Dargo
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Ya know Holden, I'm thinkin' here that it's kind of a shame you specified "Tarantino" in your thread's title, and especially after also mentioning Scorsese and Russell in your opening post but only the number of films on THEIR list, as I believe this could make for an even more interesting thread if it were more about any and all notable directors' favorite films and not just Tarantino's.
(...aaah but alas...because no threads around here EVER go off-topic, my thought is probably doomed to failure, huh!)
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did anyone ever notice that tarantino is an anagram for tarnation?
Yeah...and I think a lot of "cranky old guys who yell at kids to keep off their lawn" were the first to notice this, Dan!!!
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Blogger Will McKinley wrote about his experiences at the 2013 TCM Film Festival where he attended a Q and A session with Osborne, Tabesh, and Gregort who gave out a lot of info. Here is the link to that story:
http://willmckinley.wordpress.com/2013/05/11/10-things-i-learned-at-the-tcm-classic-film-festival/
During the Q and A, Jeff Gregor (General Manager of TCM) told the attendees that TCM had done “some demographic work” recently and discovered some things about audience composition.
“I don’t want to say it was a surprise,” he said. “But two-thirds of our audience is the 18-54 age group.”
From this I would say that a vast majority of film fans who watch TCM knows who Tarantino is.
Well, HECK Rey! I'D go as so far to say that EVEN some "cranky old guys who yell at kids to stay off their lawn" probably know who Tarantino is!!!
THOUGH of course, because Quinton didn't break into The Biz and start makin' movies until LONG after after Louis B. Mayer bit the dust, I kind'a sort'a doubt the aforementioned "demographic" cares too much for his films.
(...well, that is IF said demographic has actually ever WATCHED any of his flicks anyway, of course!) LOL
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Good comments here, Holden.
As you probably know, back in the day, actor turned dialogue coach Robert Easton here was the "go-to guy" in Hollywood when an actor needed to learn an accent other than their own and make it at least somewhat believable.
(...whenever I think of him or see him in a movie, him saying, "Well howdy to your face!" in a backwoods Southern drawl always springs immediately into my mind...but he also did and taught people a variety of other English language accents and dialects)
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Yeah, the extreme close-up of Angie Dickinson's mouth reading from Paradise Lost made me chuckle.
Yeah, I hear Tarantino is a big fan of Sergio Leone's work TOO!!!
(...not to further "name-drop" here, of course!!!) LOL
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LOL- except substitute Ruth Buzzi's photo for one of Kirstie Alley when she was thin
years ago and you got a much closer idea of what I have to put up with living here
Yeah, that's exactly what I WAS thinkin' here, TOO!
(...but I JUST could never get the hang of that whole "Photoshop" thing!)
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"Shot! A fella could have a pretty good birthday party with all the stuff in this here survival kit!"
(...sorry Joe...couldn't resist)
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I live in a retirement community. Most here are substanially older than I am. I can tell you from my perspective since I've been asked out, propositioned, and annoyed by a couple of much older men here (esp 1) it really creeps me out.
Reminds me of...
"Hmmmm...hmmmm...Do you believe in The Hereafter?"
-"Yes, I do."
"Hmmmm...hmmmm...Then you know what I'm here after!"
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Yeah, well, I'll be waitin' for a combination of BOTH of these shorts, and maybe titled "Our Great Old Morgan Car", and it'll be about THIS...
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Dargo,
I am surprised at you. Such a ruthless reply. LOL Remember Stefanie is on The Rockford Files today. On ME-TV.
Didn't KNOW I could so "ruthless", now DID ya?! LOL
(...and thanks for the heads-up about Stefie here)
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...I like to see if my favorites (the ones I watch and look up on the database) correspond to the general public.
Well, ya KNOW TB, even though he's somewhat well known, Quentin Tarantino COULD have been using this database TOO all this time for all we know, AND it COULD be argued that Quentin COULD be considered part of "the general public" TOO, ya know....I mean, as they say, "we ALL put on our pant legs one at a time", remember.
And so, the compiling of all this data..well..couldn't this be just ANOTHER case of, as you made note of in another thread around here recently, "useless trivia", ANYWAY?!
And so, I must ask: Why the heck do you care about all this at ALL then???
(...and besides, Quentin COULD be screwin' up ALL your figures here ANYWAY, ya know!!!) LOL
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IMHO, yes an actor can do a great performance with a rotten accent. Case in point (remember, just my opinion), Dick Van Dyke in MARY POPPINS. What a rotten accent, but he is so brilliant in every other way, plus he is perfect for the part, so I don't even care that his accent is bad.
Dick has a ready excuse for this, LP...at the 1:53 mark of this clip...
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Since "Naughty Baby" was filmed in 1928 I doubt that this was shot across from Thelma's Cafe since in 1928 she did not yet own her Cafe.
Hmmm...then I wonder if she perhaps purchased the property after the structure had already been built and a few years later than when that picture of them was taken? I don't know. However, I still believe the similarities of the structures, the arched windows and the angled facade in particular, and the fact that all three are sporting beachwear, give at least a little credence to my supposition that that was where the photo was taken.
(...hopefully our own "Thelma Todd", a TCM boards regular, will see this and know the specifics of this, and then be able set the record straight...not that this is any big deal, of course)
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My, my, MY
Delilah
Why, why, WHY
Delilah
(...didn't know I did a pretty mean Tom Jones impression, DID ya?!!!)
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I've been trying to lose my Philadelphia accent. I think the key is tightening up my mouth and jaw when I speak. After doing this for a couple hours, my mouth and jaw gets fatigued.
Wouldn't that make you sound like Jim Backus doin' his Thurston Howell III ?
I think I'd just stick with the Philly accent if I were you, finance.
(...and besides, nobody really likes those snooty types anyway, ya know)
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Charles Chaplin visits Thelma Todd and director Mervyn LeRoy during filming of "Naughty Baby"
Joe, it appears that this photo was taken either in the parking lot of, or directly across Pacific Coast Highway from Thelma's Cafe which was/is situated along that famous thoroughfare just north of Santa Monica.
Here are a few pictures taken of the place which still stands to this day...the first when the ill-fated Miss Todd owned it, and the second taken in recent times. Taking the time to compare these photos to the background behind her, Charlie and Mr. LeRoy, I believe you'll agree with my assessment here...
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Tarantino's opinion of the film didn't matter to me. It seemed irrelevant whether or not he was a fan.
TB, I wasn't attempting to make the point that my opinion of this film, or anybody's opinion for that matter, was or should be overly influenced just because a director of some renown thinks highly of it(witness my less than glowing appraisal of the recently aired "Blow-Up", and a film which I know Ingmar Berman once called a "masterpiece"), but more the case of discovering a film's attributes for myself and which just happen to coincide with a noted director's opinion.
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Well, Darg, you'd know all about "satirical elements". You is an expoit.
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Yeah...maybe.
Btw, by "satirical elements" in regard to this film, I guess I mean that there were a few times it reminded me of "The Graduate" and the satirizing of modern American mores, and not just because of the common May-September "romance(s)" within both films.
And while "Pretty Maids" will most likely never be held in as high esteem by many as the Mike Nichols film, I DID kind of sense the reason Quentin Tarantino thinks it deserves to be better regarded...and as the Mankster made mention of in his intro last night.
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Clearly I picked the wrong Rock Hudson movie to watch last night.
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Yeah, well, I had watched "Seconds"(btw, I liked your take on it) a number of times before, and so seein' as how I had never watched "Pretty Maids", I "concentrated" on that one instead. I remember it having a pretty racy reputation for years, but also remember Rock getting some pretty good reviews in it too.
I wasn't disappointed at all, as even though in many respects it IS "dated", in some way I also found some of the satirical elements fairly timeless.
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There's also that bizarre scene where Rock Hudson grabs her breasts, reaching under her top. First he grabs one, then both.
Yeah, and THEN Rock places her on that couch, lays on top of her and starts kissing her and getting her all excited, but then he suddenly just stops, gets up and tells her that that was what he wanted her to do with the kid, and as though he really had no interest in her at all.
In other words..."Method Acting".
(...sorry, couldn't resist)
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How in the world did American Pie get on the list? A horrible vulgar, and obscene film that is no classic, that is what it is. I'm sorry. I will not rant anymore.
Looks like someone once went to the movies expecting to see a story about some guy drivin' his Chevy to the levee, but ended up havin' an eye-opening experience instead, eh obrien?!
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I have to say I never liked her due to her dumping that sweet Gary Lockwood.
And besides that, I hate people like her mother who can't spell.
She was nice as R.J. Wagner's wife on tv though I guess but I still think she looked better with the natural dark brown hair instead of the strawberry blonde, Ann-Margret color.
Call me shallow, but that's the way I see it.
Okay, you're shallow...but I ALSO think you're pretty darn funny too, CG!
(...loved the "mother can't spell" line)
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Liked your Vole movie here, Tom...but LOVED your "credits" and the "reviews" even more.
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I really enjoy "Ice Station Zebra" - even though now it seems a bit slow- the special effects specially the scenes of the submarine beneath the ice and still impressive. And I love tha score.
I agree with ya, joe! I still think Sturges did a pretty good job with this Cold War adventure movie too, and believe it deserves at least a 3 star rating instead of the 2 1/2 star rating they always show on cable/satellite guide pages.
(...in FACT, in honor of this movie being shown last night AGAIN, and to get into the spirit of it, as that "Entrance" music began, I dropped those toenail clippers I was about to use and placed a cold one in my hands instead...H.H. would've been SO pleased with me!)
Did Rock Hudson ever make a good movie?
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Yeah, poor Rock. I guess he just had to settle for..ahem..."hey diddle diddle"-ing in THIS flick here.