pturman
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I'm gonna name two more movies: East of Eden & Giant. Not that these two aren't considered great movies cause they are (& I wholeheartedly agree). But I mentioned these two as a way of commenting on James Dean's third movie: Rebel Without a Cause. I think "Rebel" is by far the worse movie of the three. And it's his best known movie. But watch it now & it really seems dated whereas the other two hold up. Anybody agree with me? (if not, keep it to yourself! ha ha)
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> {quote:title=JakeHolman wrote:}{quote}http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1257085/How-smoulder-youre-older-Sophia-Loren-75.html
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> Still struttin' that stuff...gotta love it...
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> Jake in the Heartland
50 years ago, nobody was sexier than Sophia Loren. Now she's just sad. Act your age, Sophia!
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What's a movie that you think is absolutely wonderful but that other people don't seem to respond to? I've got a lot of contemporary movies in this category: Bringing Out the Dead & Rachel Getting Married to name just two. As far as classic movies go, one for me is Some Came Running. I love that movie. It has something to do with Sinatra & Maclaine's relationship--she doesn't understand him or really even know who he is yet she loves him unconditionally.
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Anita Eckberg was in LA DOLCE VITA with Marcello Mastroianni
Marcello Mastroianni was in YESTERDAY, TODAY, & TOMORROW with Sophia Loren
Sopia Loren was in LADY L with Paul Newman
Next: Edna Mae Oliver
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8. Arthur Penn stated that the first time they did a take of Bonnie & Clyde getting shot, Beatty was so nervous (at unprecedentally having that many squibs or fake shots attached to his body) that when they rolled cameras, Beatty just stood there while he was being riddled with bullets. Penn said it was about the funniest thing he ever saw.
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I agree, mrroberts. Cineralla Man's probably my second fave after Raging Bull. Very underrated. My wife & I went to see it at the theatre when it came out. I think there was one more couple there but that was it.
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Sounds intriguing! It was on TCM once, you say? Let us know when it's on again, Thelma!
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You're welcome! If you think of a montage, feel free to post!
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> {quote:title=johnm_001 wrote:}{quote}. Not sure why Tom Parker turned down so many roles, for Elvis, that would have been considered "legit" (The Rainmaker, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, West Side Story, Sweet Bird of Youth, among others).
You may disagree, john, but I don't think Elvis was a good enough actor to pull off the leads in these movies. And it's also hard to believe that he would have been offered such challenging dramatic roles (speaking more of the Tennessee Williams movies than the others) in the first place. I could see him being offered them as maybe part of a publicity stunt (like when Ronald Reagan was announced for the lead in Casablanca).
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> It may have to Beyond that, it's just subjective. I think it probably comes down to the fact that the fight movies don't try to sentimentalize the sport of boxing, even if they sometimes sentimentalize the characters. Whereas with baseball movies, it seems that they're either played for comic effect or they're drowned in pathos (Bang the Drum Slowly) or fantasy (Field of Dreams). Bad pathos and fantasy in general aren't my cup of tea, and if I want comedy, I'll stick to films like Bringing Up Baby or The Tin Men. Bull Durham was okay, but nowhere near the level of great comedy, and I have to admit that I've yet to see The Natural.
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The Natural (along with Bull Durham & Field of Dreams) is my favorite baseball movie. After reading your post, in one way you'd probably like the Natural: Redford is very believable as a baseball player because he actually received a scholarship in the 50's to play baseball at University of Colorado. But it is pretty heavy on the fantasy so you probably wouldn't like that aspect of it.
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Here is mine. There's just something so touching to me about these "home movies" from RAGING BULL. I love the music.
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You make me laugh, James. You're right. The MSM isn't red OR blue. It's true color is green.
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You actually say that to people at a stoplight? You yell it out the window at them or what?
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Jake's home movies (& my favorite montage of all time, incidentally)
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I have done all that I could
to see the evil & the good
without hiding, you must help me if you can
Excellent pick, Jake. Here's my favorite Jackson Browne song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQiXQUGbac0
Edited by: pturman on Sep 15, 2011 10:38 PM
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Jake raged inside the ring & out of it. Inside the ring he was a champion. Outside he destroyed himself & the people around him. You pay a heavy price when you don't know the boundaries in life.
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How is it, Fred? Do you like it?
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Arturo, say anything bad about the Texas panhandle you like cause I can tell you it's the truth! (ha ha) You described it accurately: monotonous & flat. Oh well. As Thurber said: When a man accepts that's he's trapped in a box, he begins to paint the insides of it (which I admit TCM helps to do).
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Sounds good, Swithin. Answer when (& if) you feel like it. Funny but I always felt like a fish outta water here in Texas (I've lived here the past 15 years after living in Georgia, Colorado, & Washington State). I've always felt my sensibility was more suited for NYC. Never felt at home among the Bourgois.
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Yeah, I think that's true with all of us. We don't like the movie when we don't care what happens to the characters.
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Yes, Happy Birthday Dickie Moore!
So, Swithin, you live in Manhattan, huh? I've never been to NYC (seems an appropriate topic considering what today is) but have always been fascinated by it (due, I'm sure, to my love of movies). In fact, I live in the Texas panhandle (about as far removed culturally, if not geographically, from NYC as possible). I'm sure it's been romanticized in movies & tv shows (my favorite tv show of all time is Seinfeld). As a "midwesterner" whose never been to NYC, how accurate would you say my impressions (due to movies & tv) are?
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Swithin, you really live across the street from Dickie Moore? How is he? He's one of the child actors who was on the Private Screenings episode with Margaret O'Brien, Jane Withers, & Daryll Hickman, right?
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> {quote:title=C.Bogle wrote:}{quote}Just the unemployment facts, ma'am:
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> Bush: Start 4.2%
> End: 7.3%
> Increase: 3.1 percentage points
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> Obama: Start 7.8%
> Present: 9.1%
> Increase: 1.3 percentage points
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> But Brother Can You Spare a Dime still sounds a lot better than
> Brother Can You Spare $1.74.
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> The best and most effective form of censorship is self-censorship.
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Yep. Self-denial. I read that 62% of social security recipients want to do away with entitlement programs.
"Government isn't the solution to our problems. Government IS the problem."
--Ronald Reagan--
The First Film That Comes to Mind...
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WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
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