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It shoulda been Zasu Pitts. But I say that about every gal I see in a movie.

I can't tell if that's sarcasm! By the way, have you seen La Collectionneuse? What did you think of it? How about Mouchette? I'm not sure why, but I feel like you're the person to ask about French films. I also watched The Two of Us, with Michel Simon, but I didn't post about that one.

Death by Hanging (1968) - 6/10 Japanese surrealist black comedy from director Nagisa Oshima. A Korean man (Do-yun Yu) has been convicted for rape and murder and sentenced to death by hanging. However, even after the full procedure is carried out, his body refuses to die, causing the officials in attendance to scramble to decide their next move. The condemned is alive but comatose, so they should revive him, right? But what if he doesn't recall his misdeeds? Would they be executing an "innocent" man? What if they try to get him to re-enact his crimes and accept his guilt? The serious subject matter quickly turns farcical, and I was rather amused for a while, but the film is at least half an hour too long, and the scenario runs out of steam long before the film ends.

The Bamboo Saucer (1968) - 5/10 Cold War science fiction with a group of U.S. scientists and experts sneaking into China to track down a suspected UFO. They run into a group of Soviets with the same intentions, so they all make an uneasy truce until they can discover the secrets of the suspected alien craft. Featuring John Ericson, Lois Nettleton, Bob Hastings, Bernard Fox, Vincent Beck, James Hong, Nan Leslie, and Dan Duryea in his final film. This was very low budget but better than expected, with some decent dialogue and a good cast. The effects are low-rent and the resolution a bit corny, but this would make for passable Saturday morning fare.

Most will mention his turns in Easy Rider and Ulee's Gold, and he was perfect in both films, but I also liked him in his early "sensitive guy" role in Lilith, his first iconic biker movie The Wild Angels, his directorial debut on The Hired Hand, 70's exploitation classics Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry and Race with the Devil, an obscure but fun genre film from the 1980's named Dance of the Dwarfs aka Jungle Heat, and his late-career turn as an ex-hippie villain in The Limey.

Jenna Malone is a former child actress who has grown into adult roles. She's often quite good.

Here's a thread Lorna started on the subject: http://forums.tcm.com/topic/187109-omg-omg-omg-beyond-the-forest-is-on-amazon-prime/?tab=comments#comment-1752128

Her name is Alicia, spence.

Yes, Beyond the Forest was available to stream on Amazon Prime for a long time. In fact, for a while you could buy a digital copy of the film from them for $1.99. Not rent, but buy. It has also been available on YouTube on and off for the past few years.

So all or nothing? It's been getting a bit tiresome writing them all when the inspiration isn't there. Plus there had been a lack of much feedback for the past few weeks, and what I was getting was largely negative, so I felt I was irritating people more than anything else. Perhaps my own disinterest was showing through in my comments. I'll just abstain from mentioning anything about my viewing habits for the time being, P.S.: I just started a new year ('68), so I'll try posting longform again.

What I watched today, in order of preference: The Jokers (1967) - 7/10 Mouchette (1967) - 7/10 The Long Duel (1967) - 6/10 How I Won the War (1967) - 5/10 Mosby's Marauders (1967) - 5/10 It! (1967) - 5/10 Journey to the Center of Time (1967) - 2/10

Here is the nation-of-origin breakdown for 2019 through November: France - 16 films Japan - 14 films Italy - 7 films Germany - 5 films Australia - 4 films China/Hong Kong - 4 films Sweden - 4 films Czechoslovakia - 2 films Senegal - 2 films Spain - 2 films Denmark - 1 film Iran - 1 film Philippines - 1 film Portugal - 1 film Thailand - 1 film United Kingdom - 1 film

Any mention of pre-1960 movies was met with a lot of resistance for a very long time on here. I used to read a lot of flame wars about it before I started posting, and there was still some of that going on a little bit when I started. However, most of the more strident people in that regard have gone, either quitting the site, or shuffling off this mortal coil.

As one of the people most likely to post about newer films around here, I obviously have no problem with it being done in General Discussions. That being said, I understand why this topic may have been prompted. One of us usually starts a thread for each year as we come to it (Mr.6666 started the "Films of 2019" thread), and I try to keep most of my new movie related posting in those threads. I'll also mention something in the "I Just Watched" thread if I just watched a new (or any other) film. And I may start a thread for a specific new or upcoming movie if I think it will be of particular interest to classic movie fans, such as the Nightmare Alley remake, or others who started threads about Once Upon a Tim in Hollywood or Stan & Ollie or Hail, Caesar! when that came out. However, a day or two ago, there were maybe a half-dozen threads on the front page about new films or trends in the business, including several of JakeHolman's tweet threads. I can see why that may have seemed a bit much. He already has a "Hollywood & Entertainment" thread in the Off-Topics for his tweets, so I'm not sure what that was all about in the General Discussions. But I think it was just an anomaly that so many were on the first page at once, and more than likely, things will go back to being 95% classic movie around here.

I think we should only discuss movies released on the third week of April, 1937. And maybe the week before and after.

That's one that I haven't seen.

So they didn't do a "themed" SOTM this year. They didn't last year, either, although it was done most years previously. I miss those. Previously used "theme" SOTM choices: April, 2017 - Character Actors June, 2015 - Pin-Up Girls November, 2014 - Silent Stars May, 2013 - Tough Guys June, 2012 - Teen Idols November, 2011 - Battle of the Blondes July, 2011 - Singing Cowboys January, 2010 - Method Acting June, 2009 - Great Directors April, 2009 - Funny Ladies March, 2008 - Acting Dynasties November, 2007 - Guest Programmers September, 2007 - A Star is Born October, 2006 - Child Stars January, 2005 - Canadian Actors July, 2004 - Stars That Died Before Their Time June, 2003 - TV Actors in Film October, 2002 - Final Films April, 2001 - Knighted Actors August, 2000 - Film Debuts

I'm not sure those are Dennis Miller's picks, or just TCM Underground programming.

Another month where I've already seen them all, and I'm not too interested in getting any of them, either. Which is probably good for my bank account.

November Criterion Titles Announced! The Daytrippers (1996) November 12 DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director Greg Mottola, with uncompressed stereo soundtrack on the Blu-ray New audio commentary featuring Mottola, editor Anne McCabe, and producer Steven Soderbergh New interviews with Mottola and cast members Hope Davis, Parker Posey, Liev Schreiber, and Campbell Scott The Hatbox, a 1985 short film by Mottola, with audio commentary by the director PLUS: An essay by critic Emily Nussbaum Betty Blue (1986) November 19 DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES High-definition digital restoration, approved by director Jean-Jacques Beineix, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray Blue Notes and Bungalows, a sixty-minute documentary from 2013 featuring Beineix, actors Jean-Hugues Anglade and Béatrice Dalle, associate producer Claudie Ossard, cinematographer Jean-François Robin, and composer Gabriel Yared Making of “Betty Blue,” a short video featuring Beineix and author Philippe Djian Le chien de Monsieur Michel, a short film by Beineix from 1977 French television interview from 1986 with Beineix and Dalle Dalle screen test Trailers New English subtitle translation PLUS: An essay by critic Chelsea Phillips-Carr Cold War (2018) November 19 DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 4K digital master, supervised and approved by director Paweł Pawlikowski and director of photography Łukasz Żal, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio Soundtrack on the Blu-ray New conversation between Pawlikowski and filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñàrritu Press conference featuring Pawlikowski and Żal; actors Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, and Borys Szyc; and producer Ewa Puszczynska Documentaries from 2018 on the making of the film Trailer New English subtitle translation PLUS: An essay by film critic Stephanie Zacharek All About Eve (1950) November 26 SPECIAL FEATURES 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray Two audio commentaries from 2010, one featuring actor Celeste Holm, director Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s son Christopher Mankiewicz, and author Kenneth L. Geist; the other featuring author Sam Staggs All About Mankiewicz, a feature-length documentary from 1983 about the director Episodes of The Dick Cavett Show from 1969 and 1980 featuring actors Bette Davis and Gary Merrill New interview with costume historian Larry McQueen Hollywood Backstories: “All About Eve,” a 2001 documentary featuring interviews with Davis and others about the making of the film Documentaries from 2010 about Mankiewicz’s life and career, the short story on which the film is based and its real-world inspiration, and a real-life “Sarah Siddons Society” based on the film’s fictional society Radio adaptation of the film from 1951 Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Terrence Rafferty and the 1946 short story on which the film is based Now, Voyager (1942) November 26 SPECIAL FEATURES New, restored 4K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray Episode of The Dick Cavett Show from 1971 with actor Bette Davis Interview with Paul Henreid from 1980 Selected-scene commentary on the film’s score by professor Jeff Smith New interview with film critic Farran Smith Nehme on the making of the film New interview with costume historian Larry McQueen Two radio adaptations from 1943 and 1946 PLUS: An essay by scholar Patricia White and a 1937 reflection on acting by Davis

And it was released as The Bold and the Brave, too.

That should be shown Saturday mornings. Ya know...for the kids.

Mamma Roma has been on a few times, and will be on again after Teorema.

Updated with November's schedule.

Updated with November's schedule