Sepiatone Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Betcha DARG would love one of them! Sepiatone Link to post Share on other sites
SansFin Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 4 hours ago, TikiSoo said: At least I know what to wear while movie watching: The weather forecast for the remaining week might cause me to add these: 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites
LonesomePolecat Posted May 5, 2020 Author Share Posted May 5, 2020 7 hours ago, Bogie56 said: Ignorant citizens doubt a small town doctor during a typhoid epidemic. Wow! You guys are coming up with some fantastic examples. I am both impressed and horrified at how relevant these movies are right now. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Peebs Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 The Shining (1980) social-isolating with the family goes horribly wrong 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
LonesomePolecat Posted May 5, 2020 Author Share Posted May 5, 2020 The current fight between the press and the politicians reminds me of movies like ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN, THE POST, FROST/NIXON, and GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK Link to post Share on other sites
slaytonf Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 An Enemy of the People (1978), with Paul Newman and Bibi Andersson, directed by George Shaefer. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
LonesomePolecat Posted May 6, 2020 Author Share Posted May 6, 2020 Sheltering in place can feel like being in a submarine -- DESTINATION TOKYO HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER ICE STATION ZEBRA OPERATION PETTICOAT K19 THE WIDOWMAKER 20000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA DAS BOOT U571 TORPEDO RUN UP PERISCOPE Link to post Share on other sites
LonesomePolecat Posted May 6, 2020 Author Share Posted May 6, 2020 Watching JUAREZ on TCM on Demand right now and they said there is an epidemic in the city and all public gatherings have been forbidden! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
LonesomePolecat Posted May 6, 2020 Author Share Posted May 6, 2020 Maybe we should cure the coronavirus the way they do in THE FANTASTIC VOYAGE Link to post Share on other sites
EricJ Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 3 hours ago, LonesomePolecat said: Maybe we should cure the coronavirus the way they do in THE FANTASTIC VOYAGE I remember when the news stories about antibody tests came out, I had to explain, "Okay, remember those things that wrapped around Raquel Welch's leg?" ("Then, what was the blobby thing that destroyed the submarine?" "That was a white blood cell!") Of course, though, I knew these things from watching, and occasionally binging, Netflix's Cells at Work anime. (From when it used to air on Crunchyroll) 1 Link to post Share on other sites
LonesomePolecat Posted May 6, 2020 Author Share Posted May 6, 2020 TCM's May Spotlight on Asian Americans in Classic Hollywood comes just as jerks are using COVID-19 as an excuse to increase anti-Chinese hate crimes. (Makes me so mad--they're suffering too!) All of these films belong in our film festival as well as anything Hollywood ever made about China or Chinese people, from THE GOOD EARTH to MULAN. I don't think we'll ever watch a movie about China the same way again. http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/1569332|0/Asian-Americans-in-Classic-Hollywood-5-6.html 1 Link to post Share on other sites
JamesJazGuitar Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 1 hour ago, LonesomePolecat said: TCM's May Spotlight on Asian Americans in Classic Hollywood comes just as jerks are using COVID-19 as an excuse to increase anti-Chinese hate crimes. (Makes me so mad--they're suffering too!) All of these films belong in our film festival as well as anything Hollywood ever made about China or Chinese people, from THE GOOD EARTH to MULAN. I don't think we'll ever watch a movie about China the same way again. http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/1569332|0/Asian-Americans-in-Classic-Hollywood-5-6.html Hopefully TCM will be showing the Charlie Chan, Detective Wong, and Mr. Moto films. Oh, wait, that likely doesn't fit the theme! Well how about The Crimson Kimono; a fine film noir from 1959. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
slaytonf Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 1 hour ago, jamesjazzguitar said: Well how about The Crimson Kimono; a fine film noir from 1959. That's on next Wednesday. Oh, and Mr. Wong is due up tonite! Link to post Share on other sites
JamesJazGuitar Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 14 hours ago, slaytonf said: That's on next Wednesday. Oh, and Mr. Wong is due up tonite! Thanks for the reminder about The Crimson Kimono. I did watch Anna May Wong in Daughter of Shanghai. Good film with some fine actors. Her dancing scene was nice. Looking forward to more films with her. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Christopher Tauling, a U.N. official, is leading an effort to warn the authorities worldwide that a bacterial weapon is at the ready to wipe out most of mankind. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
LonesomePolecat Posted May 8, 2020 Author Share Posted May 8, 2020 Protesters have been in the news lately. These scary armed protests are going to change the way I watch movies set in Michigan and the CA beach communities: I can kinda see Frankie and Annette jumping barriers to go surfing: But I can't really see John Davidson storm the capitol with an assault rifle: I prefer Disney musical-type protests: Wherever you are, stay safe! Link to post Share on other sites
Janet0312 Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 On 5/6/2020 at 2:49 PM, LonesomePolecat said: Maybe we should cure the coronavirus the way they do in THE FANTASTIC VOYAGE What, shrink people down to atoms to pass thru the bloodstream in a minute submarine. We all live in a yellow submarine... 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Janet0312 Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 On 5/6/2020 at 8:31 PM, jamesjazzguitar said: Hopefully TCM will be showing the Charlie Chan, Detective Wong, and Mr. Moto films. Oh, wait, that likely doesn't fit the theme! Well how about The Crimson Kimono; a fine film noir from 1959. I have my doubts about TCM playing anything Charlie Chan and I am very happy that I have a whole shelf of CC DVDs. I met George Takai and he is a wonderful man, but I don't agree with his cynicism about the Chan series. And I've said this before around here somewhere. My father was a Swede and there are so many negative movies about Swedes being dumb. Just my take on it, of course. There are several movies where Swedes are portrayed as dumb clucks and, yes, I have come across that in the real life fold. The dumb blonde thing. I am very happy to report that my hair has turned blondie white at age 60 just like Daddy's. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
LonesomePolecat Posted May 8, 2020 Author Share Posted May 8, 2020 Both UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS and DOWNTON ABBEY lost main characters to the 1918 flu epidemic Link to post Share on other sites
slaytonf Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 3 hours ago, Janet0312 said: I have my doubts about TCM playing anything Charlie Chan and I am very happy that I have a whole shelf of CC DVDs. I met George Takai and he is a wonderful man, but I don't agree with his cynicism about the Chan series. And I've said this before around here somewhere. My father was a Swede and there are so many negative movies about Swedes being dumb. Just my take on it, of course. There are several movies where Swedes are portrayed as dumb clucks and, yes, I have come across that in the real life fold. The dumb blonde thing. I am very happy to report that my hair has turned blondie white at age 60 just like Daddy's. So because your ethnic heritage has been the object of bigoted stereotyping, it justifies you in ignoring that when it is directed at others. Link to post Share on other sites
JamesJazGuitar Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 19 hours ago, slaytonf said: So because your ethnic heritage has been the object of bigoted stereotyping, it justifies you in ignoring that when it is directed at others. I'm half Asian, (e.g. my uncle could pass for Takai), and I don't find the Chan serial to be bigoted. The detective is the most intelligent, patience, reliable, character on screen. While Chan sometimes is perceived as being otherwise at the start of a film, the character(s) doing that are shown to be the clueless ones and not Chan. Yes, the Mickey Rooney's character in Breakfast at Tiffany's is a bigoted stereotype, but I really don't see that in Chan, Mr. Moto, or Detective Wong. All I see is the casting of a non-Asian to play an Asian character. Also, I don't see how disagreeing with someone's POV on this subject is ignoring it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
SansFin Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 6 hours ago, Janet0312 said: I have my doubts about TCM playing anything Charlie Chan and I am very happy that I have a whole shelf of CC DVDs. I have recently discovered on our Roku a channel called: "TV Time Cozy Mysteries". Among the offerings are thirty-seven Charlie Chan movies! There are many which I have not watched before and I can think of none which are missing. One of my new favorites is: The Black Camel (1931) which co-stars Bela Lugosi. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
NickAndNora34 Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 SAFE (1995; DIR. TODD HAYNES) A housewife (Julianne Moore) suddenly starts to display mysterious symptoms, and is diagnosed with a rare illness. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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