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    Looking forward to watching Ms. McGowan

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    *"I guess what I'm proposing is a SHOWING of a classic film, but with two bona fide movie critics/historians introducing and discussing it; not to take the place of a film, but to enhance and supplement it."* - otterhere

     

    Would you be interested in TCM showing films with a "commentary track" available on the SAP channel in place of the DVS soundtrack? How about a "commentary track" of Robert Osborne and Rose McGowan discussing the "Essentials" film in "real time" as if watching the film along with the audience?

     

    Would you download a "podcast" commentary track to listen to on your IPod/computer while the film is being shown on TCM?

     

    Just some thoughts...

     

    Kyle In Hollywood

    The Annual FrankGrimes Torture Thread

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    *"I'm actually very giddy right now. I may do something really foolish."* - FrankGrimes

     

    If that means you're calling airlines about coming to LA for the April 18^th^ "premiere", just be sure NOT to book on American Airlines. If this week is any indication, you likely won't get here 'til Mother's Day.

     

    Kyle In Hollywood

    WHY???

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    OK. Let me add to this topic too - though 'lzcutter' has done an admirable job so far.

     

    The upcoming event is not designed to present Asian films. If past festivals of this type are any guide, the focus is on images of Asians in Hollywood movies. It is to examine the types of roles and stories that utilized Asian actors (or not) since the pre-sound era up to the current decade.

     

    There are two nights devoted to the "exotic" roles of Sessue Hayakawa and Anna May Wong. There are nights devoted to the phenomena of "yellow-face" (*Tea House Of The August Moon*) and the pidgeon English of the famous B-Movie detectives.

     

    There seems to be a focus on Asian actors working in Hollywood making WWII films and the (sensitive or exploitive) subject of inter-racial romance after the war years.

     

    And TCM is going to present films of the past decade - or so - to demonstrate how the images of Asian actors on film has evolved from a mysterious anf frightening exotic to, in the case of Jackie Chan, a crowd-pleasing film hero.

     

    Say what you will about the merits of *Rush Hour 2* as a film, Jackie Chan is one of the world's biggest movie stars - thanks primarily to the "Rush Hour" franchise. Off the top of my head I can't name another Asian performer working in Hollywood films today who gets billing above the title. I think only Bruce Lee achieved that distinction before him.

     

    One other bit of trivia to help explain why *Rush Hour 2* might have been chosen to be a part of this event - *Rush Hour 2* was made by New Line Cinema - a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Pictures and part of the Time/Warner family. I suspect TCM can approach New Line / Warner Bros more easily and negotiate a reasonable fee for one of their pictures for showing on the channel than other Hollywood studios.

     

    Other studios probably aren't so inclined to rent their contemporary films to TCM - at a reasonable rate for a non-commercial station - without the added burden of issues involved with showing a very popular film letterboxed, uncut and commercial-free. The folks from TCM have told us that some studios would prefer TCM keep the "logo bug" up during the entire presentation of a film in an effort to thwart piracy. Showing *Rush Hour 2* will allow every TCM household to make a dvd copy of a film that still generates ALOT of money for the parent company. That isn't something studios take lightly - whether inside or outside the Time / Warner empire.

     

    (This also woud explain why TCM chose a *Lord Of The Rings* film to salute the last ten years of Oscar during the "31 Days..." event in February. The *Lord Of The Rings* trilogy was also made by New Line Cinema. It was probably easier to acquire that film for presentation on TCM than a contemporary film from Sony Pictures, Universal Pictures or Paramount Pictures. Or, at least there would be less resistance to letting TCM show the film in it's original format.)

     

    Once again, the month of June promises to be a landmark and ground-breaking month for TCM.

     

    Kyle In Hollywood

     

    ps -

    Just wondering what one calls the "Orientals" attending Occidental College here in LA?

    Oh, I know. Asian. Or maybe Pacific Islanders but I am not too sure about that one.

     

    kjk

    The Annual FrankGrimes Torture Thread

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    Hey FrankGrimes!

     

    Is this a "big deal"?

     

    From the LATimes 10April, 2008

    http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/theguide/la-gd-movies10apr10,1,5290364,print.story

     

    *City of Lights, City of Angels is a French film fest with a common touch*

     

    Excerpt-

    "The seven-day Francophilic event includes 27 features, 20 shorts and the April 18 world premiere of the restored 1948 Fritz Lang film noir "Secret Beyond the Door", which was partly funded by the Franco American Cultural Fund."

     

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    From the "City Of Lights / City Of Angels" Festival website -

    http://www.colcoa.org/

     

    *SECRET BEYOND THE DOOR*

    World Premiere of the restored film Film Noir/Thriller

    United States, 1948

    In English

    35mm/ 1.37:1/Black & White/Mono Sound/99 min

     

    Directed by: Fritz Lang

    Written by: Silvia Richards

    Based on a story by: Rufus King

    Cinematography: Stanley Cortez

    Editor: Arthur Hilton

    Music: Mikl?s R?zsa

    Produced by: Fritz Lang

    Production Company: Diana Productions

     

    With: Joan Bennett (Celia Lamphere), Michael Redgrave (Mark Lamphere), Ann Revere (Caroline Lamphere), Barbara O'Neil (Miss Robey), Natalie Schafer (Edith Potter)

     

    Fritz Lang revisits the French fairy tale of Bluebeard in this psychological thriller based on a story by Rufus King. Joan Bennett is Celia, a young heiress who marries a strange nobleman (Michael Redgrave) with a penchant for the macabre. As in the Bluebeard story, her husband keeps his dark secrets locked in a mysterious room, which she grows more and more curious to open while fearing he may be plotting to kill her.

     

    *THE RESTORATION*

    New polyester fine grain master positives and a new print of SECRET BEYOND THE DOOR were produced from the original nitrate picture negative, which was in good condition. Only a few replacement dupe sections had to be made from the nitrate fine grain master. Minor wear is still visible in some sequences, but wet-gate printing has eliminated most of the flaws present in the original negative. The result is a sharp print of excellent quality that showcases the black-and-white cinematography of Stanley Cortez to stunning effect. The sound was derived from the original nitrate track negative and the nitrate composite fine grain master.

     

    Restored by the UCLA Film and Television Archive, with funding provided by The Film Foundation and the Producer of COL•COA, Franco American Cultural Fund, a partnership of the Directors Guild of America, Soci?t? des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Editeurs de Musique, the Writers Guild of America, West, and the Motion Picture Association of America.

     

    *FRITZ LANG*

    Born in Vienna in 1890, Fritz Lang is one of the great masters of cinema. His German expressionist masterpiece Metropolis (1926) and his first talking film M (1931) have influenced generations of filmmakers. Particularly influential for Jean-Luc Godard and the cin?astes of the French Nouvelle Vague, Fritz Lang agreed to appear in Godard’s Contempt. Censured by Goebbels for The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1932), he left Germany and settled in the United States in the 1930s. Secret Beyond the Door is one of over 20 films directed by Lang in Hollywood between 1936 and 1956. Lang died in Beverly Hills in 1976.

    The Annual FrankGrimes Torture Thread

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    Pickup on South Street / Scarlet Street (two of them) / The 39 Steps / Strangers on a Train / The Wrong Man / Kiss the Blood Off My Hands / The Blue Gardenia / The Big Heat or Human Desire / Journey Into Fear / Hell's Half Acre / The Night of the Hunter / Diabolique / Raw Deal / Fallen Angel / The Third Man / Vertigo

     

    Wow. You certainly do know "Your Favorites". You probably shouldn't know the others just from the images posted - but I would hope you would know WHO the "blonde girl" in '02' is

     

    Kyle In Hollywood

    The Annual FrankGrimes Torture Thread

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    *"I'm very impressed that you know all of my favorites."*

     

    Whaddya mean? All I know is that you'd give your left (or is it right?) pinky finger for a chance to see *Moonfleet*.

     

    *"You know, this actually is torture to me now."*

     

    _Somebody_ knows you too well. I'd be afraid.

     

    Kyle In Hollywood

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