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I will however say, at the risk of THREAD derailment (although I have a strong suspicion we're mostly in accord on this matter) that MISS PATTI LUPONE will always have a place in my heart for this clip though,
YES, PATTI, YES
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16 hours ago, txfilmfan said:
I'm guessing you're talking about the 2005 stage version, and not the concert versions that she did 5 or 6 years before that. The 2005 stage version was a different production all the way around, so her interpretation changed. The concert versions were more similar to the original NY and London productions. Each actor, i has to find something different to set them apart a bit from Lansbury's take, I think. Same thing with Company's Joanne, where they probably don't want you to think of Elaine Stritch while they sing Ladies Who Lunch, but it's nearly impossible to do.
I think Emma Thompson surprised a few folks with her rendition, but she was a comedy and West End performer before she broke into the film business. I've only seen Lupone in person once, and that was in War Paint. I wanted surtitles during that performance because her affected accent as Helena Rubenstein was so thick I had a hard time following her, especially while singing.
16 hours ago, King Rat said:Patti LuPone also changes many vowels on high notes to make them easier to sing. This is a common technique, but it can sometimes make the words more difficult to understand.
WHEREAS THE FULL PERFORMANCES OF LANSBURY AND THOMPSON AND BONHAM-CARTER ARE ALL Available for viewing in full, it seems as if PATTI LUPONE'S turn as MRS LOVETT in the unusual 2005 revival is only available in shaky vids and partial clips and her Tony performance, so it's not fair for me to make a full judgment...(I have to say, the orchestration also leaves me cold, BUT, i am 100% INTO MICHAEL CERVERIS as a SEXY BALD SWEENEY)
for me personally though, I think she's so American it's hard to buy her in the milieu and I find her line reads to be humorless and abrasive.
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(Get mad at me if you want, but PATTI LUPONE is my least favorite MRS. LOVETT. )
(BRACES SELF}
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I just gots to say, LANSBURY'S choice to play MRS. LOVETT as a stupidly optimistic, randy old bink is really the best.
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On 12/12/2021 at 2:44 PM, txfilmfan said:
I remember watching [the 2016 Symphony performance of SWEENEY TODD] when it premiered on PBS. [EMMA THOMPSON'S version of THE WORST PIES IN LONDON] is the only version of Worst Pies.. I've heard where you can understand all the words.
It seems like every big actress who has had the chance to play MRS. LOVETT has tried to bring something different to the whole character as well as the wardrobe and physicality and even individual line reads- one thing EMMA THOMPSON did was to play MRS LOVETT'S final scene as CLEARLY PETRIFIED of her imminient demise at the hands of "MR. T."- most of the other MRS LOVETTS always seem a little oblivious as to what is about to happen.
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16 hours ago, CinemaInternational said:
Lieberstraum (1991)
The film is infamous for being Kim Novak's much truncated final role. She has cried that much of her role was cut to just being her screaming in pain..... (and she does have the ignominy of having to utter one of the most obscene words in the English language in this film), but she still has a 3 minute scene in the middle of the film, that is riveting, and even the scenes of her screaming take over the film. Even with minimality of time, she still owns the film.
and during her equally infamous interview with ROBERT OSBORNE at one of the TCM FESTIVALS, MISS NOVAK infamously lost her **** when discussing this film, but at the same time, it just goes under the "infamy" section in KIM'S WIKI PAGE, right beside her infamous comments about the score of THE ARTIST and her infamous appearance presenting at the Oscars 5(?) years ago or THE LEGEND OF LYLAH CLARE, which itself has become a SYNONYM for the word "INFAMY."
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1 hour ago, Fedya said:
Maybe they should have met under the shelves of oils in aisle 5:
As long as they wore a better wig, I don’t judge.
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31 minutes ago, King Rat said:
The mystery is why Juan Pablo would be interested in this guy
I KNOW RIGHT?!
he was SUCH a DILLHOLE!
ps- Surely you guys also noticed how dry and SUN BAKED and crispy and “summertime in the Rockies” everything looked as well though yes? I mean could they not have filmed in Vancouver or something?You’re cute Juan Pablo, but no one in Taos really wants to take a sleigh ride in June.
Also The Styrofoam chips in the background did not look like snow, they look like Styrofoam chips in the background on the ground. I.e. litter.
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i tried to watch two GAY-THEMED HOLIDAY MOVIES that were both complete crap.
One was on HULU and it starred an extra rubbery ANDIE MACDOWELL as the mother of one of the leads and looked like it was filmed in DEATH VALLEY in JULY (apparently the fact that they Christmas Quickies are all filmed in the summer (obviously) is something of a trope that fans of them find endearing.
the other one was on NETFLIX, which I am sorry I re-accessed because, man, all their programming is terrible. Quite frankly, there is nothing about it I could write here that could better sum it up that the actions of TRIXIE MATTEL below (when watching the movie for a reaction video)
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1 minute ago, CinemaInternational said:
I love those review pieces. I wish I could post the spoof of Falling Down verbatim. It's hysterical.
I don't remember her review of FALLING DOWN, but my favorite (as I recall) was of BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA.
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1 hour ago, CinemaInternational said:
I might have been more willing to cut Gene Siskel some slack over his curmudgeonly run in 1991 (which included more thumbs down for some other films that I liked (for one reason or another) although many didn't like (the Father of the Bride remake, Only the Lonely, Class Action, Dogfight, Truly Madly Deeply, What About Bob, Regarding Henry, The Hard Way, Stepping Out, Little Man Tate, Shattered and Dead Again) if he had at least shown some consistency that year. But there he was dismissing good films and giving votes of approval to flat films (Career Opportunities), badly reviewed titles (A Kiss Before Dying, Out for Justice, Switch), and downright offensive titles (The Doors, Cape Fear, Not Without My Daughter, Rambling Rose)
The writer of The Fisher King got his revenge though. Siskel cited the script of that wonderful film as the worst Oscar nomination of 1991. The writer of the film later co-wrote a 1994 dark comedy called The Ref with Denis Leary, Judy Davis, Kevin Spacey, and Glynis Johns. That film had a brief subplot involving the teenage son of Davis and Spacey blackmailing a man named Siskel over compromising photographs with hookers.
WHEN IT COMES TO FILM CRITICS OF THE NINETIES...
The only one whose opinion has truly stood the test of time is LIBBY GELMAN WAXNER.
On THE PRINCE OF TIDES (1991) "Barbra's only spontaneous moment comes when Nick Nolte tosses her a football and she screams "MY NAILS!!""
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20 hours ago, CinemaInternational said:
Yeah, like Janet Maslin on the performance of Kathleen Turner in Body Heat.
FOR YEARS AFTER THAT "BODY HEAT" REVIEW, I HOPE JANET MASLIN WAS PLAGUED BY HUSKY-VOICED OBSCENE PHONE CALLS AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY:
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Just wanted to take the time to post a FULL (2.5 HOUR) CONCERT OF SWEENEY TODD with EMMA THOMPSON as MRS. LOVETT (her rendition of the line "I should know, I bake then, but good? No." in THE WORST PIES IN LONDON slayed me.)
Please at least watch the opening act, which starts out seeming like it is going to be something else entirely and then transforms in a really clever way that makes perfect sense.
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“ Hey Marge? Do you remember the time I let that escaped maniac inside the house because he was dressed like Santa Claus? Well YOU have a gambling problem.”
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1 hour ago, EricJ said:
(not that [SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT] was that great)
It wasn’t terrible though. Much better than BLACK CHRISTMAS…
…I mean if I had paid to see this thing in 1984, I would’ve felt like I had gotten my $3.50 worth, (or however much it was they were charging to see a movie in 1984) for sure.
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I am surprised at how often i will read a snippet of a review of a film on wikipedia by GENE SISKEL or EBERT or JOEL THE MUSTACHE GUY FROM GOOD MORNING AMERICA or even BOSLEY CROWTHER, JANET MASLIN and PAULINE KAEL where they really, really missed the point and sometimes praised the weakest aspect or were harsh on one of the few good things in the movie (EBERT was especially bad about that)
PS- everyone ever at ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY too.
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1 minute ago, CinemaInternational said:
I admit that one reviewer at one paper these days really sets my teeth on edge........
are there still reviewers? are there still papers?
who though?
PETER TRAVERS with ROLLING STONE is still out there sniffin glue, I think
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4 minutes ago, CinemaInternational said:
Well, Gene Siskel was the man who in one year (1991) gave thumbs down in one fell swoop to The Silence of the Lambs, Thelma and Louise, The Fisher King, The Prince of Tides, Fried Green Tomatoes, and LA Story, so...... (you can imagine what a happy camper he must have been that year when the Oscars almost completely went to films he disliked)
Holy ****.
(note- I can see why on PRINCE OF TIDES...but otherwise. What a dweeb.)
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Just now, CinemaInternational said:
Its still regularly included on lists of the most horrifying death scenes in movie history.....
and shocking too, as she is The Heroine and was (AS I RECALL IT) quite spunky and likeable.
(it's been a zillion years since i've seen it)
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(I really don't miss popular film criticism one bit to be honest.)
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3 minutes ago, CinemaInternational said:
[SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT] was very controversial in 1984. Even though there had already been a killer Santa Claus film in 1980, this one attracted more notice as it was originally released by Tri-Star
Yeah, the wiki/imdb entries for the film were really fascinating. GENE SISKEL in particular got his shorts all in a wad over it, meanwhile he and ROGER EBERT fell all over themselves praising REVENGE OF THE NERDS. .
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2 minutes ago, CinemaInternational said:
The Hitcher with its ghastly death scene for Jennifer Jason Leigh
I still remember watching that on HBO at night with my sister and being STUNNED when that scene happened.
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