#26
Posted: 7/27/12 at 11:57pm
Speaking of Carnival of Souls, is the Criterion disc worth seeking out? Thinking of blind-buying it for the 50% off sale.
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#27
Posted: 7/28/12 at 12:02am
Ihave the Criterion disc of La Ronde. Pretty great.
One more attempt at hte Stunt Man poster--I'll have to track the film down now.
#28
Posted: 7/28/12 at 12:05am
Oooooooh, Peter O'Toole and Barbara Hershey!!! I wanna see this!
#29
Posted: 7/28/12 at 12:21am
Yes, Matt, and my sociology professor was the father of the director of Carnosaur....but I guess that film doesn't exactly fit into this discussion. :)
Not many people these days know Edward G. Robinson's The Whole Town's Talking, but it's one of my favorites.
Not many people these days know Edward G. Robinson's The Whole Town's Talking, but it's one of my favorites.
#30
Posted: 7/28/12 at 12:25am
"Stevie"
It's basically a film of the Hugh Whitmore play about the English poet Stevie Smith starring Glenda Jackson, Mona Washburne, Alec McCowen and Trevor Howard. With a cast like that, how can it be anything but wonderful.
It sat on the shelf for a few years, got great reviews when it came out and was nominated and won several awards. Unfortunately, Glenda and Mona weren't eligible for Oscar nominations because the year that the movie was made it had one showing in Los Angeles before it got put on the shelf and, therefore, could not be nominated the year it was released. If it had been eligible, I truly believe that Glenda would have won the Oscar that went to Katharine Hepburn.
It's basically a film of the Hugh Whitmore play about the English poet Stevie Smith starring Glenda Jackson, Mona Washburne, Alec McCowen and Trevor Howard. With a cast like that, how can it be anything but wonderful.
It sat on the shelf for a few years, got great reviews when it came out and was nominated and won several awards. Unfortunately, Glenda and Mona weren't eligible for Oscar nominations because the year that the movie was made it had one showing in Los Angeles before it got put on the shelf and, therefore, could not be nominated the year it was released. If it had been eligible, I truly believe that Glenda would have won the Oscar that went to Katharine Hepburn.
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#31
Posted: 7/28/12 at 12:39am
Yeah the trailer on youtube, and reviews of Stunt Man make it sound really good (I shouldn't be surprised knowing Gaveston's good taste), I'll have to bump it to the top of my list.
OK this film didn't exactly get the best reviews, but I do *love* Hal Prince's first movie, Something for Everyone. I think it's better directed than his Night Music (not hard I know), it has a fun plot of Michael York (pre Cabaret, but still bisexual) sleeping his way through a family, male and female, to get what he wants, including the lady of the house, a brilliant, as always, Angela Lansbury.
The setting (in Austria I believe, like Night Music the film--I guess he liked shooting there and they offered big tax breaks in the 70s) is gorgeous, the very early 70s sexual black humour appeals to me, the script is by Hugh Wheeler (before Prince worked with him on Night Music but I suspect partly why he was hired for that), and a great score by John Kander. I think it's a lot of fun--it's not on DVD to my knowledge and the video was impossible to find, but I found a torrent online a few years back.
OK this film didn't exactly get the best reviews, but I do *love* Hal Prince's first movie, Something for Everyone. I think it's better directed than his Night Music (not hard I know), it has a fun plot of Michael York (pre Cabaret, but still bisexual) sleeping his way through a family, male and female, to get what he wants, including the lady of the house, a brilliant, as always, Angela Lansbury.
The setting (in Austria I believe, like Night Music the film--I guess he liked shooting there and they offered big tax breaks in the 70s) is gorgeous, the very early 70s sexual black humour appeals to me, the script is by Hugh Wheeler (before Prince worked with him on Night Music but I suspect partly why he was hired for that), and a great score by John Kander. I think it's a lot of fun--it's not on DVD to my knowledge and the video was impossible to find, but I found a torrent online a few years back.
#33
Posted: 7/28/12 at 12:48am
"Something for Everyone" should really be a musical. I can see Chrisine Ebersole in the Angela role!
"A coherent existance after so many years of muddle" - Desiree' Armfelt, A Little Night Music
"Life keeps happening everyday, Say Yes" - 70, Girls, 70
"Life is what you do while you're waiting to die" - Zorba
#34
Posted: 7/28/12 at 12:50am
Actually, I never thought about that, but I could really see it working (though they may have to rewrite the ending for another, umm... "effect").
#35
Posted: 7/28/12 at 9:10am
I know a lot of people have heard of it, but does anyone else love "Murder by Death"? Written by Neil Simon?
#36
Posted: 7/28/12 at 9:14am
" THE SEDUCTION OF MIMI "
#37
Posted: 7/28/12 at 9:25am
I was hitting it off with this guy once talking about movies and Netflix. I coyly asked him if he had any suggestions, and he suggested this 1982 movie called She.
Yeah, he's not into you if he is suggesting She.
"We pause this intimidation for a kick line!"
Yeah, he's not into you if he is suggesting She.
"We pause this intimidation for a kick line!"
#38
Posted: 7/28/12 at 2:26pm
The music from The Stunt Man was re-used numerous times as "fake" underscoring on movie trailers.
Brilliant score for a brilliant movie.
Brilliant score for a brilliant movie.
#39
Posted: 7/28/12 at 6:23pm
INTERLUDE, with Oskar Werner.
#40
Posted: 7/28/12 at 10:13pm
I'm gonna have to think about this one because there are so many.
Most of the films I watch would probably fit into this category.
(which doesn't necessarily mean they're any good)
From the ones listed I love House (Hausu). Trippy, surreal, hilarious, and just plain one-of-a-kind craziness.
(Where else have you seen a piano eat people?)
The Host is one of the best monster movies of the last 10 years.
And in general some of the best stuff coming out these days is from South Korea.
Stunt Man is a classic. Lots of Oscar noms for that one.
Murder By Death is hilarious.
Just for starters I'll toss one out that I saw again recently:
Advise and Consent - A brilliant political drama by the great Preminger that's as relevant today as it was in 1962.
Most of the films I watch would probably fit into this category.
(which doesn't necessarily mean they're any good)
From the ones listed I love House (Hausu). Trippy, surreal, hilarious, and just plain one-of-a-kind craziness.
(Where else have you seen a piano eat people?)
The Host is one of the best monster movies of the last 10 years.
And in general some of the best stuff coming out these days is from South Korea.
Stunt Man is a classic. Lots of Oscar noms for that one.
Murder By Death is hilarious.
Just for starters I'll toss one out that I saw again recently:
Advise and Consent - A brilliant political drama by the great Preminger that's as relevant today as it was in 1962.
....but the world goes 'round
#41
Posted: 7/28/12 at 10:55pm
LOVE the Fourth Man! Actually have it on DVD.
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#42
Posted: 7/31/12 at 4:43am
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who loved STUNT MAN. I saw it a few times in the theaters and then many times on cable, but that was 30 years ago! I feared I was sending Eric on a wild goose chase. (But I promise it's better than that terrible tag line: "If God could do the tricks we can...".)
Speaking of Eric, yes, I *loved* SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. Granted, I was only 16, but it seemed pretty shocking in its day.
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Eric, where is that poster from? I have trouble imagining most newspapers in the U.S. agreeing to print it as an ad in 1980.
Speaking of Eric, yes, I *loved* SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. Granted, I was only 16, but it seemed pretty shocking in its day.
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Eric, where is that poster from? I have trouble imagining most newspapers in the U.S. agreeing to print it as an ad in 1980.
Updated On: 7/31/12 at 04:43 AM
#43
Posted: 7/31/12 at 6:44am
I was in college when Stunt Man came out, and a full color glossy poster for it was inserted in our college newspaper.
#44
Posted: 7/31/12 at 6:48am
http://www.onceuponatimeinamerica.net/
Make an effort to see this film ...
Make an effort to see this film ...
The great thing with human brains is they're fanless, nice and quiet although I'm sure mine whistles a bit sometimes.
Updated On: 7/31/12 at 06:48 AM
#45
Flirting With Disaster
Two For the Road
Dead Calm
Punch-Drunk Love
Upside of Anger
City Island
In Bruges
Mimic
Lots of Bergman and Truffaut films have fallen off the radar.
Posted: 7/31/12 at 11:13am
Flirting With Disaster
Two For the Road
Dead Calm
Punch-Drunk Love
Upside of Anger
City Island
In Bruges
Mimic
Lots of Bergman and Truffaut films have fallen off the radar.
#46
Posted: 7/31/12 at 1:20pm
besty, that trailer for "Father Frost" was a freakshow! Reminded me of "The Blue Bird"!
And I swear there's a wizardy character at 0:24 that is the prototype for the Winter Warlock in "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town".
And I swear there's a wizardy character at 0:24 that is the prototype for the Winter Warlock in "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town".
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#47
Posted: 7/31/12 at 4:10pm
Love me some MURDER BY DEATH -- one of those weird little movies that I have somehow gotten committed to memory. One of the funniest movies ever -- I've gotten very fond of Peter Falk's closet case Sam Diamond over the years.
And THE FOURTH MAN -- good mean fun, a shame it has fallen so completely off the map! The only Verhoeven film worth the time it takes to sit through, with a marvelous performance from Jerouen Krabbe.
And THE FOURTH MAN -- good mean fun, a shame it has fallen so completely off the map! The only Verhoeven film worth the time it takes to sit through, with a marvelous performance from Jerouen Krabbe.
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#48
Posted: 7/31/12 at 6:43pm
I was in college when Stunt Man came out, and a full color glossy poster for it was inserted in our college newspaper.
That makes sense to me, jon. I'm thinking of your average newspaper that won't even carry an ad for a film rated NC-17. Was it really going to publish even a drawing of a naked devil? In 1980?
I admit I don't remember the ad campaign for the film. Maybe the "Reagan" backlash hadn't really begun yet.
That makes sense to me, jon. I'm thinking of your average newspaper that won't even carry an ad for a film rated NC-17. Was it really going to publish even a drawing of a naked devil? In 1980?
I admit I don't remember the ad campaign for the film. Maybe the "Reagan" backlash hadn't really begun yet.
Updated On: 7/31/12 at 06:43 PM
#49
Posted: 7/31/12 at 6:48pm
Roscoe, it scares me when we whole heartedly agree on something... but The Fourth Man deserves the praise!!! Going to pull it off the shelf and watch it again tonight!
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#50
Posted: 7/31/12 at 7:18pm
Gaveston, it's just a random link from googling the title, but it seems to be a popular poster as it came up on a number of poster shops' sites. I found the film, so will try to watch it this week (apparently, a few years back there was a documentary made about some major behind the scenes turmoil while making the film).
