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Post by Doghouse6 on Apr 5, 2023 1:55:20 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) They're pretty cheap these days, easily had for a two-digit dollar amount. And my Wild River Blu-ray looks spectacular. Between the Bausch & Lomb and Panavision companies, they had pretty much worked out the early bugs of CinemaScope lenses by 1960. |
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Post by spiderwort on Apr 5, 2023 1:55:55 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. Gotcha. Am fixing it now.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Apr 5, 2023 1:57:29 GMT
Chinatown has something to do with water and reservoirs and water rights etc.
Lots. And another excellent example (It's like you've been reading my mind). You're really going with the flow now. |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Apr 5, 2023 2:01:40 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. As soon as I saw Pippen's post, I imagined you doing a face palm, knowing how much we both admire the film. |
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Post by spiderwort on Apr 5, 2023 2:07:01 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. As soon as I saw Pippen 's post, I imagined you doing a face palm, knowing how much we both admire the film. Oh, you've got that right! I love everything Kazan, as I think you know, but Wild River is a particular favorite for reasons having to do with my childhood -- not equal to Splendor in the Grass, but in some ways close. |
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Post by marianne48 on Apr 5, 2023 2:16:46 GMT
In Darkness (2011)--Director Agnieszka Holland's dramatization of the true story of a Polish sewer worker's attempt to guide a group of Jewish refugees to safety through the sewers of Lvov during WWII, putting his own life at risk as well. Effectively creepy and claustrophobic, with a bittersweet ending, it's one of the better Holocaust films of recent years, plus it's one of the few that actually shows gentile Poles in a positive light rather than depicting them all as lackeys of the Germans.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Apr 5, 2023 2:22:23 GMT
In Darkness (2011)--Director Agnieszka Holland's dramatization of the true story of a Polish sewer worker's attempt to guide a group of Jewish refugees to safety through the sewers of Lvov during WWII, putting his own life at risk as well. Effectively creepy and claustrophobic, with a bittersweet ending, it's one of the better Holocaust films of recent years, plus it's one of the few that actually shows gentile Poles in a positive light rather than depicting them all as lackeys of the Germans. Hi, marianne48. Wonderful to see you. I've heard of it, but have never gotten around to it. With your recommendation, I'll make a point of doing so. Many thanks. |
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Post by spiderwort on Apr 5, 2023 2:27:37 GMT
In Darkness (2011)--Director Agnieszka Holland's dramatization of the true story of a Polish sewer worker's attempt to guide a group of Jewish refugees to safety through the sewers of Lvov during WWII, putting his own life at risk as well. Effectively creepy and claustrophobic, with a bittersweet ending, it's one of the better Holocaust films of recent years, plus it's one of the few that actually shows gentile Poles in a positive light rather than depicting them all as lackeys of the Germans. Hello, marianne. So glad to see you here! Hope you will stick around. And I haven't see this Holland film, but I'm a fan of her work and would like to see it. She's a real talent, I think. |
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Post by Pippen on Apr 5, 2023 3:00:51 GMT
Terminator 2 ... chase and shootout in the concrete LA River  |
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Post by Pippen on Apr 5, 2023 3:08:18 GMT
Man made - holds water - plot devise check, check, check ---  HOUDINI (1953) the not historically accurate finale .... ::spoiler:: at 4:07 |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Apr 5, 2023 3:15:52 GMT
Terminator 2 ... chase and shootout in the concrete LA River Funny thing about those concrete channels: they're a blight on the landscape, but make great film settings. |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Apr 5, 2023 3:17:47 GMT
Man made - holds water - plot devise check, check, check --- HOUDINI (1953) Now, that's some thinking outside the box. Or should I say inside? |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Apr 5, 2023 3:29:44 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." I just realized I neglected to heap praise upon you earlier for this submission. That's a great film: sober and scientific, suspenseful and thrilling by turns. I don't know why, but my addled old memory told me Jack Hawkins was in it. That can mean only that I need to see it again soon. |
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Post by Pippen on Apr 5, 2023 3:40:38 GMT
The Dam Busters ... I don't know why, but my addled old memory told me Jack Hawkins was in it. .... I would guess that Hawkins has a dam or two in his filmography ...he was in a lot of war movies .. I half expected to see his name on the posters. Just checked IMDb to make sure and looky who I found Patrick McGoohan ... Guard on Door (uncredited) |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Apr 5, 2023 3:55:01 GMT
The Dam Busters ... I don't know why, but my addled old memory told me Jack Hawkins was in it. .... I would guess that Hawkins has a dam or two in his filmography ...he was in a lot of war movies .. I half expected to see his name on the posters. Just checked IMDb to make sure and looky who I found Patrick McGoohan ... Guard on Door (uncredited) Everybody's gotta start somewhere...even secret agent men (or, if you're on the other side of the Atlantic, danger men). |
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