Sukhov
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I think Sean Connery looks like the Ayatollah Khomeini.
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12 hours ago, jamesjazzguitar said:
Now this is an idea I can get behind; show characters that had to struggle to gain their independents on July 4th.
Yeah or movies about national independence from other nations. Mikhail Romm's Lenin in 1918 is quite good.
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A very good film but the science in it is a bit odd. "Only half of the moon has an atmosphere and it's also the half facing away from the sun."
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Myra Breckinridge is disgusting. Smut that would make even Judith Butler vomit. Poor Laurel and Hardy to have their film clips degraded after their death by incorporating them in that film.
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3 minutes ago, CinemaInternational said:
Maybe the issue is that even though TCM started 10 years after AMC, they have remained classic-oriented, whereas AMC underwent that major metamorphosis 17 years ago. In TV, that is akin to a lifetime (and indeed AMC did its big switch before the youngest of this year's TCM fan intro contest was even born). its not like AMC was the only one to be unrecognizable from what they once were (A&E and History also come to mind), but even more so then those two its former identity has been kept in the dark. Aside from memories here, old magazines, a film book or two, and a few documentaries found on classic movie DVDs, there are no visible signs left that they were once a premier destination for classics.
I remember that a few years ago (5 or more?) they would still occasionally play things like Shirley Temple films but now not even that.
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1 minute ago, TikiSoo said:
Not the guy who laid on the coffin. The younger guy who yelled at the crowd, the first outburst.
Dana Ashbrook/ Bobby
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Frostbite - This Swedish Horror-Comedy was directed by Anders Banke. During WWII, a group of Swedish SS volunteers comes across a seemingly abandoned cabin in Ukraine where they are attacked by vampires. After being bitten, a soldier returns home now intent on creating a vampire master race. Decades later, his plans begin unfolding which spells doom for the Swedish village. This film has some very funny scenes with a talking dog and handles both humor and horror very well. It is really more of a comedy though it does have some jump scares and gore so beware if you're put off by that kind of thing. Recommended.
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I doubt either AMC or TCM have tried to claim to be the first channels to show golden era Hollywood films. I remember reading that many more channels (like TNT for example, off the top of my head) used to show those and also programming like classical music, history docs and theater before revamping their channels to today's fare.
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8 hours ago, Peebs said:
I didn't see that one in the theater but had a similar experience with Grease, My friend's mother had endorsed it so my mom took me and the friend (her second time seeing it) to the theater. We loved it and cheerfully sang the songs on the way home while my mom fumed. We didn't understand the lyrics but my mom thought that they were pretty filthy. I think my mom also objected to Sandy's transformation at the end. I also remember she was particularly scandalized by The Beatles "Drive My Car," for some reason.
I saw Grease on the TV as a kid and I remember my mom getting upset at the lyrics twice in the film ("did she put up a fight?" and the "f__k you" line in "Look at me, I'm Sandra Dee").
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10 hours ago, jamesjazzguitar said:
Hey, can't I have any secrets? (ha ha). I was 10 when I saw The Jungle Book. I'm sure I did see some films in theaters but I can't recall the experience 50 years later.
I think I remember you saying you (and your siblings or friends I think?) saw some Three Stooges shorts at the theater and then kept repeating the jokes in the car afterwards. Right?
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2 hours ago, jamesjazzguitar said:
Yea, Old Yeller and Bambi: responsible for more kids nightmares than any other films!
As for the film that gave me my first nightmares; It is Mystery of the Wax Museum. The ending scene where Atwill's face melts off really scared me and I had nightmares about fires for weeks.
When I was a kid, I saw the Fly syndicated on TV and the scene where the spider bites the fly/ professor's head off scared me a lot.
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I saw this in the theater as a newborn. I didn't cry or make any trouble the entire film, my mother said.
The first foreign language film I saw was the war film, the Star (Zvezda) when it first came out with my family.
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A good actress that hasn't been mentioned yet is Linda Lovelace.
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I really like 1776 and Yankee Doodle Dandy. I don't mind.
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3 hours ago, TikiSoo said:
Can anyone tell me who the actor is (in the dark suit) that has the outburst at the end of that Twin Peaks clip? He looks just like my cousin's son who is in Hollywood trying to break into acting.
The guy on the coffin is Ray Wise if that is who you are referring to. He played Leland Palmer.
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Houellebecq is a very fine writer and the film version of his novel Whatever is very good and moving.
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The most important and influential Canadian film of all time is probably Nanook of the North.
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From the foreign editions-
A Soap, Pernille Fischer Christensen, Danish edition
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1. Pan’s Labyrinth, Guillermo del Toro, Spain
2. The Lives of Others, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Germany
3. Frostbiten, Anders Banke, Sweden
4. Letters From Iwo Jima, Clint Eastwood, USA
5. Mainline, Mohsen Abdolvahab, Rakhshan Banietemad, Iran
6. Volver, Pedro Almodovar, Spain
7. The Host, Bong Joon-ho, South Korea
8. Curse of the Golden Flower, Zhang Yimou, China
9. Krrish, Rakesh Roshan, India
10. Apocalypto, Mel Gibson, USA/Mexico
Colossal Youth, Pedro Costa, Portugal
Still Life, Zhangke Jia, China
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I was just watching Nosferatu again, a few nights ago. She was great in that film.
"JONAZZZTAAAAN!!!"
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Britt Ekland
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A United Artists Retrospective Scrapbook: 1922-1924
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I've seen a few of these. Woman of Paris is one of Chaplin's weakest and not particularly interesting. Max Linder is a decent comedian of the time who is unfortunately overshadowed by the Vaudevillian "classics" and of course Lloyd, Keaton too. Robin Hood is one of Fairbanks' best but not as good as his Three Musketeers. Better yet is still Thief of Bagdad is his greatest. The sets, effects, acting, etc. are so intricate and high quality (including a flying carpet done with the use of an 80 foot crane). The Mongol Prince is also one of my favorite silent film villains. Also a film with a good ethical message at the end.