Actually the line-up for that whole day is pretty kick-ass.
It really is. I love Point Blank too.
Played with Kaylee. Sun came out, and I walked on my feet and heard with my ears. I ate the bits, the bits stayed down, and I work. I function like I'm a girl. I hate it because I know it'll go away. The sun goes dark and chaos has come again. Bits. Fluids. What am I?!
River ,'War Stories'
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DavidS - Aug 23, 2005 9:21:15 am PDT #6713 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Aims - Aug 23, 2005 9:21:31 am PDT #6714 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Obscure old movie I love:
Higher & Higher
Mel Torme, Frank Sinatra and Jack Haley. Funny shit.
DavidS - Aug 23, 2005 9:24:23 am PDT #6715 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Michael Powell Schedule
49th Parallel / 1941
CAST: Leslie Howard, Raymond Massey, Laurence Olivier.
The crew of a stranded German U-boat tries to evade capture in Canada during World War II. BW 122m.
PLAYING ON TCM: 09/11/2005 08:00 PM
Black Narcissus / 1947
CAST: Deborah Kerr, Sabu, Jean Simmons.
Nuns founding a convent in the Himalayas are tormented by the area's exotic beauty. BW 100m.
PLAYING ON TCM: 09/18/2005 10:00 PM
PLAYING ON TCM: 10/01/2005 06:15 PM
Edge of the World, The / 1937
CAST: John Laurie, Belle Chrystall, Eric Berry.
A fisherman fights to prevent changing times from destroying his family. BW 73m.
PLAYING ON TCM: 09/04/2005 08:00 PM
Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The / 1943
CAST: Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook.
An aging military man looks back on the loves and friends who shaped his life. BW 143m.
PLAYING ON TCM: 09/11/2005 10:15 PM
Matter of Life and Death, A / 1947
CAST: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Robert Coote.
An injured aviator argues in celestial court for the chance to go on living. BW 104m.
PLAYING ON TCM: 09/18/2005 08:00 PM
Peeping Tom / 1960
CAST: Karlheinz Bvhm, Anna Massey, Moira Shearer.
Raised by a sadist, a cinematographer kills young women while filming their fear. BW 101m.
PLAYING ON TCM: 09/25/2005 10:30 PM
RETURN TO THE EDGE OF THE WORLD / 1937
CAST: Michael Powell, John Laurie, Frankie Reidy.
Director Michael Powell and the cast of The Edge of the World revisit the film's island setting. BW 23m.
PLAYING ON TCM: 09/04/2005 09:15 PM
Red Shoes, The / 1948
CAST: Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer.
A young ballerina is torn between her art and her romance with a young composer. BW 133m.
PLAYING ON TCM: 09/25/2005 08:00 PM
Thief of Bagdad, The / 1940
CAST: Conrad Veidt, Sabu, June Duprez.
A young thief faces amazing monsters to return Bagdad's deposed king to the throne. BW 106m.
PLAYING ON TCM: 09/04/2005 09:45 PM
Vonnie K - Aug 23, 2005 9:25:31 am PDT #6716 of 10002
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
You know, I sort of have to take an exception to the cast list for AMOLAD...
David Niven, Kim Hunter, Robert Coote.
Because they left out Roger Livesey, who's totally my obscure dead British boyfriend! Man, I love Doc Reeves. SO MUCH. Wheeee!
It really is. I love Point Blank too.
I've never seen (or even heard of) Point Blank. Sounds like I need tor remedy that.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 23, 2005 9:26:23 am PDT #6717 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
It really is. I love Point Blank too.
This just got a shiny new DVD, with a commentary track by Boorman talking to Stephen Soderbergh.
Polter-Cow - Aug 23, 2005 9:28:52 am PDT #6718 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Also, when my friend worked backstage at a celebrity fashion show for Newman's charity, Damon not only had absolutely no temperament, butwhen he heard as he was leaving that they were selling all the clothes worn that day on ebay, asked "would this help?" and peeled off his own cashmere sweater and donated it. He went home in a t-shirt on a crisp November day.
Okay, Matt Damon rules. Thanks for that story.
bon bon - Aug 23, 2005 9:32:55 am PDT #6719 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I have seen arguments both ways, and have no interest in watching the movie and honing an opinion. Anyway, between costuming and CGI, the technology exists, even if the desire doesn't.
The LL rumors hit my bullshit-o-meter hard (as does pretty much any rumor that seems to magically "confirm" something in the zeitgeist, i.e., "LL's boobs are so big they frighten mothers and small children; millions of dollars spent to save family movie from them!" OR "Colin Farrell's penis is so big, millions of dollars are spent to save movie from it!") , but what I really want to know is whether that kind of digital manipulation is possible where it a. looks realistic and b. is not extravagantly expensive to do. I mean, even adding Oliver Reed's face to Gladiator supposedly cost $3 million, and that was fake looking and in a couple scenes! No boobular containment issue is worth jeopardizing the profit margins of a movie by digitally changing every frame.
Volans - Aug 23, 2005 9:35:46 am PDT #6720 of 10002
move out and draw fire
Agreed. The other thing is the "sexual characteristic of actor had to be reduced" story seems to be increasingly frequent. Ioan Gruffud's package scaring people in Fantasic Four? Huh. It's some sort of weird marketing thing.
DavidS - Aug 23, 2005 9:37:02 am PDT #6721 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I've never seen (or even heard of) Point Blank. Sounds like I need tor remedy that.
Super stylized late existential revenge Noir. Late sixties in SF and LA. Lee Marvin hunts his way up the chain of revenge.
Jessica - Aug 23, 2005 9:37:41 am PDT #6722 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Have you seen the Domino trailer?
No -- is it online somewhere?