constarkel
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Just 35 minutes more and then the babies get put to bed and we get our TCM back! "The Sea Hawk" and "The Devil and Miss Jones", now those ARE classics.
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I agree, but why aren't you watching TCM right now?
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pktrekgirl,
If you get the Fox Movie Channel, look for it there. They ran a whole day of Tyrone Power movies on there a couple of months ago and I was able to record a few including "Nightmare Alley" Failing that, Fox just released it on DVD as part of their Film Noir Collection.
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Thanks, I will check out "The Claim". It sounds interesting.
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I had never heard of the "Fallen Angels" but now that I have, I will have to check it out. I agree that they should have made "The Big Nowhere" first. Heck, they should have just made the entire quartet in order. Of course Hollywood never does that though. Start in the middle, then hit them with a sequel and follow it up with the prequel. They'll love it in Poughkeepsie! As far as Hartnett having the bucked teeth, he had better! If done properly, this franchise could rival the Godfathers I and II. They are starting out with better source material at least.
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bollywood101's post sent me scurrying to my DVD shelf to check out my copy of "Zulu" Luckily, it is indeed the MGM widescreen version. McCabe and Mrs. Miller is an excellent anti-western. I can see the influence that it had on HBO's "Deadwood". The scene in which Keith Carradine is murdered is almost too real.
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scamperbritches,
You make an excellent point. Home made DVDs should only be labeled with a permanent marker. In addition to the aforementioned playability issues, the labels can also flake off and cause internal damage to your player itself. Another word to the wise is to make sure that you store your DVDs in some sort of case when not in use. They are a lot more volatile than CDs.
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Matt,
I am a great fan of James Ellroy's books....especially the "Dudley Smith Quartet" "The Black Dahlia" was the book that introduced to me to James Ellroy. I agree that L.A. Confidential was done very well and it is one of my favorite movies ever. Even though it was a lot different from the book, James Ellroy approved of the changes and by all accounts, was pleased with the result. Let us hope that De Palma chooses to mimick Polanski (Chinatown) or Curtis Hansen (L.A. Confidential only) or possibly even Stephen Frears (The Grifters) or James Foley (After Dark, My Sweet). We can hope, but the getting is another thing entirely.
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And what about a toast to the man who penned the Drunk's Anthem....."My Wild Irish Rose" by Chauncey Olcott. I wonder if he had any idea when he wrote that song...any idea at all?
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How about Eileen Heckart as the drunken Hortense Daigle in the "The Bad Seed"?
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Stoneyburke,
I have the (unabridged) audiobook of "Time and Again" I will be listening to it soon. Another book that may interest you is "Manhattan 45" by Jan Morris. She takes us on a tour of Manhattan as it was in and around 1945....hence the name? I love the subject of time travel. Another one of my favorite books was Michael Crichton's "Timeline" though that involves traveling back and forth to 14th Century France. I remember the rage I felt when I watched Paul Walker & Company absolutely butcher the story on the big screen. Another movie that you may want to rent is "The Thirteenth Floor" It is about a scientist that re-invents a living and breathing Los Angeles circa 1937 with a room full of main frame computers. The movie is a disappointment because not neary enough time is spent exploring 1937 L.A. but the premise was very appealing to me.
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Yep, just had to thumb to the "V's" and there it was. If you want to continue with this juvenile crap, we can, but why?
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That isn't what I heard. They have plenty of posters but what they really need are sycophants.
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Yes, I too have heard of these really popular Japanese animation artists and "Osmine" is but one of their exciting new projects currently in the works. They will also be doing an animated film version of American Idol, called "American Idolmine" and an animated version of Lucille Ball's Me, Mine and Ours called ......that's right, you guessed it, "Me, Mine and Ours, Mine" I myself cannot wait to see all of these soon to be classics and preferrably right here on TCM! Movie Heaven Indeed!!!!
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To quote "VideoHelp.com" DVD R- is compatible with approximately 93% of all DVD recorders and players, while DVD R+ is compatible with approximately 89%. My Pioneer DVD recorder will only record DVD R-. My Denon and my other Pioneer player will play both. The biggest single problem with incompatibility issues is the particular manufacturer of DVD media itself. I personally use Taiyo Yudens that are made in Japan. They are widely thought to be the best available, but are not always a good match with Panasonic players. They do, however, perform flawlessly with my recorder and players. I have done well over 300 recordings and have yet to make a single coaster. The idea is to try out a few of the quality brands and see what works best with your equipment. I would say that even one single failure would be enough for me to doubt that brand's compatibility with my equipment and would then move on to another brand. One thing that I hear over and over again is to stay away from "house brands" like Staples and others. Also a good rule of thumb is "Made in Japan" = Good, "Made in Taiwan/China" =Not so Good. Good luck.
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Far-rar-rar-ra....ra...rar..ra..rar!
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I watched "The Glass Key" last night and it is TRES film noir, despite its happy ending. You may or may not know, (or care) that "Miller's Crossing" was based on the same story. It is interesting to look for the similarities as well as the differences between those films.
The very sad truth is that it appears that TCM regards "Tootsie" as a classic as well as "The Birdcage", "Victor, Victoria", "The Karate Kid", "Back to the Future" "Benji" anime and Bollywood etc. What is even sadder is that there are so many here that accept it without question.
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Yeah it must have burned just a little bit going down. The best part of that whole movie (DOA) for me were "The Fishermen" and the intoxicating affect they had on the crowd in that bar.
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stoneyburke, I did record "Lady in the Lake" when it was on TCM recently. I am saving that to watch one of the Saturday Nights in February. Was "Impact" shown on TCM recently? If so, I missed it. It looks like a good one too. The problem is that TCM likes to show noir in bunches between 12:00 and 6:00am and so I am usually limited to be able to record only one. The primetime slot appears to be reserved for attracting the new younger audience that would otherwise be watching 'merican Idle or some such garbage.
Keep fighting the good fight!
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There is no way that I could name just one favorite. "The Postman Always Rings Twice", "Double Indemnity", "DOA", "The Big Sleep", "Leave Her to Heaven", the list goes on and on. I am trying to record as many noir films as I can off of TCM while they still show them.
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Well Mongo, for someone who complains about the redundancy of this thread, you sure do post on here a lot. In fact, if anyone would like to tally up the number of times mongo has posted in this very thread, they will see that he has more than anyone. Way, way more. However, quantity (no matter how vast) will never equal quality and that where your posts are wanting, mongo.
Didn't you watch "The Boys from Brazil" when it was on the other night? If not, then evidently you CAN and DO wait. Or the subject matter of that particular film has a special appeal to you and so you want to watch it again and again? I don't even like those movies and yet I have seen every single one of the newer movies on TCM this month. Why? because we have been inundated with these movies for the last 15 years. They are on, all the time, everywhere.
What is really funny, is that you seem to salivate over EVERY single new movie that gets scheduled on TCM. Has it ever occurred to you that maybe, just maybe classic movies just aren't your bag? If so, that is nothing to be ashamed of. But don't try to pass yourself off as a classic movie enthusiast (who is so broadminded that they love anime and bollywood and any and everything not classic movie related) when you would really rather watch Nathan Lane movies.
TCM is the last stand for those of us that love the classic movies of the 20's through the 60's. There are several outlets for all of the newer movies. Of course, some of you may still be hand winding your electricity and others may not be within a three day's walk of a library but somehow, (And I have to pay double what I would normally pay for cable just to get TCM) many of you seem to have TCM. I would think that if you are paying for TCM, then you must be getting the 5 or 6 Encore Channels as well. Why don't you just watch your favorites over there? We have no such option.
Now for those of you that feel this thread is redundant, why don't you go to one of the other thousands of threads here on this forum?
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Oh and I forgot to address the "jerkyness" issue. That was/is simply the fault of the modern projector running the film at the wrong speed. The Silent Films were shot using a film speed of 16 frames per second, the Sound Films run at 24 frames per second so when a Silent Film is shown on a Sound Projector, it is going to look jerky and speeded up. The Silent Films obviously were originally shown using 16fps projectors.
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That is an excellent question. I would assume that the movies looked much better when first shown in the movie palaces originally as compared to even the most pristine quality DVD restoration. One must remember that film contains much more quality/depth/resolution than what we are capable of puting on even the best quality DVDs today. The DVD's picture is a compressed and stripped down version of what was originally on the film. I would love to hear from someone who was lucky enough to have seen these films in all of their glory in a movie palace.
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Excellent post pktrekgirl. I am always amazed at the number of people here who crow about how wonderful this or that modern film is, and how it is every inch a classic and how they love it so.....and yet they do not already own these movies on DVD or VHS? All of these modern classics are readily available at every single video rental outlet in the western world. And yet the only way that they can see these movies is if TCM shows them? When TCM shows something that I want to see, I record it for posterity. Then, I don't care if they ever show it again. Time to move on to the other 120,000 titles TCM has in their library. The movies that I would like to see are the ones that aren't on the other cable channels, or at the local library, or at the video store or readily available for sale. If you truly feel that these modern classics are so great and worthy, why is it that you do not own them already?
What movie can NEVER be re-made?
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I hear you, I just finished watching a DVD of "Captain Blood", Great De Havilland. In fairness though, I think TCM should run the "There is nothing wrong with your television set......" disclaimer before showing some of these "treats". I have a movie that can never be remade. How about "They died with their boots on"?