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I liked Martin Sheen - he just had so many made-for-tv things. I rule out "Apocolypse Now" but as for "The Little Girl Who Lived Down the Lane" he was lusciously sinister. And that one where he took Linda Blair hostage --- should be in the AFI's Top 40!

Huh-uh, path! What was unusual about Jennifer Jones' character crawling to the nearest man in proximity?

Me three. While the tribute didn't affect anything I had my eye on, I can sympathize with your disgust. Have you ever read People magazine? Every time a celebrity dies, folks will deluge the "Letters to the Editor" to complain the spread wasn't "x" amount of pages - and it's not only deaths, it's "anniversaries of (tragedies/killings/bombings, etc.)" -it's as if some people thrive on paying annual homage. Even the anniversary of Elvis' death hasn't dwindled to 5- and 10-year milestone retrospectives. Just this past January the Post-Dispatch had a feature "Our 27th Year Without The King" or some such nonsense.

I'm curious why you guys keep referring to "Look for the Silver Lining" as the Morning theme? Don't they play it morning noon and night to signal an upcoming feature-length movie? Remember - right before the brass horns intro?

"Se7en" - creepy and innovative. "The Blair Witch Project" - the lack of credits thereof lended to the amateur feel of the movie. "The Stand" - people struck down immediately and spontaneously. Before anyone jumps me, I KNOW this is a classic movie site - I just couldn't think of any older films. They all seem nondescript. (except for the animated credits already mentioned.)

I remember thinking the EXACT same thing about Dennis Hopper "had nowhere else to go" with this storyline! How eerie you said that too!!!

CJR, you seem to tout GWTW as the "be all & end all" of classic film and I heartily disagree. While I can appreciate the good character development, fast-moving storyline and sweeping cinematography, I CAN'T understand all the hoopla. IMO, anyone who considers this their all-time favorite would also enjoy a good $5.99 Harlequin Romance novel. (PS - I do agree about "Citizen Kane" - why was this considered so 'innovative'?)

interesting to know this ending - This film was on a suggestion list when I looked up "Lolita" a short time ago and has been on my list since. A similar 'non-ending' was in The Conversation with Gene Hackman - just blowing his sax in his maulled, torn-apart room. 120 suspensful minutes working up to it too...

Sorry I never saw the film, but I've had the same thing happen taping movies on VHS - very frustrating!

of course, not to sound as if I didn't enjoy "The Hitchhiker" - I got to thinking about make-up, and was wondering...How did they do that to O'Brien's eyeball?? Remember how it "bulged", unilaterally?

Most of you already know, I'm sure, that she also directed an episode of "The Twilight Zone" - the one where the old patriarch is dying and his loathsome, greedy family comes home. They have to wear grotesque masks uniquely designed to suit their individual personalities in order to inherit the estate. I thought that one was even more of a testament to her directoral talent than "The Hitch-hiker" - the way she brought out the various evil qualities of her cast, and the make-up (of the masks) was downright hideous!

I like everything, sans musicals. Pete Smith shorts, Popular Mechanics segments, old Movietone News footage, "Crime Does Not Pay" series, and travelogues. How nice to sit down and find one of these nostalgic clips if I've only got a few minutes and can't really settle in for a feature-length movie!

I have seen several medical inaccuracies in film. My favorite is when a patient is supposed to be on a ventilator and you can see the bellows of the spirometer rise and fall, (very dramatic), but the machine is not even hooked up to the person's airway. Or, while not a classic film, "Doogie Howser" who worked the ER as a cardiology resident, had a $9 stethoscope.

I got confused. The second paragraph of my last post was referring to the "One-Reel Wonders" theme, not "Look for the Silver Lining".

Was that a real song? I always thought it was taken from the old "Look for the Union Lable" ILGWU commercial! It sounds to me like a real old Ink Spots record, but you're right - it's probably a contemporary recording made to sound like vintage crackles.

Classicsfan, your post reminded me of my favorite drive-in food! Hot dogs boiled at hom, just before we left, and put in buns individually wrapped in reynold's wrap! The bread kind of 'melded' around them from the steam ....Yummy!

Raisinettes and diet cola! (hey, ya gotta cut corners somewhere.)

This was definitely the era (early '70s) for pushing the buttons of gore and perversity. "Last Tango in Paris" was released the same year (though I'm not sure if it was immediately distributed stateside, as I was only 9!) But they seemingly paved the way for other graphic horror/suspense films to mainstream cinemas. BTW, IMDB has a great excerpt from Burt Reynolds' biography that follows the entire preparation and filming of that rape scene. It was pretty disturbing in itself!

I agree with feaito - I don't know why so many people insist on even making the comparison of TCM to AMC, as it's like apples & oranges anymore. I can pretty much trust the TCM programming with everything in it's lineup and know it's gonna be enjoyable. Perhaps a distant second would be Fox Movie Classics - but definitely NOT AMC...

*LMFAO* Hey (ex-)neighbor! What perfect timing 'coz I just caught that "Queer Eye" show today for the first time - I wouldn't have known what you meant this time yesterday! Mostly it was Rex's picks of low-budget, "B" movies he would pull up to promote (that did not recieve mainstream acclaim) that I first discovered him and dubbed him 'my movie advocate'. And LTL, this is like the 6th time I've heard accolades for "Sunrise" - it's now on my "don't miss this one" list! Thanks.

What intersting synopses (synopsi?) you gave on the BP winners. I agree with you about 85% (on the few movies I've seen) and you have become my favorite film critic, replacing Rex Reed (whom I always thought of as "on my wavelength"). I had never been to this 'fools' site before, but it gave me several good suggestions for rentals! Thanks.

Women: Norma shearer - a fashion plate of '30s beauty Gene Tierney, "Laura"- beautiful AND a lovely voice Ingrid Bergman, "For Whom the Bell Tolls" - European features are flawless Lee Remick - all through the '60s had a downhome, girl-next-door beauty Men: William Holden, from "Sabrina" to "COuntry Girl" to "Bridge/Kwai"-era - one handsome hunk! Alan Ladd - because he looked like my dad Robert Mitchum, "Holiday Affair" - while not stereotypically 'handsome', had this animal appeal to me!

I think it was "The Shop Around the Corner" that I watched with her and Van Johnson just the other day. Seldom does a movie make me laugh out loud (especially comedies, for some reason!), but this was a hoot! I was belly-laughing at their introduction scene with the umbrella! I never saw Judy Garland in such a comic light as that film, and was totally impressed with her frustrated, "get-out-of-my-face" attitude of her character. *still giggling*

I guess my point was, How do we know who we're really talking to? We could have celebrities among us in chat rooms or bulletin boards, but I doubt it. I once spent an afternoon talking in a chat room with "Fran Drescher" before one of my family members set me straight and made me cynical.

I almost forgot, from the great "Lolita" between newlyweds Shelley Winters and James Mason... Charlotte:"Hum, you just touch me and I go limp as a noodle". Humbert: "yes I know the feeling..."