Okay, there are people who enjoy Touch of Evil on a gut level, but they are in the tiny minority.
Well, except here, where we appear to be in the overwhelming majority.
I'm supposed to deliver you to the Master now. There's this whole deal where I get to be immortal. Are you cool with that?
Xander ,'Lessons'
Buffista Movies 3: Panned and Scanned
A place to talk about movies--Old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
Jessica - Jul 29, 2004 8:41:11 am PDT #1607 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 29, 2004 8:49:18 am PDT #1608 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I've never seen Casablanca, as I've been holding out for a big-screen showing to have my first experience of the movie. Actually, the Orpheum is holding one August 20th, so since I'm going to be tapped as a chauffer to my cousin's graduation the next day, I may see if I can line up a date for a nostalgic night at the theatre.
Nutty - Jul 29, 2004 8:52:04 am PDT #1609 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Except for all the lurkers who suport me in email.
Also the fact it's nowhere near the AFI top 100 -- if the vast majority of its viewers adored it viscerally, it would be a lot more in the cultural consciousness, don't you think? Whereas, I don't know many people outside of film devotees who have seen it, and of those, I don't know many who have loved it, except those who have spoken up here.
Scrappy - Jul 29, 2004 8:54:22 am PDT #1610 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Yeah, but it plays at revival houses all the time, which implies that there is some kind of audience for it.
Fred Pete - Jul 29, 2004 8:57:03 am PDT #1611 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
I've never seen Casablanca, as I've been holding out for a big-screen showing to have my first experience of the movie.
I'm not sure how the big screen improves Casablanca (though I haven't seen it in several years, so I may be missing something) -- but if you have the opportunity soon, don't let me stand in your way!
BTW, TCM is doing A Star A Day film festivals all through August. So if you're a fan of one of the 31 lucky stars, get the VCR or TiVo ready! (Plug: Jean Harlow is the star for August 11 -- and since she and Clark Gable were a popular team, he also stars in several movies that day!)
Frankenbuddha - Jul 29, 2004 9:01:10 am PDT #1612 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I've never seen Casablanca, as I've been holding out for a big-screen showing to have my first experience of the movie. Actually, the Orpheum is holding one August 20th, so since I'm going to be tapped as a chauffer to my cousin's graduation the next day, I may see if I can line up a date for a nostalgic night at the theatre.
If you can ever time a trip to Boston (Cambridge, technically) at the right time, the Brattle theater runs it at least once or twice a year. That's where the cult started, at least from everything I've read. I've never made it to a showing myself, but some day I will.
bon bon - Jul 29, 2004 9:02:36 am PDT #1613 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Also the fact it's nowhere near the AFI top 100 -- if the vast majority of its viewers adored it viscerally, it would be a lot more in the cultural consciousness, don't you think? Whereas, I don't know many people outside of film devotees who have seen it,
It would be pretty difficult for a vast audience to adore it viscerally if only film devotees see it.
Don't forget, it was significantly re-edited and re-released only a few years ago.
Nutty - Jul 29, 2004 9:13:44 am PDT #1614 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Like, 5 or 6 years ago now, right? 1998 or 9.
It would be pretty difficult for a vast audience to adore it viscerally if only film devotees see it.
What makes a regular not-film-lover person go see a movie? Buzz, someone dragging her, a liking for one of the actors, something else? (Actually, I don't really know -- I suspect there's some magical confluence of "what I'm in the mood for" and "what I've heard about this movie" and "whether I'm willing to risk my 2 hours and $10".)
I think, at this point, the film has a particular film-devotee-smell to it, that may be a bit forbidding. (I for one haven't seen a lot of Da Classix because they feel like homework, and I'd rather watch them because I want to rather than because I have to.)
I saw the movie because I was working on a thesis about film noir, and I liked The Lady From Shanghai a lot.
Consuela - Jul 29, 2004 9:14:32 am PDT #1615 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Spidey 2 wrecked me in a very, very good way.
Huh. Well, that's promising. t makes note
Maybe this weekend. It won't make me carsick, right?
Maysa - Jul 29, 2004 9:15:37 am PDT #1616 of 10001
See, I loved the opening shot in The Player, which is not only one of those long, long tracking shots that set up the whole movie, but actually references Touch of Evil's long, long tracking shot that sets up the whole movie. It's just brutally meta.
What's great about it is that not only does The Player make fun of long tracking shots, it also makes fun of the people like us who discuss them.