therealfuster Posted November 8, 2004 Share Posted November 8, 2004 a real film buff? I'm not saying that it is pretty or something to aspire to, but there are things that separate the men from the boys, and the women from the girls. Let's see...I'll start. If you saw a film you've looked for for years on Ebay, that is obscure and in the thousand dollar range...you'd figure out how to cut back on eating to afford it. You disdain people who won't watch films made in black and white, as riff raff and unworthy to associate with long term. You would cancel your wedding date, if you found out that TCM found a pristine copy of London After Midnight, and are giving it a one time tv presentation. People that talk only of the stars of the films....are of no interest to you, since you are into the directors and cinematographers. You can take on 26 people alone, in playing Silver Screen Trivial Pursuit and win with one hand tied behind your back. You will drive a hundred miles to see a film in a proper theatre with old fashioned seats and not in a multiplex with a squished screen. You have a film cataloguing system for your dvd's and videotapes, so that you can find a film in a second's notice. You can talk about the silent films of Rex Ingram and know to which movie star he was married. Being a Valentino fan, you want to see Hayley Mills in the film The Moonspinners since you know Pola Negri is in it. You always stay till all the credits have run in a theatre. You have signed photos of Wanda Hendrix, Steffi Duna and Robert Newton in your collection and are looking for ones of Sybil Jason, Billy Benedict, Dan Tobin and George Coulouris. Nothing ever filmed is necessarily not worthy of at least a slight peek, unless you know the makers track record for drek. Even a hack can occasionally make a masterpiece.... What other proofs are there that one is totally obsessed and a "real" film buff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garboloygrant Posted November 8, 2004 Share Posted November 8, 2004 When you are trying to find a comforter that matches the color scheme in your room and all you think of is the dress that Scarlett O'Hara wore for the BBQ at Twelve Oaks would match perfectly. When you have a pair of shoes that remind of the ones Joan Crawford wore and you name your shoes "JC shoes". When you go to your hair stylist and you tell them you want the "Garbo look". When you are watching Sunset Boulevard and you are looking for Buster Keaton and Anna Q Nelson. You ask yourself "Just what was wrong with John Gilbert's voice" while you are watching Queen Christina. And calling Louis B Mayer a few choice names in the same breath for letting Gilbert go. I'm totally with you, therealfuster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harlowkeatongirl Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 A real film buff I think is anyone who allows, at any point, their love of film to interfere with finances or life. LOL Not necessarily someone who is up on every bit of trivia. Example: I've been a couple minutes late to work just to get my recorder set up just right, for example. Making sure I take time out to go through the movie channels and guides a few times every week to make sure I don't miss anything good. When I buy movies, or make it a point to watch movies, just because an actress I like is in it.. or because a director I like directed it. That kind of thing. And as long as it doesn't interfere to the point that it jeopardizes work or puts you in the poorhouse, then it's a healthy obsession. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moviejoe79 Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 I get **** at people who say they won't watch a black and white movie and write them off on the spot. Either that or I just look at them in disbelief. And I also hate it when someone mentions "stars" or what a critic said - who cares! I love film, and will form MY OWN opinion. I've traveled to see a movie in a proper theater. I've even taken off from work for that. And once I drove in a monsoon to see "Casablanca" in a theater, because it was the only night that I could go when the theater was showing it. And then I wound up going back to see "Cover Girl" and the 1956 version of "Anything Goes." And forget cataloging my movies - I can tell you where any one is from memory, because I've set up my own "system" of how I keep them. And you know your a film buff when you've kept a hand written list of every movie you've seen that's been made before the year 1970. When you travel someplace, you look for what type of "old movie" connection it has, whether that be an old theater, or the birthplace of an old star etc. And P.S. - If you REALLY want Sybil Jason's autograph, she's going to be signing them at the Hollywood Collector's and Celebrities Show in Hollywood in February - www.hollywoodcollectorshow.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bggalaxy Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 makes a "reel" film buff is when the words "a$$holes, dumb $hit$, etc, come into play when you hear someone is doing a remake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garboloygrant Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 My sentiments, exactly (e.g. The Women. I mean, come on!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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