Group watch sounds fun
The money was too good. I got stupid.
Jayne ,'Ariel'
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-t - Mar 24, 2020 8:57:21 am PDT #2574 of 3424
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Fred Pete - Mar 25, 2020 3:14:30 am PDT #2575 of 3424
Ann, that's a ferret.
Burt Lancaster? Is Trapeze available?
Burt and Tony Curtis play a team of trapeze artists -- and then along comes Gina Lollobrigida. Incredibly strong HoYay for a 1950s movie, even if it's all subtext.
Fiona - Mar 25, 2020 5:24:16 am PDT #2576 of 3424
Incredibly strong HoYay for a 1950s movie, even if it's all subtext.
See also: Burt and Tony Curtis in "The Sweet Smell of Success".
Match me, Sidney.
megan walker - Mar 25, 2020 1:51:20 pm PDT #2577 of 3424
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Is Trapeze available?
Sadly, no, because it sounds like I might need to see that. Of the ones we hadn't yet seen (there are 18 films total in the collection and I think we've seen about half), we've only watched Elmer Gantry. Next up is likely The Professionals (my choice) or Birdman of Alcatraz (the MG's choice). Then maybe The Rainmaker. But The Court Jester before that I think.
If it was up to me, we would burn through most of both collections before they go away on the 31st, but, like I said, the MG is maddening in his tendency to choose things other than what is RIGHT THERE and EXPIRING (e.g., we paid to watch The Eyes of Laura Mars on Amazon Prime last night). And we do try to alternate picks to be fair since I have apparently become my father.
Toddson - Mar 26, 2020 3:44:59 am PDT #2578 of 3424
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
The Rainmaker is excellent - with bonus Katherine Hepburn. If you want to go for some early, very cheesy Burt Lancaster, see The Crimson Pirate and The Flame and the Arrow. Both have Nick Cravat - Lancaster's friend from childhood - they ran away and joined the circus together, which meant they did a lot of their own stunts.
Vonnie K - Mar 26, 2020 4:45:25 am PDT #2579 of 3424
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
I haven't opened the Criterion app for weeks, but I did yesterday and they put Local Hero on the service! I haven't seen it in decades but it seems like a perfect type of movie to group-watch in a time like this. To keep with the theme, Burt Lancaster is in it, I believe.
Toddson - Mar 26, 2020 4:55:34 am PDT #2580 of 3424
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
He is!
DavidS - Mar 26, 2020 5:49:01 am PDT #2581 of 3424
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I haven't opened the Criterion app for weeks, but I did yesterday and they put Local Hero on the service!
I bought the Criterion edition of Local Hero which just came out last year. Top ten movie for me.
DXMachina - Mar 26, 2020 6:14:41 am PDT #2582 of 3424
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
The Crimson Pirate
One of my all time favorites.
Toddson - Mar 26, 2020 6:31:08 am PDT #2583 of 3424
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
he he ... when I was young, one of the local TV stations would get a single movie and play it over and over for maybe a week. One week, during the summer, I believe, so I was home from school, and my sister and I watched it ... over and over and over. My mother came to hate that movie. (historical note: this was probably circa 1960, so there was nothing BUT broadcast ... the three main stations plus an early version of PBS)