CaveGirl Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Has TCM ever shown any Pasolini films like "Mamma Roma" with the great Anna Magnani? I realize they would be hard pressed to show Pasolini's "Salo" but the surprisingly reverent "The Gospel According to Saint Matthew" would seem to be a natural. It was great to see TCM showing "Tristana" by Bunuel recently, and I'm sure "Los Olvidados" has not been seen here or "El" which inspired part of a very fab film which is being currently discussed all over these boards. I guess if TCM does not play much Bunuel, one could always go to the networks and get the advertisers and sponsors for Odor-Eaters and Dr. Scholls to pay for a time slot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzcutter Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 >Has TCM ever shown any Pasolini films like "Mamma Roma" with the great Anna Magnani? Yes, *Momma Roma* has been on TCM but I can't remember if it was in the past couple of years or awhile back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingrat Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 *Accattone* and *Los Olvidados* are scheduled in the next few months, in conjunction with *The Story of Film*. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo2 Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 I'm not sure either. But I DO know for sure that TCM has many many times shown one of the Marx Brothers playing CHIColini in "Duck Soup", if that counts for anything! (...sorry, couldn't resist) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaveGirl Posted September 10, 2013 Author Share Posted September 10, 2013 Thank you both kingrat [good movie!] and lzcutter for your help. As for you, Dargo2...very funny and though Grouch, being the first choice by Margaret Mitchell to play Rhett Butler has always been one of my favorites, I am less into Chicolin than I am my all-time heartthrob, Jack Oakie as Napolini in "TGD". I triple dog dare you to top that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo2 Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 LOL Well, gimme a minute and Lord knows I'd at least give SOMETHIN' a try here, anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaveGirl Posted September 10, 2013 Author Share Posted September 10, 2013 Dargo2... Waiting, waiting. This is like waiting for Godot. You aren't he, are you? I'd say I'd like you at my Beckett/call but then I'd be one pun up on you. C'mon, give it your best shot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo2 Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Hmmmmm...okay...let's see here... I gotta work with some kinda Jack Okey or another 'eye-talian' reference here, and preferably somethin' that ends in "-olini", RIGHT?! Boy am I ever sorry I started with this whole "Marx Bros" shtick here NOW, 'cause you MIGHT be right! I might NOT be able to top yours here. I HATE when this happens! (..oh, and btw, nope, I'm not "Godot", but I HAVE been known to keep many people waiting for me over the years..."Mr. Punctual" I'm not EITHER!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfpcc2 Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 From what I've heard about Salo I don't think any station anywhere can show that movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaveGirl Posted September 10, 2013 Author Share Posted September 10, 2013 Well now, sfpcc2 I would think the Videodrome Channel could show "Salo" or "The 120 Days of Sodom" or whatever it is called, as it quite comfortably fits in with their most admired programming aims. Surely you have that channel in your cable or satellite line-up...hmmm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaveGirl Posted September 10, 2013 Author Share Posted September 10, 2013 Okey,-dokey, Dargo! As for you being not-punctual, are you also non-punked as in "Tillie's Punctured Romance"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 I think *Momma Roma* may have been shown last year or the year before. I 'm pretty sure that *Riso Amaro* (Bitter Rice) was also shown at that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo2 Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Nope, I can at least boast that never dated a woman for her money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaveGirl Posted September 10, 2013 Author Share Posted September 10, 2013 Thanks, lavenderblue for the "Bitter Rice" info! Dargo, your very boastful comments about not dating for money, remind me of W.C. Fields describing his family as being poor but dishonest. Bragging about not dating for money, is beneath you. Unless of course you dated Christina Onassis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo2 Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Yep, how'd ya guess?! I'll never forget that time Christina came crusiin' up on her daddy's yacht that one time I was crusin' around in my old 15 foot little ski-boat, and all I said to her was, "Nope, sorry, you're just NOT my type, lady!" (...okay, so it WAS mostly because she looked too much like her dad, but STILL....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 You're Welcome CaveGirl and btw, Welcome to the Boards and HA,HA for that Christina Onassis comment, not nice but very funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfpcc2 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Cavegirl Are you talking about the channel in the David Cronnenberg movie Videodrome, is there some channel that I don't know about? I did a Google search and it led me towards the former conclusion, but I could be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaytonf Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Of Bu?uel, TCM has shown: Los Olvidados Robinson Crusoe The Exterminating Angel Diary of a Chambermaid Simon of the Desert Belle de Jour Tristana The Discrete Charm of the Bourgeoisie and, as part of the history of cinema series, will show--ulp--Un Chien Andalou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 I'm afraid I know very little of Pasolini's work; I looked him up and I believe the only film by him I've seen is *The Decameron*. I did enjoy it, although not as much as the book (which is even raunchier than the movie.) However, Luis Bunuel is a different story. He's an exceptionally interesting and innovative director. I wish TCM could / would show more of his films. My favourite Bunuel film has got to be *The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeousie*. I've seen it several times, and it never fails to amuse and engage me. Long ago I saw a Bunuel film set in Mexico City, about a bus or streetcar ride. I'd love to see that one again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaytonf Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 misswonderly, you are likely thinking of Illusion Travels by Streetcar: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/79007/Illusion-Travels-By-Streetcar/ If you liked Discrete Charm (which is probably his most popular movie, and which I like, too), you might also like Cet Obscur Objet de D?sire (That Obscure Object of Desire). For those who want to subject themselves to it, Sal? can be seen on YouTube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Thanks, slayton. Yes, that's the film I was thinking of. I've seen *The Obscure Object of Desire*. It, too , is very good. I love the way Bunuel uses two actresses to play one character. *The Phantom of Liberty* is also a fascinating and truly Bunuelian work (I don't believe I've ever said "Bunuelian" before. Hm.) And *The Exterminating Angel* - what a concept. I've seen quite a few of Bunuel movies; they're all worth viewing. But *The Discreet Charm of the Bourgoisie* is my favourite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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