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| billyweeds |
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mo_flixx wrote: I'm curious...who do you think the most obnoxious person on "Person to Person" is?
I'd vote for Kirk Douglas who is intent on impressing viewers with playing tennis at night with his wife and showing off his soda fountain for absent older sons (they live with their mother in CT) Michael and [was it Eric??].
I'm sorry, but why are we discussing an ancient television show? Has it just been revived? Clue me in. |
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 10:12 am |
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Syd wrote: I always picture, "The Americans bomb Hiroshima...And You Are There."
Followed by everyone watching the show being incinerated.
This isn't as far-fetched as you might believe. The Americans DID broadcast above ground atomic tests from Nevada on the TODAY SHOW in the early '50's.
I believe many crew and military personnel developed cancers later. |
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 10:14 am |
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billyweeds wrote: mo_flixx wrote: I'm curious...who do you think the most obnoxious person on "Person to Person" is?
I'd vote for Kirk Douglas who is intent on impressing viewers with playing tennis at night with his wife and showing off his soda fountain for absent older sons (they live with their mother in CT) Michael and [was it Eric??].
I'm sorry, but why are we discussing an ancient television show? Has it just been revived? Clue me in.
billy, "Person to Person" is now OUT ON DVD on a 3-disc set. Both Befade and I have watched it.
The references to tv's YOU ARE THERE come of my viewing Peter Watkins' film "La Commune," disc 1. |
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| ehle64 |
| Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 11:24 am |
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billyweeds wrote: Wade--Watched Le Temps qui Reste (I think that's the title, right?) on your recommendation. I'm not quite as wild about it as you are, but it was really good, and thanks for the heads-up. I never would have seen it without your review. Great to see Jeanne Moreau, who is as riveting as ever.
Thanks so much. I realize that Le temps qui reste is a very personal recommendation and I am completely thrilled that you saw it. I also realize that it's a very personal film. One that isn't going to be everyone's cuppa. Jeanne Moreau is a Goddess. Melvil Poupaud, a God. They both get my Blanche noms.
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 12:09 pm |
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I also recommend "Le Temps Qui Reste." Try to watch the interview with Ozon in the extras. It will add insight.
BTW, this film played for MONTHS in Paris at a repertory house. It was very popular there. |
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| ehle64 |
| Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 12:16 pm |
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| I just put it in. Do you mean the Making Of featurette? |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 12:43 pm |
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| Mo..........I've only seen disc one of Person to Person. I'd say Esther Williams was the bossiest. She wouldn't let Ed see her pool and diverted him to her 18' x 18' laundry room. |
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| ehle64 |
| Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 12:50 pm |
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I can't believe this. The making of Featurette is so f'n cool. He shows the whole making of the FISTing scene. How ballsy. Ozon's a GOD. |
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 2:34 pm |
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Befade wrote: Mo..........I've only seen disc one of Person to Person. I'd say Esther Williams was the bossiest. She wouldn't let Ed see her pool and diverted him to her 18' x 18' laundry room.
Esther WAS bossy (poor Mr. Esther Williams - not Fernando Lamas at that time btw), but Kirk is more obnoxious. |
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| Ghulam |
| Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 11:51 pm |
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| Coen brothers The Big Lebowski turned out to be a lot better than I had expected. The Bridges/Goodman duo is a riot. Funniest assortment of oddballs one would ever want to see. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 7:54 am |
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Ghulam wrote: Coen brothers The Big Lebowski turned out to be a lot better than I had expected. The Bridges/Goodman duo is a riot. Funniest assortment of oddballs one would ever want to see.
I've found that it even gets better with repeated viewings. |
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| Ghulam |
| Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 10:32 pm |
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| The Taiwanese movie Three Times (2005) directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien tells three love srories set in three different periods (1911, 1966 and 2005), using the sames actors. Differences in man-woman relations at different time periods are subtly drawn. The dialogue is sparse, and action is minimal. Nothing much happens in any of the three stories. One can appreciate the composition and beauty of individual scenes, and the slow pace and lingering scenes, reminiscent of Ozu, whom the director reveres, and in whose honor he made an earlier film Cafe Lumiere which I enjoyed a lot more than this one. |
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| chillywilly |
| Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 12:31 pm |
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Finally getting somewhat caught up on my movie watching.
Good Night and Good Luck
A great movie and one that I thought that Clooney did great in, both acting and directing. Of course, David Strathairn as Edward R Murrow was excellent. The story was good and even though it seemed a bit slow at times, it was a story told well. A nice touch was to make the film in black and white.
Why We Fight
For those of us that already are against the war in Iraq, this is a documentary that speaks volumes about the nature of war, especially ones that were mirred in extreme political dealings. I enjoyed this film and how they did their best to look at it from an unbiased view.
Mission Impossible III
I pretty much had decided to avoid this film, not because I think Tom Cruise is a wacky nut job in his personal life, but I just didn't think we needed a third M:I film. I liked the previous two films and thought both stood well on their own. But it was the lure of Philip Seymour Hoffman that had me decide to add this to my rental list. PSH made a good bad guy and one that I felt kept his persona in check for most of the film. Tom Cruise wasn't too bad either, but I thought some of his crazyness of his personal life bled through into the Ethan Hunt character.
Flightplan
Another film I was ready to take a pass on, but decided at the last minute to sit down and watch this with my fiance. It ended up being much better than I expected, with a cool twist at the end. Peter Sarsgaard was great and provided a compelling performance that kept me on my seat. Jodie Foster had a good role as a grieving spouse, but she seemed a bit over the top at times. I know her character required that, but it could have been toned down a touch.
Little Miss Sunshine
This film started out looking a lot like a Wes Anderson movie, but then morphed into something a lot more entertaining. All of the characters worked well together and I really liked Steve Carell's character of a guy who was tops on the collegate scene and fell from grace in a wacked-out way. The whole story about a quirky little girl hoping to win the Little Miss Sunshine contest and it's funny and entertaining ending, was fun to watch. A cool performance by Alan Arkin, which towards the end of the film, had a National Lampoon's "Vacation" feel to it. |
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| ehle64 |
| Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 1:12 pm |
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| I don't think I've ever seen one of the Vacation movies all the way through, so I don't get the comparison. However, my friend brought her copy of Little Miss Sunshine over this weekend and it was my second viewing after seeing it in the theaters earlier LAST year (hehehe). Solid comedy that stays near the top of my Best of 2006 filmwatching experiences. This film gives great heart. |
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| chillywilly |
| Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 1:16 pm |
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| The first VACATION movie's underlying theme was pretty familar in LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE. Olive didn't end up at Wally World, but the ending added that familar touch. |
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