CaveGirl
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Dargo, you are too..."American-centric".
You are too, just admit it.
Frankly I might be more American-centric than you would have imagined.
For example, when people came to the US of A in the past, it used to be said it was to be a part of a Melting Pot.
So...why aren't some new immigrants choosing to "melt" into the mass of huddles instead of maintaining all of their past customs?
Would seem to make no sense. I don't go to Milan, Italy and then refuse to eat anywhere but MacDonald's and get a Big Mac instead of trying some local food.
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Fans of the underrated Mister Witney will be happy to hear that TCM is showing his fine film, Master of the World with Vincent Price at 1:30am on Friday, October 18th.
Now we are not usually treated to many of his masterpieces like The Cool and the Crazy, or Juvenile Jungle or even The Bonnie Parker Story which means we also probably miss seeing folks like Richard Bakalyan, so this is one not to miss.
I'm sure we all remember that William was at the helm of that incredible Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode, called The Final Escape wherein Edd Byrnes, yes Kookie from 77 Sunset Strip plans to get out of prison by being entombed in a casket overnight. But as usual, the plans go awry as they are wont to on, any AH episode.
Speaking of Vincent and the fab horror schedule here for Halloween, I'm so looking forward to seeing Marghetiti's Horror Castle this Friday, which is highly rated in the Horror Encyclopedia. I also remember that Isle of the Dead with Karloff is a very unnerving film, which is perfect for the holiday season.
What are you looking forward to this week on TCM to give you chills?
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You might be surprised, Dargo to know that I could not help but laugh as I read your parody, as I could actually hear it being stated in the dulcet tones of Mark Cousins, as if he was reading it right next to me.
Now don't think I do not somewhat understand your misgivings. Being a fan of McLuhan and his belief that the medium IS the message, we all are privy to feelings of repulsion or attraction to things due to how they are purveyed and in what style.
For example, if my favorite Guinness was being shown on an ad in the hand of Snoop Dog, it might change my enjoyment of it, just as if your Fat Tire Ale was being proffered by Shirley Stoler, you just might not dig it.
Or would you? I mean she was kind of appealing in The Honeymoon Killers and in that movie with Giancarlo Gianinni? Sp???
Thanks for your amusing repartee!
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Thank you, Roverrocks and the check is in the mail!
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Tracey, I think that is probably true as in books I've read on her, it seemed to be her most typical style of dressing.
Hitchcock's remark was his usual droll style, wasn't it?
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Wow, Roverrocks!
You have just brilliantly brought the concept of cubism into this discussion of Mark Cousins and his most vilified documentary.
Bravo!
Why, even Thomas Mann and his Magic Mountain would approve of your defense of the show. I must wholeheartedly agree that instead of being offended by his "cherrypicking" of movies and topics, one can appreciate the overall concept as being multifarious views of one large edifice of film.
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Great list, Faceinthecrowd and by the way, great TCM moniker too!
Yes, Zachary Scott as a poor, simple farmer type was really out of his comfort zone but he did it magnificently.
Oh, that Robert Ryan was fab also, as are your other mentions...
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Hi, CN and thanks for the name compliment!
You are welcome to still have my child, as it is akin to the one Liz had in WAOVW.
I love the way you mention "films you do not want to see" and think you should start a thread about it.
I was forced to see The Nun's Story, by...what else, nuns at the school I went to. Sundowners is pretty good and I was not into Mame either but have to admit it has great costumes and settings.
Friendly Persuasion and Sergeant York are films I've seen but could pass on a second go round, not meaning they are bad...but A Letter To Three Wives is scintillatingly funny and clever and reminds me of the dialogue in All About Eve, which is top drawer.
I've decided not to send you the dvd of ET, but maybe just a stray alien that dropped into my backyard last nite. He is cute, with lime-green skin and says he wants to stay here till the TCM showing of I Am Curious Yellow which has been banned on his planet.
Edited by: CaveGirl on Oct 8, 2013 3:34 PM
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Slayton, maybe I'm hallucinating but I think TCM has shown some of his films before.
I've seen it in a theatre but remember seeing it on tv in the last few years, and who else but TCM would have shown it?
Also, my tv is almost glued in place to TCM so I am hardly on any other channels...
But I could be wrong.
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Kid!
You just used my favorite expletive-phrase.
To the Cornfield!
And where is Billy Mumy when we need him, I ask you?
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I gotta agree with you, Heuriger about Rod Stewart.
Though I totally think an artist or anyone not an artist, should be allowed to do the music they want, his forays into Mantovaniland are a bit awkward, as much as he says that he remembers the songs from family time in the 1950's.
On the other hand, any who have those books on really strange music, will admit that many hard rockers have secret closet interests in listening to easy listening stuff from the 1950's, like Martin Denny and Les Baxter so that may be where this latent nostalgia comes from.
For me, I have only one criteria I hold dear about music that I think is great. Would it sound as good on the radio or cd player in my car, as it does on tv with the video performance? To me, that is why someone like Roy Orbison is such a star. He's not the best looking guy and doesn't do much on stage but sing...but sing he can!
There are so many horrid people who sound tone deaf now, that appear on tv and on these terrible housewife shows, and can't even carry a note. It hurts my ears to hear them mangle a song. I can sing better than most of them, yet people are telling them how great they are. Has the general public become tone deaf also? Now if someone is purposely not trying to sing in key, or is doing a Dylan move I'm fine with that...
Edited by: CaveGirl on Oct 8, 2013 3:22 PM
Edited by: CaveGirl on Oct 8, 2013 3:22 PM
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Tillie and Gus, really?
Yay!
Thanks for the update, Cody and keep'em coming!
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Uh, maybe it got out that TCM is showing I Am Curious Yellow next week and there is a Moral Majority backlash???
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Dargo, Dargo, Dargo!
Stop razzing Sarah about not being aware of the sayings of H.L. Mencken when you know quite obviously that she has more important things to bone up on, like the purpose of the ride of Paul Revere.
Now he may have been a double agent and was really warning the British, but that is still to be seen...
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I realize there is some controversy in yonder parts concerning this series, so yes I did think it was appropriate to make there be one more thread about it, and bring the total up to about fifty-three so far!
I watched Chapter 6 of The Story of Film last night and found it highly illuminating. Being that I own scads of books on film, I assumed that I would be able to find a listing for "Cairo Station" in them but it was not even written about in my giant Encyclopedia of World Cinema. But thanks to Mark Cousins and this show and his elucidation on the film, I was able to add it to my canon of knowledge. And to me, finding out about worthy films that I have never had the pleasure of seeing is what it is all about for me and I am pragmatic enough to appreciate this chance no matter what. I thank TCM for making the documentary available on its schedule and for programming things like "L'Eclisse", "Andrei Rublev" and even "I Am Curious Yellow" which are never shown on the tube.
Though I am a rabid fan of many things Hollywoodish, and love Ginger and Fred, and Judy and John Wayne and the whole history of US commodoties in this regard, I really don't need one more documentary extolling their virtues when it seems obvious that there are many unknown or little known filmmakers who should occasionally receive their due. Being unwept, unhonored and unsung may not matter to said folks but if one is serious about having an appreciation of any topic then one wants to be apprised of all its exponents, and that is what I think Mark Cousins is trying to accomplish by featuring a few films and filmmakers who are a bit obscure to the average film fan.
I like his haphazard way of connecting films, and I like his accent, and don't find him to be in the least condescending. His documentary is opening my eyes to some cinema I was not even aware of after years of studying cinema, and for that I thank him. Hollywood gets its due and its appreciation continually and it is nice to see films like "Pather Panchali", "Los Olvidados", "Accatone", "Pickpocket", "Cleo from 5 to 7", and others being available on tv to the masses instead of just being shown in theaters in larger cosmopolitan environs to a favored few.
I have only one small beef with Cousins and his remarks last night. During the bit concerning Jimmy Dean in RWAC, Cousins said that Jim Stark was the son of rich parents, and I would have to beg to differ. I think in spite of the fact that Stark's family seems able to move from home to home to escape his juvenile record, that to the average American they and their home seem very middle class and not at all of a more wealthy state. Okay, Granny seems haughty and the high school has classes on astronomy and visits the Griffith Observatory continually, but the kids in the class in their cars and clothing represented average middle class kids of the mid-1950's to my mind.
Nuf said, now let the caterwauling begin and all those opposed to my appreciation of Cousins can now take the floor with their objections!
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Thanks, Hamradio for your most sentient thoughts.
Yes, sci-fi should be included in the rationale to be sure...
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Camel is just bringing to mind that great Hollywood film, Ishtar!
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I love her!
You are right, she is like Charo in that kind of separated at birth way.
I wonder if one mated Cousins with Sofia, what would the baby be like?
Probably Lady Gaga?
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Thanks, Tom...seen them both and also Black Angel which I own but then I am a Duryea fanatic.
I have this sick thing where I have to at least watch the opening credits of any movie on TCM, just to make sure I don't miss someone in the cast I like.
I mean one never knows for sure if Nazimova or Harry Langdon might be playing a bit, so I've probably seen almost all Duryea films.
Also those of Elisha Cook, Junior and one can only wonder what in the heck Senior looked like.
I love him in Rosemary's Baby too!
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Oh yeah, Dargo...?
If you are casting Nazis for Bert and Ernie, then who plays Big Bird?
I'll go with Herman Goering...
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Uh, yeah I knew that.
My great uncle worked on the wrestling circuit with him.
Said he did like to spray himself with perfume right before wrestling.
And it ain't just reality tv which appeals to the lowest common denominator in audience appeal.
Wasn't it H. L. Mencken who once stated "You can never underestimate the intelligence of the American public?"
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No ET!
Please I beg you.
I'll give you my firstborn in return for obliging me.
By the way, how about a TCM stop-gap point of starting with any film made by Spielberg?
Just a thought.
I do sympathize with you though, Cinemanut and hope you get to see ET soon. I went years and never saw The Sound of Music but of course was not upset about it. How's about I buy you ET on dvd if you promise not to ask TCM to schedule it????
Edited by: CaveGirl on Oct 5, 2013 5:21 PM
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Ahh, heck!
It seems to be going hand in hand in all these multiple threads about The Story of Film, that if one doesn't like his voice...they also don't seem to like the films he is mentioning.
As I said...two brewskis and they might enjoy Charo doing the narration.
Now there's an idea. She is cuter than Cousins and actually quite bright and she could play some flamenco guitar behind the silent film renditions?
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So...now it is wrong to be academic?
Geez, what a mortal sin it must be to be scholarly!
Hey, Dargo I believe you said that it seems that Cousins is holding the films of Tinseltown in lower esteem than the European ones...
Are you saying that this is a BAD thing...haha!
Kind of like giving prostitution a bad name, ain't it?
Lewis Gilbert Films 10/10/13
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Good calls, Kingrat!
Cast a Dark Shadow is fab, as is TAC.
I too am looking forward to the Gloria Grahame flick and thanks for reminding me. Love love love Richard Basehart ever since I first saw him in La Strada.