Sukhov
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3 hours ago, Det Jim McLeod said:
I saw most of the first half, missed some of the second half, I am hoping it would be On Demand so I can see the rest of it.
It's up On Demand right now by the way. The second half is very good but a bit sad seeing her describe their tumultuous affair and ups and downs.
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6 hours ago, sagebrush said:
I really enjoyed it, too. It couldn't have been easy to share private letters with the world. Liv is a tremendous lady. In addition to her talent, I find her sense of humor endearing and her unembellished beauty (meant as a compliment) refreshing to look it.
Definitely agree about the private letters and diaries. You could see the emotion in her eyes as they were read. I also agree that she is a very beautiful woman.
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56 minutes ago, LawrenceA said:
I've noticed that MeTV censors words in shows in the same manner. Things that were acceptable on broadcast television 50, 40, or 30 years ago, but are now deemed too offensive. "Damn" is one, various ethnic names (that would get censored here), a term for mentally challenged people that is also censored here, and the use of "Jesus" and "Jesus Christ" as expletives, I've noticed all being censored with that "moment of silence" you mention. There have been others but I can't recall them at the moment.
I noticed on a broadcast of Chicago on the THIS channel, they edited the line "single, my azz" to "single, my eye." Instead of leaving the scene blank, they edit the dialogue. In Aidan Quinn's Crusoe, they also edited out the sacrifice scene and the "I have no one to sell you to!" scene.
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I liked this one a lot. A very close intimate look into the lives of Bergman and Ullmann and it holds nothing back. In many scenes, Liv clearly tries to hold back tears when thinking about how much she misses Bergman and how much they fought while also recollecting the happier times they had together. With segments titled "rage" and "loneliness" the documentary did not gloss over their fighting. There was also a bit of self-deprecating humor from Liv Ullmann on Lost Horizon and being compared to Greta Garbo going to Hollywood - "I did what Garbo never did. I bankrupted two studios."
This was an interesting one and I'm glad it was shown.
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I thought that the music was catchy and had a nice message. I think another part of it is that the original is such an amazing classic that it pales in comparison to that. It is certainly not as good as the original but it is very fun for what it is.
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4 minutes ago, CinemaInternational said:
Tis Liv Ullman dauy, and yes, i set out to see some of her lesser known English-language films, so yes, i saw Zandy's Bride, The Abdication, and, yes, Lost Horizon.
All very good films that I enjoy. Don't listen to the haters.
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3 hours ago, Thenryb said:
I assume that when a someone posts a tweet, the poster agrees with its content. Some of the most prolific contributors to the site seem to post nothing other than tweets or other links. My only issue with that is that mentioned by Fedya. I tend to avoid the off-topic forum because it is nothing but links to biased sites.
The one guy in the Off Topics who used to spam nothing but tweets in the anti-Trump thread left a little while ago. I generally hold the same sentiment but the TMZ tabloid style "you will NOT friggin believe what Leo is hiding" title is a bit much.
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19 hours ago, slaytonf said:
There are two movies that take place during WWII whose titles I can't recall. One takes place in Nazi Germany, or an occupied land, and concerns women held prisoner in a converted hotel, who shelter a couple of allied airmen whose plane has crashed. The other takes place in Malaysia, I think, and follows a band of women forced to march by the Japanese from place to place in grueling conditions.
Another category of women ensemble movies I can think of concerns nurses in training at hospitals.
The first one sounds a bit like Hotel Berlin.
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Woody Allen is not even in the Liv Ullman and Ingmar Bergman documentary. A decades old, 3 minute bumper of Allen discussing Bergman's films is being shown as a commercial and that is why the OP is upset.
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12 minutes ago, TopBilled said:
But there are a lot of threads now (that seem more like entertainment news) that discuss only new releases.
This is not about what people can or cannot post here...it's about maybe creating an area on the message boards where threads about newer films might best be placed. That is all.
I see a bunch of threads discussing older films alongside newer ones. If you want yet another subforum like the other ones which are virtually dead and get maybe two replies a month then have at it.
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9 minutes ago, laffite said:
... (1970) is an intriguing political mini-thriller from Czechoslovakia. After attending a Party social function, a man and his wife return home to be confronted with irregularities (for instance, their home is the only one on the block without power and there are indications that it has been broken into) which they take for a possibility of being targeted by the Party for some wrong doing. It's indicated that they are probably innocent but nevertheless feel the need to purge documents that might be misconstrued if discovered. The title indicates a fear that the house is bugged. The couple bicker constantly indicating underlying marital problems, and at one point the wife makes dire admissions that may be seen by some (me, for instanee) as darkly humorous, especially since they were made while resisting having her head dunked in water for drinking too much. There is a twisty, discordant occurrence at a crucial juncture. The movie has genuine Noir qualities (I think). These two married people dominate the film and curiously they seem unevenly written. The husband is relatively staid compared to his wife who maintains steady verbiage of seamless spontaneity (one wonders if they allowed her to improvise a bit) that is entertaining, largely due to what I would term a magnificent performance by an actress named Tifina Bohdalova. ///
Along with Welcome, No Trespassing, this is one of my favorite satirical "dissident" films of the Eastern Bloc.
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2 minutes ago, TopBilled said:
Thanks. But don't you think discussions about studio era films and stars are getting lost on the General Discussions forum? Or do we still have plenty of that going on?
On the first page alone, I see a Cry Havoc thread, I just Watched (usually discussion of 30s - 50s films), Best director of 1939 and Brief Encounter.
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This is a movie discussion forum and TCM is not a Studio era only channel. The Lost Horizon musical was just on and it is certainly not from the studio era. People want to discuss both Studio era and newer films. If you want to make a thread about a specific actor, film, studio, etc. you are free to do so.
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No Hannah and Her Sisters?
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31 minutes ago, Hibi said:
Looking forward to the docu. I'm afraid to record The Immigrants and New Land because it's probably the dubbed versions. I've seen parts of both, but never all the way through. I'd rather record Persona and watch that again (havent seen it in years) I think it's criminal they aren't showing Cries and Whispers or Face to Face! But no problem showing dreck like Lost Horizon! I have Scenes from a Marriage on DVD and I'm thinking that's dubbed too.
The version of Emigrants they show is usually dubbed but New Land is usually shown in the original Swedish (it's only been on twice before though). New Land is memorable to me because of that very brutal scene where a fetus is cut out of a pregnant mother and crucified on a cross. I'm surprised they are showing it so early in the day because of that scene.
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43 minutes ago, Stephen444 said:
Certainly not. This has nothing to do with Bergman. I'm not comparing Mia Farrow's qualifications to talk about Bergman films to Woody Allen's. I'm sure Allen is well qualified to do the commentary but I personally don't want to hear it. That's just my opinion and I will continue to turn it off when it comes on. Granted he made some nice films in the early years like Radio Days and Hannah and Her Sisters but I personally cannot bring myself to watch any of his films again.
So then who should they get to talk about Bergman's movies? The point of the bumper is to promote the lineup of Bergman films on Liv Ullman day. I see lots of "I... I... I.." Other people watch the channel besides you.
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If Riefenstahl or Polanski had footage played as bumpers on TCM, I would not care. The channel bumpers are discussing movies, NOT condoning their personal lives or politics or any of that.
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Also Cobra Verde is a great film. Definitely worth watching.
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7 hours ago, LawrenceA said:
I noticed that they added a bunch of Herzog's films to the Criterion Channel recently, and I'm planning on watching as many as I can. Woyzeck is one that I haven't seen, and now I'm a little more reluctant to do so.
Even if you end up disliking it, it is barely over an hour and fifteen minutes so it's not a long slog.
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1 hour ago, TopBilled said:
Thanks. I didn't realize Gershwin didn't like me. I guess I've been living under a rock, thinking Gershwin fan was a TopBilled fan.
I was genuinely trying to be supportive. Making a thread to "prove something" is NOT going to make you feel better about yourself.
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You made this thread because the one poster (fxrey I think?) criticized you, right? It's healthier to just ignore it and not let it get to you.
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I consider the rest of the films to be 10/10 but my personal favorite of them is probably Aguirre. Very crazy performance from Kinski.
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3 hours ago, sewhite2000 said:
Probably unsurprising that Liv Ullman is at the bottom of my list. I've only seen two of the films in her lineup. I tend to take in foreign films in pretty measured doses.
Every other star, I've seen at least three of the films in their lineups.
Well they're not for everyone. I have seen the entire day's line up except the 2012 documentary on Liv and I will be sure to record it.
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Woyzeck and it's not even close. This is the shortest one and yet it is by far the most boring. I was waiting for him to just kill her the entire first hour. The film moves at a snail's pace. We all know he wants to kill her so he should just do it. The drum major sleazeball who helps commit the adultery also faces no retribution from Kinski. w-t-h? Just let the cheater walk free? Good one, Herzog. Wacky characters like the doctor who drop cats out of windows and prescribes eating only peas to everyone just come across as lame and annoying to me. The only redeeming scene is the great finale.
The rest of the films are all 10/10s for me but this one is like a 5/10. There was an interesting concept but this was just boring. This was shot in under two weeks and really feels like he had an interesting idea but just hurried through it.
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November 2019 schedule is up
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Teorema on November 10th.
Is this the first Pasolini film to appear on TCM? When can we expect to see Salo?