bittert55

You know actually you put a lot of things in perspective for me with your smarta** remarks....movies are just movies and lists are a dime a dozen...

You know actually you put a lot of things in perspective for me with you smarta** remarks....movies are just movies and lists are a dime a dozen...

Citizen Kane is considered one of the greatest American movies ever made for the reasons previously mentioned. I would also like to add that the beginning of the movie to me IS A WORK OF ART! It has been emulated, copied, borrowed from etc... It is poetry in pictures. And such economy of pictures too. That's what pure film IS ALL ABOUT...come on PURISTS. Through the barriers over the barriers to the soul to find answers...but no getting many. And the Deep Focus...fascinating to watch. We see ceilings for the first time...so what?...yea it's a big deal. Greg Toland is a genius...Orson Wells is a genius. If you can't see it you don't like him personally or you do not understan its importance in film history. It is the BEGINNING OF MODERN CINEMA! The neon sign into the nightclub shot was a mystery to many for years. I could go on all day ...but I won't...thank heavens right?

Bansai, Yes I am sad I missed the 59 older hollywood stars and yes you are correct I could have exercised that volume button....somehow this time they just went too far.

mrkgeebee you know good and well that was not the venue for that diatribe and it put a damper on the whole evening for many and ALSO overshadowed the ACTUAL reason that most gathered there in the first place...to celebrate the hollywood film industry. THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL INTENTION OF THE OSCARS OH SO MANY YEARS AGO. It also had the lowest ratings of any Oscars ever.

I posted on the other site as suggested...but I'm gonna say it here too. But maybe just a little shorter...because I realized WHY I AM SO ANGRY! The illusion of Hollywood....stars....cinema...art...the magic has been systmatically destroyed because of a few that have come to confuse the captive audience of our attention as an opportunity to cram their beliefs down our throats. Therefore, I chose not to watch. They have destroyed the illusion for me.

I did not watch the oscars because I knew they couldn't keep their mouths shut. I have had it. There was a time when their personal lives and their film careers did not collide and over power one another. That time (sweet magical time) has gone. The oscars are now about which STAR has enough money and clout behind them. Even the clothes...rented or worn to advertise....I have come to find it disgusting. I know it's all about business, product, money....and that didn't use to bother me. But it is too in your face even for me now! I saw clips on the news and I just had to laugh out loud when Nicole Kidman said the world needs ART...inferring american cinema is ART these days. I guess the most idealistic are the ones that become the most disillusioned. That is what they(a general they) have done....they have destroyed the illusion!!!!

Yea! That was a good one. It was about an invalid or sick person. A relative had hired a nurse to watch them for the evening cause they were going somewhere. That same evening there was a terible storm. AND a crazy murderer had escaped from prison or insane asylum. So the nurse arrives and begins to take care of the patient and then things begin to happen....the lights go out...the phone is dead....the front door is found open and the nurse disappears....that show scared the crap outta me. It's one of my favorite Hitchcocks. I also think it was near the end of the series on TV. Don't know the name for sure...but I think it was something like NIGHT NURSE. I won't tell the end. Good Luck!

Madonna and her husband should be strung up with piano wire for trying to REMAKE a clssic!!!! It was done right the first time!!!! And they used Giannini's son no less in their crime!

Yes rear view mirrors are mostly absent from cars because of cameras.

Oh, my goodnes! I could fantasize...I mean think about this one ALL DAY! I'm making a multi-national list. As soon as I finish it I could probably think of 10 more. Movies are an escape you know. 30's/40's - Anton Walbrook, Robert Donat, Jean Marais, Humphrey Bogart, Carey Grant, Fred Mac Murray, John Garfield. 40's/50's - Burt Lancaster, Robert Mitchum, John Kerr, Dana Andrew, William Holden. 60's - Peter O'Toole, Alan Bates, Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Sean Connery. 70's - Giancarlo Giannini, Gene Hackman, Gerard Dipardieu,Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino. 80's - Michael Douglas, Bruce Willis 90's - Timothy Hutton, Guy (I'm not sure of his last name)Pierce? That's ALL for now.

And when she runs off with her sister's husband, they stay in a hotel? and she walks in and says "WHAT A DUMP!!" I LOVE IT!!! One of my favorite lines ever!

That's funny I was thinking of Abott and Costello's Susquehana Hat Company skit this morning. It's so funny!

Good idea. I have ALWAYS been fascinated by the timing of the making of a certain movie or the release. I know a MILLION things go into those decisions. But movies aren't made in a vacuum. I think they reflect the times they are made in but also some attempt to express ideals of that time and at times even manipulate the publics thinking. Therefore it would be very interesting to see a whole years line up and think back about what was going on in society at the time too. I know most people do this anyway.

I saw that AMC matathon. I thought I'ld died and gone to heaven! Many years ago some station use to show the Basil Rathbone Sherlock's on Saturday nights! It was sooo great!

you could always get into the noble and important work of saving and restoring our film history. I don't know what kind of degree it requires exactly....but I'm sure it would be the film dept. or RTF dept.(radio, TV,film) of a university that had a good film dept. Like UCLA or NYU. Then you would get into film history and be exposed to or have access to film vaults and other places where films are stored. Also you would have to learn a lot about photography and film (the technical stuff). It does look like a lot of hard and dirty work but it sure would be very fascinating and important. It's just a suggestion.

really! My mom and I just yell them out as fast as we can like a race. It's so much fun. It would be interesting to see a list. I'll have to send her the finished list....she'll love it.

I went there once to see his grave but I couldn't find it. I always meant to go back and find it again but I didn't. It was so easy to get to too. He was a great actor!!!

I saw that too....I think it was maybe connected to PBS or that Chicago superstation WGN?

I am nutty!!! about Anton Walbrook. I saw Dangerous Moonlight several years ago on (of all places) AMC!!!! I haven't seen it since!

NO! I REALLY wish they would but for now....no. It never hurts to make a request though.

Random Harvest has to be ONE of my all time favorites. It rips my heart out everytime and just makes me cry like a baby. When you realize she has been near him but unknown to him for so many years...it kills you. And I am a person that usually refuses to be manipulated by cheap sentimentalism. But I agree there are some that just hit you right between the eyes. Another favorite is All That Heaven Allows. Jane Wyman is so pitifully lonely with those ungrateful kids who shove a TV at her for Christmas!!! And in comes sweet hunky nature man. Sorry I love it! And no jokes about Rock! One more secret pleasure...A Summer Place...but not the kids! It's the 2 parents..Dorothy McGuire and Richard Egan. Their long suffering love is soooo sweet. Thanks for letting me share. Happy Valentines Day!

These may have been mentioned before...but my favorite WWII movies are THE STORY OF GI JOE, THE VICTORS,& PATHS OF GLORY (I know that one was mentioned). I saw THE STORY OF GI JOE several months ago on TCM and it blew me away. In fact there were things in it (1945) that make me wonder if SAVING PRIVATE RYAN didn't borrow some. Also THE VICTORS just rips my heart out and makes you see the futility and tremendous COURAGE. They are both excellent!

I would just like to say....I don't understand why there is sometimes a delay in posting. Right now 4:30 est, there is a comment under your favorites. It was posted at 1:42 today...but you can't see it. There is another that was posted at 3:44...almost an hour ago...but you can't see it. BUT you CAN see one that was just posted here at 4:19 (less than an hour ago)!!!! It's kind of irritating.

I've watched TCM from the beginning and AMC before that...back since the late 80's. This is ALL a business for them and as long as they are getting great ratings and making money everything will be fine. And I see no problems with that in the future...but never say never and never get complacent...can ANYONE in this day and age say ANYTHING is a certainty? Ted lost a chunk of money last year, same with AOL/time warner. TCM is the only game in town now and I expect it to remain so for some time...so enjoy.