CaveGirl
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Slayton, can I say beyotch?
Not sure I spelled it correctly.
By the way, the guy connected to the finger in the shot looks like a Nazi taxi driver.
Just saying...
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The color on that shot of Jane and Scottie is just unearthly!
That was Scottie Beckett, right? I only glanced quickly as the surrealistic tones of shading were so technicolorishly frightening...
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Dargo, I find that I need to down a pint or two of Guinness just to read some of these threads!
Geez, if we took this prototype of only having people that had perfectly mid-range voices and non-accented vocal articulation on film, we would not have the joy of seeing folks like Peter Lorre or S.K. Cuddles Sakall or even Maria Ouspenskaya in some of our favorite movies.
Boring...
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Okay, so I've combined two topics...so kill me.
It would be a great month for that, due to all the great horror TCM is providing viewers.
I'm so tired from staying up all last nite, watching NOTLD, Mabuse, Hammer films, Karloff's bride, and my fave, Carnival of Souls. Sure, I own them all on dvd but it's kind of fun to just sit and watch them on tv.
I also watched The Gorgon, which I'd never seen and The Devil Rides Out, which I own and is great. That Christopher Lee is sine qua non!
Upcoming desireable films for me are Isle of the Dead, which recalls that painting by Bocklin, Plague of the Zombies, a Gilling triumph, Mask of Fu Manchu and Burn Witch, Burn in which Janet Blair proves she was more than a pretty face.
The Hypnotic Eye with the smarmy Jacques Bergerac is always a winner along with the incomparable Dick Miller in Bucket of Blood and at the other end of the spectrum, Kwaidan is one of the most arty and eerie of sophisticated horror films. I also am looking forward to seeing Don Sharp's Psychomania which I've read about.
Okay, so do horror films occur and get produced mostly during times of social upheaval in a world context and why does TCM never, ever show Michael Reeves film, The Sorcerers???
We all know that no matter how lovable Vincent Price was in all his fab 1950's and 1960's horror outings, that the best performance he ever gave was in The Witchfinder General as directed by Reeves. Shoot, the guy only directed like four films so TCM needs to show TS if for no other reason than to delight fans of Mister Pratt!
Comments will be appreciated...
Edited by: CaveGirl on Oct 5, 2013 4:52 PM
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Are you saying that Gorgeous George, with his long and I'm sure real blonde locks was a fake?
Perish the thought!
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Don't point that gun at me!
That is a gun, isn't it or should we quote Mae West?
I'd expect more of a man of your calibre...
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Oh, I so agree with you, Sans Fin!
TOB is fab, Andrei Rublev is a joy and I own Cleo from 5 to 7, so enuf said.
This month TCM is showing a profusion of classic Janus films and it is thrilling. Que Viva Mexico is incredible with that amazing cinematography.
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I don't even know what LEAVE PAGE is...
I guess I just actually leave the page literally and hence have no such problem.
Was told recently that I kept answering myself and had to use a box to the right which looks like a flower.
Who knew!
Unfortunately for all here, my posts always show up...
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OMG, you have featured one of my most favorite actors.
I love, love, love Dan Duryea.
I actually was looking through an old magazine the other day which had a whole article about him, with the bytag of his very wholesome home life as opposed to his movie persona.
Always gave a great performance, as late as his Twilight Zone one and as early as the simperingly annoying son with Bette Davis in TLF.
Thanks for the great tribute post!
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Why, what a coincidence...I was bored the other night and rooted through my garage to find my set of reprints of the old EC Comics line of William Gaines and now I find to my delight a Mad connection to look forward to on TCM.
How utterly maddening...
Thanks, Mister D!
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Now that is a great idea, having someone like Jennifer Jason Leigh as the Noir Hostess!
Who needs any man to be the host of such an event? Hogwash. Every real noir fan knows that a woman like Gale Sondergaard or even Lizbeth Scott would be the type of host needed, and no mealy mouthed Don Defore types have any real reason to be heading the show.
Why, men in noirs who are real men, are as scarce as hen's teeth...which is why a hen and not a rooster, should be host.
Now no offense to Don, as I love him usually and even as Hazel's boss, but a noir host for any retrospective should be someone diabolical in depth and persona and able to be the lead dog and not the maligned mark type or puppy in puppy love with the femme fatale, which is why Mr. Muller does not fit the bill.
In the spirit of Jennifer Jason Leigh, I was thinking just yesterday when I saw Gina Gershon on tv, that she would be a fabulous host for TCM. She's as close to an Ava Gardner type as we have now in films...
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Sorry the only fingers I really like are those in The Beast with Five Fingers...
Shouldn't you be focussing on Mabuse's eyes, which were scary as h_ll during that one scene in the film last night?
Edited by: CaveGirl on Oct 5, 2013 3:26 PM
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Wow! I really hate to admit that I probably could easily live happily in a Twilight Zone way, of having only pre-1970 films to view.
Now I would not want to become dogmatic and force everyone else in the world or as a TCM fan, to only watch what I want to see nor do I believe that all films made even by the major studios are classics, since all one need do is look through any of those giant film books on Warners, Columbia, RKO, MGM etc. to see that there was much claptrap and sub par film creations for all years during the studio heydays.
Nevertheless, I have always wondered why people like to make everything be palatable to all tastes, sort of like taking a Polish restaurant and ameliorating all dishes into a hodge podge of all world cuisines. I like to think of TCM as being the one treasure trove of older and more obscure talkies and silents, and since no other network supplies that demand I hate to see it full of new crapola* that is available everywhere else anyway.
*sorry for the pejorative attitude!
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Frankly, I love that my original thread question went off into extrapolated areas about European soft porn and such. This is the type of conversation I dig whilst chatting about films. Thanks Gerald...and slayton, you slay me!
And Valentine, haven't you always wondered why folks denigrate any word of ten or more letters like "apotheosis" as showing off vocabulary, when in truth it is the most efficacious way to speak being that by using a single word like apotheosis, one avoids having to use an inordinate amount of words as defined below, to explain their point:
Apotheosis
1. Exaltation to divine rank or stature; deification.
2. Elevation to a preeminent or transcendent position; glorification: "Many observers have tried to attribute Warhol's current apotheosis to the subversive power of artistic vision" (Michiko Kakutani).
3. An exalted or glorified example: Their leader was the apotheosis of courage.
But I digress...thanks also to the cultured aesthete, Dobbsy who is dead on about TCM sometimes burying the real classics at showtimes of like 4am, and every time I see a truck on the highway at night, all I can think of is that the seed pods are coming to town, which shows the
brilliance of the Don Siegel film. I also watched Bardot and found your comments on the dialogue very amusing!
Thanks also to Sippy and the GrandM for their most astute comments!
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The original reality show was the one on PBS called An American Family. It followed the Loud family and started the pattern of bringing family dysfunction out which eventually destroyed the marriage of the parents. It did bring to the forefront the issue of homosexuality since son Lance Loud was quite overt on the show and later came out fully and showcased his sisters and their inability to dance even after many years of class instruction. Who knows there could be earlier reality shows on film but they just have not been documented yet.
Enjoyed reading of your personal experience, Tiki Soo!
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Dear Silent...please define the exact meaning of "God awful"?
I agree with Roverrocks, I totally dig the way the narrator talks.
But then after drinking Guinness in a bunch of pubs in Dublin, this feeling of affection comes naturally to me.
Perhaps those here who don't like Cousins, should go have a few brewskis in Ireland and they might learn to like such voices. I'm sure after a few drinks they could be converted???
Actually, reading this thread is making me want a Guinness now...
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Just curious, have you reached your apotheosis as a film fan yet and if so, please describe the resulting fall and aftermath.
As in any enterprise or endeavor, it is often the one who becomes the foremost authority on a topic or entity or belief system, that loses their faith.
Some diehards never reach this state, but others do and when faced with folks who think film is worth arguing about the disillusioned just keep thinking about the famed advertising campaign for LHOTL...:
Keep repeating, it is just a movie, it is just a movie!
Confession time...are you still a true believer or have you reached filmageddon and gotten burnt out?
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They're showing GC again tonight late, or rather early tomorrow morning...Tuesday.
Oh...Danger Man! What a great McGoohan show and part of the iconography of The Prisoner in the fate of the original character lead as played by Patrick.
I still see dvd's available of that series.
Yes, TCM has shown MNIJR a couple times in the last few years. It is a very well done film with multiple shocks and twists.
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Sfpcc2...yes, brilliant!
I'd forgotten about that. What an amazing conclusion to a series.
I wonder if it had been planned from the beginning or was come up with later.
But regardless...thanks for the great reference!
Edited by: CaveGirl on Oct 1, 2013 5:17 PM
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Finance, you said a mouthful when you said this most sensible statement about not using Muller as host:
He IS likeable, but in keeping with the mood of noir, it might be interesting to have a noir host who was very unlikeable.
So true, so true. It's like having Debbie Reynolds introducing a series about women who are serial murderers.
Does not fit or compute.
And instead of a guy hosting, they should have a woman, preferably someone diabolically entrancing like Glen Close or maybe a Gloria Grahame type.
Now that would be fun and in keeping with the noir spirit!
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Wow, I've read "Rebecca" and find these interpretations of the DuMaurier intent, most fascinating.
Interestingly...the heroine, as played by Joan Fontaine doesn't even have a name in the book by Daphne.
And if one wants to film a sequel with Maxim being killed in a car crash, then it is too bad that J.G. Ballard did not write it being that his conjunction of sex and cars would prove most alluring to film.
Maxim all bandaged up like Brad Pitt in "Fight Club" is an image I can't get out of my head now...
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Slayton, poor Mickey! He was Laurence Olivier's favorite actor so he deserves some respect...
The new October schedule is full of goodies. Here are my upcoming favorites: Contempt, Dr. Crippen [gotta love British serial murderers who use poison!], While the City Sleeps [our Americans also have their share of fascinating murderers, and this is based on the Lipstick Killer I believe], Carnival of Souls [the Herk Hervey masterpiece], The Wasp Woman, The Gorgon, William Beaudine festival, Pather Panchali, and last but certainly not least, TCM is showing the Bunuel film, Los Olvidados which for me has the most frightening and realistic dream sequence ever put on film.
Forget about Lady Gaga and her meat dress, this scene is better!
Sure...I ignored all the other classics that we all know and love but the above are some off the wall fun films to look for. Any stuff you are excited about in the October schedule, please post!
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I love the way he talks and enunciates.
It is so relaxing and ear catching!
But if everyone wants only to hear an American, mid-range articulated voice that if very Stepfordish...then to each his/her own.
I will say I think the poor guy only messed up with the title of the series.
Instead of saying "The Story of Film" he should have used not such an all-encompassing title, as that just puts people on edge since it does not cover everything.
Being that I enjoy his haphazard way of connecting films, which is kind of like when one talks to a film buff and they reference a film like say "The Leopard Man" and then go off on a tangent saying that they heard that Cornell Woolrich was not even invited to the premiere of "RW", and ain't it sad...I find it fun to follow their confusing verbal peregrinations.
Maybe I would not if I knew less about films and got lost.
I think he should have named the series "My Thoughts on Film" or perhaps "Incidental Familial Connections between Celluloid Innovators"...then he'd be off the hook, haha!
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Thanks, Johnny and all who posted updates and info!
Pondering the TCM Message Boards
in General Discussions
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Okay, not the best person to answer being I've only been here a short while but I started posting here, hoping that amongst the retinue there would be some who enjoy and like to discuss the more outre and off the wall films, unlike the general public who mostly watch only popular films.
My guess would be, if one does not find an interested audience for their particular film devotion that they might leave? I mean, let's say a person is mesmerized by the work of Rene Clair but never sees anyone posting who even cares about his films. They might move on to greener pastures?
It's like a tennis match. Someone has to hit the ball back and make it worth swatting in return. I enjoy other people's rebuttal so that would not be a turnoff but it has to be based on some interesting thought patterns and not just the proverbial I hate it because I know what I like and that's not it.
Looking forward to other answers to your questions from more longtime TCM posters.