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Err... changed my mind. Congo was quite entertaining and definitely didn't deserve its critical bashing. But that Romanian accent of Curry was really
very bad, I could even tell it slipped occasionally (and if I can tell it, it's really very obvious).
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Yesterday I finally saw Laurel and Hardy's The Music Box, which involves the dynamic duo delivering a piano to a house on the top of some
VERY long stairs. It's great!
And today I bought and watched The Secret Of Moonacre. I'd never have bought it after it's Dutch title (roughly translates to "The
Moonprincess And The Secret Of The White Horse"), but it was directed by Gabor Csupo (of early Simpsons, Duckman and Bridge to Tarabithia fame) and it
has, yes, Tim Curry.
It turned out to be amazingly beautiful!
It's all on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnX3eVKLcV4
but the screen is so small it doesn't do justice to the film.
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Bought Bartok the Magnificent for the same reason as all the others... and it was actually quite fun! Then again I have a fond love for Russian
folklore...
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Now this one was truly an addition to the Grand List (about 30 movies I have that I could never pick favourites from):
Tales From Earthsea.
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Virgin Suicides. One of the girls is called Bonnie. Hm.
It's very creepy, even when you can be sure how it ends (besides I read the plot summary on Wikipedia). And I failed to recognize Danny DeVito.
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We recently got a deal on movie channels. They're free for 5 months. I forgot just how much crap HBO and Cinemax show. And 70 percent of Showtime
movies I've never heard of. But anyway, huge thumbs up for Beverly Hills Chihuahua.
Hi there.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BBP
Karakter
A Clockwork Orange
Goldfinger, and all Connery and Dalton Bonds
Once upon a Time in the West
Knetter!
The Black Cauldron
The Three Caballeros
Donald Duck in Mathmagicland
Baby Snakes
Cats
People vs Larry Flint
Frank Zappa phase 2: The Big Note
Fahrenheit 911
Bowling for Columbine
South Park, Bigger, Longer, Uncut
Forgot: Modern Times, The Great Dictator
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That was a long time ago, so it seems. I now have some 30, 40 movies that I love so much I wouldn't pick favourites, though at gunpoint I'd say
Karakter.
-Karakter (Dutch book-to-film, drama)
-Knetter (Dutch children's film I like to call my biopic)
-Fanfare (Dutch comedy)
-Glas (Dutch documentary)
-Father & Daughter (Dutch animated short)
-Lola Rennt (Run Lola Run)
-Der Untergang
-Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain
-Delicatessen (French black comedy)
-Un Long Dimanche Des Fiançailles (French drama)
-La Cage Aux Folles (original French/Italian comedy)
-A Fistful Of Dollars
-For A Few Dollars More
-The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
-Once Upon A Time In The West
-Tales From Earthsea (Japanese animation)
-Dr Strangelove
-The Shining
-Full Metal Jacket
-Lolita
-Barry Lyndon
-2001: A Space Odyssey
-A Clockwork Orange
-Rocky Horror Picture Show
-Clue
-200 Motels
-The Great Dictator
-Psycho
-Tod Browning's Freaks
-The Music Box (Laurel & Hardy short)
-My Fair Lady
-Goldfinger
-People vs Larry Flynt
-South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut
-Memento
-Destino (Dali/Disney animated short)
Cats is now off the list: I realized I never watched it in full. That's just too much.
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Yesterday I watched Hitchcock's The Trouble With Harry. It's a delightful black comedy!
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And two days ago I saw The Birds. Great film!
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One movie they often play in France around Christmas is Ghostbusters, and I really like this movie so I had the pleasure of watching it on friday
afternoon, as well as Ghostbusters 2. Woooooooooooow.
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Watched Muppets Treasure Island today, that is the last 30 minutes. Hmmm.
And Hitchcock's Rope. It's the worst of the five Hitchcock's I've seen this far, but I liked it nonetheless. We primarily watched it because
it's so short.
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Citizen Kane. I'm not very fond of some of the acting (notably Susan Alexander), otherwise it's a fantastic movie, and I'm very glad I finally saw it.
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Hi!
While Citizen Kane attacked the real life William Randolph Hearst, the depiction of his starlet 'wife' played by Susan Alexander was not very
accurate. It attempted tomake Hearst look worse and made Marion Davies into a caricature trhat she didn't deserve.
I never had known this story of such a starlet that turned out to be
quite a bit more than that and actually really found it absorbing in
lots of ways.
I had seen the movie Citizen Kane but didn't know any of the
references or what it may have related to...
So if you're interested
To find instead that the real Marion Davies while moving from showgirl
to silent movies and from there to 'talkies' while capitalizing on not
just the newyork jetset but William Randolph Hearst... well, and to
turn out being as a result of all that, such a genuine person to all these
Hollywood phonies ... for decades. It's just amazing. She got to
play opposite Cary Grant and Clark Gable, Charlie Chaplin was what
you'd call a suitor and she would hold endless get together's at San
Simeon (still extant) and her famous beach house which is now long gone. I still can't get
over Tennessee Williams (notorious crank) saying that Marion Davies by
herself made up for all the rest of Hollywood.
I don't think I've ever been to San Simeon, but now really want to go.
Anyway there are links below,
hope you are well, love
ned
the True Story of Marion Davies (60 min ) is Narrated by Charlize
Theron. I thought she had more to do with it. Ah well,
http://video.asterpix.com/v/20159711/the-true-story-of-marion-davie...
and here's the second in another series that starts the series on
Hearst and then
Welles...comparing their lives and centering on the story of Kane and
Welles' depiction of Hearst, with a consequent focus on Davies. I
can't find the first;
but even so it runs nearly two hours, and told in a Ken Burns style;
more insight on Davies is found in the 6th and 7th parts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ukgdq0TxaQ&
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From Wikipedia:
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Movie tycoon Jules Brulatour's second and third wives, Dorothy Gibson and Hope Hampton, both fleeting stars of the silent screen who later had
marginal careers in opera, are believed to have provided inspiration for the Susan Alexander character.
Orson Welles also claimed that business tycoon Harold Fowler McCormick's lavish promotion of his second wife, Ganna Walska, was a direct influence on
the screenplay. McCormick spent thousands of dollars on voice lessons for her and even arranged for Walska to take the lead in a production of Zaza at
the Chicago Opera in 1920. Like the Susan Alexander character, she had a terrible voice, pleasing only to McCormick. But unlike Alexander, Walska got
into an argument with director Pietro Cimini during dress rehearsal and stormed out of the production before she appeared. Roger Ebert, in his DVD
commentary on Citizen Kane, also suggests that the Alexander character was based on Walska, and had very little to do with Marion Davies.[16] The
film's composer Bernard Herrmann also suggests that Kane is based on McCormick but also in great part on Welles himself.[17]
Other sources say the Alexander role — and the disastrous opera singing — is a composite of Hampton, Davies, Walska, and the story of Samuel Insull,
who built the Chicago Civic Opera House in 1929 for his daughter, who hoped to become famous and sing at the Metropolitan Opera but never did.
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Plus you shouldn't forget that Hearst's life story was a large inspiration source, but Citizen Kane is not his biopic.
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of course, not a biopic, a multi-tiered slam!
I never thought to look at wikipedia .... I learned stuff.
Thanx!!!
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Just watched Spirited Away, finally! It's amazing! So many epic characters... an Oscar well deserved.
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Had some more Hitches.
I love Frenzy! The potato truck scene is THE BEST!
Interestingly, one of the pictures in Ross's room also appears in the main hall of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. I now wonder whether it's a genuine
work of art, or Rocky's prop master raided the Frenzy leftovers.
Also saw Shadow Of A Doubt, which was one of Hitch's favourites, but I didn't like it that much. Even though that little girl did a great
job.
Today I watched National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon. Not bad, not bad. And Tim Curry in drag. Whee!
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I managed to view some classics in the hospital. Although My Fair Lady didn't work and the Godfather was the version with director's commentary, I did
have a great time with:
Casablanca
Little Princess (starring Shirley Temple)
Lady Play Your Mandolin!
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Two more goodies I've recently seen:
Blue Money
The Man Who Knew Too Much
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haven't seen those,,,
but did go and see avatar, twice. It's OK.
We had gone to see it on the IMAX but the projector wouldn't start so they gave us free tix to come back AND a voucher to see the 3d version down the
hall. The effects are alright, the story is alright but what I liked was the number of questions it asked. The plot has to have answers as problems
resolved but they at least put the questions back on people's minds. Things may not turn out as neatly as in the movies.
For example, do morals actually exist?
What right do we have to extend our morals on other people, other races, other planets?
Or lack of morals? For example, Is it right for us to mine other planets if we have bigger guns and can take it?
I don't think so but what will stop those who think we have the right to take what we want wherever we find it if we can?
All in all too much heavy propaganda for me, it makes it predictable, but the audience is given good questions, at least. Some to think about with
all the special effects and battle sequences.
Hope you are having a decent weekend!
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