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Those films he did with MGM have to be some of the worst not only of his career but of the film industry in general.

I'm not against a remake in theory but I do agree with you that the score should stay as close to the original operetta-like orchestral score as possible. One of Bernstein's major gripes with On the Town from 1949 was that they changed the whole thing on him and added pop music into it.

Sunday, April 14th at 12 PM - Laurel and Hardy in Them Thar Hills In this short film, two men accidentally get high on moonshine when they go to the mountains for a rest cure.

The Scarlet Letter (1926) Next: Bertolt Brecht

Gentleman Jim

Jacques Tati's films. My favorite is Jour de Fete followed by Mon Oncle. The best gags in this one are mainly lifted from School for Postmen though. I especially like Tati getting stuck by holding on to the church bell's rope and then passing it on to the woman entering the church and also Tati's bicycle getting caught on the rising gate.

It's really far south too. I always imagine it as being set in Utah because all of the Monument Valley shots.

Ha! James, you reminded me of in the Thin Man when the annoying Wynant son is pestering the detectives about seeing a dead body and irritated, they reply "Don't worry. Don't call us. WE'LL CALL YOU!" and then they roll their eyes at him.

Reds

You may remember him from such nature films as Earwigs: Eww! and Man vs. Nature: The Road to Victory.

Rodgers and Hammerstein are always entertaining. Though one that I would like to see them revive is Weill's Street Scene. Weill and Marc Blitzstein are my favorite from the golden era of Broadway. It's a shame they don't play their works more often.

I love that one too. Man: "What do the Scots wear under their kilts?" other man: "Ewww. Nothing." woman: "Oh, you mean everything!"

Waiting Women

That's some really generic sounding, romantic era mush.

Queen Christina

Yeah, I couldn't give any less of a **** about him either. Many times, I just do not care for the guest programmer or whoever they have to host. Those intros are only four minutes anyway so I don't really care.

They should get Jimmy Dore to host. Darkblue would love that.

Yeah, or Manos: the Hands of Fate or Teenagers From Outer Space. Another so bad it's good film I love is Violent Sh1t. Just thinking of the name "Karl, the Butcher Sh1tter" makes me laugh.

Yeah, I definitely agree with you. Meaning of Life is my favorite. "I've decided to sell you all for medical experiments!"

My top FF films of 1995 1. Antonia’s Line, Marleen Gorris, the Netherlands 2. La Haine, Mathieu Kassovitz, France 3. Godzilla vs. Destoroyah, Takao Okawara, Japan 4. Gamera: Guardian of the Universe, Shusuke Kaneko, Japan 5. Little Sister, Robert Jan Westdijk, The Netherlands 6. Common Plight, Yassamin Maleknasr, Iran From the foreign editions- ' La Haine, Mathieu Kassovitz, French edition Antonia’s Line, Marleen Gorris, Dutch edition Little Sister, Robert Jan Westdijk, Dutch edition Eggs, Bent Hamer, Norwegian edition

I quite enjoy them but I don't deny the Frank Schoebel musicals which were popular in the DDR are very kitschy and poorly made. I'm certain many would groan and consider them the worst musicals.

Les Miserables is also almost entirely sung with only a few bits of spoken dialogue (don't remember which ones at the moment). I enjoyed that one much more than Umbrellas of Cherbourg. Umbrellas is too kitschy and that theme is just so melodramatic.

Umbrellas of Cherbourg

The edited one is also the one usually shown on other TV channels.

Nation and Destiny - This rather well shot series was an attempt by the North to depict the outside world to its audience. Use of modern music and culture appear in this series (a giant poster to "Streets of Fire" is used for the street scenes set in South Korea). Films 5 to 8 deal with the composer Isang Yun who made his fame in West Germany after the war by composing many operas and concertos. He visited the North and was kidnapped by South Korea's version of the FBI and tortured after returning to West Berlin. Among the people who signed for his release were Igor Stravinsky, Otto Klemperer and György Ligeti. The depiction of his kidnapping is very cartoonish here with Isang Yun dangling over a vat of acid! Other depictions of the South include a bar filled with hippies that plays Beatles music and a street scene involving a massive 30 car pile up. This one was up on YouTube with English subs.