Arthur Penn has died:
I've really got to learn to just do the damage and get out of town. It's the 'stay and gloat' that gets me every time.
Ethan Rayne ,'Potential'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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Fiona - Sep 29, 2010 8:02:05 am PDT #11343 of 30000
quester - Sep 29, 2010 5:34:06 pm PDT #11344 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
OMG, you're right! That fits with what I remember.
That scene with the head pulling? Stays with me.
It was a very pretty production.
Tom Scola - Sep 30, 2010 3:48:54 am PDT #11345 of 30000
hwæt
Jesse - Sep 30, 2010 3:57:55 am PDT #11346 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Aw. But that explains why my shuttle driver was trying to tell the woman sitting up front who he was...
Fred Pete - Sep 30, 2010 6:43:01 am PDT #11347 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
I know Curtis is best remembered for Some Like It Hot, and I'll agree that it's a great movie. But I have to say a word for Trapeze, which may be the most Buffista movie of the '50s.
Curtis plays a young trapeze artist, and Burt Lancaster plays his mentor. Until they fall out over a bombshell, played by Gina Lollabrigida, who wants in on the act. Except that the subtext between the two men is so thick you could cut it with a knife -- far closer to text than you'd expect for 1956.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 30, 2010 6:52:24 am PDT #11348 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Trapeze
A Carol Reed movie, no less.
Curtis also ruled in SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS and THE GREAT RACE.
DavidS - Sep 30, 2010 6:52:36 am PDT #11349 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Except that the subtext between the two men is so thick you could cut it with a knife -- far closer to text than you'd expect for 1956.
Oh yeah, it's gay as hell. Both Tony and Burt were rumored to be happily bi, so it's interesting that they felt comfortable to let the subtext out. It was directed by Carol Reed who also did The Thin Man and it has some amazing shots. Very innovative use of the camera up in the rigging. As I recall, Madonna modeled the costumes for one of her tours on the circus wear of Gina in Trapeze.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 30, 2010 6:53:52 am PDT #11350 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
It was directed by Carol Reed who also did The Thin Man and it has some amazing shots.
Err, The Third Man, I think. Also Odd Man Out which is devestating.
DavidS - Sep 30, 2010 6:53:57 am PDT #11351 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Curtis also ruled in SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS and THE GREAT RACE.
True dat.
"The cat's in the bag and the bag's in the river."
DavidS - Sep 30, 2010 6:54:31 am PDT #11352 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Err, The Third Man, I think. Also Odd Man Out which is devestating.
Oops. You're right. Slip of the brain.