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Polanski's Chinatown (1974) which most collectors must have. But with an interesting intro by Eddie this might be worth tuning in for.
Love all your suggestions, Dargo.
Not a movie but a BBC mini-series is Dennis Potter's The Singing Detective with Michael Gambon. Why not, eh?
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Friday, August 14
Why a Duck? Why not a chicken?
A great Marx Bros. festival. The best of the lot, A Night at the Opera (1935) is on at midnight.
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1973 saw some great performances by lead actors: Jack Nicholson in The Last Detail; Al Pacino in Serpico; Steve McQueen in Papillon; and even Woody Allen in Sleeper. Marlon Brando's stunning Last Tango in Paris was released in 1972.
But for my money the performance of the year was Robert Ryan as Larry Slade in The Iceman Cometh. If he had won the Oscar for this, sadly it would have been awarded posthumously as Ryan died in July of 1973.
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Oh, boy. Getting late. I shoulda done this hours ago.
Who doesn't like Robert Mitchum? Looking at tomorrow's schedule, my first inclination is to wonder about his movies that aren't included. But I'm going to stick to my intention and find something to look forward to. There's the Yakuza, from the latter part of his career. Mr. Mitchum tangles with the Japanese mob. Bound to be trouble. Directed by Sydney Pollack.
Then there's My Forbidden Past, with Ava Gardner. The only time they worked together. A jilted woman goes after her former lover, in a bad way. Can't say if it's Mitchum.
Going through his filmography for this entry, it surprised me to see how long and prolific a career he had.
Of the rest, there's about nothing of his more memorable work. The most interesting include The Lusty Men with Susan Hayward, directed by Nicolas Ray, in which he finds it difficult to resist Miss Hayward (and who wouldn't?), his rodeo protogé's wife. In Rachel and the Stranger--you know he plays the interloper there, too, between Loretta Young and William Holden. In the two movies, you can see in him an easiness, almost a nonchalance in his delivery of dialog, that typifies his performances in movies he liked.
Fred Zinnemann's The Sundowners which is starting just now is one of Mitchum's best IMHO. And another film where he does an accent and not badly either.
I usually don't mention films that I've seen and already have copies of in the Hits & Misses thread. So, toady I am looking forward to The Hunters which I have not yet seen.
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Thursday, August 13
Ann-Margrock day!
Where is the Flintstones episode with Ann?
8:30 a.m. Viva Las Vegas (1964). Ann outshines Elvis which is quite an accomplishment when you think about it.
And the poor Canadians won’t get to see her best film, The Cincinnati Kid (1965) at 10 p.m. It is replaced with a repeat of Once a Thief (1965). The Cincinnati Kid was directed by Canadian, Norman Jewison in case anyone didn’t know.
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When I was a young boy I didn't like Robert Ryan as an actor. In fact that feeling stayed with me for some time.
I now know it was because I associated Ryan the actor with a nefarious part that he played that left quite an impression on me. That of John Claggart, Master at Arms, Royal Navy in Billy Budd (1962).
Claggart is a sadistic son of a gun who takes great pleasure in meeting out pain to those under him. To the point where he will invent crimes in order to satisfy his cruelty.
It is one of Ryan's best screen performances.
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I only caught a few minutes of Your Cheatin Heart tonight but from what I saw the acting looked atrocious.
Did anyone watch it?
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Wednesday, August 12
Baby, I Don’t Care it’s Robert Mitchum day.
8 a.m. My Forbidden Past (1951). And it has Ava Gardner in it too.
4:45 p.m. The Hunters (1958). Looking forward to this one too.
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We've and plenty of evil twin pictures. Usually one twin is evil while the other is good. The evil one often impersonates or takes over the identity of the good twin.
But here's an example of a pair of real life psychopathic twins: The Krays. Peter Medak's 1990 version had brothers Gary and Martin Kemp play the psychopathic Soho gangsters Reggie and Ronnie Kray.
Those not familiar with the Krays, think Joe Pesci's Tommy DeVito times two.
Zachary Adler is making two films about the Krays set for release in 2015: The Rise of the Krays and The Fall of the Krays. Kevin Leslie and Simon Cotton are to play the evil twins.
But much more anticipated is Brian Helgeland's Legend (2015) with Tom Hardy playing both twins. I guess they are taking a page out of Arme Hammer's The Social Network book here.
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If you happen to be in London on Sunday, September 20th you may want to go to the BFI Southbank's screening of Trog (1970). It is being introduced by none other than director, John Waters.
Looks like a lot of fun. Waters is getting a BFI retrospective.
The BFI guide describes Trog as .."one of the most ludicrous, touching, mind-boggling star vehicles ever. Joan Crawford, desperate for a job, teams up with director Freddie Francis (!) and an actor in a pitiful monkey mask for a sci-fi howler like no other.
Given its popularity, wouldn't it be great if John Waters could introduce Trog on TCM.
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What's turning into a cliche in the CGI action adventure films such as the new Lone Ranger or the Star
Treks is that if you are the star of the film you can survive falls of sixty feet or more, being clobbered with metal debris, etc., etc., etc. Perils that no human being ought to survive have no real consequences any longer.
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When taking a bus through the mountains of Mexico or South America it is inevitable that the brakes will fail.
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When under intense enemy fire sometimes a slap in the face is all a coward needs to pull himself together.
This works wonders for hysterical women too.
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In just about every circus movie a rival circus is responsible for sabotage and theft of the box office receipts putting the 'big show' in jeopardy.
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This is what I was referring to:
The movie has been released on DVD from MGM on July 12, 2005.[On the DVD version, the song played during the disco scene, "I Love the Nightlife" by Alicia Bridges has been removed and replaced by a different song.
The cost to remix the film like that is considerable. Their contract department must have really dropped the ball on that one.
if not having the music rights attached to the film for all markets was not the norm you would see every film being remixed for dvd releases which thankfully is not the case.
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LOL
(...yeah, like that superfluous 't' there is gonna fly with a guy who ALREADY takes issue with all those superfluous 'u's the Brits and Canadians use in THIS language!!!)
How come superfluous has two 'u's'?
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Robert Aldrich's The Dirty Dozen (1967) was replete with nefarious types but none were more psycho than Telly Savalas' Archer Maggott.
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"Beulah, peel me a grape"
- Mae West in I'm No Angel (1933)
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I would say Jude Law as hit man, Harlen Maguire in Road to Perdition (2002) was someone who enjoyed his job a little too much.
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Why is a gun termed a 'rod'?
And jail termed the 'stir'?
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Someone goes to a fortune teller. Suddenly the fortune teller appears to see something disturbing and says they can say no more and begs the client to leave and leave quickly.
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Tuesday, August 11
I'm sure many of us are pleased that TCM is honouring Rex Ingram.
Unfortunately in Canada we are not getting The Green Pastures at 8 p.m. which is the film I would have liked to have seen. It is being replaced by Your Cheatin’ Heart which is also on at 4 in the morning.
midnight. Sahara (1943). I really like Ingram in this WWII desert picture. With Bogie of course.
2 a.m. Anna Lucasta (1958). An Eartha Kitt movie. Lovely, talented lady.
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I love S. Ray's films, but The Music Room is not one of my favorites. In addition to the Apu Trilogy, you might try The Philosopher's Stone, Days and Nights in the Forest, and The Chess Players, which is a period piece.
I liked The Music Room myself. And yes to the Apu trilogy, Days and Nights in the Forest and The Chess Players. I also liked Three Daughters (I saw the recently restored version), Ganashatru (Ibsen's Enemy of the People - TCM is showing the Steve McQueen version), The Home and the World and especially Distant Thunder.
I look forward to seeing The Philosopher's Stone some day. Not the Indian Harry Potter as I understand.
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OK, I get it. You both speak French. I don't. I feel like an ignoramus. Now we can move on.
Oui Monsieur
An Overlooked Great Actor; Robert Ryan! // A Superb Overlooked Great Actress Ida Lupino!
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I believe it was Ernest Borgnine in his autobiography that mentioned Ryan was just about the toughest individual that he had ever met. Meaning (street) fighting skills.