. For some reason I can not wrap my mind around all the names of the States. I can list approx. a dozen and then I go blank.

I am contemplating making borsch. I have avoided it for many years now because it is a commitment as once you start you should make it at least once in every two weeks or the brine will go funny. I am perhaps more settled now and my esso has proven he can make an acceptable version so perhaps we can keep it going. It will take some experimentation for me to make it using English measurements and with products I can buy here. Would any person here be interested in the recipe if I decide to do it? I should warn that it takes at least ten days the first time.

> {quote:title=misswonderly wrote:}{quote} > I don't know what's weirder, his being a rabbit or a cartoon character. I believe it is not weird. I can have deep feelings for a man only if he can make me laugh. I wonder how many young boys have a crush on Jessica Rabbit.

> {quote:title=misswonderly wrote:}{quote} > I will say, however, that I'm very surprised that one of the few things you say you associate with Canada is volcanoes. I watched a television documentary on the diamond mine which was found by analyzing where an old volcano had stood before a glacier leveled the landscape. I researched a little more at the time and I remember now that Canada is part of the Pacific "Ring of Fire".

I thank you for posting those beautiful pictures. It is a two-fold joy to see an old building restored when it is also a movie theater! It must be a wonderful experience to relive your past by going there.

A traditional meal at the home of a good cook is: Carrot and beet salad Syrniki Perogies filled with potatoes and fried onions. Cabbage Rolls stuffed with meat and mushrooms. Borsch Honey Cake There is always an abundance of rye bread, cold sour cream and cider, beer or vodka. I love all of it!

> {quote:title=MissGoddess wrote:}{quote} > 6. *The Light that Failed* (1939 dir. William Wellman) Based on the Kipling story about an artist going blind. This is the only one in your list which I remember watching. It is wonderful and moving. Ronald Colman has a very powerful performance.