The only 30s movies I've seen are pretty much all gangster pictures. What does that say about me??
I can't say that the "see it in the theatre" experience always makes a difference for me, but, when you watch
Lawrence of Arabia
in widescreen on a 19" TV, you become aware that something is... lacking. Like a microscope, to see the characters. At the Brattle (which isn't that big a screen, even) it was a lot bigger and required less squinting.
Ben-Hur,
same deal. That was in Squillo-opti-pana-tastic-vision or something, and the aspect ratio is such that in its original format it takes up only 1/3 the vertical space of a TV screen. Teeny tiny Charlton Heston, grimacing at the world!!
Krell machines seem Krellier
Ha!
Ben-Hur, same deal. That was in Squillo-opti-pana-tastic-vision or something, and the aspect ratio is such that in its original format it takes up only 1/3 the vertical space of a TV screen. Teeny tiny Charlton Heston, grimacing at the world!!
Unfortunately, Ben-Hur was also shot without any eye towards composition -- it's kind of a tragic waste of widescreen technology. The movie's worth watching for the homoerotic subtext and the chariot scene, but the only reason to see it on a big screen is if your TV is too small to make out the figures otherwise.
megan, I also enjoy quoting Shag with certain friends. WAY out of control, free love, bevos, etc.
Jesse, come on, it's not
Shag,
it's
Shag: The Movie!
The title alone cracks me up. Even my brother-in-law (who I'm sure has never sat through the whole thing) always says "beevo?" when asking if I want a beer.
So, does this mean I get to choose a different species to be, since I'm a bad human?
Are you a good witch, or a bad witch?
t /Glinda
I'm not a witch at all. Witches are old and ugly.
I'm blanking... Who plays the Celeste Holm character (the photographer) in
Philadelphia Story?
Ruth...Ruth...Ruth Hussey?
FG is really a hostile, *anti-hippie* kind of film at that.
I didn't think that when I first saw it, but...
