Can't even shout, Can't even cry. The Gentlemen are coming by. Looking in windows, knocking on doors. They need to take seven, and they might take yours. Can't call to mom, can't say a word. You're gonna die screaming but you won't be heard.
Dream Girl ,'Bring On The Night'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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§ ita § - Nov 05, 2010 6:54:19 am PDT #11917 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Fred Pete - Nov 05, 2010 7:06:07 am PDT #11918 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
She's brilliant in exactly the same type of role in Dinner at Eight, too.
Only one of the reasons that's my favorite movie of all time.
Kathy A - Nov 05, 2010 7:11:07 am PDT #11919 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
"I read the strangest book recently..."
::Best double-take in the history of cinema::
"You read a book?!?"
"Yeah. It said that someday, every profession will be replaced by machines."
::Looks her up and down::
"Oh, my dear, that's something you need never worry about."
Fred Pete - Nov 05, 2010 7:37:09 am PDT #11920 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Marie Dressler's last scene in her last movie. Best delivery of an exit line ever.
Kathy A - Nov 05, 2010 7:56:14 am PDT #11921 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I was going through some more of the dvr'd silent shorts from Monday night's TCM broadcast. Melies is interesting in the abstract, but overall gets old very fast--too much of the same camera tricks to imitate magic tricks schtick. IMO, the best one was the Gulliver's Travels adaptation, not A Trip to the Moon. And I had to stop watching the Griffith shorts after about an hour, when the melodrama got way too thick on the ground. It was just about unwatchable. I still have the Silent Shakespeare shorts to watch tonight.
Oh, and I am looking forward to Sunday night's TCM broadcast of Metropolis!!
Tom Scola - Nov 05, 2010 9:01:12 am PDT #11922 of 30000
hwæt
Metropolis!!
Is it the (latest) restored version?
Kathy A - Nov 05, 2010 9:04:40 am PDT #11923 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Yes, it is, and after the film, they're showing a documentary about how they found the latest version in Argentina and used it for the restoration.
Beverly - Nov 05, 2010 9:47:11 am PDT #11924 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
We wound up Instant Watching Metropolis in addition to the restored version of the 1927 film.
As a re-imagining, it works.
Steph L. - Nov 05, 2010 3:38:16 pm PDT #11925 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Is it the (latest) restored version?
Man, I want to see that. Curse our non-cable-having ways!
DavidS - Nov 06, 2010 9:05:49 am PDT #11926 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I think Barnes and Noble is running a 50% off sale on Criterion titles through Nov. 21. Good for indulging yourself, and also xmas shopping.