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Post by kijii on Jul 26, 2018 18:13:48 GMT
I love this movie!!! One of the best of its kind.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 27, 2018 3:00:27 GMT
Lebowskidoo 🦞 Now that you have gotten your feet wet, find Sullivan's Travels for another Veronica Lake treat !
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Post by jeffersoncody on Jul 27, 2018 5:46:51 GMT
ON CHESIL BEACH (2017). Rating: 8 out of 10. Recommended. The Deadly Companions (1961). Rating: 7 out of 10. Early Sam Peckinpah film isn't a great western, but it's a good one with a few quirky, signature touches, and it beautifully photographed in widescreen by William H. Clothier. Recommended to Peckinpah fans.
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Post by teleadm on Jul 27, 2018 16:59:47 GMT
Paint Your Wagon 1969, directed by Joshua Logan (last movie he directed), based on a 1951 Broadway musical by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, staring Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, Jean Seberg, Harve Presnell, Ray Walston, Tom Ligon, Alan Dexter and many others. Musical about two unlikely prospector partners (Marvin, Eastwood) who share the same wife (Seberg) in a California gold rush mining town. The three stars must have been cast by eying their box-office value, Marvin and Eastwood do indeed sing but Seberg was dubbed. The dialogue seems very bawdy and the story very immoral for a 1951 musical, but it might have been updated to suit the audiences of 1969. What I liked was that the outdoor scenes was actually shot outdoors, near Baker City, Oregon, and they are beautiful. There is also a sort of freewheeling naughtiness and nutiness that I liked, but at 2h 45min it outstays it's welcome and becomes tiresome with the bright spots coming farer and farer away from each others. The film was released at a time when movie musicals were going out of fashion, especially with younger audiences. It's an oddity in Eastwoods career, but it should be remembered that Eastwood's Malpaso Company invested in this movie, so he must have belived in it's potential. The movie only earned one Oscar nomination, Nelson Riddle for Best Music, Score of a Musical Picture (Original or Adaptation). A box-office disappontment that barely made ends meet, but on it's upside, the soundtrack album sold very well, even outsold incomes on movie tickets. Lee Marvin's version of "Wand'rin' Star" became a huge hit on European Hit Parades (and according to Marvin in Australia too) reaching number 1 on Ireland and in Great Britain, even beating The Beatles "Let it Be" in GB. "Wand'rin' Star" was played very often on easy listning radio in the 1970s, and I must admit I didn't know it came from this movie until the early 1980s. Clint Eastwood singing "I Talk to the Trees" has later become something of a cult.
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Post by Aj_June on Jul 27, 2018 18:20:49 GMT
Les diaboliques 1955, directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, based on a novel by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac, starring Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel, Jean Brochard, Michel Serrault and others. French chiller thriller drama about the wife (Clouzot) and mistress (Signoret) of a sadistic boarding school headmaster (Meurisse) who plots to kill him. They drown him in a bathtub and dump the body in the school's filthy swimming pool... but when the pool is drained, the body has disappeared and then begins subsequent reported sightings of the headmaster. A retired police commissaire (Vanel) becomes involved and he might see things much clearer than the "killers" and the audience do... I would rather prefer to call this movie a chiller than a horror movie, that it's has been called in my old movie books. Director Clouzot who sometimes can be enervatingly meticulous in his movies that it sometimes can feel that it's too much, avoids that trap this time. The movie starts as a drama, but after the "pefect murder" becomes more like a chiller and a thriller. the plot of disposing the body in the filthy swimming pool, was that the body would eventually float up, and since they had lured him to drink amounts of alcohol, would be concluded as an accident. Vanel's commissaire was discussed on our old site, and that it could be the inspiration of the Columbo character of that American TV-series, I can see some similarities in the cigar chomping, his asking questions that sounds irrelevant and writing down notes in a little notebok. I liked the movie, and it became genuinely eerie once the dead body disappears. I don't want to tell more of the story if there is someone here who hasn't seen it, the movie ends with a text screen commenting on what the viewer has witnessed, and a request not to spoil the ending for those who are planning to see the movie. It's a great movie. I don't have any proof but I believe that this movie has been inspiration for many many movies made in different languages across all 6 continents. Simone Signoret was such a classy actor!
Just to mention the same director has made another movie called The Wages of Fear (1953). Probably you may have seen it but if you have not seen then I highly recommend. Another movie that will keep you on the edge.
I just finished watching a pretty OK low budget noir called 99 River Street (1953). Nothing extraordinary about it but acting, direction and story are all decent so ultimately it is worth watching one time. I feel bad for John Payne. He was close to being a star but he could not be seen as a star. He is often disrespected by labelled as a poor man's [insert some actor's name] but in my opinion he was a decent actor.
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Post by petrolino on Jul 27, 2018 19:32:22 GMT
I Married A Witch (1942), my first time ever seeing a Veronica Lake movie, if you don't count Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)!
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Post by ZolotoyRetriever on Jul 27, 2018 21:34:19 GMT
Dark Passage (1947). Directed by Delmer Daves, with Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Agnes Moorehead. DVR'd this off of TCM's Noir Alley, hosted by Eddie Muller.
Interesting, and very odd, film noir. Muller's intro and outro to the film were good as ever. Had some very interesting comments about the writer, David Goodis, whose book the film was based on. If you've got the time, it's worth checking out his bio on Wikipedia. Curious fellow.
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Post by kijii on Jul 28, 2018 6:07:02 GMT
Conrack (1974) / Martin Ritt I just came across this great little movie on TCM tonight. Pat Conroy wrote the novel, The Water Is WideHe also wrote The Prince of Tides (1991) and novel from with The Great Santini (1979) was based.
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Post by teleadm on Jul 28, 2018 12:43:16 GMT
Dark Passage (1947). Directed by Delmer Daves, with Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Agnes Moorehead. DVR'd this off of TCM's Noir Alley, hosted by Eddie Muller.
Interesting, and very odd, film noir. Muller's intro and outro to the film were good as ever. Had some very interesting comments about the writer, David Goodis, whose book the film was based on. If you've got the time, it's worth checking out his bio on Wikipedia. Curious fellow.
I've always thought that this movie get's some unfair harsh treatment, yes! it's the weakest of the Bogart-Bacall movies, but it's still better than many many many other movies. Knowing that camera equipmet was very heavy and clumsy at the time, I think they did a damn good job being Bogart's character's eyes. Lady in the Lake 1946 used the same gimmick but for the whole movie. There might be earlier movies too.
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Post by jeffersoncody on Jul 29, 2018 10:44:51 GMT
SUBMISSION (2017) Rating. 7 out of 10. Recommended. Adds the nuance that is missing in the time of the METOO movement - which is probably why it has a relatively low rating on the IMDB. Recommended.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Jul 29, 2018 13:26:10 GMT
Summer of '42 (1971), set on Nantucket and all about a young man and an older woman.
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Post by louise on Jul 29, 2018 19:51:07 GMT
I just watched half of The Out of Towners (1970), turned it off after fifty minutes as I was finding it deeply unfunny and the characters were so irritating.
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Post by kijii on Jul 31, 2018 6:09:54 GMT
I just finished watching Val Lewton produced psychological thriller called The Ghost ShipThe movie is about a captain who believes in the concept that authority cannot be question. He can go to any extent to prove that to himself. A new officer enters the ship and the conflicts start. I think the movie has problems with character development. The characters are not developed well and some actions taken by certain characters seem abrupt. But overall you can watch one time if you like psychological thrillers. 6/10 The movie is available under public domain . You can see the movie here: free-classic-movies.com/movies-04a/04a-1943-12-24-The-Ghost-Ship/index.php Aj_June-- I just saw this movie as a result of your review. I agree with about everything you said.The movie did hold my attention all the way through and questions the idea of total authority. Seen as aired on TCM today.Captain Will Stone (Russell Wade): [He's just caught Merriam getting into the arsenal locker; he pulls his revolver on him] Hold it! Move, and you'll get a bullet through the abdomen. Not a pleasant or quick death, either. Perhaps you've never seen a man die that way? But I want you to live! I want you to learn the great lesson that I thought I'd taught you: authority *cannot* be questioned!
3rd Officer Tom Merriam (Russell Wade) : That's crazy talk.
Captain Will Stone : Well, I've never felt more sane in my life than I do at this moment... Who's crazy? You, who defied me and are helpless? Or I, who control your destiny and the destiny of the 'Altair' and all the lives on board?
3rd Officer Tom Merriam : I wish Bowns... I wish the crew could see what I see now, could hear you talk.
Captain Will Stone : You think I'm insane?
3rd Officer Tom Merriam : Yes, and they would too if they could see you now, raving and ranting...
Captain Will Stone : I'm captain. As long as I wear these stripes there isn't a man in the crew that'll believe you or help you. You'll find them too lazy, too cowardly, too disinterested... That's what I want you to learn, Merriam! Men are worthless cattle! And a few men are given authority to drive them.
3rd Officer Tom Merriam : You can't prove that to me, even with a gun, Captain. I know people aren't that way. They're good, kind. They help each other. It's only hard to get them to understand.
Captain Will Stone : I'll give you a chance to make them understand. You go out there. Go any place you want on board ship. Talk to them. SEE if you can get them to help you. SEE if they'll stand up with you against authority. Even your friend Sparks won't help you. Go ahead, get out! TRY and get help against me! Try! Try! Try!
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jul 31, 2018 6:41:50 GMT
The Flesh Eaters 1964 -- such a great example of economy filmmaking (shot on a beach and in a tent) and rather gruesome for the time. Deserves to be much better known.
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Post by Aj_June on Jul 31, 2018 13:26:47 GMT
Aj_June-- I just saw this movie as a result of your review. I agree with about everything you said.The movie did hold my attention all the way through and questions the idea of total authority. Seen as aired on TCM today. Glad that it was a worth watch for you, Kijli. I think the concept was interesting. They just didn’t execute it well. They should paid more attention to character development.
I am currently watching a movie called Q (1982). 50 mins past and it's keeping me interested.
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Post by teleadm on Jul 31, 2018 17:38:20 GMT
Trying something different: 全职杀手 aka Fulltime Killer 2001, directed by Johnnie To, based on a novel by Pang Ho-cheung, starring Andy Lau, Takashi Sorimachi, Kelly Lin, Simon Yam, Cherrie Ying and many others. Hong Kong action, for many years professional assassin O (Sorimachi) has resided in an isolated world of killing and loneliness, which only becomes worse after the death of his love. But his life begins to change once he meets the innocent Chin (Lin). Chin, hired to clean O's apartment. However, soon the flamboyent and reckless Tok (Lau) enters Chin's life with a mission--to unveil O's identity and usurp his place as the number one sharp-shooting assassin. Knowing very well that there could be a huge body count, I wasn't shocked that there were many people killed. That the two antagonists speaks different Asian languages that was a bit of the plot got lost in translation. Some really good action scenes, and at the beginning rather difficult to follow the plot. I'm not sure what to make about it, as if killing was just a game. My little knowledge of these kind of movies makes it hard to give it a reliable review.
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Post by delon on Jul 31, 2018 18:52:32 GMT
The River (1951) : Ravishing technicolor drama, directed by Jean Renoir, adopted from Rumer Godden's novel and starring Nora Swinburne, Esmond Knight, Arthur Shields, Thomas E. Breennas, Patricia Walters, Radha Burnier and Adrienne Corri. The story is about three teenage girls growing up on the banks of a Ganges river, experiencing hardships of first love and transition from adolescence to adulthood. This was Renoir's first colour film and his last American film, shot entirely in India. Outside of central plotline, the film is very interesting for showing us the culture and beliefs of Bengal residents, their festivities and philosophy to life. Director's nephew, Claude Renoir is responsible for film's exquisite cinematography and effectively capturing the enthralling life by the river. The River won International Award in 1951, at the Venice Film Festival. Martin Scorcese is also great admirer of the film, calling it the most beautiful colour film ever made, alongside Red Shoes (1948) .
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Post by kijii on Aug 1, 2018 6:15:12 GMT
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Post by mikef6 on Aug 1, 2018 13:49:05 GMT
Return From The Ashes / J. Lee Thompson (1965). Ingrid Thulin and Maximilian Schell
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Post by teleadm on Aug 1, 2018 18:27:31 GMT
Since this movie had it's own thread, I thought it was time to refresh my memory: Arsenic and Old Lace 1944, directed by Frank Capra, based on a play by Joseph Kesselring, staring Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey, Jack Carson, Edward Everett Horton, Peter Lorre, James Gleason, Josephine Hull, Jean Adair, John Alexander (Roosevelt) and others. I don't think I have to repeat the storyline of this comedy with thrills. I had totally forgotten that it takes place during Holloween. I enjoyed the movie once again, where everybody is nuts. Cary Grant overacts? Well how would one react when ones whole world begins to tumble together and things are not what you've always thought they were. There are a few trappings and passages that reveals it's theatrical origins, but not so much that I cared.
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