CineMaven Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Quest-ce que c'est sun and warmth?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Ha! I know what you mean. Edited by: JackFavell on Feb 11, 2011 1:27 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 > {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote} > Mas des Pierres was lovely! That GORGEOUS warm yellow - not just any yellow but the color of fresh butter. And the shutters blue, but not just any blue..... :D > I know JUST what you mean. Sigh. > I would take any of them, but I really love Bastide Lavande, imagine all those lavender fields outside your door! And I liked the second one too - L'Ambience, I think? I planted four juniper trees in my back yard, and everyone laughs at me and tells me to get rid of them - they've been there since they were 4 inches high, they've been run over by sleds, bent completely over by snow, and still they grow just beautifully straight and tall. They look just like the trees that surrounded that fountain - which is exactly what I wanted to do but never have - place a fountain right in the center of the yard. I think they are beautiful. > Can you imagine the wonderful scents? Provence SMELLS so wonderful. Of lavender, thyme, citrus and balsam (plus salty sea close to the coast). I'm getting woozy just thinking about it. > Maybe someday I can get afford a big fountain like that. Not to mention one of those mas or villas! Maybe I like number three.... no, wait.... the one on the hilltop.... decisions, decisions.... > My mother bought a stone pedestal fountain once for our garden when we lived in Texas. I think she has some sort of "pond" now that she created in her current garden. There's nothing like the splash of water on a summer's day. Now I am really getting woozy. > I did not like the kitchen that looked like some American had come in and plopped some red cherry cabinets into the space.... it just didn't seem right somehow. But really, who cares? You would be in France in the sun soaking up warmth. Oh, I know! I'd be happing living in a cardboard hut in the south of France. I think know what you mean about the kitchen...did you see the GORGEOUS kitchen that was all stone arches? I didn't like the modern decor of teh rest of the house as much (though it was clean and elegant) but that kitchen made my jaw hang open (more than usual). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Oh that kitchen was to die for! It must have been huge, because that was only ONE side.... I don't even know if I could cook in that kitchen though, I would be gazing out through those arches, burnin my croque monsieur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 > {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote} > Oh that kitchen was to die for! It must have been huge, because that was only ONE side.... I don't even know if I could cook in that kitchen though, I would be gazing out through those arches, burnin my croque monsieur. lol! i mean when the KITCHEN is that romantic you really know you're in France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JackFavell Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 I'll even watch this to get warm! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixjit8axxKQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Ahhhhhh. Lois Nettleton, like Laura Linney's my girl. Loved that actress. Saw her on Broadway in "A Streetcar Named Desire." Twice! I feel warmer already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxreyman Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Gosh, such a great actress. I loved her in Centennial on NBC. This episode from The Twilight Zone must have been the inspiration for Al Gore's interpretation of Global Warming!!! You should look at this. Wonderful interview with Lois. There are five parts to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHzNxPFAAIM Unfortunately Lois eventually passed away from Lung Cancer at the age of 80. Another former Chicago-born actress!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted February 13, 2011 Author Share Posted February 13, 2011 "Midnight Sun" --- Eeeeeek! You MUST be desperate, ha!! Just try to forget the twist ending. Wow, Jackie, I love those Cote de Texas photos, especially that oh-so-pretty kitchen opening onto a patio in I believe the old farmhouse. Very, very lovely and charming. Did Ralph walk his mousie on a lease? Can you imagine if Richardson met Scofield with Diggery on the Sussex Downs? That wee rodent would be dog food in a heartbeat. Guess I should check out THE TRAIN. You and kingrat give it a thumbs up. Ever see Geraldine Chaplin in NASHVILLE? "Oh, busses!" lol, she's great. Love your description of Tom Courteney as Pasha. Maybe Rita Tushingham as "The Girl" is really Rod's daughter, ha! All these Geraldines. Wasn't there a silent-movie actress called Geraldine Farrar? And a movie called GERALDINE with Pat Boone and Janet Gaynor (making her first return to the silver screen in about twenty years? Or am I thinking of Alice Faye, coincidentally also with Pat Boone, in STATE FAIR?) Geraldine Page is spot-on in THE POPE OF GREENWICH VILLAGE as a tough-as-nails Irish mother. I like the scenes with John Mills and Chris Jones in RYAN'S DAUGHTER. Bizarre and touching at the same time. Wasn't crazy about many of the casting decisions in this film. The women who taunt the crippled Jones look like extras from OLIVER. (some of Nancy's friends, lol) Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Feb 12, 2011 10:22 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted February 13, 2011 Author Share Posted February 13, 2011 > {quote:title=kingrat wrote:}{quote} > Quiz Show and The Train are both big favorites. In Quiz Show Scofield plays Mark Van Doren, a respected writer and teacher who was well-known as an intellectual at the time, and the father of Charles Van Doren (Ralph Fiennes). Scofield still has a trace of the English accent, but that's not altogether wrong for the kind of character he plays. Fiennes, who nails the American accent perfectly, manages to be both charismatic and weak. In discussions of who shoulda won Oscars I always cite Fiennes and Quiz Show. > > The Train is one of John Frankenheimer's best films, right up there with The Manchurian Candidate and Seconds. Frankenheimer seems a reasonable candidate for the best American director of the 60s, though after the late 60s and The Extraordinary Seaman, his career heads south. But I digress. Thanks for these heads-up, kingrat! Love your descriptions! Can't wait to see THE TRAIN now. Although I could probably hold off on QUIZ SHOW. I get kind of bored with those 1950's "period" pieces where the set decoration and wardrobe is glaringly retro. (although I love MY FAVORITE YEAR) Rob Morrow always annoys me too. > > Saw most of A Man for All Seasons the other night and liked it very much. The acting is great. I love every intonation of Scofield's voice. Wendy Hiller can basically do no wrong as far as I'm concerned. And John Hurt as Richard Rich is memorable as well. > > Did you mean Geraldine Page instead of Geraldine Fitzgerald? If so, I agree. I don't know anymore, lol. To paraphrase Kim Hunter in STREETCAR, "My head is SWIMMIN'!" > > If you like Geraldine Chaplin, try to find the TV version of The House of Mirth (not the movie, which I haven't seen). Chaplin, William Atherton as her weak suitor, and Lois Smith as the villain make this one of the best classic novel to film translations ever. Will definitely check this out, thanks. I like William Atherton. > > If you love the village in Ryan's Daughter, that may be because David Lean had it built, right on the Dingle peninsula of Ireland. Breathtaking scenery in that part of Ireland. I just don't want to run into John Mills. Or Trevor Howard as Father Collins. (I won't be going his way any time soon) Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Feb 12, 2011 9:29 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 "All these Geraldines. Wasn't there a silent-movie actress called Geraldine Farrer? And a movie called GERALDINE with Pat Boone and Janet Gaynor (making her first return to the silver screen in about twenty years? Or am I thinking of Alice Faye, coincidentally also with Pat Boone, in STATE FAIR?) Geraldine Page is spot-on in THE POPE OF GREENWICH VILLAGE as a tough-as-nails Irish mother." Let's not leave out GERALDINE BROOKS who crippled Raymond Burr in "IRONSIDES" and who played Raymond Massey's daughter and Joan Crawford's rival for Van Heflin's affec- tions in "POSSESSED." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted February 13, 2011 Author Share Posted February 13, 2011 Another Geraldine! How could I forget Geraldine Brooks? Remember her as Joan Bennett's spoiled daughter in THE RECKLESS MOMENT? Mom saw COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA: "Lola was a mess, wasn't she?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Whatever --LOLA-- Mom wants... Yes..."The Reckless Moment." I forgot that film. I think I might've let her taken the fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted February 13, 2011 Author Share Posted February 13, 2011 Mom's getting an Italian dinner out of me tomorrow. I agree with you about "Bea". Throw her in jail with Veda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 I'm sure Bonita Granville's in there too from what she did in "These Three." G-r-r-r! Are there three to a cell in jail?? Ohhhhhhhhh boy, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted February 13, 2011 Author Share Posted February 13, 2011 Oh yes, Bonita! Is three in a jail cell bad luck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 I think so. As long as the girls don't light a match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted February 14, 2011 Author Share Posted February 14, 2011 Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Feb 14, 2011 5:29 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Oh my god, Bronxie! That was wonderful! I feel like I've been on a trip all around the romance of the movies! Wonderful just wonderful! All sorts of favorites - though I could do without John Travolta and Ina Garten. Happy Valentine's Day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CineMaven Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Ahhhhh Bronxie Bronxie. "The Shrike"??? What manner of love IS this? I feel the pang...of thorns. Have a great "V" Day y'all. Fellas, treat your ladies right today. You can be your regular selves tomorrow. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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