Thanks for sharing your experiences Lynn and April, everything sounds like a dream come true. I have no doubt that both your chats with Robert Osborne must have been very insightful and interesting.
It's kind of uncanny -in a weird way- that "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" (1949) was the movie chosen for your guest programming Lynn, because it's a film I had seen (on DVD) in a store for many months, before I finally made up my mind and bought it....then I've been wanting to see it for -again- many months but I've never gotten around to.... and when my wife asked which films I wanted her to take to the Clinic -this week- among them I chose "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon", although actually I did not watch it. Now, definitely, before I go back to work next Wednesday, I'll see it.
Feo! I'm so glad you are back home and I hope speedily on the mend. I think you will find the ravishing images of She Wore a Yellow Ribbon particularly soothing at this time. It is more (to me) a series of "vignettes" in a man's life, and told with a natural background so exquisite as to make you wonder---if this were today---if it were CGI generated. But no, that really is a REAL thunderstorm that long blue line is walking amidst.
"There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education." -- Will Rogers
It certainly was a thrill of a lifetime for any movie buff, especially after 60 years.
Robert Osborne is a super gent and made us all feel at home, as did the staff and crew. We were treated like royalty.
It was nice meeting with my comrades from SSO and TCM since they were all so nice.
My choice of 10 films were:
"Double Indemnity" (the film that was chosen)
"The Grapes of Wrath"
"The Last Picture Show"
"Marty"
"Sunset Blvd."
"The Sunshine Boys"
"The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"
"A Tree Grows In Brooklyn"
"What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"
"White Heat"
Of course my experience didn't go without incident. When I was about to shoot with Robert (which he prefers to be called) someone yelled "He forgot his socks"!
Can you imagine how I felt putting on my socks in front of Robert? Yikes, you never saw someone put on socks so fast in your life.
He attempted to ease my embarrasment by telling me that Elizabeth Taylor forgot to wear her shoes when she attended Liza Minnelli's wedding. What a guy!
And then the hair and make-up woman literally pasted my hair to my usually curly head (what little I have left).
And to top it off I forgot to wear my glasses which I left in the dressingroom. Was I nervous...no, not me.
Here is a look at my list of ten films that I submitted:
1. To Kill a Mockingbird
Be aware, as much as I love this film (and I really do love it), I probably can't talk about it without crying.
2. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
A chance to talk about Ford and myth and it coming full circle. The other myth driven films center around the uplifting this one looks at the dark side. And two outstanding performances by Wayne and Lee Marvin.
3. Ocean's 11
The Las Vegas Strip of our collective memory. Was it ever that quaint?
4 The Searchers
As dark as Ford and Wayne ever got and in doing so delivered a masterpiece.
5. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Lest we forget. Another one I'd probably cry talking about.
6. Chinatown
Everybody thinks they know the story of water and Los Angeles because they have seen this movie.
7. The Godfather
Best film from the second golden age of Hollywood. Underneath all the drama, the simple story of a family.
8. The Man in the Iron Mask (Doug Fairbanks, Sr)
Did anyone have more fun making films than Doug, Sr?
9. Cinema Paradiso
The final montage is one of the best valentines ever to the world of cinema.
10. LA Confidential
Another look at Los Angeles and they way we thought it was.
Lynn in Lake Balboa
"Film is history. With every foot of film lost, we lose a link to our culture, to the world around us, to each other and to ourselves."
"For me, John Wayne has only become more impressive over time." Marty Scorsese
This is soooo exciting. Congratulations to all. I'm really looking forward to this. Thank you so much for sharing. I wish everyone would list what their top ten were. Wow! Is it April yet?!
I'm over the moon with the excitement surrounding this event and am delighted that several of our online buds will be front and center to share their love of movies with the rest of the world, (as if we didn't know). You guys have been teaching me deeper and more detailed film appreciation for years now, and it's great to think of your infectious enthusiasm and knowledge being shared with others on a broader stage. It's wonderful to know that RO is as kind and welcoming as he seems on screen each night.
I hope that Peter will stop by to share his reasons for choosing the unjustly obscure Those Lips, Those Eyes (1980).
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Here is my Top 10 that I agonzied, perspired and swore
under my breath over (look what was #3!):
1. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962, John Ford)
2. The Misfits (1960, John Huston) 3. Gone with the Wind (1939, Victor Fleming)
4. Man of the West (1958, Anthony Mann)
5. How Green Was My Valley (1941, John Ford)
6. Ten North Frederick (1958, Philip Dunne)
7. Charade (1963, Stanley Donen)
8. The Shop Around the Corner (1940, Ernst Lubitsch)
9. My Man Godfrey (1936, Gregory LaCava)
10.Young Mr. Lincoln (1939, John Ford)
It's a good thing I didn't get TMWSLV, because, like Lynn,
I would have dissolved into a sob-fest. I'm not sure I come
off much more rational with GWTW, but at least I didn't blubber.
"There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education." -- Will Rogers
Well, that's what I get for posting my congrats before my morning tea! I'm afraid I'm not having a very good week. I'm sorry, Peter/filmlover. Hope you'll forgive me.
I can't wait to see you all. Did they tell you what to wear? Were you made up? How long did they give you for your segments? Did you have more than 30 minutes, to be edited, or did they watch the clock?
Oh, please, if he isn't, don't shatter the dream!!!!!!!
Actually, from what I've already read in this thread and the one at TCM, it sounds like he is a true gentleman. sigh.....why can't we meet guys like that????
"Life is not the way it's supposed to be.. It's the way it is..
The way we cope with it, is what makes the difference." ~ Virginia Satir
""Most people pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it." ~ Soren Kierkegaard
jdb1 wrote:I can't wait to see you all. Did they tell you what to wear? Were you made up? How long did they give you for your segments? Did you have more than 30 minutes, to be edited, or did they watch the clock?
Is RO as dreamy in person as he looks on TV?
They did have make-up artists and as long as you didn't wear
red (because the chairs are red) or white, you made your own decisions
on wardrobe. I am NOT happy with my hair or makeup but, sigh,
I was too nervous to be a diva about it. I think I may have ended
up looking like a CNN anchorwoman, lol! Oh well.
But all I can say for Robert Osborne is that he was a prince
and a gentleman and EXACTLY as he seems to be on the show.
Very approachable, friendly and, of course, so knowledgeable and
ready to share his experiences and stories. A wonderful host in
every respect.
"There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education." -- Will Rogers
