laffite
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>>*Bronxgirl:* "Decadent neuro-aesthetic sensibility. (whew, that was a mouthful)..."
>*Cinemaven:* Mouthful???? Girl, that was a brainful!!
And to think you could have said it all with one word--- *byronic*
Actually, not sure if it fits exactly...but it's close. I bring this up only because *byronic* just happens to be a newsletter Word of the Day today. Your phrase though is ooh-fully cool. You do have a way with words. And, *Mave*, you're rather ooh inspiring in that department as well.
http://www.wordsmith.org/awad/index.html
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MOTHER NIGHT
?and was never heard from again. Meanwhile a group of literary luminaries were making their way along 44th street to visit?
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Sunset Boulevard
plaster
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THE LIVING GHOST
?lurching about in wind and fog, hovering here and there, without purpose. No Su Lin, no Stella, no Gabrielle, everyone is too busy for him. If only he weren?t so gaunt. Then Alan walked by on his hike and the gaunt one changed his mind. Gaunt is good because Alan wasn?t. Cheered, he soon came upon a tramp twirling a cane around. No, couldn't be. Then...
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THE STRANGE WOMAN
THE NASTY GIRL or THE NAUGHTY FLIRT
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Ransom
Everybody collapses
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Rock Hudson had a special nickname for someone who he shared the screen with. This nickname was "Eunice." Who is this person?
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E. T.
T.P.
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>I hesitate to use it in such a public setting. I hope you understand.
That's interesting. The music is personal and you want to keep it that way. Something like that? Seriously, I think that very interesting...and admirable. Thanks for mentioning that other movie with the Brahms.
>I feel Brahms could be more intimate, passionate.
...than Beethoven, you mean. I agree. Brahms was much more the Romantic era composer and it showed. Beethoven is often considered Romantic but that's a stretch IMO. He opened the door to Romanticism, I believe, but was much closer to Classicism.
>I know someone once said Brahms 3rd was like Beethoven's 10th, and I believe it true
No biggie, but for the record, it was Brahms First. Brahms is famous for a quote, something like "following the tramp of a giant" referring to Beethoven. Some go so far as to cite this as a reason Brahms waited so long composing a symphony---he was almost 50---but whether or not he was actually intimidated by Beethoven or not, who knows...but I rather doubt it. Brahms also has a passage in the finale of the First that resembles the Ode to Joy theme in the finale of Beethoven's Ninth so there might be a connection there as to why the label "Beethoven Tenth."
Sorry, don't mean to talk this to death. BTW, I like Frankie too, thanks for the link.
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The Chess Players...King's Indian Defence
Birth of a Nation
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BEAT THE DEVIL
?of a path with a TV show that would make Salome look like a nursery rhyme. It was to be called Chinatown Nurse. It consisted solely of following this investigator around making sure that his eye bandage was properly dressed. It was very exciting. The guy was on the Sue Lin-Helen Walker case and was making great progress when his bandage fell off again. Ella said, ?Alan, do you really think this idea will fly?? Alan said, ?Good idea, he?ll be able to fly and we?ll get these aerial views of Chinatown and?? Ella thought, Norma was right, this guy?s an idiot, so she decided?
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Dumb and Dumber... Great American Theme
Next: Anna Karenina
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Thank you, *casablancalover* ! You never know what you're going to get with the Brandenburgs. They are variously performed with different tempos and emphases. Sometimes they are fast and slurry and other times slow and precise, sometimes in between. The was in the slow and precise mode and very satisfying.
Did you catch The L-Shaped Room recently shown on TCM for SOTM Leslie Caron. Brahms First Piano Concerto was used extensively as a sort of love theme. It was even listed in the opening credits. I have listened to that wonderful piece many times in my life and it feels good when you encounter great familiar music in movies, especially when used well.
*Movieman* I know that particular Brahms is a favorite of yours too. It was on your list, I believe.
laffite
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BURN
...but only in the figurative sense. Why you never saw Salome dance like that! It?s possible that the great Norman Desmond might be just coming back after all. ?Oh Alan,? said Norma, overcome with hubris, ?you might have made some good grammatical changes, but honestly, I did it all myself.? She along with the whole world waited breathlessly for the close up. But it never came. ?My pencil ran out of lead when I correcting that,? said Alan. Norma howled in agony, ?MAX!!!,? but as always it was only Alan who was there, sharpening his pencils, and rethinking his plans to score big. He began to review options and decided to...
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>DRAGONWYCK is problematical for me. On one hand it's a finely atmospheric had-I-but-known woman's Gothic, a cautionary tale of romantic fantasies and the pursuit of one's true dreams, through lovely Gene's p.o.v., then halfway in, thanks to Vincent Price's bravura, wonderfully anticipatory Cormen-esque performance (you might be reminded of THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER) the plot hinges on his tortured story, which is actually more interesting, while Tierney is nudged to the sidelines, literally (by Van Ryn) and the script.
It's good to know as well that this was a sort of coming out for VP. He had not yet made the movies that gave him the rep as the creepy guy in the ghost stories. Did they decide half way through the movie what they had and decide to capitalize on it by shifting the emphasis of the story to him? Don't know if it actually happened that way but you are certainly correct, it became his story and I wonder how Gene felt about it. Vincent was really good in this film and it's a shame in a way that he became type cast to the extent that he did.
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Unger, Felix...Jack Lemmon in The Odd Couple
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THE SNAKE PIT
THE ENTERTAINER or THE BEGGAR'S OPERA (Olivier movies)
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That last info may have given it away. I know TCM played The Earrings of Madame D... with Danielle Darrieux, directed by Max Ophuls recently. So on that basis, I'll try Max.
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The Whales of August
junkyard
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IN THE SOUP
?and it was boiling, all bustling with activity. Miss Jones was an excellent dissenter and organizer from her Department Store experiences. The gruff portly man was paranoid and adept at meting out traitors. Alan didn?t know how to do anything so just sat around and looked stupid. Poor Norma, as usual, was in a world of her own. ?Back then we didn?t need derrieres, we had faces.? She flung a swim suit across the room with disgust. ?To hell with swimming, my fans are waiting, I?ll make a comeback! Max!? But there was only Alan. She groaned and with a greatness that recalled her former glory, she...
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>I like the way there is almost a halo effect around Loretta in the later cap.
A halo, yes...and also a little thoughtful maturity. At this stage, the game playing was probably nearing end and she might very well be looking at him with the thought, Gosh, maybe I really do love this fellow. I love the expression on her face.
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THE SHOP ON MAIN STREET
?opened. As they entered, Norma muttered, ?Back then we didn?t need dialogue, we had faces!? ?Not now,? said Alan, gently, ?you say that later.? Norma?s mouth curled into a pout as a salesgirl approached. ?Hi, I?m Miss Jones, and this is my trainee.? A portly man with a gruff exterior, he looked more like a tycoon than a trainee. Lunch was over and there was still a morsel of tuna popover on his chin. ?The devil you say,? said Norma, ?Esther who?...? as they looked at designer Esther Williams swim suits. Alan began to wonder whether Norma should?
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Vale, Charlotte...Bette Davis in Now Voyager
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Un Singe en Hiver (candy eating teetotaler)
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DEVIL DOLL
Despite it?s darker aspects, one could see it was that of a beautiful young woman nonetheless. Was there a connection to the body found? They decided to call their chief investigator for an opinion, the famous one who?