Sukhov
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19 hours ago, GordonCole said:
Ya can build up a lotta muscles hefting that newfangled percolator thing for each gulp of the cafe au lait or tea a real man is ingesting.
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My opinion
Most overrated
1. Quentin Tarantino
2. Michael Haneke
3. Steven Spielberg
4. Martin Scorsese
5. Ford Coppola
Most underrated
1. Nikolai Lebedev
2. Vladimir Motyl
3. Pierre Etaix
4. Ali Khamrayev
5. Dušan Makavejev
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World on a Wire
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11 hours ago, NipkowDisc said:
so movies were stolen from new jersey!
Another reason for you to hate California, no doubt.
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14 minutes ago, Polly of the Precodes said:
What a charming invitation! I haven't posted in this or the other noir threads, because my knowledge of the genre is limited and I'm more interested in proto-noir anyways. (Could someone watch 1934's Woman in the Dark and confirm that my subconscious and wishful thinking didn't make it up?) Nonetheless, I love few things as much as a good nerd fight, and all of you are BRINGING IT.
I'm sure most here would love to hear more of your opinions not just of noir film but of films in general. You shouldn't feel afraid to share your opinions. We don't bite.
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9 hours ago, Ray Faiola said:
This is how MEN drink their coffee!
Or straight out of one of these.
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The Big Parade (1925)
Next: trench warfare
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7 minutes ago, TopBilled said:
I said it, sort of. There are noir elements in several of Shakespeare's histories/tragedies. Definitely. We can certainly use the term noir retroactively and apply it back to stories that were produced before FILM noir came along. There's nothing to stop anyone from doing that, from taking the concept of noir and giving a greater existence as it were. A more expansive timeline.
Though when I said MACBETH was a historic noir, I was actually referring to Orson Welles' 1948 filming of the story. And when I said HAMLET was also a historic noir, I had Zefferelli's dark 1990 film version in mind.
Okay, that makes a lot more sense. Thanks for explaining yourself. I thought you meant just any version of the play. What you said makes a lot more sense.
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7 minutes ago, thomasterryjr said:
It has been stated TCM screens movies like Die Hard in theaters only. Do these titles eventually make it onto the TCM program schedule? I think I remember TCM screening "South Pacific" in theaters. I might be wrong. I have never seen South Pacific and I have always wondered why South Pacific, Oklahoma, and the Sound of Music are not on TCM. I thought these titles would show up during the 31 Days of Oscar. Does it have to do with channel/studio rights?
Those are owned by Twentieth Century Fox and TCM gets most of its titles from MGM.
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5 minutes ago, cigarjoe said:
I gave you a title to Joe MacBeth a film noir based on Shakespeare's MacBeth.
I think she's saying that people were saying the actual play MacBeth is a noir.
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Sounds a bit like the ending of Tell It to the Marines.
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Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
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On the Town
Next: also based on a Bernstein musical
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Vertigo
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Cinematographer Witold Sobociński, Lenser of ‘Frantic,’ Dies at 89
Polish cinematographer Witold Sobociński, who received a lifetime achievement award at the Camerimage film festival in Bydgoszcz, Poland, on Nov. 10, died suddenly on Monday. He was 89.
Director Roman Polanski made a surprise appearance at Camerimage to present the honor to Sobociński. The duo collaborated on the 1988 Paris-set thriller “Frantic,” starring Harrison Ford and Emmanuelle Seigner, who is now the controversial helmer’s wife. They shared stories from film school in Poland under the communist regime.
Camerimage fest director Marek Zydowicz credited Sobocinski with influencing a whole new generation of cinematographers. The tribute included video of congratulations from Ron Howard and DP Janusz Kaminski.
Sobociński also shot “The Wedding” and the Oscar-nommed “The Promised Land,” both directed by Andrzej Wajda. In addition, he worked with Piotr Szulkin (1985’s “O-Bi, O-Ba – The End of Civilization”), and Wojciech Jerzy Has (1973’s “The Hourglass Sanatorium”).
The lenser was also honored in 2003 by the American Society of Cinematographers with its International Award for outstanding achievement in cinematography.
In addition to working as a cinematographer, Sobociński was a teacher and a former jazz musician. He was a graduate of Poland’s National Film School in Lodz and while in college he was a drummer in a band.
In statement, Camerimage wrote, “We would like to offer our sincere condolences to Witold Sobociński’s family and friends… To all film lovers around the world we say, remember him like we do, not in black and white, but in full color.”
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4 minutes ago, cigarjoe said:
Define noir genre.
“A Dame With a Past and a Hero With No Future”
I also linked this doc earlier that I found informative on the noir genre and the themes behind it.
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7 hours ago, misswonderly3 said:
Actually, technically the topic was "Someone said "A Christmas Carol" aka "Scrooge" the 1951 version could be called a noir. Discuss."
Which brings me to something I've been meaning to ask: there's actually been hardly any conversation about that film and whether it has noir elements at all. I'm curious: How many people following this thread have seen that movie?
I've seen it and I would not consider it noir at all. I explained my reasoning already that it doesn't have any thematic connections to the noir genre at all. I'd consider it about as noir as Laurel and Hardy.
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Chicago
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Salon Kitty - This movie is from Tinto Brass, the same director who made Caligula. In this movie, "Kitty" runs a brothel that serves the German elite. Many of them are not devoted Nazis and dislike Hitler. They plan to oppose him. Kitty and another high ranking official record all of this and use it to blackmail the clientele. This is the kind of Nazispolitation film that examines the sex lives of the German elite and makes me think of the Damned and Ilse, She Wolf.
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"Are there any questions? No, there aren't!" - Sukhov, White Sun of the Desert
"I feel ashamed for my country" - when he realizes his forces aren't properly equipped to fight the enemy
It always makes me crack up when the way he says these lines.
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West Point Story
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The Forty First (1956) is a remake of the movie of the same name from 1927. Both are very good films.
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24 minutes ago, TopBilled said:
I misread your thread title and thought it said "Cinema Sickness." I was like, what is TCM Cinema Sickness?
A definition from Google:
Slackness refers to vulgarity in West Indian culture, behavior and the music. It also refers to a subgenre of dancehall music with straightforward sexual lyrics performed live or recorded.
Yeah, he has his own neologisms he uses. I really like his "schtootze" phrase.
Your Favourite Foreign Language Films
in Your Favorites
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My top FF films of 1977
1. A Special Day, Ettore Scola, Italy
2. Suspiria, Dario Argento, Italy
3. The American Friend, Wim Wenders, West Germany
4. Man of Marble, Andrzej Wajda, Poland
5. Padre Padrone, Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, Italy
6. That Obscure Object of Desire, Luis Bunuel, France/Spain
7. The Wishing Tree, Tengiz Abuladze, Georgia
8. The Ascent, Larisa Shepitko, Russia
9. Stroszek, Werner Herzog, West Germany
10. Soldier of Orange, Paul Verhoeven, Belgium/The Netherlands
Camouflage , Krzystoff Zanussi, Poland
The Devil Probably, Robert Bresson, France
Mama, I'm Alive, Konrad Wolf, East Germany
Messalina, Messalina!, Bruno Corbucci, Italy
Jungle Holocaust, Ruggero Deodato, Italy
White Bim Black Ear, Stanislav Rostotskiy, Russia
Centre Forward, Kil-in Kim, Chong-Song Pak, North Korea
and I’ve also seen …
Wanda, the Wicked Warden , Jesus Franco, West Germany/ Canada
The Beast in Heat, Luigi Batzella, Italy
The Gestapo's Last ****, Cesare Canevari, Italy
Heroes of the Wild, Chang Chi, Taiwan