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Post by Doghouse6 on Apr 4, 2023 23:13:57 GMT
To contribute to the inauguration of this new forum, I'm doing something I don't often: starting a thread. The subject is storm drains, reservoirs, sewers and their like; anything from grand dams to modest flumes. If it's man-made and moves or holds water and figures as a plot point, device or setting in any film, let those ideas flow. Many classic film possibilities present themselves, and I'll kick off with Alfred Werker's 1948 He Walked by Night. A desperate manhunt climaxes in the labyrinthine storm drain system of Los Angeles, as police close in on killer Richard Basehart.   In the shot just above, the always resourceful and imaginative DP John Alton works his customary magic with limited light sources. As police proceed down the tunnel, the rectangle of illumination created by their spots recedes with them, growing smaller and smaller, enveloped by the surrounding darkness as they move away from Alton's stationary camera, and evoking the iris effect once popular in silent cinema. Got water on the brain? Here's the place to dump it. |
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Post by Pippen on Apr 5, 2023 1:15:55 GMT
The Phanton of the Opera (1943) _NRFPT_06.jpg) One of the must do excursions when in Paris is (or was) a Sewer Tour via boat upon the water in the storm drains beneath the opera house ! |
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Post by Pippen on Apr 5, 2023 1:24:37 GMT
 "1942. British inventor Dr. B.N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S. (Sir Michael Redgrave) is struggling with the task of finding a way of destroying the dams in the Ruhr valley. Breaching these dams will significantly reduce Germany's military production, especially steel. He hits upon a method, but struggles to find any government department to endorse it." |
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Post by Pippen on Apr 5, 2023 1:29:07 GMT
Wild River (1960) "A young field administrator for the TVA comes to rural Tennessee to oversee the building of a dam on the Tennessee River and evict a stubborn octogenarian from her island before the rising waters engulf her."
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Post by spiderwort on Apr 5, 2023 1:33:21 GMT
Wild River (1960)"A young field administrator for the TVA comes to rural Tennessee to oversee the building of a dam on the Tennessee River and evict a stubborn octogenarian from her island before the rising waters engulf her." One of my all-time favorite films, pippen. I love it!! Why didn't I think of it? It's such a beauty. I was thinking about it just the other day, thinking that it was time for me to watch it again. Now I think I will. |
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Post by Pippen on Apr 5, 2023 1:34:46 GMT
 O Brother Where art Thou ? Mississippi, 1937. Three convicts escape from a jail chain-gang intent on getting to the loot stashed away by one of them. As this is at his house soon to be flooded by a new dam, speed is of the essence. They find themselves fast-talking their way out of one jam after another, and along the way not only have to be wary of riverside sirens but even get to make a pretty good country record. |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Apr 5, 2023 1:36:44 GMT
I thought of this, but I'm not sure it fits your criteria. And I haven't seen the film, so I can't really talk about it. But it does have water, that's for sure. The Shape of Water (2017)
Sorry I can't do better. Will ponder it some more to see what I can come up with. And congrats on posting your first thread here!! I haven't seen it either. But I see you've removed the Poseidon reference from your post. After all, the ship was man-made, and it did hold water after a fashion, so...y'know. |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Apr 5, 2023 1:41:12 GMT
The Phanton of the Opera (1943) One of the must do excursions when in Paris is (or was) a Sewer Tour via boat upon the water in the storm drains beneath the opera house ! One of the classic examples. And just for good measure, here it is, 1925 style:  |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Apr 5, 2023 1:42:39 GMT
Wild River (1960)"A young field administrator for the TVA comes to rural Tennessee to oversee the building of a dam on the Tennessee River and evict a stubborn octogenarian from her island before the rising waters engulf her." That's the Kazan film to which I return most often. Excellent choice. |
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Post by spiderwort on Apr 5, 2023 1:46:01 GMT
Them! (1954)Inside an L.A. aquaduct, chasing ants. I think that's water on the floor; can't remember for sure. 
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Post by Pippen on Apr 5, 2023 1:46:13 GMT
One of my all-time favorite films, pippen. I love it!! Why didn't I think of it? It's such a beauty. I was thinking about it just the other day, thinking that it was time for me to watch it again. Now I think I will. I remember seeing Wild River in the theater and liking it VERY much. Bought a copy at the $1 of all places and rushed home all set to watch it. BUT ... there wil be a delay ... now all I have to do is buy a Blu Ray Player ![[sigh]](http://storage.proboards.com/6870873/images/aHdsyOVevOjmqP0pcxxz.gif) |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Apr 5, 2023 1:47:22 GMT
O Brother Where art Thou ? Mississippi, 1937. Three convicts escape from a jail chain-gang intent on getting to the loot stashed away by one of them. As this is at his house soon to be flooded by a new dam, speed is of the essence. They find themselves fast-talking their way out of one jam after another, and along the way not only have to be wary of riverside sirens but even get to make a pretty good country record. I wish I remembered that film better, but I do recall that it conveyed the same antic sense of events spiraling out of control, just as in other Coen Brothers films such as Raising Arizona, Fargo and Burn After Reading. They really are unique film makers. |
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Post by Pippen on Apr 5, 2023 1:50:11 GMT
Doghouse6
O Brother is by fav by the bros ... I have the CD soundtrack and play it frequently. Real earworm music that brings to mind the visual images it accompanied.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Apr 5, 2023 1:51:07 GMT
Them! (1954)Inside an L.A. aquaduct, chasing ants. I think that's water on the floor; can't remember for sure. Whether there's water on the floor or not, it's just the sort of thing I had in mind. |
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Post by Pippen on Apr 5, 2023 1:52:41 GMT
Chinatown has something to do with water and reservoirs and water rights etc.
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