... Personal is the word I was going to use. Maybe the equivalent of two years' therapy for Curtis. -- - Joe Kaufman [Non-text portions of this message have...
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hotlove666
Jul 3, 2003 5:47 pm
<Maybe the equivalent of two years' therapy for Curtis.> And a two-year setback for the rest of us....
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Fred Camper
fredcamper
Jul 4, 2003 6:43 pm
Well, I went to two current movies today. (That's not going to impress anyone in our group but it's relatively rare for me, unless I'm writing on them.) Bill...
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hotlove666
Jul 5, 2003 6:32 pm
Glad to see you all have lives. Question: Does anyone give a rat's ass about Brian G. Hutton? No response will be taken as signifying "No."...
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George Robinson
grcomm
Jul 5, 2003 8:40 pm
Out of morbid curiosity, I went to IMDB and checked his filmography and was appalled to find that I have actually seen four of his wretched films, of which...
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Dan Sallitt
sallitt1
Jul 5, 2003 9:06 pm
... THE FIRST DEADLY SIN isn't bad, really. I've seen a few others that weren't as good. I seem to remember Sarris putting WHERE EAGLES DARE on his...
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Damien Bona
damienbona
Jul 5, 2003 9:40 pm
I liked Where Eagles Dare when I was a kid, but it's sort of like liking a William Witney movie. I seem to recall that The First Deadly Sin has an impressive...
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George Robinson
grcomm
Jul 5, 2003 9:52 pm
I assume that the melancholia was caused by Sinatra and Dunaway having seen the rushes. George Robinson Alas, where is human nature so weak as in a bookstore? ...
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hotlove666
Jul 6, 2003 1:28 am
Actually, I asked because I just saw First Deadly Sin for my serial killer book and was impressed in spite of myself, and at the same time puzzled. I checked...
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jess_l_amortell
Jul 6, 2003 3:40 am
... I just opened the new Film Comment, and this film turns up in "Opening Shots," where it is No. 2 in the list of Guilty Pleasures by Michael Barker,...
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Dan Sallitt
sallitt1
Jul 6, 2003 6:36 am
... Ha! To me, GIANT and A PLACE IN THE SUN feel like films watched at half speed, perhaps on one of those VCRs that does pitch correction to keep the...
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nzkpzq
Jul 6, 2003 1:33 pm
(Mike Grost here in Michigan.) Creative Arts Showcase (CAS) is a cable TV channel. It shows an endless progression of short films, mainly related to classical ...
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nzkpzq
Jul 6, 2003 2:08 pm
(Mike Grost again.) Just saw Stahl's "The Keys of the Kingdom" (1944). It reminds one of Stahl's "Imitation of Life" (1934) and "Parnell" (1937). All of these ...
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Dan Sallitt
sallitt1
Jul 6, 2003 2:58 pm
... of ... these ... about ... There ... gloomy ... I recently saw Stahl's THE WALLS OF JERICHO, which I enjoyed quite a bit. A month before I revisited...
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Dan Sallitt
sallitt1
Jul 6, 2003 3:14 pm
... March ... is ... eye ... Fischinger, whom I enjoy too (it's hard not to like him), was important to the "pure cinema" aesthetic that was especially ...
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Damien Bona
damienbona
Jul 6, 2003 3:40 pm
I think When Tomorrow Comes is Stahl's masterpiece, one of Hollywood's greatest romantic dramas (and as much as a McCarey-phile as I am, I prefer this to the...
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Dan Sallitt
sallitt1
Jul 6, 2003 5:21 pm
... much ... Yes, I do too. ... If you'd ever like to have a screening of your tape, you have at least one guaranteed attendee! I saw the film on broadcast TV...
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hotlove666
Jul 6, 2003 9:18 pm
Dan, Jacques Tourneur and Douglas Sirk were influenced by Dreyer, although not always in ways that equate to the original. There are certainly Dreyer...
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peter_tonguette
Jul 7, 2003 4:34 am
Before I drop the subject of Harrington altogether, might I ask for any opinions on his film directly preceding "Usher," 1985's "Mata Hari"? I know Mike is a...
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peter_tonguette
Jul 7, 2003 4:56 am
As you all probably could have guessed from my recent mentions of him on this group, I've been itching to have another look at Michael Cimino for some time ...
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Dan Sallitt
sallitt1
Jul 7, 2003 5:16 am
... I guess I'll use this as an opportunity to ask for insight about why Cimino is well-regarded. I've always had a very difficult time with him myself, and...
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Jaime N. Christley
j_christley
Jul 7, 2003 7:32 am
Strange, I've just taken a break from HEAVEN'S GATE - I quite like it, although I'm not sure what to make of it. Cimino doesn't really interest me very much...
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Fred Camper
fredcamper
Jul 7, 2003 2:16 pm
I've always found it useful to think of Stahl (who I like a lot) as an opposite of Sirk -- along with Frank Borzage, even more profoundly an opposite. Stahl...
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Dan Sallitt
sallitt1
Jul 7, 2003 2:54 pm
... I'm actually quite fond of BATTLE HYMN, myself, though it's been years since I've seen it. I thought INTERLUDE was pretty uninteresting, but I believe Jim...
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Fred Camper
fredcamper
Jul 7, 2003 3:08 pm
... Oh, "Battle Hymn" is really good. The problem is with terminology here. I have the same problem writing about what I think is a very over-rated Brakhage...
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peter_tonguette
Jul 7, 2003 6:01 pm
... I've been incredibly curious to see "An Affair to Remember" and I think your recommendation, Fred, will finally spur me to check it out. Over the past ...
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peter_tonguette
Jul 7, 2003 6:07 pm
... Well, it's an interesting question, for sure. I tend to agree with Ford pretty much. To get really broad, simplistic, and polemical about it, I think I ...
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hotlove666
Jul 7, 2003 6:13 pm
Dan, For the record, Cimino and Fuller are/were among the most brilliant, original, downrigbht gifted conversationalists I have ever known, right up there with...
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peter_tonguette
Jul 7, 2003 6:59 pm
... Bill, does this mean the DVD won't be released in the States? I noticed it was coming out in the UK, asked this question on a DVD forum, and have received...
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hotlove666
Jul 7, 2003 7:01 pm
Michael isn't on the same verbal level as Sam. For one thing, he's not a verbal pyrotechnician - when I did my post-Heaven's Gate interview with him, I was at...
