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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jun 23, 2018 19:36:07 GMT
THE MANIPULATOR 1971
IMDB review:
"The legendary Mickey Rooney gives an incredibly wild, hammy and over-the-top full-tilt insane, inspired and uninhibited performance as B.J. Lang, a deranged and delusional psychotic washed-up Hollywood has-been who thinks he's a great successful big-time film director ala Orson Welles. Lang relentlessly torments and terrorizes hapless lovely aspiring actress Carlotta (the beautiful Luana Anders) on a dingy and decrepit abandoned studio back lot: he rants and raves to himself with rip-snorting gonzo aplomb, spoon feeds her baby food, impersonates an effeminate make-up artist (Rooney sports bright red lipstick and gaudy blue eye shadow!), pretends to have a fatal massive heart attack, and occasionally breaks into these astounding impromptu a cappella renditions of "Chattanooga Choo Choo" which he heartily belts out in this pained hoarse'n'wheezy croak of a voice.
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Post by petrolino on Jun 24, 2018 1:47:57 GMT
THE MANIPULATOR 1971 IMDB review: "The legendary Mickey Rooney gives an incredibly wild, hammy and over-the-top full-tilt insane, inspired and uninhibited performance as B.J. Lang, a deranged and delusional psychotic washed-up Hollywood has-been who thinks he's a great successful big-time film director ala Orson Welles. Lang relentlessly torments and terrorizes hapless lovely aspiring actress Carlotta (the beautiful Luana Anders) on a dingy and decrepit abandoned studio back lot: he rants and raves to himself with rip-snorting gonzo aplomb, spoon feeds her baby food, impersonates an effeminate make-up artist (Rooney sports bright red lipstick and gaudy blue eye shadow!), pretends to have a fatal massive heart attack, and occasionally breaks into these astounding impromptu a cappella renditions of "Chattanooga Choo Choo" which he heartily belts out in this pained hoarse'n'wheezy croak of a voice. Mickey Rooney dictated his own distinguished "love-hate" relationship with horror cinema based upon moral outrage and supposed religious ideals, nevermind his 8 marriages and supposed countless affairs. All the reports he squandered money instead of bequeathing were probably true and he constantly contradicted himself in interviews. But he could act, by God, he could act up a storm. |
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Post by petrolino on Jun 24, 2018 1:49:01 GMT
petrolino : Valley of the Dolls (1967) comes to mind. I've actually never seen it, but I've heard about it enough times, and have read the plot description, to gather that it must fit in the category of "films about the dark side of Hollywood."
Strong shout, no doubt. |
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Jun 24, 2018 2:02:33 GMT
A Face in the Crowd. Just an incredible film.
What Makes Sammy Run was just too obvious.
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Post by kijii on Jun 24, 2018 2:18:07 GMT
Too Much, Too Soon (1958)
A Star is Born (all four versions)
Beloved Infidel (1959)
Mommie Dearest (1981)
The Last Tycoon (1976)
Fedora (1978)
Trumbo (2015)
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Jun 24, 2018 15:13:59 GMT
THE LAST TYCOON
HURLYBURLY
ELLIE PARKER
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Post by petrolino on Jun 25, 2018 21:51:08 GMT
THE LAST TYCOON HURLYBURLY ELLIE PARKER I like 'Ellie Parker'. Naomi Watts, Mark Pellegrino and director Scott Coffey worked together on 'Mulholland Dr.' Jennifer Syme was a close associate of David Lynch who passed away the year 'Mulholland Dr.' was released.
Not heard of 'Hurlyburly'.
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Jun 26, 2018 6:54:38 GMT
THE LAST TYCOON HURLYBURLY ELLIE PARKER I like 'Ellie Parker'. Naomi Watts, Mark Pellegrino and director Scott Coffey worked together on 'Mulholland Dr.' Jennifer Syme was a close associate of David Lynch who passed away the year 'Mulholland Dr.' was released.
Not heard of 'Hurlyburly'.
i recommend HURLYBURLY. it has a great sean penn. anna paquin is great too. |
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Post by bravomailer on Jun 26, 2018 12:48:37 GMT
Martin Ritt's The Front (1976), though set in NYC, looks at HUAC and the Hollywood blacklist. Ritt, Zero Mostel, and a few others involved in the film had been blacklisted.
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Post by jervistetch on Jun 26, 2018 19:33:02 GMT
How is it that I’ve never heard of INSERTS? I must seek it out.
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Jun 26, 2018 20:57:42 GMT
based on leo tolstoy, 5/5 from me!
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Jun 29, 2018 5:57:09 GMT
another one - GUILTY BY SUSPICTION
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Post by petrolino on Jun 29, 2018 21:43:36 GMT
based on leo tolstoy, 5/5 from me! Very interesting movie about the dark side of the film business. As is director Bernard Rose's next picture, 'Snuff-Movie' (2005). |
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Post by petrolino on Jun 29, 2018 21:45:40 GMT
I don't think anyone mentioned INSERTS (1975), starring Richard Dreyfuss, Veronica Cartwright, and Bob Hoskins. Not a great movie by any means, and one that's very hard to watch (grim and explicit), but Veronica Cartwright's performance as a drug-addicted porn star is utterly brilliant. She deserved an Oscar nomination for it and, had it been a different kind of film, she probably would have received one.
Fascinating drama, brilliantly acted by Richard Dreyfuss, Veronica Cartwright and Jessica Harper, with Bob Hoskins as Big Mac. |
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Jun 30, 2018 0:15:12 GMT
based on leo tolstoy, 5/5 from me! Very interesting movie about the dark side of the film business. As is director Bernard Rose's next picture, 'Snuff-Movie' (2005). yep. big fan of his. his 'anna karenina' and 'immortal beloved' are awesome too. |
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Post by petrolino on Jun 30, 2018 0:25:40 GMT
Very interesting movie about the dark side of the film business. As is director Bernard Rose's next picture, 'Snuff-Movie' (2005). yep. big fan of his. his 'anna karenina' and 'immortal beloved' are awesome too. I like 'Candyman' (Candyman ... Candyman ... Candyman ...)  |
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