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I saw the western El Dorado this afternoon (which was enjoyable, and it was nice to see Robert Mitchum again), but I'm still a bit discombobulated from seeing Phantom of the Paradise (1974) just before bed last night. Bad idea. Very bad idea. I had trouble getting to sleep after that one's crazy, disturbing finale. The film's very effective and well handled both directorially and acting wise, but it freaked me out. Memo to myself: No more De Palma films before bedtime.

But in usual times with TCM, usually if I can't say a film live, I do try to catch up with it on Watch TCM. I've caught up with many films that way. I also have it programmed that the first channel that comes on the TV when it is turned on is TCM.

You want a shocking snub outside of costumes though? No nomination for the famous song "New York New York" in 1977.

So it was one of the five runners up in the category. Made the shortlist at least..... COSTUME DESIGN FUNNY GIRL, Irene Sharaff and Howard Shoup GREAT CATHERINE, Margaret Furse THE LION IN WINTER, Margaret Furse OLIVER!, Phyllis Dalton THE ONE AND ONLY, GENUINE, ORIGINAL FAMILY BAND, Bill Thomas PLANET OF THE APES, Morton Haack ROMEO AND JULIET, Danilo Donati THE SEA GULL, Tony Walton STAR!, Donald Brooks WAR AND PEACE, Mikhail Chikovani, V. Vavra and Nadezhda Buzina

I found this on another site before, but this was the original costume shortlist of 10 the year The Swarm was Done. the ones that were nominated are in bold. The Cheap Detective, Movie Movie, and The Green Room were three other 1978 releases that had good costumes. COSTUME DESIGNAUTUMN SONATA, Inger PehrssonTHE BIG FIX, Edith HeadCARAVANS, Renie ConleyDAYS OF HEAVEN, Patricia NorrisDEATH ON THE NILE, Anthony Powell (this film Won)GOIN SOUTH, William Ware TheissGREASE, Albert WolskyHOUSE CALLS, Burton MillerTHE SWARM, Paul ZastupnevichTHE WIZ, Tony Walton

I'm still a bit disappointed that Making Mr Right wasn't on Demand after it aired on Underground in December. I saw the first 15 minutes or so of it, and it had that certain pop to it.

I saw that was on TCM yesterday. I didn't really watch it, but I poked in for just a few minutes and saw Olivia De Havilland seeing the fatalities on the school playground. It turned up in the On Demand section on the TV so I was curious and watched the hosted intro. I never thought about it until Dave Karger mentioned it, but this actually was Olivia's return to her old stomping grounds for the first time in 35 years. Incidentally it was released the same year Jack Warner died.

Tina Chen as one of Robert Redford's ill fated co-workers in Three Days of the Condor.

I just saw that film for the first time this past week......

Don't let me down. Take a sad song and turn it around......

Leave Her to Heaven would be another of this class, the grandmother of them all. Single White Female I should say is seriously twisted. As in demented, deeply disturbing and sleazy. Well acted but never again for me. I do like the Chrissie Hynde vocal over the end credits. Did I mention the stilletto murder weapon?

I found this here for the 2015 nominations when just making a simple search for references to one film, and I admit that these are very, very funny. even if I actually am a fan of a few of the movies parodied here) but the one reference to the now jail-bound Weinstein (and I don't feel I need to say anything more about that scandal; it speaks for itself) really made me think again as I have for the last few days about what is to be done with the topic of films that were made at the two companies he headed. We all know that many were promoted mercilessly at the Academy Awards, and that some of these films were very good, others not so much. I think most of us have liked some of the films made at the studios, and there is no denying that a few are a major part of recent pop culture history. But how exactly can they be separated from all that has come to light since? Harvey was listed as an "executive producer" on close to 300 films, so that now looms large in the credits of many films. So do we ignore the films, work around the things in the backgroud, what exactly?

I'm sharing this speculative piece so you all have at least a speculative idea on what might be at the Oscars this time next year. Each film comes with a brief description, a cast list, and a director listed. https://awardswatch.com/2021-oscars-the-best-picture-contenders-february/?fbclid=IwAR1rWYXc6v45fIQFYsbKvmuD7YIjFATSdKEl5sbJWJyFYwXsMbwuq9gxq14

Which films were the two in 1931-1932

I only saw West Side Story once. Its costumes have their moments..... but even of the ones nominated, I would go with Flower Drum Song.....

A Flea in Her Ear was an awkwardly titled farce with lots of slamming doors and breakneck pacing. Kind of like a manic spin on a bedroom farce, in other works kind of suggestive but mostly innocent. The movie isn't an all-timer but the costumes are handsome and the cast (Rex Harrison, Rosemary Harris, Louis Jourdan, Rachel Roberts) seems to be having fun.

Well, if I myself was to nominate 1968 films for costumes I'd pick Romeo and Juliet, Funny Girl, Lion in Winter, Shoes of the Fisherman, and Isadora. A Flea in Her Ear, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and Star could also vie for this.....

Just be grateful that we didn't get Dangerous liaisons breakdancing in 1988 or 12 Years a Slave twerking in 2013.....

At the time I had even shared it on my Facebook page, because I found it to be a laugh riot. It would have been fun to see it coninue in a way. I am now picturing Driving Miss Daisy and the moonwalk.... Fun times.

The nominations that year were West Side Story (it won), Babes in Toyland, Back Street, Flower Drum Song, and Pocketfull of Miracles.

I'll pass. Sticking to Claude Rains. Plus also I remember how sadistic 2000's Hollow Man was.

Took a trip into what would usually be TCM Underground land with Crazy Mama (1975), a Roger Corman production that was a training ground for the future Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme. It's a zesty, rough-hewn crime saga, sometimes amusing, sometimes shocking, othertimes even wistful, but at all times has a definite air of 50s overload, which lends it an offbeat charm and a kitchy quality as well. The print on Amazon prime is grainy and pan and scan, but don't let that stop you from watching for the strong work from Cloris Leachman and Ann Sothern. The film itself can really surprise you from the way it goes from comedy to violence, as some of that violence toward the end is truly shocking, and expectant of the shocking mood swings of Something Wild 11 years later. It's definitely not the type of film I usually watch, but i enjoyed this change of pace.

And then there is that onetime series character: Boston Black!e

I found out that was still the case when I made up a schedule for the programming challenge. Kept cutting out the name of a director because of his last name. There is another name too that used to set it off, the star of Say Anything....: **** (I-o-n-e) Skye. [Old autocensor habits die hard)