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Re: Why is TCM Showing Modern Movies???
Posted: Nov 17, 2007 1:11 PM in response to: Swithin
To be honest, I don't even HAVE the Turner Classic Movies channel.
I just read the schedules.
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Hmmm.
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Monday January 21st -
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If you are referring to the promo with Burt Reynolds reminiscing on Spencer Tracy, I believe the piece played underneath is "1st Gymnopedie" by Erik Satie. (And, yes, that's how it is spelled.)
If it isn't the "1st Gymnopedie", it is possibly the "3rd Gymnopedie" as they are quite similar.
And just to make sure, check out the piece "Reverie" by Claude Debussy. Sorry I can't be more sure.
But if you are referring to the music played during the new "31 Days Of Oscar" promo that followed the Burt Reynolds piece, no one seems to know just yet.
Kyle In Hollywood
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A couple other tidbits I dug out of the "daily" schedule listings -
The Spotlight Of The Month is "Riding The Rails" - films set on trains every Wednesday evening.
Films scheduled as part of "The Essentials" -
All About Eve
as part of a day-long salute to Bette Davis' 100th Birthday
Night Of The Hunter
the start of an evening devoted to Shelly Winters
The Misfits
leading into an evening devoted to Clark Gable
Paper Moon
as part of an evening saluting cinematographer Lazslo Kovas
Also the Guest Programmer in April (the 14th) is Alex Trebek who selected these films
The Professionals
Wuthering Heights
Lonely Are The Brave
Little Big Man
Kyle In Hollywood
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"No, Frank, it eats away at your very soul until you are a hollow shell of a man, prone to frequent periods of gibbering, narcolepsy, drooling, and posting on message boards." - patful
My friend, somedays you are too just witty for an old pragmatist like me. I've been laughing for ten minutes.
Do you think it would be a comfort for 'FrankGrimes' to take up building a fish pond?
As always, my condolences in regard to Big City.
Kyle In Hollywood
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Saturday January 19th -
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"I'm loving all the silents they're showing (one from 1908!), not only for my entertainment but to irk..." - patful
I sense the birth of a new superhero - "patful the spiteful", able to puncture pomposity with a simple keyboard. (aka - a fourth "Wise Fool".)
Kyle In Hollywood
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"Fritz Lang = zero. (Sorry, I had to mention it, Kyle.)" - FrankGrimes
I was going to let that pass this month. I didn't want to point out the painful.
And, I wonder. Is it perhaps not better to have an unfulfilled desire? Because once fulfilled what is left to look forward to everyday? Aren't the subsequent days diminished by the loss of something yet to come? (Cue Carly Simon.)
But there is an interesting Abel Gance evening with the silent J'Accuse in April.
Kyle In Hollywood
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La-DI-Dah. La-Di-Dah. Scrolling through the listings and seeing some nice things until....
Boom!
Start The Revolution Without Me! I loved this film when I was a teeenager.
Easy Living. Written by Preston Sturges.
Middle Of The Night Fredric March, Kim Novak from Delbert Mann
Zulu. Now I can see how that wonderful score is used in the film.
Glory. A classic for the ages.
Cool.
Kyle (don't think I didn't notice The Maltese Bibby too) In Hollywood
Message was edited by: hlywdkjk to add Middle Of The Night
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"... now there are nights and some full days with no old classic films on TCM at all." - FredCDobbs
Hmm.
TCM premiered The File On Thelma Jordan tonight. If anyone didn't take advantage of this primetime presentation while still bemoaning the "force-feeding" of The Landlord two nights ago, they're asking to have their opinions on such matters marginalized.
Kyle In Hollywood
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"Liz and Kyle work in modern Hollywood..." - FredCDobbs
For the record, I am a bartender. I have been a bartender for nearly 30 years. It is the only profession I have had or pursued.
I am not one of the multitudes of unemployed actors / writers / directors in Los Angeles who work in Food Service while "between jobs". My mother didn't raise no fool.
I have had the pleasure of becoming acquainted with many people in the "Industry" during the 20 years I have lived in LA - but only as friendly barman. Nowadays, my job has rewarded me with more acquaintances in Law, Government and Politics. And I find them all much more stimulating.
Kyle In Hollywood
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"I don’t decide what I like and don’t like in movies just because the New York Times tells me what to like and not like. That’s ridiculous." - FredCDobbs
What I find rediculous is that you thought I posted it for that reason. You already stated you think it is a vulgar and profane film. Nothing I posted to the thread would change your assessment - especially coming from the New York Times.
What I wanted to do was emphisise that one of the most well-regarded Film Society's in the country (Film Forum) finds the film a valuable piece of 60's / 70's cinema. This importance comes from the first-time director in charge - which was the theme to the line-up on Tuesday night - and as an artifact of the era it which it was made. How the social upheaval of the Sixties and the Seventies manifested itself in the popular culture of the time is a daring and intelligent programming choice. And it is certainly worth two hours of the TCM schedule. Especially when coupled with first films from Peter Bogdanovich and Robert Benton.
It may be hard to believe but there are some people that may be interested in experiencing that era - for the first time or once again - through the films of that era.
Bravo to TCM for thinking of itself as the cable television equivilent of a film society. My mind appreciates the challenge.
Kyle In Hollywood
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"...the thought of being jolted out of a sound sleep by that sort of thing is really terrifying."
That would have been me. It was pitch black - no power - and I thought someone broke into the apartment and had grabbed the end of the bed and was bouncing it up and down off the floor.
Kyle In Hollywood
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Friday January 18th -
Rio Grande is being shown Saturday the 19th at 6pm / 3pm.
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No apologies needed - on my part anyway. Happy to be of help.
But what I want to know - what did you think of The Ladykillers? I hope you enjoyed it.
Kyle In Hollywood
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Five Nights Of James Cagney in January.
Five Nights Of Classic Romance Films in January.
A Premiere Documentary on Val Lewton by Martin Scorsese.
And people are apoplectic about two hours given over to Hal Ashby's The Landlord during an evening covering "Directorial Debuts".! Sheesh.
Face it folks. Your desire to have TCM exist solely to fulfill your need for "nostalgia" is only going to leave you disappointed - and likely with an ulcer. So for your sanity, self-satisfaction - and stomach health - open your minds. TCM is fulfilling its desire to be the curators of film history - and that history doesn't stop with 1960.
Or at least stop being "selfish" in your demands on what TCM should be showing.
(How many times am I going to have to write this in February/March when four nights are given over to films from the 90's?)
Kyle In Hollywood
Message was edited by: hlywdkjk
to change "archivists" to "curators" and to add the clarifying adverb "solely"
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Hi Kim -
how's my favorite little rocker?
There's a thread in Gen Disc. on the new Essentials Co-Host from earlier in the week. You can find it here -
http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=120977&tstart=60
Kyle In Hollywood
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I am of the frame of mind that a matte painting and a "cast of thousands" are much more impressive than the "video game" look of computer-generated backgrounds and casts. Not even close.
Say what you will about Cleopatra, everything and everyone you see when Elizabeth Taylor is carried into the city was actually there. That is truly awe-some. I am never in awe of the work found in Lord Of The Rings or Troy or Alexander - three contemporary films I have seen that relied heavily on the work of computer operators.
Sometime in the past ten years there was a book published on the Art Of Matte Paintings for the movies. I would really like to get my hands on that.
Kyle In Hollywood
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"no really I saw this on a show last night."
Oh Really? Did you have the Closed-Captioning on? Was that how you "saw" the spelling of your post?
And PBS censors language all too often lately to let the "fkin" slip by.
So, the buzzer says - "Braannh!"
Awww.
Sorry but that is not the right answer. And please don't try again.
Kyle In Hollywood
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"Modern movies suck. We all know this."
You believe this. And you really shouldn't try to state what you believe I know - or what I amy believe.
Kyle In Hollywood
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"Please, please oh please-do you have one for Footlight Parade? One of my favorite movies, and one of my favorite movies with Cagney, and there are at least two more Wednesdays in January!" - Minya
Well, I already have the remaining Wednesdays planned out. And this wasn't planned for this month. But since you asked so nicely...
For Thursday January 17th -
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Not that this is exactly "On Topic" but did all you know that you can actually see Alfred Hitchcock's "The Thirty-Nine Steps" on stage? In New York City? In a Broadway Theater?
http://theater2.nytimes.com/2008/01/16/theater/reviews/16steps.html?ref=todayspaper
And it sounds like a better "film-to-stage" effort than Mel Brooks' "Young Frankentein".
Kyle In Hollywood
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Wednesday January 16th -
In Recognition of "Star Of The Month" James Cageny.
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JeanMarie -
You are probably doing all the right things when trying to search the website so don't be hard on yourself. (Though, if you are looking for specific TCM information always "tic" the website option rather than the database option.) The online archives of past articles from TCM only goes back to about 2002 so it is nearly impossible to find information about TCM presentations prior to that date.
But searching these Message Boards (also a "hit and miss" proposition lately) has uncovered a previous post I made containing as many Essentials titles as I was able to compile from the website. Here is what I found last spring.
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And what are the rest of The Essentials for the Upcoming Season? The answer is found here -
http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article/?cid=156039&mainArticleId=156628
but I think it is okay to post the list here so people can refer to it more easily.
Saturday Nights at 8 pm ET
3/10/2007 - Breakfast at Tiffany's (Only Showing as an Essential!)
3/17/2007 - Hud
3/24/2007 - It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
3/31/2007 - Fear Strikes Out
4/07/2007 - That Touch of Mink
4/14/2007 - The Great Dictator
4/21/2007 - Roman Holiday
4/28/2007 - The Adventures of Robin Hood
5/05/2007 - The Producers
5/12/2007 - My Fair Lady
5/19/2007 - Ball of Fire
5/26/2007 - The African Queen
6/02/2007 - Take the Money and Run
6/09/2007 - King Kong
6/16/2007 - Harvey
6/23/2007 - The Lost Weekend
6/30/2007 - Dodsworth
7/07/2007 - Topper
7/14/2007 - Sorry, Wrong Number
7/21/2007 - Pride and Prejudice
7/28/2007 - Hud (repeat)
8/04/2007 - The Bridge on the River Kwai
8/11/2007 - That Touch of Mink (repeat)
8/18/2007 - It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (repeat)
8/25/2007 - Born Yesterday
9/01/2007 - Red River
9/08/2007 - The Importance of Being Earnest
9/15/2007 - The Great Dictator (repeat)
9/22/2007 - Roman Holiday (repeat)
9/29/2007 - The Producers (repeat)
10/06/2007 - King Kong (repeat)
10/13/2007 - My Fair Lady (repeat)
10/20/2007 - The African Queen (repeat)
10/27/2007 - Fear Strikes Out (repeat)
11/03/2007 - Harvey (repeat)
11/10/2007 - The Lost Weekend (repeat)
11/17/2007 - Dodsworth (repeat)
11/24/2007 - Sorry, Wrong Number (repeat)
12/01/2007 - Take the Money and Run (repeat)
12/08/2007 - Notorious (Only Showing as an Essential!)
12/15/2007 - The Adventures of Robin Hood (repeat)
12/22/2007 - Born Yesterday (repeat)
12/29/2007 - Red River (repeat)
01/05/2008 - Topper (repeat)
01/12/2008 - The Bridge on the River Kwai (repeat)
01/19/2008 - Pride and Prejudice (repeat)
01/26/2008 - The Importance of Being Earnest (repeat)
I think it is a well-balanced list of older and newer films that will provide some interesting commentary from our hosts.
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I do have a list of the 2005/2006 line-up -
(Repeat showings removed)
3/5/2005 The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
3/12/2005 The Lady from Shanghai
3/19/2005 Adam's Rib
3/26/2005 The Band Wagon
4/2/2005 North by Northwest
4/9/2005 His Girl Friday
4/16/2005 Grand Illusion
4/23/2005 Out of the Past
4/30/2005 Swing Time
5/7/2005 To Have and Have Not
5/14/2005 Arsenic and Old Lace
5/21/2005 Gaslight
5/28/2005 They Were Expendable
6/4/2005 The Lady Eve
6/11/2005 The Big Sleep
6/18/2005 Vertigo
6/25/2005 Steamboat Bill, Jr.
7/2/2005 White Heat
7/9/2005 It Should Happen to You
7/16/2005 Invasion of the Body Snatchers
7/23/2005 The Magnificent Ambersons
7/30/2005 The Merry Widow
8/6/2005 Fort Apache
8/13/2005 His Girl Friday
8/20/2005 The Shop Around the Corner
9/3/2005 Mogambo
1/7/2006 The Awful Truth
1/14/2006 Some Came Running
These would be from the Peter Bogdanovich season (and explains the many Cary Grant features and screwball comedies.)
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Here is the 2004/2005 season listings (Sidney Pollack) -
4/3/2004 Rear Window (1954)
4/10/2004 High Noon (1952)
4/17/2004 Annie Hall (1977)
4/24/2004 Dr. Strangelove (1963)
5/1/2004 Singin' in the Rain (1952)
5/8/2004 Random Harvest (1942)
5/15/2004 The Day of the Jackal (1973)
5/22/2004 Tootsie (1982)
5/29/2004 The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
6/5/2004 Papillon (1973)
6/12/2004 Spellbound (1945)
6/19/2004 The Quiet Man (1952)
6/26/2004 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
7/3/2004 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
7/10/2004 Doctor Zhivago (1965)
7/17/2004 Some Like It Hot (1959)
7/24/2004 Citizen Kane (1941)
7/31/2004 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
8/7/2004 The Lion in Winter (1968)
8/14/2004 Casablanca (1942)
And a partial list compiled for the 2003/2004 season -
The Wild One (11/2)
The Magnificent Seven (11/9)
Guys and Dolls (11/16)
Touch of Evil (11/23)
2001: A Space Odyssey (11/30)
(December is missing)
1/4/2004 Pillow Talk
1/11/2004 A Star is Born ('54)
1/18/2004 Strangers on a Train
1/25/2003 The Shop Around the Corner
2/1/2004 Lawrence of Arabia
2/8/2004 The Apartment
2/15/2004 An American in Paris
2/22/2004 The Best Years of Our Lives
2/29/2004 The Bridge on the River Kwai
3/7/2004 Rebel Without a Cause
3/14/2004 Bringing Up Baby
3/21/2004 Notorious
3/28/2004 On the Waterfront
And some titles from early 2003 -
I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (January 5)
The Caine Mutiny (January 12)
Mildred Pierce (January 19)
Ninotchka (January 26)
Rocky (February 2)
The Defiant Ones (February 9)
West Side Story (February 16)
Sweet Smell of Success (February 23)
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Hope this helpful. I don't think a more complete list has ever been compiled.
Kyle In Hollywood
Independent film junk in prime time, Classics at 3 AM
in Hot Topics
Posted
Excerpted from the Los Angeles Times January 21st (Emphisis Added)
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-burnett21jan21,1,1002797.story
Filmmaker Charles Burnett's past continues to catch up with him. His work, which has not seen the light of day for years, is getting the star treatment today from Turner Classic Movies.
The filmmaker unexpectedly found himself in a bit of a whirlwind last year when his award-winning 1977 movie, "Killer of Sheep," long considered a lost gem by film historians, was rediscovered.
A portrait of a working-class Watts neighborhood, "Killer of Sheep" is considered a landmark of American independent film. But it was never meant to be shown commercially and was shelved for years because Burnett never secured the music rights.
Milestone Film and Video spearheaded a move to secure those rights six years ago, and "Killer of Sheep" was finally released in 2007 to much critical acclaim.
It was selected for inclusion in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress and named one of the "100 Essential Films" by the National Society of Film Critics.
Turner Classic Movies today will feature "Killer of Sheep" as the centerpiece of a daylong film marathon honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
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I passed on Killer Of Sheep to watch "American Idealist: The Story of Sargent Shriver" instead. Too bad you didn't choose to enighten yourself with that program also.
Kyle In Hollywood
Message was edited by: hlywdkjk to add note about "emphisis added".