1941 is train-wreck of a movie on so many levels
Ferris wheels! Rolling! And one of John Williams' best themes.
Kaylee: Captain seem a little funny to you at breakfast this morning? Wash: Come on, Kaylee. We all know I'm the funny one.
'Heart Of Gold'
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Connie Neil - Jul 02, 2009 7:20:05 pm PDT #2842 of 30000
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Strega - Jul 02, 2009 7:45:18 pm PDT #2843 of 30000
Wow, the director's cut of Payback is brutal and nasty and bleak and hilarious and great. Now I'm going to have to rent the studio cut to see exactly how terrible it is.
If you like 70s neo-noir with just a touch of Tarantino weirdness, check it out. It's also a fabulous "Hey, It's That Guy!" festival. Although I should warn you that if you prefer movies where the protagonist is at least slightly sympathetic, you probably won't make it through the first 10 minutes.
Oh, and at one point Lucy Liu kicks a guy in the head while she's wearing PVC chaps and not much else. So it's got that going for it.
Theodosia - Jul 03, 2009 7:37:05 am PDT #2844 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Dance movies? The Japanese original of Shall We Dance? is just marvelous on all levels.
megan walker - Jul 03, 2009 8:16:15 am PDT #2845 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Dance movies? The Japanese original of Shall We Dance? is just marvelous on all levels.
Very true. I haven't seen it since it came out so I had forgotten about it.
Kathy A - Jul 03, 2009 8:58:17 am PDT #2846 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
(I refuse to watch movies from the 70's and 80's for the most part, so I'm sure that there is a more than a small gap in my knowledge base)
Juliebird, is this all movies from those decades, or just musicals? If it's just musicals, make sure you watch All That Jazz and possibly Fame, which is weak in parts, but has some wonderful numbers, and Anne Meara is terrific as the beleagured English teacher at the arts school.
erikaj - Jul 03, 2009 9:40:15 am PDT #2847 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
"Fame" is good. Even if the title track reminds of seventh grade chorus.
Juliebird - Jul 03, 2009 9:40:51 am PDT #2848 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Pretty much all movies, Kathy. Although there are many many exceptions, generally the filming style/quality of the 70's makes me cringe. I was going through an Audrey Hepburn phase, and hit a roadblock once they started getting too "modern".
erikaj - Jul 03, 2009 9:46:08 am PDT #2849 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
Really? Cause '70s movies are some of my faves...The French Connection, The Godfathers, Scarface...(Dang, I would have got sucked into "Medellin", too. Damn it!) And, dang, that list makes me feel ladylike, but I guess I like "The Turning Point" "Annie Hall" and "Same Time, Next Year" too.
§ ita § - Jul 03, 2009 10:00:39 am PDT #2850 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
beekaytee - Jul 03, 2009 11:48:39 am PDT #2851 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Harve Presnell, RIP.
Aw. He was one of my favorite, "It's that Guy"s.