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- September 16th, 2014, 8:44 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: WHAT FILMS HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
- Replies: 8122
- Views: 1819808
Re: WHAT FILMS HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
Totally understand. There are people who just flat out annoy me & I can't stand watching. Sometimes the the story is so good I enjoy it in spite of them. Other times...
- September 15th, 2014, 1:27 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: WHAT FILMS HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
- Replies: 8122
- Views: 1819808
Re: WHAT FILMS HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
Lonely are the Brave works for me for a variety of reasons. 1) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as western. When you look at Douglas' role, it's clearly based on R.P. McMurphy--right down to breaking out of jail. Douglas loved the book & bought the rights (even played it on stage), but could nev...
- September 15th, 2014, 9:09 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: WHAT FILMS HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
- Replies: 8122
- Views: 1819808
Re: WHAT FILMS HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
Skip to 5:07 for a rundown of the ending:JackFavell wrote:As much as I like Gena Rowlands and the horse, I've never been able to get through to the end of Lonely Are the Brave. Sorry.
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- September 12th, 2014, 1:46 pm
- Forum: Foreign Films
- Topic: Giallo
- Replies: 170
- Views: 154520
Re: Giallo
Cool. All the greats are there (as well as some OK guys, who made a couple of great films!). Tessari & Crispino have really started to shine in my estimations. Tessari's Bloodstained Butterfly (1971) & Death Occurred Last Night (1970) are great films, but when I discovered that he made Pisto...
- September 12th, 2014, 9:24 am
- Forum: Foreign Films
- Topic: Giallo
- Replies: 170
- Views: 154520
Re: Giallo
Sounds great! I will look into this. So many of these movies have limited dialogue because the actors were different nationalities & the voices were dubbed later, just like Spaghetti westerns, so the music & score plays a much greater role than a movie made at the same time in the U.S.. Unfo...
- September 4th, 2014, 9:24 am
- Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
- Topic: The September 2014 Schedule for TCM
- Replies: 52
- Views: 55273
Re: The September 2014 Schedule for TCM
Obsession & The Sniper are great--don't miss them. Another feature not mentioned is The Devil Commands (1941), which rarely plays on TCM. I think it's one of Karloff's finest performances.
- August 19th, 2014, 12:33 pm
- Forum: Foreign Films
- Topic: Giallo
- Replies: 170
- Views: 154520
Re: Giallo
Nice review of Romano Scavolini's Spirits of Death AKA A White Dress for Marialé (1972):
http://atthemansionofmadness.blogspot.c ... s-for.html
http://atthemansionofmadness.blogspot.c ... s-for.html
- August 12th, 2014, 11:27 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: WHAT FILMS HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
- Replies: 8122
- Views: 1819808
Re: WHAT FILMS HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
Blade Runner: The Final Cut (2007) I watched: Blade Runner (1982) several times soon after its release and I liked it very much. It has been perhaps fifteen years since I have watched it so I am sorry to say that I do not remember such details that I can compare the original to this version. I do h...
- July 5th, 2014, 11:20 am
- Forum: Foreign Films
- Topic: Festival of Italian Poliziotteschi in NYC
- Replies: 4
- Views: 15075
Re: Festival of Italian Poliziotteschi in NYC
Yes, Nero was in Confessions of a Police Captain (1971), while Florinda Bolkan is in Investigation of a Citizen Under Suspicion (1970), also classified as Giallo, which brings us to an important point: Many of these films are labeled by genre, but they often mix genres, much like Noir does. I consid...
- July 1st, 2014, 10:50 pm
- Forum: Foreign Films
- Topic: Festival of Italian Poliziotteschi in NYC
- Replies: 4
- Views: 15075
Re: Festival of Italian Poliziotteschi in NYC
I'm sure there was a lot of influence jumping back & forth. Poliziotteschi was in full swing by the early 70's, but roots go back to the mid 60's. Italy was the home of the mob & although some of these flicks were inspired by American gangster films of the 30's, the points of origin are righ...
- July 1st, 2014, 2:20 pm
- Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
- Topic: July 2014 TCM Schedule
- Replies: 23
- Views: 26987
Re: July 2014 TCM Schedule
My picks: Black Moon (1975) To escape a war between men and women, a young girl moves into a fantasy world. Dir: Louis Malle Cast: Cathryn Harrison , Therese Giehse , Alexandra Stewart . Journey to Italy (1955) A married couple seek insight and direction within their relationship in Italy. Dir: Robe...
- June 27th, 2014, 3:04 pm
- Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
- Topic: The June 2014 TCM Schedule
- Replies: 43
- Views: 44443
Re: The June 2014 TCM Schedule
Two great films. The Pawnbroker also has a nice soundtrack by Quincy Jones.kingrat wrote:Monday has a couple of movies I missed at the festival, The Pawnbroker and The Italian Job (1969), so it's time to catch up with them.
- June 25th, 2014, 8:44 am
- Forum: Foreign Films
- Topic: The Spaghetti West
- Replies: 29
- Views: 36985
Re: The Spaghetti West
RIP Eli:
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- June 22nd, 2014, 8:16 pm
- Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
- Topic: The June 2014 TCM Schedule
- Replies: 43
- Views: 44443
Re: The June 2014 TCM Schedule
The fireworks start late:
Zorro (1920)
Blue (1994)
White (1994)
Red (1994)
Haxan (1922)
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Zorro (1920)
Blue (1994)
White (1994)
Red (1994)
Haxan (1922)
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- June 19th, 2014, 11:25 am
- Forum: Foreign Films
- Topic: Festival of Italian Poliziotteschi in NYC
- Replies: 4
- Views: 15075
Festival of Italian Poliziotteschi in NYC
Starts today. If you're in the Big Apple & want to discover more about Italian police thrillers, this would be a good series to attend. Some great films that have never been released in the U.S., including Bandits in Milan (1968) & Confessions of a Police Captain (1971). Trailer: [youtube]ht...