LornaHansonForbes
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11 minutes ago, Hibi said:
Pretty sure Chopin was POLISH!
Thank you!
(I’m sorry, I meant to wiki him and got distracted. )
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15 hours ago, Katie_G said:
...(1942) Director Anatole Litvak 1 hr 45 min.
Stars Tyrone Power [as] Clive [who] seems to know a lot about military matters but has a chip on his shoulder about British aristocracy. He confuses me too, as he speaks as an American would. Is he British or American? I think he's supposed to be British because why would an American be named 'Clive' when that name never gained any traction over here (thank god). Perhaps Power just can't do the accent.
I really do think that in the old days, BIG NAME, above the title STARS were discouraged from doing ACCENTS because, among other reasons, that wasn't what the public was paying to see...it really wasn't until METHOD acting that BIG LEADING NAME STARS even attempted maintaining a foreign accent for the entire movie
(of course once STREEP won for SOPHIES CHOICE, that opened up the floodgates and suddenly it became a lot more prevalent.)
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23 hours ago, CinemaInternational said:
Howard's End is a wonderful film....Impromptu is a bit slight but still very likable. Its easy to see why Peters and Patinkin have those supporting roles;the film was directed by the same man who directed Sunday in the Park with George on Broadway. Judy Davis shines in the film, and Emma Thompson was indeed a delight (she would get her first lead, in Dead Again, a few months later)
i am also including a list (arranged by studio) of the 1991 films now seen by me
1. aha! thank you. still kinda wild that i would pick it out of the blue to watch on TUBI TV the same day that I saw SUNDAY IN THE PARK... on youtube (no algorithm at work)
2. 1991 is an interesting year. I remember a lot of critics labeled it a terrible year for movies ie "only in a year as terrible as 1991 could a film as charming as BEAUTY AND THE BEAST get a nomination...", and I admit that there are not a lot of great films, but there are a lot of good and interesting and admirable efforts from BIG STUDIOS...1991 was one of the last years before the FRACTURE between STUDIOS and INDEPENDENTS blew up. Also, RAMBLING ROSE aside, the BEST ACTRESS LINE-UP was one of the best in years.
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edit in re: the above clip
SONDHEIM is referring to the revival of WEST SIDE STORY and not the SPIELBERG REMAKE.
Also, please forgive me for being reductive, but- DEAR MR. INTERVIEWER, what do YOU think the legendary gay playwright thinks of the new version of his classic which features SAVAGE, MACHO, SMOKING HOT MEN HOLDING ONE ANOTHER BACK AND DANCING SHIRTLESS IN THE RAIN?
note- i do love what he says about the theater, and admire that he is 100% pretense-free,
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i apologize for talking about SWEENEY TODD more. You guys are welcome to skip this.
Surely I cannot be the first person to think out loud about what a chance there is for a sequel, musical or not, to the story called BY THE SEA where JOANNA and THE SAILOR relocate to a nice spot on THE ENGLISH CHANNEL and open up a BED AND BREAKFAST...only many years later, JOANNA'S severe PTSD from her upbringing combined with her innate SOCIOPATHIC tendencies cause her to, um, pick up on the family business.
Initially, I was a little put off by the unusual performance of this young lady as JOANNA in the 1982 traveling SWEENEY:
IT KIND OF REMINDED ME A LITTLE OF THIS:
BUT OVER TIME, I HAVE COME TO SEE that the actress is giving a MESMERIZING PERFORMANCE- her JOANNA is marvelously BANANAS, just BLESS HER HEART IT'S NOT HER FAULT, but she is TWACKED IN THE HEAD and I have the feeling that these two are in for a real INTO THE WOODS kind of journey that is probably going to necessitate hiding A LOT of bodies over the years. Her eyeballs may as well be SPINNING AROUND IN HER HEAD when she sings "you said you'd marry me Sunday..."
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15 hours ago, Swithin said:
I know Dana very well, great actress and fun to be with.
she's excellent in SUNDAY IN THE PARK, I love the things she does with her vocal inflections.
As much as I adore KELLY BISHOP, I wonder what DANA IVEY could've done as EMILY GILMORE. ..
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also DANA IVEY, who would have a small role in the two original ADDAMS FAMILY films as the woman who married COUSIN ITT
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18 minutes ago, txfilmfan said:
and Brent Spiner, who would shortly after this go on to play Data on Star Trek: TNG.
Yes, I immediately sat up the minute i saw him (the make-up is even kind of similar)
"Data, what the Hell are you doin on The HoloDeck?!! Take off that top hat and get to The Bridge, we're under assault from The Romulans..."
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I am halfway through the following video, which is a full recorded 1985 performance of SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE directed, as was the case with SWEENEY TODD- expertly by TERRY HUGHES.
[i heretofore have had ZERO familiarity with this particular story]
I don't dislike it, but I am taken aback by the lack of music [EDIT- compared to INTO THE WOODS and SWEENEY and WEST SIDE STORY, of course, there IS music in it] ...please FEEL FREE TO SHARE YOUR OPINIONS, I'm curious as to what other people think of this unusual but STUNNINGLY WELL-PRODUCED production.
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sometimes the coincidences in my life are so outlandish, I wonder if I don't have some sort of innate, but ultimately worthless, psychic ability...
I found a full filmed performance of SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE starring MANDY PATINKIN as a dickish, selfish, self-absorbed artist and BERNADETTE PETERS as his Botecelli-Sprite of a tormented muse- and while it's interesting, I've been taking breaks because it's more play than music, and i'm getting used to that. i'll finish it and let you know what i think...
so in fishing on TUBI for films, I came across IMPROMPTU (1991?) which I have never seen.
and guess what?
IT ALSO FEATURES MANDY PATINKIN AS A DICKISH, SELF-ABSORBED ARTIST AND BERNADETTE PETERS AS A BOTECELLI-LIKE SPRITE OF A TORMENTED MUSE!!!!!!
although they are not the MAIN ATTRACTION, the coincidence was JUST TOO WILD FOR ME.
The main story though (slight as it is) is mostly concerned with the real-life "love affair" between the author GEORGE SAND- (JUDY DAVIS, angry at the world as ever and wearing SEVERE BANGS)- and FREDERIC CHOPIN- (HUGH GRANT, who really is quite good in the part, but time has since made him SUCH a QUINTESSENTIALLY BRITISH PERSONA that it's really not his fault that, all these years later, it's a little hard to buy him as an Austrian(?) composer.)
this is basically a LIFETIME MOVIE made for ENGLISH MAJORS who hang out in used bookstores and don't wear deodorant, there are trysts and mistaken assumptions, amnd EMMA THOMPSON 100% comes across as a FUTURE STAR in her role as a bored well-to-do aristo who happily invites gaggles of Libertine artists to her country estate.
not even knowing much about the story between CHOPIN and GEORGE SAND in real life, I have to say, IT IS OBVIOUS this movie is NOT the entire story, and- engaging and well-done as it is- it lacks focus, and I would not mind seeing it retold with a broader scope.
still fun though.
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On 12/18/2021 at 3:00 PM, CinemaInternational said:
I have been caught up in early 90s films all week (probably the last good period for movies), as I decided to try to conquer 1991 by squeezing out as many titles as possible from that year, which was a very good year. I'm now up to having seen 117 films from the year, after seeing over 30 of them this week. I did however make time to see 1946's The Verdict before it expired on demand. Very classy and moody thriller, with a wonderful ending...
not 1991-specific per se, but check out TUBI TV- just off the top o' me head, they've got the IAN McKELLAN version of RICHARD III, the 1992 HOWARD'S END, and some others I cant immediately recall...
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2 minutes ago, midwestan said:
Gadzooks! I'm doomed! 😜
you, me and 8 billion other people....
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(don't worry, he only comes if you've been naughty.)
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FILM NOIR SANTA WISHES YOU LAZY, TWO BIT, GOOD-FOR-NUTHIN BUNCH OF BUMS
A MERRY FRIGGIN CHRISTMAS.
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OH OH OH.
I have a question I have been meaning to ask in re: SWEENEY TODD.
In the second act, MRS. LOVETT remarks that she bought the small organ(?) (harpsichord?) in her parlor on sale because it was "partly singed when the chapel burnt" it's a funny line, but is it in particular reference to something Historic?
The Great London Fire happened in 1666, this takes place in 1846...so it can't be that.
is it just a throwaway joke?
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52 minutes ago, King Rat said:
Know that you are not the only one. One year I admitted that the holidays had been rough, and a couple of other people promptly said the same thing. If Sweeney helps you more than Santa, so be it!
you know, i feel like there is a solid idea for a short story or film called A VERY SWEENEY CHRISTMAS or THOSE CRUNCHING NOISES PERVADING THE AIR wherein the patriarch of a down-on-their-luck family of Cockneys needs a shave in order to get a job to wait table at a proper home, who then encounters SWEENEY and MRS. LOVETT - the latter of whom is so touched by the plight of their intended victim that she and MR. T instead murder the man's landlord instead, and as an added bonus, do in his hateful mother-in-law as well....in order to feed the homeless of Fleet Street.
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(I have a hard time coping during the holidays.)
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I went ahead and bought the filmed 1982 performance of SWEENEY TODD on Amazon.
I watched it last night and I’m watching it now.
I cannot get it out of my head and now my psychic break is complete.I broke out into EPIPHANY while waiting in the checkout line at The Food Lion yesterday.
Sure, I got a couple of funny looks when I dropped to my knees and belted out 🎶“aaaaaaand my Luuuucy lies in aaaaaashes and I’ll NEVER see my GIRL AGAIN!!!” but the applause I received at the end was respectable, and I actually had one guy who thought I was genuinely offering free shaves take me up on it.
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at the risk of angering the moderators, I'll also post this rare good episode of the TV series TALES FROM THE CRYPT starring the late MARY ELLEN TRAINOR (who is excellent) and BENNY FROM LA LAW as THE NE PLUS ULTRA OF "BAD SANTAS":
(IT'S much better than the earlier JOAN COLLINS version:)
(note, there is a little yellow line in the timeplay that denotes where you can click in order TO AVOID THE CRYPT KEEPER AND HIS IDIOTIC CHATTER which I always recommend)
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and i mean, SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT 2 is infamously bad (and padded with scenes from the first) but there is a certain...something to it....(also the line "GARBAGE DAY!")
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i mean, they could have done an encore of RABID (1977)- a really TIMELY, resonant and well-done CRONENBERG film that features a great scene with a MALL SANTA...(it's about a mutated virus thing run amok in CANADA)
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12/17 as aforementioned, there is no UNDERGrOUND tonight, and I don't see why.
In its place we have WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? [which OHMYGOD I AM SO SICK OF, I DON'T CARE IF IT NEVER EVER GETS SHOWN AGAIN EVER EVER EVER) and a GEORGE MELIES DOCUMENTARY, which I might watch.
not ending the year on a high note here.
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However, what I had wanted to say was, congratulations. I think more people have now seen and commented on this thread than the movie itself.
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BEING THE RICARDOS ERRORS
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WOW.
Those are both pretty egregious.
JUDY would have been 22 in 1942, but there is NO WAY COLUMBIA would've considered her for any lead, in fact, it's kind of a miracle she even got BORN YESTERDAY IN 1950
Leaving out the questions of time anachronisms, there is NO WAY IN HELL a HOLLYWOOD STUDIO would have ANY VISIBLE CONNECTION to BERGMAN or ROSSELINI in 1950, that's about as believable as a poster for TRIUMPH OF THE WILL being up on a wall on the RKO LOT. They were both POISON at this time.