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Sean K - Sep 07, 2009 9:37:34 am PDT #22154 of 30000

You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

There are so many things I love about it. It has both this reverence for old Hollywood and a scathing satire of it at the same time.

So many things about Hollywood have Not. Changed. One. Bit.

the card game with all the real silent stars,

Buster Keaton! "Pass." Such a glorious face, doing such great sadness in that scene.

Sean K - Sep 07, 2009 9:40:33 am PDT #22155 of 30000

You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

All that stuff with Nancy Olson's character as they're collaborating on the script.

Yet another early example of a strong, three dimensional female. I'm always delighted when those come up. On that theme we talked about The Best Years of Our Lives (which we both love, and have discussed before). Best Years of Our Lives had several strong, complicated female characters, and took a strong anti-war stance that seems unusual for the era it came out in.

Cashmere - Sep 07, 2009 9:43:21 am PDT #22156 of 30000

Now tagless for your comfort.

Sean, that's why I love Shadow of a Doubt so much. Hitchcock's favored ice-blonde queens were absent. Just a quick thinking, strong young woman in Charlie. She doesn't even have to get rescued by her love interest--she handles her murdering uncle all by herself.

Sean K - Sep 07, 2009 9:44:37 am PDT #22157 of 30000

You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

t adds Shadow of a Doubt to his Must Watch Soon list

DavidS - Sep 07, 2009 9:45:40 am PDT #22158 of 30000

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Favorite movies about Hollywood:

Sunset Boulevard
Barton Fink
In a Lonely Place
Mulholland Drive
Bad and the Beautiful (see where that scary ass Donnie Darko rabbit came from. Also, alludes to Val Lewton's career.)
The Big Picture
Ed Wood (The Brain plus Vincent D'onorfrio = Orson Welles!)
The Player (a bit overrated but still some choice bits

TV Shows: Action
Extras
Entourage

Sean K - Sep 07, 2009 9:47:24 am PDT #22159 of 30000

You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

LOVE Ed Wood. Landau is AMAZING.

DavidS - Sep 07, 2009 9:47:42 am PDT #22160 of 30000

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Shadow of a Doubt is great. Both for Charlie's character and an almost Lynchian darkness-in-a-small-town vibe.

StuntHusband - Sep 07, 2009 9:48:13 am PDT #22161 of 30000

Electromagnetic candy! - Stark

Ed Wood

"It's all in the wrist."

I mean - really: Martin Landau as BELA LUGOSI? What's not to absolutely, whole-heartedly ADORE about that combo.

amych - Sep 07, 2009 9:49:22 am PDT #22162 of 30000

Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

As JUNKIE BELA LUGOSI, no less!

DavidS - Sep 07, 2009 9:50:00 am PDT #22163 of 30000

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

What's not to absolutely, whole-heartedly ADORE about that combo.

In interviews Landau talked about how difficult it was for him physically because he's all teeth, and Lugosi's mouth was always a gaping, black hole. Love that attention to detail in his performance.

Plus his vigorous attack on the rubber octopus.

I love the soundtrack too: Bongos and Theremin! Genius.

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