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Post by petrolino on Oct 25, 2020 3:42:03 GMT
Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh-leaning), Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota ... what are some of your favourites?
Thanks!
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Post by petrolino on Oct 25, 2020 3:55:50 GMT
I feel like Michael Cimino's 'The Deer Hunter' depicts a community that exists somewhat in limbo between east coast industry and the midwest, but not being American, this is purely an observation from the U K. Either way, I love the movie.
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Post by bravomailer on Oct 25, 2020 4:27:18 GMT
I feel like Michael Cimino's 'The Deer Hunter' depicts a community that exists somewhat in limbo between east coast industry and the midwest, but not being American, this is purely an observation from the U K. Either way, I love the movie.
I believe at the end, the mills are no longer billowing smoke. They're closed. End of an era.
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Post by petrolino on Oct 25, 2020 4:28:21 GMT
I feel like Michael Cimino's 'The Deer Hunter' depicts a community that exists somewhat in limbo between east coast industry and the midwest, but not being American, this is purely an observation from the U K. Either way, I love the movie.
I believe at the end, the mills are no longer billowing smoke. They're closed. End of an era. Amen.
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Post by bravomailer on Oct 25, 2020 4:30:09 GMT
The Molly Maguires depicts 19th-century Pennsylvania coal mines.  |
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Post by petrolino on Oct 25, 2020 4:32:10 GMT
The Molly Maguires depicts 19th-century coal mines. For anybody interested in the U K, this movie directed by Martin Ritt has been screening on the channel Talking Pictures.
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Post by mattgarth on Oct 25, 2020 4:45:18 GMT
AN AMERICAN ROMANCE (1944) directed by King Vidor, starring Brian Donlevy
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Post by bravomailer on Oct 25, 2020 4:48:34 GMT
All The Right Moves is set in a dying industrial town. Not sure there's any depiction of the workplace though.  |
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Post by petrolino on Oct 25, 2020 5:02:07 GMT
All The Right Moves is set in a dying industrial town. Not sure there's any depiction of the workplace though.
With my first cinema crush. Lea Thompson, who is from Rochester, Minnesota. You might remember her with Kelly Preston in the engaging summer smash 'Space Camp'.
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Post by bravomailer on Oct 25, 2020 5:54:27 GMT
Black Legion (1937) is set in a Midwestern factory town.
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Post by petrolino on Oct 25, 2020 6:16:52 GMT
Black Legion (1937) is set in a Midwestern factory town. Never heard of this movie but I see it's directed by Archie Mayo and features Humphrey Bogart and Ann Sheridan. Thanks so much for the recommendation, bravomailer. I'll look out for it in the usual places.
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Post by bravomailer on Oct 25, 2020 16:48:53 GMT
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Post by marshamae on Oct 25, 2020 16:57:56 GMT
Gung Ho is a film about the culture clash when Japanese businesses buy a US car plant. A good friend was the union rep at GE when they experienced this clash. The film is a pretty funny view of both sides with a plea that unions become a little more flexible and new owners reach out more. Somehow this issue has disappeared . Not sure why?
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Post by bravomailer on Oct 25, 2020 20:58:10 GMT
The Molly Maguires depicts 19th-century coal mines. For anybody interested in the U K, this movie directed by Martin Ritt has been screening on the channel Talking Pictures. Bravo's great-grandfather was on the Mollies' death list back in Shamokin. Not sure why. Nothing came of it.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Oct 25, 2020 23:09:20 GMT
Eraserhead was famously inspired by Pittsburgh (apparently) 
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Post by teleadm on Oct 26, 2020 9:06:11 GMT
Slap Shot 1977, though it's very much a sport movie it also depicts one of those towns that grew up around a giant steel mill, that is soon going to close it's business, and what will happen with their only joy, the local Ice-Hockey team.  
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Post by marshamae on Oct 26, 2020 13:01:10 GMT
Flash Dance! Working class Philadelphia reaching for the stars.
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Post by bravomailer on Oct 26, 2020 14:00:17 GMT
Flash Dance! Working class Philadelphia reaching for the stars. Good one, but I think it was set in Pittsburgh.
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Post by jeffersoncody on Oct 28, 2020 4:09:27 GMT
Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh-leaning),
Thanks!
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Post by vegalyra on Oct 28, 2020 23:42:33 GMT
Funny enough, but the Randolph Scott and John Wayne film "Pittsburgh". Also Shemp Howard of Three Stooges fame makes an appearance. Dietrich seems miscast, but outside of that it's a good film. Kino Lorber has an excellent Blu-ray.  |
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