slaytonf
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They Might Be Giants (1971) is one of my favorite movies, and one I have long wished for TCM to show. Flawed, at times painful to watch for its silliness or tired attempts at humor, it has two of the most brilliant performances in movies. Wonderful, heart-rending, the ending agonizingly beautiful. You can see it on YouTube for free or purchase, but I think the free video doesn't have the magnificent supermarket scene.
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12 hours ago, chaya bat woof woof said:
I told my Mom I would post this topics. For this Dickensian, there have been good adaptations and bad (David Copperfield (again Rathbone in a sinister role) and Great Expectations (with Alex Guiness and John Mills) are good). Excuse typos and grammatical errors.
Hey! I'm reading Great Expectations now! & yes David Lean's movie was a good adaptation.
I suppose I'm in the minority liking Jeremy Brett's Holmes the best. The idea behind his tics and snorts is that, for Brett, Doyle consciously or not created an emotionally restricted and sexually repressed man who sublimated his energies in the fierce pursuit of his profession. It was inadequate as all such strategies are, and the remaining undischarged balance manifested in his eccentric mannerisms, his pastimes, and his addiction. That's just my guess.
Reading the stories, one gets the impression that Doyle's--and Holmes'--attitude toward Watson was one of one of slightly contemptuous patronization of a well-meaning, all-around good chap who was nevertheless a dim bulb. Holmes had as good a regard for him as it was possible for him to have of any human being. But that didn't keep him from making use of him, or even taking advantage of him, whenever it suited his ends. Holmes got so cavalier in a couple instances that even Watson became aware of the mistreatment and bleated his objections, all airily dismissed by Holmes.
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How could I have forgotten this one?:
Jezebel (1938). Bette Davis rides to victory--with another woman's husband! Southern pestilence:
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From What's New Pussycat? (1965). 1935 Singer Nine Le Mans:
And 1936 Cord 810 Convertible Coupe:
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7 minutes ago, Mr. Gorman said:
I saw this movie once called DROP-OFF and it was about these 2 leper acrobats who fell in to a deep love and just loved each other to pieces . . .
I reckon you could say their love cost them an arm and a leg.
And then they lost their heads?
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CF is not the result of infection, but genetic mutation. It is hereditary, but not contagious. But I would guess people with it can be more vulnerable to infection because of their condition.
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1 hour ago, Lambear1982 said:
I'm . . . . interested in the historic data. Might be neat to see how a film's popularity has ebbed and flowed among TCM's audience.
It has crossed my mind occasionally to wonder about the number of times a movie has been shown and the pattern of it's airing. But a movie's popularity with the TCM audience is not related to when or how often it is shown. TCM viewers don't set the schedule, except I think Backlot members sometimes have the option of choosing between a couple of movies to air.
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1 hour ago, LonesomePolecat said:
Mocies about government corruption are on my mind (draw your own conclusions):
MR SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
ADVISE AND CONSENT
MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE
What about government cluelessness in the face of catastrophe?
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2 hours ago, Peebs said:
Five Feet Apart (2019)
Two teens with cystic fibrosis fall in love but must avoid physical contact because of their illness.
But. . . .but they already have the disease. And. . . .and it's genetic, so what's the deal?
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I copied this from another thread:
From another section under Technical Issues posted by "Liz Warren":
http://forums.tcm.com/topic/261460-suggest-a-movie-log-in-is-broken/
I found a way to suggest a film as follows:
- At the bottom of TCM's main page, click on "Contact Us" (it's in very tiny font to the right of "Home").
- At the bottom of the page that comes up, click on "Have More Questions?," then click on "Contact Us."
- Under "Submit a Request," click "Choose your category." "Request a Movie" is one of the options; choose that one.
- Fill out all the message information and submit your message
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Even people who don't have the disease, or know someone who does, still suffer a psychic toll. If a thread like this works to reduce that, it's worthwhile. No one forces you to read this thread, or contribute to it.
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So Long at the Fair (1950), with Jean Simmons and Dirk Bogarde.
The Great Exhibition of 1889. Paris and pestilence.
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The Decameron (1971), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini.
Or, raunchiness in the time of pestilence.
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Surprising how disease figures in so many movies. Myrna Loy gets it in The Rains Came (1939):
http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/87640/The-Rains-Came/
It's cholera this time.
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The Painted Veil (1934). Love and adultery in the time of cholera. With Greta Garbo, Herbert Marshall and George Brendt:
http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/1266/The-Painted-Veil/
The Vessel of Wrath (1938). Love and alcoholism in the time of typhoid:
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Except that it is known how Covid-19 spreads. You may not.
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On 4/23/2020 at 12:19 PM, NipkowDisc said:
slackers they are and slackers they no doubt will choose to remain.
Just to vex you, no doubt.
7 hours ago, scsu1975 said:Everyone here is ignoring the obvious question: just HOW LONG can the title of a thread be?
Looks like this one is the longest ever. Maybe you can try and see.
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Once again, the lack of a emoji with a tongue in its cheek leads to tragic miscommunication.
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only nit wits pick nits.
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41 minutes ago, spence said:
what is a browser,
It's what you use to find sites on the Web, like this one, TCM.com. There are different ones, the most popular one being Google. There is also Apple computer's Safari. The one I use is called Firefox. There is also one by Microsoft called Internet Explorer. There are others.
So, as I said, instead of entering something like Amazon.com when you want to buy those wool socks imported from the isle of Jersey you prize so highly, just enter the title of the thread you are looking for and after that enter something like TCM general discussions (or whatever forum it was in).
For example, here's an old thread of mine you can try. Enter: art in movies TCM general discussions. You will see a few results that will take you to the thread. You may not get the original post, but once you are in the thread you can go anywhere in it you want.
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Don't use the TCM site search function. Use your internet browser. If you can remember the thread title, type it in and after that type something like TCM general discussions (or whatever forum).
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Naw, I don't report. I can abide messyness in forums. But I must have misunderstood. I thought Scott S didn't get his movie. Though I can't recall anything besides The Last Wave that ends with a Tsunami.
Coronavirus Film Festival -- movies that suddenly became relevant!
in General Discussions
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An Enemy of the People (1978), with Paul Newman and Bibi Andersson, directed by George Shaefer.