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Absolutely, Sans Fin! Obviously men invent things that replicate their own favorite body parts. You should know, since all those old cars had those giant fins!

Really? You think Boston **** had a paramour in this other guy because of the thoughts of some "schmo"? I guess I am never affected by things other people say, if they make no sense to me.

Sorry I am not aware of the film you mention, Janet. For me, I like to understand the possibly undercover and subtext meanings, so that when I watch something like about "Leda and the Swan" I do not assume that the story is about bestiality, and want to protest its showing due to thinking it is about cruelty to swans from amorous women.

I would love to have seen that, Rayban. Thanks!

Having read "All the President's Men" and "All the King's Men" about Huey Long, I really enjoyed reading your post, GPF! Yes, I'd rather see a film about Mark Felt, than one with Linda Lovelace for sure. I always had a thing for Ben Bradlee, and thought Jason Robards played him to perfection in the film. Reading about "CREEP" was so much fun and now I'm reading "Dr. Mary's Monkey" which is another type of "if we had but known" thriller.

That reminds me of the line from Fred Allen about people in Hollywood, and also the apocryphal bit about in the film, "The Taming of the Shrew" that besides Shakespeare the credits said "Additional dialogue by Sam Taylor". Both show the sometimes absurd lack of intelligence in Tinseltown bigwigs. Loved your post, Hibi!

That was a good one, Down!

I waited with anticipation yesterday for the TCM showing of "Nightmare" with Kevin McCarthy and Edward G. Robinson. Having read the tale, since I collect any anthologies of Cornell Woolrich I was hoping for the best, and it was wonderful. The film gives you a sense of disequilibrium and mystery. The plot about a man obsessed with the memory of having killed someone worked well, and the cast was excellent. Obviously not made with a big budget but still, a class movie. Which brings us to Woolrich. Probably having more films that are now considered in the noir genre, than any other author, it is instructive that his own life was a bit bland and boring. He mostly was holed up in a hotel room living with his mother, Claire most of his life. The themes of alienation and being imprisoned do resonate though through his work which might have been influenced by his self-imposed living conditions. Having written the book on which "Rear Window" was based on, I've read that he was hurt that he was not given much mention at the premiere. He also wrote the stories or books on which films like "Phantom Lady", "No Man of Her Own", "The Leopard Man", "Black Angel" and so many other are based on. Whether as William Irish or other aliases were used, his stories were always suspenseful and made for the movies. Anyone else watch "Nightmare"?

Too bad it is not composed of "nubile" young men.

Yes, using acronyms excessively can be an advanced sign of acronymphomania infecting one's hidden recesses. Luckily I am on strong medication and not in a place like "The Snake Pit". Please, I beg of you do not, I repeat, do not ask TCM to show DT. Besides, LL has repented of her sins and if you are going to show an X-film, at least make it be one with a better storyline like "The Devil in Miss Jones". Speaking of "clerical" errors they could show "The Cardinal" which supposedly was based on Cardinal Spellman.

I totally dig that movie, and Gillian's shop with all the Oceanic Art, Mr. K.! Good call, I'd not thought of it that way but now I can see clearly, thanks to your insights.

I always thought that the scene with the dancer appearing to almost climb the walls, was a tribute to Nijinsky, who was known to appear to almost levitate on stage. Since there is no footage of him extant, I will have to do with SOTR.

I've read that the stories of Poe being found drunk in a gutter in Baltimore, were mostly being bandied about by a man who despised Poe and wanted to ruin his reputation, Down. I guess that didn't work, happily.

Right on, Sepia! Yes, Christlike figures do appear in some sci-fi films. Look at Scott Carey in "The Incredible Shrinking Man". I did hear though that the author Richard Matheson did not at all like that interpretation of his story.

G Glad you also mentioned White, GPF! I love, love, love EAP so much I tried to buy some absinthe recently, to have and imbibe while watching any of the Price films. Don't know if it is the real stuff or some pale imitation. I'd like to retain some brain cells so might cut the wormwood with some creme de cacao? I read almost all Poe tales while in high school, and still think he is the master; shoot, he invented the detective tale, did he not.

HTMAM has such great color! I definitely will be watching for the umpteenth time, TB.

Hey, thanks TB, as usual! I tried to pick things that I've never seen on TCM, which influenced my choices.

Stop bragging, Miss W. about being a PP! I really liked the Drew take on GG, but then I also liked the original GG. I also like stuff by the Maysles brothers and documentaries. And I was always a fan of Miss Favisham [?]* from "Great Expectations" living in her seedy mansion and living in the past, so that might have influenced me. Either that or I am just decadent and like to see anomalies of nature in their natural environment. * Correction: that should have been Miss Havisham

I can understand your antipathy toward MA, Sepia but I guess I like it since one of my boyfriends was into the Mars Attacks trading cards and would collect them, since he loved artwork by Wally Wood, who also worked for Bill Gaines and had done things for "Mad" and EC Comics. That made the movie memorable for us both and Tim Burton really was only following that storyline. It was fun to see the original cards manifested onscreen. I think whole decks are selling for close to a thousand dollars online. Boo hoo, I only have a complete deck of Elvis trading cards.

Hey, girlfriend [and hopefully people here will not take that literally not that there is anything wrong with that if they did]! I never found Warren attractive either. I mean I can see why some women would, but I guess he's not my type either. Which I'm sure is just bothering him immensely. Actually he looks just like my cousin, Rick who was also a female magnet, but never had a song written about him by Carly Simon alas.

Well, you may have just been a bit ahead of the curve symbolically, GPF. Great choice, and I have to admit you would look lovely in a crown. Speaking of crowns, I wonder who got the symbolism of Jill breaking her crown in Jack and Jill?

Well, just off the top of my head I'd choose "Specter of the Rose" directed by Ben Hecht, "El" directed by Bunuel, "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek" by Preston Sturges and "Buster and Billie" directed by I don't remember.

Apologies to Mister Ed, but in art and the movies, a horse is NOT always a horse, of course of course. Check any dream dictionary or book on symbolism, and you will find it might be representing more than a horse. Why it could be respresenting a libido or who knows? Symbolism as an art movement, began midcentury in the 1800's, and was a fixture in art and painting and poetry till the onset of WWI. For many, that period ended the fascination with symbolic content, but I don't think it ever ended entirely in films. If one only takes things totally literally, then they often miss the real meaning in a film by let's say, Fellini. And then their take on the film is biased and naive. For example, is "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" really about seed pods taking over the world, or could it be Don Siegel's take, as many have seen, on the HUAC aftermath of Senator Joseph McCarthy. The good thing is, with symbolism, you can enjoy it both ways, but if you only understand a singular interpretation you may be totally missing the point of the film. Symbolism is there to show something which is not visually apparent and hence serves a purpose in life. You could say it is the bread of life, which feeds the imagination. Name a film which can be viewed on one simplistic level, but then on a deeper level due to symbolism and I shall crown you with a laurel wreath.

In case this view is prompted only by the reading of a "synopsis", it reminds me of the flack originally over the tv mini-series, "Jesus of Nazareth" with Robert Powell. Before it was even screened, various groups were objecting to its content and wanting it removed from the airwaves. But the amusing part is, afterwards the same groups started championing it, never realizing that if their wishes had been honored it would never have been seen by anybody. Interestingly, many say that Pasolini's "The Gospel According to Saint Matthew" is one of the best religious movies ever made, in spite of the fact of his reputation as a profligate. I enjoyed your, as always, knowledgeable and insightful comments on DIV, Miss Wonderly!

If TCM shows DT the movie with LL, I might be getting the DT's from the movie TLW, just like RM did, Lawrence. I never want to see that mouse getting eaten by the bat in the wall hole, with the blood dripping down like an EC comic book. Yikes!