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- July 2nd, 2008, 3:51 pm
- Forum: Silents & PreCodes
- Topic: WHAT SILENTS & PRE-CODES HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
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In a previous post I wrote of my admiration for Raymond Bernard’s Wooden Crosses and Les Misérables . Ann Harding graciously recommended Bernard’s silent film The Chess Player and I’m glad she did. The Chess Player is an extraordinary epic, featuring a spectacular battle scene, sword fights, patriot...
- July 2nd, 2008, 2:05 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Sailor walks into a bar . . .
- Replies: 882
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- July 2nd, 2008, 1:26 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Another of my silly questions...
- Replies: 29
- Views: 9363
For me, some movies are like time machines. When I watch a classic Universal horror film, or one of Roger Corman’s/Vincent Price Poe movies, I’m instantly transported back to my childhood home, the bunk beds in the room my twin brother and I shared, (shag red carpet on the floor, stereo with turntab...
- July 2nd, 2008, 10:29 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: WHAT FILMS HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
- Replies: 8121
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Anne: Wow, High Fidelity is probably one of my favorite modern films: The obsession of music, and how to categorize it.----check The significance, structure and absolute art of the mix-tape.----check Trying to reconcile past relationships.----check Maybe it’s a “romantic” film too much from the male...
- July 2nd, 2008, 7:53 am
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: Favorite Directors
- Replies: 56
- Views: 16422
My list, in no particular order: Francois Truffaut: Jules and Jim, Shoot the Piano Player, Small Change Ingmar Bergman: Winter Light, Fanny and Alexander, Cries and Whispers Richard Linklater: Before Sunrise, Dazed and Confused, Waking Life Eric Rohmer: My Night at Maud’s, Clair’s Knee, Summer G.W. ...
- July 1st, 2008, 9:00 pm
- Forum: Polls
- Topic: Choose the Worst Movie: No Conclusion, Just Opinions!
- Replies: 85
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- July 1st, 2008, 4:31 pm
- Forum: Sci-fi and Horror
- Topic: Top 10 Scream Queen Beauties
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9454
ChiO: I heartily agree about Julie Adams. The Creature From the Black Lagoon is one of the few Universal classics that can still make me jump, probably because I’m so busy watching Ms. Adams... Terry Moore reminded me too much of my sister. Like Joe, I was “bigger”, but I still had to do whatever sh...
- July 1st, 2008, 7:43 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What are you listening to?
- Replies: 2246
- Views: 361701
Chris: My older sister had “Out of the Blue” on 8-Track! I used to borrow that all the time! (She had Foreigner’s first album on 8-Track, too. “Cold As Ice” was one of the songs that spanned two tracks. Every time I hear it on the radio, I anticipate it fading out in the middle, hearing the “click”,...
- June 30th, 2008, 4:17 pm
- Forum: Sci-fi and Horror
- Topic: Top 10 Scream Queen Beauties
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9454
Top 10 Scream Queen Beauties
In another thread, it was mentioned that Mae Clarke is best remembered for the ol’ grapefruit in the face, which, no doubt, she is. But I commented that I remember her best as the original “bride” of Frankenstein. Coupling that thread with the thread on the 10 Silent Screen Beauties, I figured I’d s...
- June 30th, 2008, 2:42 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What are you listening to?
- Replies: 2246
- Views: 361701
ChiO, What can I say about ELO? I hated them when I was a kid. And then Lynn got involved with George Harrison, over-producing his stuff, sure, but getting some brilliant music from the “Quiet Beatle” nonetheless. (He did a great job on Harrison’s posthumous album, Brainwashed , and co-produced the ...
- June 30th, 2008, 2:35 pm
- Forum: Classic Film Literature
- Topic: Looking for recommendations for good movie reads
- Replies: 46
- Views: 140197
- June 29th, 2008, 1:54 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: WHAT FILMS HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
- Replies: 8121
- Views: 1860559
I want to second mrsl’s recommendation for The Holiday . My wife convinced me we had to see this movie, and, knowing what’s good for me, I agreed. Surprise, surprise, the movie was great fun, with some real chemistry between Kate Winslet and Jack Black. (I like Black in School of Rock and especially...
- June 29th, 2008, 1:42 pm
- Forum: Silents & PreCodes
- Topic: Top 10 Silent Screen Beauties
- Replies: 45
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Gagman wrote: Is there any word on the TCM Archives Lon Chaney Volume 2 Box set that Warner's promised for 2008? The year is better than half over? As far as I know THE BLACKBIRD (1926) was not scheduled to be included! Despite a brillant restoration in 2005, with a Robert Israel score! It makes zer...
- June 29th, 2008, 10:33 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What are you listening to?
- Replies: 2246
- Views: 361701
Another list of the latest cd’s I’ve been listening to that need to be cleared off my desk: Melody Gardot --Worrisome Heart (A nice jazz/vocal album that will probably stay on my desk for the next couple of weeks). The Velvet Underground --Loaded (Even the Velvet’s worst is still good) The Knack --R...
- June 29th, 2008, 9:36 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: WHAT FILMS HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
- Replies: 8121
- Views: 1860559
Ashamed to admit, but I never heard of French filmmaker Raymond Bernard but took a chance on the Criterion Eclipse collection, containing two of his masterpieces. Wooden Crosses , an anti-war film, rivals, and in my estimation is even better than All Quiet on The Western Front The harrowing battle s...