Sukhov
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On 12/19/2018 at 9:56 PM, Dargo said:
Yeah ham, evidently Karl wasn't able to keep those s*t*u*d*l*y good looks of his as he aged, and like he's shown in that Chinese animated flick above, huh.
(...and evidently neither in real life OR as an animated character)
I think the cartoon is a decent representation of what he looked like young. The hair and eyes are a bit lighter though.
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15 hours ago, hutz said:
just a heads up
march 4-30 is up now too
Meh. Not too many new or interesting titles.
Hopefully April is better.
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Lenin in October
Next: in a submarine
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Money Makes the World go Round
Next: song is in the opening credits of the movie
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"When You Got it Flaunt It" from the Producers
"Remember wenn Ulla dance? Ulla dance again!"
Next: song about poverty
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MacLachlan, Kyle (one of my favorite actors ever)
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So Tati's Trafic is really a TCM Premiere?
That's a famous one so I'm surprised they've never shown it before.
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-on the life of Karl Marx and Jenny von Westphalen. I'm not sure when it reaches theaters and online but I hope soon because it looks interesting. The animation looks pretty decent.
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Elvis: That's the Way It Is
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On 12/17/2018 at 3:39 AM, Fedya said:
Is this Iceland the country or Iceland the UK grocery chain?
"So let me get this straight...your entiire supermarket chain, is abovve the timber-line?!"
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7.) Co-director John M. Stahl wasn't included in the credits
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My top FF films of the 1970’s ….
1. White Sun of the Desert, Vladimir Motyl, Russia
2. Dersu Uzala, Akira Kurosawa, Russia
3. Stalker, Andrei Tarkovsky, Russia
4. A Special Day, Ettore Scola, Italy
5. How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman, Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Brazil
6. I, Peirre Riviere, Having Slaughtered My Mother, Sister and Brother …, Rene Allio, France
7. The Society of the Spectacle, Guy Lebord, France
8. Amarcord, Federico Fellini, Italy
9. The Dawns Here Are Quiet, Stanislav Rostotskiy, Russia
10. At Home Among Strangers, A Stranger Among His Own, Nikita Mikhalkov, Russia
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1 hour ago, cigarjoe said:
I actually had those trading cards and the film follows them fairly accurately. The part about the Nelson Eddy recording blowing the Martians mids is a hoot, though and I believe original to the film, I don't remember how us earthlings triumph on the cards though.
My grandma loved Nelson Eddy films and Indian Love Call. My dad would always tease by singing "When I am calling YOUUUUU-OHHHHHHH-OOOOOOO" in a joking way.
As for Mars Attacks, I thought that one was a funny film too and I don't think it was anywhere near as bad as Garbage Pail Kids.
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3 hours ago, speedracer5 said:
For me, Fleetwood Mac has a more folksy vibe that I enjoy. Nicks' solo work seems more Top-40 pop which seems to be a deviation from the style of music she's known for. Maybe that's what she wanted, I don't know. But I prefer Fleetwood Mac's music.
Not sure about "folksy" but I definitely find them very serene and calming. Very enjoyable music.
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Elvis Presley
Next: last film was a "come back" that brought them back to public consciousness
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Danielle Darrieux passed away last year and she was 100. For a while I thought she would outlive Kirk Douglas.
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Mastrr of the Drunken Fist: Beggar So - The User reviews on IMDB rated this very lowly so I didn't expect much but was still disappointed. After a mix up Su Can is mistaken for a thief and he is banished from the court and his parents burned alive. He vows revenge on the evil eunuch who has it iut for him and trains in the "drunken fist" kung fu style to fight him. The catch is you habe to be drunk to perform this kung fu style. The cinemtography and music in this is absolutely terrible and the kind of thing you'd expect from a Hallmark made for TV movie. The drunken fist moves also look very stupid. Thr intent is to catch them off guard apparently but it judt looms so stupid I can't help but laugh. I give this film a 3/10.
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31 minutes ago, drednm said:
So when they alphabetize the nominees, is she L for Lady or G for Gaga? What a stupid name to be saddled with for life....
I'd assume L for Lady because Lady isn't a title but rather part of her actual stage name.
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Rest in peace. Very sorry to hear that, Sepiatone. If she was as funny and kind as you are then she must have been a very good person.
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Any movies with aliens really (can't remember all the ones I watched). I was terrified of alien abductions as a kid.
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I think I saw it on TV a while back. It's okay. Worth a rewarch.
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The Threepenny Opera (1931)
Next: movie based on a TV series
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3 hours ago, Stephan55 said:
Yes, and No.
Certainly Adolph knew what his "plan" was. And the insiders early on which supported and sponsored him more than likely knew as well.
Some "knew" and didn't care one way or another, so long as they believed they were either not personally affected, or could possibly benefit by his actions.
However, for the majority of Germans, European neighbors, and the rest of the world (including the United States) it was a much more gradual awakening of the "truth."
In the beginning, Hitler was but one of a relatively nondescript few radical extremists who believed that Germany was unfairly sold down the river at the end of WW1. That idea certainly met with broad appeal for many Germans (especially those seeking someone to blame for their woes).
And truthfully, Germany was no more responsible for "starting" WW1 than France, Russia or Britain. They merely honored their prewar alliances, as did the others. But because Germany was a major player in the war, and because that war had wrought such incredible devastation, France, Britain, etc. felt that "someone" had to pay reparations, and Germany (who was just as devastated as the others) was unfairly blamed as the "goat."
Wilson's "14 points" were largely ignored at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference (esp. in regards to Germany). And lack of U.S. support for his idealized League of Nations insured that it would be a goner, setting the stage for future international "disagreements" to be settled by conflict of arms, rather than international diplomacy.
The burden of debt certainly stressed a fragile Weimar Republic, making it possible for Hitler to gradually grow in popularity. However the world wide aftershocks of the "Great Depression" hit an already depressed Germany harder than any European nation at that time, granting the Nazi party exponential growth from 1930-1933.
The "legitimacy" of the NSDAP could no longer be ignored.
Since 1930, Hindenburg, Bruning and the Centre Party made futile efforts to combat the ever worsening situation by issuing a stream of authoritarian "emergency decrees". In contrast, Hitler "promised" that his party would pursue political power solely through "democratic elections," gaining him even more popular support.
In effort to "reign-in" the Hitler "problem," he was reluctantly made Chancellor "under" President Hindenburg in 1932. However the results of the Reichstag fire on February 27, 1933, set the stage for Hitler's total control, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Hitler was a Nationalist who would use any means at his disposal. However he was not a Democratic Socialist, and he vehemently opposed Communistic Socialism.
He was a master of lies and catered to and was catered by the rich capitalist industrialists who financed him (those who sought financial gain from his type of "rule of law").
And, in the beginning, growing numbers of the German people saw tangible evidence of "improvements" in Germany. The German military industrial complex employed millions, and paid them with uninflated wages.
Germany appeared to be prospering again.
To the masses that were now able to eat regularly, with a return to a semblance of "order," and regain some discretionary spending, Hitler was a savior. He endowed them with a sense of self-worth, national pride and prosperity that they'd almost forgotten.
To many, Hitler was clearly making Germany "Great Again."
Such evidential success made Hitler's form of Total Rule (totalitarianism) easy to ignore by millions of those who refused to either see the potential or very real "dark" side.A few intellectuals saw the writing on the wall and early on either made vain efforts to change what was happening, or chose to leave Germany.
Other potential victims were either unable at the time, or later prevented from doing so.
Many no doubt never fathomed that a nation as intellectually advanced as Germany could ever be persuaded to wallow into such end result degradation. For too many they only really knew, once it was too late.
It is difficult to believe that the people of the town of Dachau were oblivious of the atrocity within their midst. Likewise the persons of Munchen, a mere 10 miles away. The SS surely didn't conceal their activities behind a curtain, did they?
And surely the Wehrmacht must have been aware of what was happening back home, right?
However the U.S. clearly refused to believe the stories of such "camps" until their liberators provided undeniable evidence of the ongoing atrocities.
And though millions of Germans were card carrying members of the NSDAP, many eventually did so because it became the only recognized party of the state, and not joining was a mark of disloyalty, while others joined because it was the expedient thing to do.
And though every German family was required to have a copy of Mein Kampf on prominent display within their household, how many actually read it?
Most American families own a bible, but how many have actually read it through (cover to cover), and how many of those that have share a uniform understanding of it?
Then, as now, most people only choose to listen, hear, see, and understand that which they selectively choose.
Though the substance of Hitler had been clearly outlined (by himself, no less) in 1925, it was not an easy read. Long and poorly written, only those truly dedicated (or wishing a greater understanding) could and would wade through it's two volumes.
So to say that "People Knew," though true, should be far from an implied "blanket" statement.
As too few apparently really knew (or cared), and too many claimed that they did not (until it was too late).
And there is a body of revisionists today that claim such evils never occurred at all. While others that do not deny it, support that it was "right" then, and should be "right" again.
Adolf Hitler
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rise_and_Fall_of_the_Third_ReichIt should also be noted thay Hitler didn't run on exterminating anyone. He ran on ficing the economy, getting back at France and England for the defeat of Germany in WWI and for fighting against "corrupt" politicians. These were all things even moderate Germans supported at the time.
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My father looks quite a lot like the actor Michael Horse (Deputy Hawk) from Twin Peaks.
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Hopefully April is better.
That's a famous one so I'm surprised they've never shown it before.
Films of 2018
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Is your avatar the Satan from that garbage Mexican Santa Claus movie?
That one is actually on TCM in a few days.