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by Mr. Arkadin
April 15th, 2007, 8:56 am
Forum: Westerns
Topic: Ox - Bow Incident
Replies: 75
Views: 29528

Re: The Ox Bow Incident

Best moment in The Ox Bow Incident : when Henry Fonda reads the letter to Harry Morgan Actually, I will disagree here. I personally think the reading of "the letter" was the flaw of the film. It would have been much better to let us, the audience wonder what the letter contains. I think a...
by Mr. Arkadin
April 15th, 2007, 8:43 am
Forum: Film Noir and Crime
Topic: Nightmare Alley
Replies: 34
Views: 16294

It's hard to pick favorites, but one that's close to my heart is "Force of Evil" (1948). Beautiful dialogue that reads like free verse, wonderful music, and a deep affecting story about two brothers in crime. Lots of interesting shots and camerawork, some of which influenced Copploa and Sc...
by Mr. Arkadin
April 15th, 2007, 8:37 am
Forum: Film Noir and Crime
Topic: Sexy Noir Dames
Replies: 12
Views: 5934

No love for Gloria Grahame?
by Mr. Arkadin
April 15th, 2007, 8:32 am
Forum: Site Talk
Topic: What forums would you like to see?
Replies: 50
Views: 61100

I would like a Foreign Film section.
by Mr. Arkadin
April 15th, 2007, 8:20 am
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: A Face in the Crowd: Social Horror Film?
Replies: 12
Views: 6681

Personally, I think that "Face" is very relevant today. We live in a world of increasing media coverage where so many things are not represented to us as they are--factual, but along political lines, personal opinons, and for monetary gain. It's always been this way, but coverage is so swi...
by Mr. Arkadin
April 15th, 2007, 7:57 am
Forum: The Essentials
Topic: The Great Dictator
Replies: 19
Views: 29112

Totally agree as well. The Great Dictator was a "great" idea for it's time, but not a great film. Chaplin talked about working on the film in his autobiography and said that he was told by Europeans to hurry it along--they wanted and needed to see this film. As a piece of propaganda, it pr...