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- September 3rd, 2014, 12:44 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: The Gardening Shed
- Replies: 111
- Views: 83117
Re: The Gardening Shed
I've developed a game. Backstory : The Chairman of the Board & founder of Mrs. ChiO's company raises hundreds of heirloom tomatoes from seed in his greenhouse. Each Spring he produces about a 20-page booklet describing each variety - growing conditions, taste, etc. - with color pictures. We alwa...
- September 2nd, 2014, 5:42 am
- Forum: General TV and Media
- Topic: College Profs on Film: Good, Bad or Just Ewwww?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 47900
Re: College Profs on Film: Good, Bad or Just Ewwww?
Sugarpuss O'Shea found a grand group of perfessers.
Best marriage material: Professor Bertram Potts or Professor Magenbruch? Discuss.
Best marriage material: Professor Bertram Potts or Professor Magenbruch? Discuss.
- September 1st, 2014, 3:29 pm
- Forum: General TV and Media
- Topic: College Profs on Film: Good, Bad or Just Ewwww?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 47900
Re: College Profs on Film: Good, Bad or Just Ewwww?
There was this professor in a 1973 film. The actor reprised the role on TV from 1978 to 1986. I started law school in 1978, and there were two kinds of law professors at that time: those who emulated Prof. Kingsfield and those who tried not to, but couldn't help themselves. Not "good" or &...
- August 30th, 2014, 5:48 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: HOT OFF PRESS!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 25411
Re: HOT OFF PRESS!
I'm at a loss since T.E. Lawrence was dead before the start of WWII. That would have been quite the adventure in the Middle East.
- August 12th, 2014, 1:13 pm
- Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
- Topic: Gone With or Without fanfare
- Replies: 2721
- Views: 802802
Re: Gone With or Without fanfare
If I were the emcee on Improv Night in the Great Beyond, I have no idea who I have have opening among Lenny Bruce , Andy Kaufman , Jonathan Winters and Richard Pryo r. But I do know that, for their benefit, I'd have Robin Williams closing because otherwise the audience would have no energy left for ...
- August 6th, 2014, 3:53 pm
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: SAMUEL FULLER: Film Is a Battleground
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9304
Re: SAMUEL FULLER: Film Is a Battleground
Okay, you Fuller Fans (or the Fuller curious) in the NYC area -- Dave Kehr (very late of Chicago) is curating a Samuel Fuller retrospective at MoMA...starting tonight! I have seen the documentary or HATS OFF (his first screen credit as a writer - but it's Poverty Row with John Payne , so how bad can...
- August 6th, 2014, 1:49 pm
- Forum: General TV and Media
- Topic: Things I Learned about Traveling from Classic Movies
- Replies: 17
- Views: 24430
Re: Things I Learned about Traveling from Classic Movies
And never, ever pump gas for a car full of masked female juvenile delinquents!
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- July 27th, 2014, 6:10 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: I need suggestions for non-movie-related action.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 20202
Re: I need suggestions for non-movie-related action.
Something that will make him suffer for years? Something relatively simple?
Has anyone suggested marriage?
Has anyone suggested marriage?
- July 26th, 2014, 8:46 am
- Forum: Classic Film on DVD
- Topic: Upcoming Criterion Releases
- Replies: 8
- Views: 17569
Re: Upcoming Criterion Releases
It's Christmas in August!
Yesterday, I pre-ordered Criterion's upcoming (finally!) release of Cassavetes' LOVE STREAMS.
And Siegel's RIOT IN CELL BLOCK 11 while I was at it.
Thereby replacing the so-so copies I have.
Yesterday, I pre-ordered Criterion's upcoming (finally!) release of Cassavetes' LOVE STREAMS.
And Siegel's RIOT IN CELL BLOCK 11 while I was at it.
Thereby replacing the so-so copies I have.
- July 25th, 2014, 11:06 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: LISTS
- Replies: 547
- Views: 194649
Re: LISTS
It's neat to conclude this survey with ChiO picking the same top three. I'd have given odds that would never happen. Who woulda thunk? And ChiO, thanks for pointing out the Conrad Hall connection to Richard Brooks' two most visually remarkable films. Always happy to help imprint cinematographers' n...
- July 25th, 2014, 9:18 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: LISTS
- Replies: 547
- Views: 194649
Re: LISTS
Red, Watching WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? , I get a sense that it is real - not "realistic", which conveys to me that the actors are trying to portray "real", but that it truly is real. And "real" gives me a sense of improvisation - not that there isn't a script to ...
- July 24th, 2014, 7:38 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: LISTS
- Replies: 547
- Views: 194649
Re: LISTS
With 1966, I find it hard to find ten English language films of those I've seen to rave about (other than the first two on my list). Five non-English language films that would otherwise be among my ten favorites would be, in order of preference: AU HASARD BALTHASAR (Robert Bresson), ANDREI RUBLEV (T...
- July 24th, 2014, 9:06 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Favorite Quotes
- Replies: 27
- Views: 32648
Re: Favorite Quotes
Dear Knitty,
My nine movie quotes preceding Red's: First three from ANNIE HALL, the next three from PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM, and the last three from SLEEPER. All written and spoken by Woody Allen. Now I feel really old: 50 directing credits in just under a 50 year directing career.
My nine movie quotes preceding Red's: First three from ANNIE HALL, the next three from PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM, and the last three from SLEEPER. All written and spoken by Woody Allen. Now I feel really old: 50 directing credits in just under a 50 year directing career.
- July 24th, 2014, 8:55 am
- Forum: Film Noir and Crime
- Topic: Noir Films
- Replies: 939
- Views: 370360
Re: Noir Films
Sometimes one watches a movie with no particular expectations, but just because. Then... Wow, WOW, WOW! Thus it was with THE LONG WAIT (Victor Saville 1954). A hitchhiker is picked up on Route 66 at night. The vehicle rolls off the road and bursts into flames, but the hitchhiker is thrown clear. He ...
- July 23rd, 2014, 8:54 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Favorite Quotes
- Replies: 27
- Views: 32648
Re: Favorite Quotes
From the pen and mouth of one of my favorite humorists: The country makes me nervous. There’s crickets and it’s quiet… there’s no place to walk after dinner… there’s screens with the dead moths behind them… you’ve got the Manson family possibly, you got Dick and Perry…. - Alvy Singer Don't you see t...