LornaHansonForbes

ALTHOUGH.... I do have to take the time to tell you All that this weekend’s UNDERGrOUND is LUST IN THE DUST and POLYESTER.

ALSO you got a watch out for that occasional demon VCR that’ll eat your clamshell edition of THE BLACK CAULDRON.

I one hundred percent welcome this thread becoming a VHS discussion. I hope you live in California or someplace arid, I live in Southeastern North Carolina and it is incredibly hot and humid and the mold even gets inside cabinets. it’s very hard to keep VHS tapes unspoiled.

well, before I titled my thread about THE CONSTIPATED EMOJI, I wanted to make sure THE AUTOCENSOR didn't **** it out, so my post would have been titled "I THINK THIS SITE SHOULD GET RID OF THE **** EMOJI" which would SURELY have caused ALL KINDS of confusion. this particular thread seemed like a safe place to run the test.

testing, testing: constipated this pass the autocensor test?

PS- Poor LOUISE FLETCHER, just bless her heart, you know? Like it's her fault she won an Oscar for a role no one wanted in a weak year for women, SOMEONE SHOULD'VE LINED UP SOMETHING LEGIT FOR HER IN TV OR SOMETHING! SO SHE DIDN'T END UP DOING THINGS LIKE THIS.

OH WOW, THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!!! BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I HAVE FOLLOWED THE STORY OF THIS FILM, apparently the PRODUCERS who held the rights BLOCKED EVERY YOUTUBE VIDEO that discussed the [bananas making of this] movie and used the 40ish minutes of existing footage in any way [there are A LOT of BAD MOVIE COMMENTARY YOUTUBE CHANNELS) and apparently they were NOT NICE about it. the whole story of this "film" is WILD!!!!!!!!

thanks, i kinda get it. more or less. i think.

NO, I DID NOT FORGET DIANE LADD, SHE JUST DESERVES HER OWN POST OF IMAGES OF HER ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATED PERFORMANCE IN THE MOVIE (sadly, it was WHOOPI's year, but DIANE is just EPIC in this movie, as is this one particular wig she wears that I HOPE SHE KEPT BECAUSE IF IT WERE MINE, I WOULD WEAR IT EVERWHERE.) I HAVE KNOWN WOMEN LIKE THIS. IF YOU THINK DIANE LADD'S PERFORMANCE IN WILD AT HEART IS 'TOO MUCH' I WILL LET YOU KNOW, SHE TONED IT DOWN.

I was disappointed that I missed WILD AT HEART (1990) when it aired on TCM UNDERGROUND some months ago, lucky for me they re ran it and i caught it this am. This is wild, because it has been 30 years since I have seen this movie, but as a 13 year old in 1991, my family stole pay-per-view and this ran 24 hours a day on endless loop for about a month in the SPRING TIME and I watched it SO MANY TIMES, and IT SPOKE TO ME ON MANY LEVELS- I will also note that I am from WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA (aka CAPE FEAR- the setting of this movie)- although it seems as if a goodly chunk of it is shot in California passing for Texas and NC/SC, although I may be wrong. There are so many things I remember about this movie, which was in many ways a seminal viewing experience for me and (in retrospect) one of the most influential films of the 1990s... i'll go ahead and get the fact that the ending is a sloppy mess out of the way, also the fact that NICOLAS CAGE gives a failed performance that ultimately hurts the film, he sounds like MR BURNS doing ELVIS... THERE IS ONE PARTICULAR SCENE that could have been the highpoint of the movie, where LAURA DERN'S character tells him she is pregnant and he is elated...only she follows up that she does not want the baby and CAGE (and DAVID LYNCH whiff the scene,) in the end, WILLAM DAFOE walks off with the (debateably) best scene in the film soon after. HOWEVER, CAGE is one of those actors like CHARLTON HESTON or ELIZABETH TAYLOR who can allow a huge movie to hang on their shoulders while giving a watchable or highly amusing failed performance for which one gets ones nickel's worth in the end. growing up, I knew A LOT of LAURA DERNS and LAURA DERN is great in this movie, especially in the end when she serves KIM BASINGER IN LA CONFIDENTIAL LEVEL OLD HOLLYWOOD 1990s GLAMOUR REVIVAL at the end sadly, her performance ends up suffering because she isn't getting what she needs in return from CAGE as her onscreen PARTnER. I HAD TO STOP THIS MOVIE MANY TIMES BECAUSE IT OVERWHELMED MY SENSES. [spoilers] Even though there are things that don't work- IT'S A GORGEOUS FILM, and a very watchable 2 hours and five minutes, it is THE ESSENCE OF 1990S NEO NOIR (happy ending aside.) The locations are hypnotically feculant, HARRY DEAN STANTON is great (the ONE understated performance), GRACE ZABRISKIE is in this looking like MAGGIE SIMPSON'S UNIBROW BABY ARCHENEMY PLAYING THE ANJELICA HUSTON ROLE IN THE GRIFTERS and ISABELLA ROSSELINI made me wish she had played the ANNETTE BENNING PART in that film she is such sinister feline perfection in her small part. the cinematography IN THIS FILM should have been nominated. Also, even though DAVID LYNCH'S dialogue is not good, HE KNOWS IT and he doesn't try to act like it isn't, on the visual points and the pacing he succeeds so much, I ain't mad.

BETTY BOOP?!

Kind of like “HOT DASHBOARD VHS RELEASING CO.”...?

I am confused about some thing, and I don’t mean to betray myself as completely stupid, but I seem to recall that rubbing a magnet against the VHS tape was a bad thing that would erase it, am I thinking wrong? I’m just commenting on how odd is that a video release and company would be named magnetic...

Edit- EYE OF THE NEEDLE would also make a *great* Mother’s Day film.

hi hey Note: I am posting this review using my phone and I have issues editing and voice translation doesn’t always hear things properly. I watched EYE OF THE NEEDLE (1981?) Which I only knew of from Danny Peary’s book “alternate Oscars” where he recommended a best actor nomination for Donald Sutherland for this pic. For some reason I was thinking this would be a big sprawling John le Carré type epic, and in some senses, it is, but it’s a very intimate film, quite a bit like RYANS DAUGHTER re-imagined as a thriller bordering on slasher movie. I liked it. Unfortunately I had to watch this movie in two large chunks a week apart, I started watching it and paused it and then it got lost in my Hulu feed until just now, and I think that maybe does affect the way I felt overall, but for some reason I want to say the ending of the movie is a lot tighter and more engaging than the first half. (It takes a while to really get going) THE SCORE BY MIKLOS ROSZA WAS TOO MUCH. IT GRABBED YOU AND SHOOK THE **** OUT OF YOU WHEN IT WAS NOT NEEDED IN MANY OF THE SUBTLER MOMENTS, But it worked fine at the end. But that was the only thing about the movie that felt out of place, outside of that it seemed very much like a modern interpretation of a sort of film that would’ve come out in the late 1940s with Joan Bennett or, maybe Deborah Kerr in the lead part.(only no multiple topless shots tho) Which brings me to the best thing in the film, the performance of Kate Nelligan who is utterly exquisite, I know I use that word a lot, but I can’t think of any other to describe her, as the unhappy wife of an bitter (but HOT) alcoholic invalid living with their youNg son on on a deserted island off the coast of England in 1944, their lives are disrupted when a Nazi spy with information about the Normandy invasion washes ashore and aims to use the radio to contact an offshore sub. Why yes, there are absolutely hints of “the shining” and this would make a great companion film with THE NIGHT DIGGER (1973) I love isolated island movies. AND THERE ARE CLIFFS AND A LIGHTHOUSE!!!! I don’t often say this, but this movie could be remade successfully . If you pared down the story to make it a bit simpler, and then just went for a raw technique-filled final half hour which went all In for the tension, I really think you could tell this film in an even leaner, meaner version that a modern audience would totally get. note: Now that I think about it, this movie also *kind of*reminds me of that one “tales from the crypt” episode where the housewife has to fight off the killer escaped maniac dressed as Santa Claus.

WHO KILLED TEDDY BEAR? is surprisingly not bad.

MY THREAD SHALL NEVER DIE!!! IT WILL LIVE ON FOR ALL ETERNITY!!!! ENTOMB IT!!! CHAIN THE LID, LET IT SLIDE DOWN TO PAGE THREE, But know it is a matter of time before it is freed from the crypt to roam again. BWAHAHAHA(coughcough) HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! ...oh we have fun don’t we?

you must've missed Peebs's post a few posts back, he/she cracked the mystery quite fast- you'll have to get their source! (some people keep meticulous schedule histories)

I think I would have liked THE LATE SHOW (1978) a lot better with JACKIE GLEASON in the ART CARNEY role. a non sequitor, I admit, but I'm having a slow day.

I dunno, I just thought some of you might find this interesting, JACKIE GLEASON'S FILM/Tv credits copied and pasted from imdb, (these are strictly his appearances AS AN ACTOR, he has more credits for his singing and producing. ) final film" Nothing in Common Max Basner 1985 Izzy & Moe (TV Movie) Izzy Einstein 1983 Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson (TV Movie) Ernest Johnson 1983 Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 Buford T. Justice 1983 The Sting II Fargo Gondorff 1982 The Toy U.S. Bates 1980 Smokey and the Bandit II Sheriff Buford T. Justice / Gaylord Justice / Reginald Van Justice 1977 Smokey and the Bandit Sheriff Buford T. Justice of Portague County 1977 Mr. Billion John Cutler 1975 Three for Two (TV Movie) Fred / Herb / Mike 1970 How Do I Love Thee? Stanley Waltz 1969 Don't Drink the Water Walter Hollander 1969 How to Commit Marriage Oliver Poe 1968 Skidoo Tony Banks 1968 Here's Lucy (TV Series) Ralph Kramden - Lucy Visits Jack Benny (1968) ... Ralph Kramden (uncredited) 1965 Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine (TV Series) Self / Game Show Emcee - Episode #3.28 (1965) ... Self / Game Show Emcee 1963 Soldier in the Rain MSgt. Maxwell Slaughter 1963 Papa's Delicate Condition Jack Griffith 1962 Requiem for a Heavyweight Maish Rennick 1962 Gigot Gigot 1961 The Hustler Minnesota Fats 1960 The Secret World of Eddie Hodges (TV Movie) Narrator / Self 1958 Playhouse 90 (TV Series) Joe - The Time of Your Life (1958) ... Joe 1955-1956 The Honeymooners (TV Series) Ralph Kramden - A Man's Pride (1956) ... Ralph Kramden - Dial J for Janitor (1956) ... Ralph Kramden - The Bensonhurst Bomber (1956) ... Ralph Kramden - Alice and the Blonde (1956) ... Ralph Kramden - Mind Your Own Business (1956) ... Ralph Kramden Show all 39 episodes 1953-1955 Studio One (TV Series) Uncle Ed / Sam Wheeler / Jerry Giles - Uncle Ed and Circumstances (1955) ... Uncle Ed - Short Cut (1954) ... Sam Wheeler - The Laugh Maker (1953) ... Jerry Giles 1955 The Jack Benny Program (TV Series) Jackie Gleason - Jackie Gleason Show (1955) ... Jackie Gleason 1955 The Best of Broadway (TV Series) Aubrey Piper - The Show-Off (1955) ... Aubrey Piper 1953-1954 The Red Skelton Hour (TV Series) Reginald Van Gleason III / Reginald van Gleason III / cameo - Accidents Will Happen (1954) ... Reginald Van Gleason III - The Great White Hunter (1953) ... Reginald van Gleason III / cameo 1953 The Jackie Gleason Show (TV Series) Ralph Kramden - Ralph's Diet/Alice Plays Cupid (1953) ... Ralph Kramden 1952 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) Ralph Kramden / The Poor Soul - Episode #5.38 (1952) ... Ralph Kramden / The Poor Soul 1951 Musical Comedy Time (TV Series) Jimmy Smith - No! No! Nanette! (1951) ... Jimmy Smith 1950 The Desert Hawk Aladdin 1949-1950 The Life of Riley (TV Series) Chester A. Riley / Chester Riley - Five Dollar Bill (1950) ... Chester A. Riley - The Banned Book (1950) ... Chester A. Riley - Junior and the Bully (1950) ... Chester A. Riley - Riley's Quarrel (1950) ... Chester A. Riley - South American Job (1950) ... Chester A. Riley Show all 26 episodes 1942 Springtime in the Rockies Commissioner (uncredited) 1942 Orchestra Wives Ben Beck 1942 Escape from Crime Screwball Evans (as Jackie C. Gleason) 1942 Larceny, Inc Hobart (as Jackie C. Gleason) 1942 Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! Hank 1942 Lady Gangster Wilson (as Jackie C. Gleason) 1942 All Through the Night Starchy (as Jackie C. Gleason) 1941 Steel Against the Sky Cliff (uncredited) 1941 Navy Blues Tubby (as Jackie C. Gleason)

SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE (1973) is (I THINK) a Mexican film about two little girls growing up in a tiny Mexican Village who mistake either a convict or a wounded man as THE FRANKENSTEIN MONSTER, having recently seen the 1931 film at their local movie palace. (I apologize if I am getting details wrong, too lazy to wikipedia)

BILL PAXTON also had the RARE DISTINCTION of starring in one of the handful of good episodes of TALES FROM THE CRYPT. PEOPLE IN BRASS HEARSES.

Belated thanks to both of you for the replies. it is always oddly extra-comforting when you see a REALLY WEIRD, but also really really really REAAAAAALLY OBSCURE MOVIE and then ask "did anyone else see that *** damn thing or was I hallucinating at four am???" and get similar reactions from other viewers...that way you know you don't have to call the GAS COMPANY to come over and see if there's a leak. Quite a few years ago, BILL PAXTON was a TCM CELEBRITY GUEST PROGRAMMER (OSBORNE was still with us) and a sliding-scale of celebs would (once a month) pick FOUR MOviES to show, ONE OF WHICH WAS ALMOST INVARIABLy DUCK SOUP OR SINGIN IN THE RAIN... And BILL PAXTON showed up and picked four of the MOST GENUINELY ODDBALL OFF-THE-WALL INTELLECTUAL, CLEVER ESOTERIC PICKS, I mean, all four were intriguing (this was before I had DVR or could HULU already aired movies or i would have watched all four) one was JULIET OF THE SPIRITS, i DON'T recall what the other three were.... lONG STORY SHORT, I know he is no longer with us, but if anyone deserves to be the one man, dead or alive, to have engaged in a REAL LIFE SEX ACT ON TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES, then, y'know, BILL PAXTON seemed like a pretty cool dude to be that guy. "GAME OVER, MAN!!!!! GAME OVER!!!!!!"

i cannot for the life of me find it now, but i just read an article/review yesterday (well, skimmed it actually) that was kvetching about this being a retread of the movie ROMA and also clearly being the best picture frontrunner because it was manipulative. WISH I could remember where...slate? Huffpost? ah well, if folks are already salty, they may as well start engraving the Oscars now.

I'm sure there are even people out there who pay for the experience...