JonParker

> if she was anything like she seemed on film, I think > I would have liked her as a friend. I know I would have ; ). When she was wearing that plunging neckline gown and saying "I just noticed you have pale blue eyes. I hate pale blue eyes" in "A Notorious Affair" I wanted to jump through the screen.

Hell yeah

What a great question. Two caveats before I give my answer -- I don't believe in God at all, and I'm a preacher's kid, which explains the first. The film that touched me the most on a spiritual level was the film I've often called my all-time favorite -- Carl Dreyer's "The Passion of Joan of Arc." Watching Falconetti's face as she remains true to her God in the face of certain death is one of the most gut-wrenching experiences I've ever had watching a movie. It definitely caused me to at least think about God's existence in a way that I hadn't before.

>But it has been expensive > and there are financial limitations as I am no longer > working due to disability. I wish there was some way > to trade titles with other collectors. Have you considered NetFlix?

> and every time I invite someone over to watch a movie > I let them pick which one. Even with my efforts at > persuading them to pick a classic, they will always > pick something modern. Stop letting them pick then.

> I think it's actresses like Stanwyck that separate > the men from the boys when it comes to classic > movies. Woohoo! Today I am a man! > Anyway, since I've started watching classic movies, I > find I have less in common with my friends. They're > very much into modern stuff: Pirates of the > Carribean, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Will > Ferrell movies, stuff like Wedding Crashers, etc. I do like the Lord of the Rings movies, but I'm a serious geek. The rest of it, bleah.

> In the meantime, 'a very merry un-birhday to > you'..... > > Larry > > Message was edited by: > vecchiolarry I'm really afraid to ask what that poem was like before you edited it.

I'm curious to know how many results you get from searching on "flying asparagus creature."

> John Waters as host of ANYTHING on TCM is > one...great...idea. Absolutely. I'd love to see him as a guest host at least, and a regular host at best. When I first moved to Baltimore, one of my favorite activities was driving around looking for locations from the Waters films. I found quite a few of them.

Heidi, glad to help. > Schlock -- Low budget, often horror or sci-fi. Other examples of schlock are the juvenile delinquent genre, and almost any movie featuring someone in an ape suit. > Dewain Esper -- early bad movie director. Best known for "Maniac" and "Marihuana -- The Devil's Weed." > Ed Wood -- classic bad movie director. His "Plan 9 From Ourter Space" has been called the worst movie of all time, even though it really isn't. Wood was a heterosexual transvestite and a fascinating character who apparently really believed he was making good films. Johnny Depp played him in a bio movie. > George Romero -- director of "Night of the Living Dead," Dawn of the Dead" and "Day of the Dead." Mixed horror and social commentary. > John Carpenter (didn't he have something to do > with Halloween - the movie)? -- yep, Carpenter directed "Halloween" and the remake of "The Thing from Another Planet (called simply "The Thing.) > Shouldn't Corwin be on this list if they are all > horror directors? -- Do you mean Roger Corman? Probably, along with Russ Meyer, the most talented of the schlock directors. Directed quite a few movies and produced hundreds. > Before you argue with me, go take a look at any > public high school or middle school when it lets out > today and see what the majority of kids look like. I looked pretty grungy when I was in high school too.

My girlfriend is quite a bit younger than I am, and while she doesn't share my love of old movies, she enjoys them. She not only knows who JFK is, she knows who Tom Lehrer is. Pretty smart.

I'm actually a fan of the online schedule. I can search it, which is impossible with the paper. I really don't need to print it out.

This is such a cool thread. It's great to see someone discovering TCM for the first time.

> Ahem...well, I liked John Barrymore Jr. > > Granted, I've only seen three of his films, but he > was very good in "Sundowner", great in "While the > City Sleeps", and excellent in "The Big Night" (a > film that TCM only showed once, as far as I know). You should definitely rent "Counsellor-At-Law." John's finest, IMO.

If I have to stop this car you kids are going to regret it.

Amen Sam. God she was gorgeous, and she could act too.

> And it's very amusing to see the hateful, elitist > replies of those who feel oh so threatened by people > who just want to preserve the core elements of TCM > that drew many, if not most, of its fans in the first > place. There are plenty of other outlets for the > Zombie/Underground stuff, but there's only one TCM. If I understand my sources inside the network correctly, I think TCM's rationale for airing TCM Underground was to **** you off.

> If people get joy from horror, > human beings getting murdered, children crying in > terror with their dead mother laying in their lap, > that's their problem. I saw Night of the Living > Dead on a big movie screen but left a little after > it was half over to sit in the lobby, within minutes > I was joined by loads of other women who felt as I > did. The sad part of all of this is if you get fun > and excitement out of a make believe movie, how much > you must enjoy the nightly news. Or is that > different, can you really watch that in a movie, > listen to the screams of pain, and not realize that > your brothers, boyfriends, husbands, and cousins > are feeling that same thing right this minute for > real? That's a really good point and deserves an answer. I'm going to veer off topic a little bit and say that I'm a political liberal who is against war if at all possible, and sickened by it when it becomes necessary. I lie awake at night with my stomach churning over the fact that my country is torturing people. I hear of horrible crimes on the news and get depressed. I'm strongly against the death penalty. But I compartmentalize that -- there's just a huge difference in my mind between the cartoonish violence of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and the real violence going on in the world. In some ways watching movies like that is cathartic. I have the DVDs of all the "Friday the 13th" movies, even though they're incredibly stupid -- when I watch them I usually have some friends over, we drink a few beers and cheer for Jason. I can watch Leatherface hang a girl on a meathook with no trouble, but the Abu Graib photos made me physically ill. It's sort of like taking the violence in a Roadrunner cartoon to the next level -- I treat it no more seriously and make no real life parallels. If I did, I'd probably be upset by graphic horror. As it is I enjoy it, and while I'm not sure how I'd feel if TCM veered into showing truly graphic horror movies, I do enjoy them on DVD. I'm not sure that's a good answer, but it's an answer.

*sigh*

> And what > about the viewers who love classics AND cult horror > movies and love what TCM is trying to accomplish. > Someone might hold Zombie in higher regard than Clint > Eastwood. That would be me. Well, i don't hold Zombie in higher regard than Eastwood as a director, but I do love the cult and horror stuff and I'm thrilled that TCM is showing it. I've been trying for years to catch "Faster Pussycat Kill Kill," and I'm glad it will be on a channel that shows proper respect for the films they air. I love the silents, and the precodes, and even the occasional dumb romantic comedy from the 50s (sssh, don't tell anyone). I think TCM does a great job, even when they're showing stuff I don't care to watch. If they showed any more good movies, I'd go broke buying blank DVDs.

I also recommend the Barry Paris book. It's one of the best star bios I have read. "Lulu in Berlin," which I have not seen, will be on the Criterion release of "Pandora's Box" in November.

Jack, "Diary of a Lost Girl" and "Prix de beaut?" are available from Kino Video. "Pandora's Box" is available in a European PAL edition, which I have, and will be released on a Criterion 2-disc DVD in the US in November. "The Show Off" with Ford Sterling is available on a DVD along with Clara Bow's "The Plastic Age." "Overland Stage Raiders" with John Wayne is available on VHS. Nothing else matches the two Pabst features, but she's always worth looking at. "Looking for Lulu" is a documentary that's included on my DVD of "Pandora's Box," and will be included on the Criterion release as well.

The Unknown is really a movie that you shouldn't miss. It's a truly bizarre film. The last time it was on I recorded it, but TCM was having problems with the sound that night. Not such a big deal with a silent film, but I would like to hear the score. I have no idea if it took last night or not, since my DVR is still recording something.

"Pee Wee's Playhouse" is on Cartoon Network's "Adult Swim" at 11pm ET weekenights, I think. I've been recording them, but I think I should just break down and buy the DVD sets.