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Post by spiderwort on Apr 13, 2024 23:52:18 GMT
Good of you to man the ferry, as it were, for mikef6 . About the Mystery Frame: {Spoiler} Putting my remarks behind a "Spoiler" so as not to ruin it for anyone.
This one's got me all at sea, so to speak. Sure looks like Lee Remick in Wild River but, if it's truly a frame, that couldn't be it (no color or 'scope).
If it's an on-set still, the composition and light are remarkably cinematic as studio publicity stills go.
Was it you who told me it was a story Kazan had wanted for many years or even decades to do? This image hints at how effective it could have been in '50 or even '40.
For the time being, I guess I'll remain puzzled. You got it, Doghouse6 ! And yes, {Spoiler} it is actually a shot from the film, after Remick rides with Clift across the river (though I can't explain the B&W). And yes, Kazan had wanted to make a film like that since worked on "People of the Cumberland" in 1937, a documentary about people in Appalachia during the Depression. He finally got his chance with "Wild River" and did a masterful job. It's one of my favorite Kazan films.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Apr 13, 2024 23:53:11 GMT
Good of you to man the ferry, as it were, for mikef6 . About the Mystery Frame: Sure looks like Lee Remick in Wild River You know, that was my first thought, too. Whether those posted by you, then mikef6 and now spiderwort, IDing the images - successfully or not - has always been a most enjoyable facet of the weekly thread.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Apr 14, 2024 0:11:43 GMT
Good of you to man the ferry, as it were, for mikef6 . About the Mystery Frame: {Spoiler} Putting my remarks behind a "Spoiler" so as not to ruin it for anyone.
This one's got me all at sea, so to speak. Sure looks like Lee Remick in Wild River but, if it's truly a frame, that couldn't be it (no color or 'scope).
If it's an on-set still, the composition and light are remarkably cinematic as studio publicity stills go.
Was it you who told me it was a story Kazan had wanted for many years or even decades to do? This image hints at how effective it could have been in '50 or even '40.
For the time being, I guess I'll remain puzzled. You got it, Doghouse6 ! And yes, {Spoiler} it is actually a shot from the film, after Remick rides with Clift across the river. And yes, Kazan had wanted to make a film like that since he co-directed "People of the Cumberland" in 1937, a documentary about people in Appalachia during the depression. He finally got his chance with "Wild River" and did a masterful job. It's one of my favorite of Kazan films. Thanks. And please pardon my pedantic nerdiness: am I understanding this to be an actual frame from the film, only in monochrome and standard ratio? What a difference, and how very well it translates! Couldn't work any better if it had actually been shot just that way.
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Post by spiderwort on Apr 14, 2024 0:24:21 GMT
You got it, Doghouse6 ! And yes, {Spoiler} it is actually a shot from the film, after Remick rides with Clift across the river. And yes, Kazan had wanted to make a film like that since he co-directed "People of the Cumberland" in 1937, a documentary about people in Appalachia during the depression. He finally got his chance with "Wild River" and did a masterful job. It's one of my favorite of Kazan films. Thanks. And please pardon my pedantic nerdiness: am I understanding this to be an actual frame from the film, only in monochrome and standard ratio? What a difference, and how very well it translates! Couldn't work any better if it had actually been shot just that way. I sent you a PM about this. I don't know why it's in B&W and I don't know if it's in standard ratio or if it's just clipped. I do know that it was in the film, but this particular image could possibly be a production still, I guess, though it looks so much like what I remember from seeing the film. Now I'll have to dig out my copy and run through it to see what I can find.
And you must know by now that I love your pedantic nerdiness!
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Post by Doghouse6 on Apr 14, 2024 0:29:09 GMT
Thanks. And please pardon my pedantic nerdiness: am I understanding this to be an actual frame from the film, only in monochrome and standard ratio? What a difference, and how very well it translates! Couldn't work any better if it had actually been shot just that way. I sent you a PM about this. I don't know why it's in B&W and I don't know if it's in standard ratio or if it's just clipped. I do know that it was in the film, but this particular image could possibly be a production still, I guess, though it looks so much like what I remember from seeing the film. Now I'll have to dig out my copy and run through it to see what I can find.
And you must know by now that I love your pedantic nerdiness! Here's my own "don't know why:" when I read that last sentence, I heard it in Jimmy Durante's voice! (Didn't know you could do Durante so well.)
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Post by Rufus-T on Apr 14, 2024 6:34:11 GMT
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) I gotten interested in revisiting the Terminator movies recently because of listenting to the Terminator novelization book on tape on YouTube. Now I am listening to the novelization of this one. They are excellent, btw. First time I saw this in the theater, I was somewhat disappointed when, unfortunately, I compared this to the first movie. The more times I watched this, the more I appreciate the technical brilliance and the depth of the story that was overshadowed by relentless non-stop action. I even see this as a neo-noir this time around. The trauma of Sarah Connor in the first movie turned her from a wholesome naive girl into a tough woman in about 10 years of time. The child John Connor, originally I dislike for being a brat, now I see his character provided much humor, played excellently by the young Edward Furlong. Robert Patrick was outstanding as well playing one of the most scary villain in a movie. Finally, the best was Arnold. Who can question why he became an action super star. He was able to bring out the humanity in his character, playing a father figure to the young John Connor. One of the best line of the movie referred to the Arnold Terminator cyborg, "... if a machine...can learn the value of human life, maybe we can too." Though I still love the first movie more, this movie holds up very well and considered by many the best action film ever.
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Post by claudius on Apr 14, 2024 10:06:12 GMT
30TH ANNIVERSARY POLTERGEIST REPORT (YU YU HAKUSHO) (1994) Anime film based on Yoshihiro Togashi’s Manga/Anime Series. This was the first product of said series released in the US before Funimation got the series rights in 2002. “Yu Yu Hakusho” can either mean “Poltergeist Report” (as the video company U.S. Manga translated it) or “Ghost Files” (as Funimation translated it). It was my own introduction, first seen on VHS in the summer 2000 (in an English Dub that had the Japanese Voice Actors of Kuwabara & Hiei reprising their roles in English). Japanese with English Subtitles. YouTube.
40TH ANNIVERSARY GEORGE WASHINGTON (1984) TV miniseries on the figure based on James Thomas Flexner’s biography series spanning 1743 to 1783, starring Barry Bostwick, Patty Duke Astin, David Dukes, Jaclyn Smith, with guest appearances by Lloyd Bridges, Jose Ferrer, Rosemary Murphy, James Mason, Hal Holbrook, Jeremy Kemp, Stephen Macht, Robert Stack, and Trevor Howard, as well as Philip Casnoff, John Glover, Kevin Conroy (and early appearances by Kelsey Grammer and Vito Mortensen). Episode 1 deals with Washington’s youth, his relationship with the Fairfaxs (especially his best friend’s wife), his experiences in the French and Indian War, & his marriage to Martha. Episode 2 deals with the growing discontent with England as Washington suffers tragedy and loss, then joins the Continental Army as Commander in chief when the Revolution begins. Episode 3 covers the Revolutionary War. I first saw this on the Disney Channel in August 1992 (Episode 3 split into two parts). I finally saw the full series on the History Channel on President Day 1996, later Recording another broadcast on July 4 1996 (the day my maternal grandmother died). I bought the VHS in 2011 and then the DVD later that decade. I viewed this on a variety of sources: MGM/UA VHS (Episode 1), YouTube (2), and MGM DVD (3). The Credits end with MGM’s Diamond Jubilee celebrating “Sixty Years of Great Television”
50TH ANNIVERSARY THE STORY OF JACOB AND JOSEPH (1974) TV film about the two Patriarchs played by Keith Michell & Tony LaBianco. Also starring Colleen Dewhurst as Rebeka, Harry Andrews as Isaac, Julian Glover as Easu, and Herschel Bernardi as Laban. First saw this on VHS in 2002.
FREE TO BE YOU & ME (1974) TV special (aired March 11 1974) about childhood, with musical segments & animation. Starring Marlo Thomas, Harry Belafonte, Michael Jackson, Roberta Flack, Dustin Hoffman, with the voices of Mel Brooks, Alan Alda, Cicely Tyson, and Dionne Warwick. Heard about this for years. YouTube.
NAPOLEON AND LOVE (1974) “Marie Walenskia” Poland 1807. Napoleon falls for the titled character (Catherine Schell). DVD.
THE WORLD AT WAR (1974) “Japan” YouTube
FALL OF EAGLES (1974) “The Last Tsar” Episode 5 turns to the third Dynasty the Romanovs. Tsar Alexander III (Tony Jay) is dying and the throne is going to his weak son Nicholas (Charles Kay). Also starring Freddie Jones as Witte, Gayle Hunnicut as Alexandra, Ursula Howell as Tsaritsa Marie, and Patrick Stewart as Vladimir Lenin. YouTube.
THE PALLISERS (1974) “Episode Thirteen” YouTube.
Saw Parts Of: WASHINGTON (2020) “Loyal Subject” Amazon Prime.
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Post by politicidal1 on Apr 14, 2024 12:38:24 GMT
First Viewings:
Apache Territory (1958) 6/10
The Castaway Cowboy (1974) 4/10
Another Man’s Poison (1951) 7/10
A Woman’s Face (1941) 6/10
Forty Guns (1957) 7.5/10
So Long At The Fair (1950) 6/10
The Bricklayer (2023) 5/10
Repeat Viewings:
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) 8.5/10
The Sea Hawk (1940) 6/10
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Post by timshelboy on Apr 14, 2024 16:01:28 GMT
I thought it was Lee too but thrown by the B&W still. WILD RIVER highly recommended. I believe it was Kazan's favourite of his movies, as well a Being Lee's favourite of her own.
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Post by spiderwort on Apr 14, 2024 16:27:59 GMT
I thought it was Lee too but thrown by the B&W still. WILD RIVER highly recommended. I believe it was Kazan's favourite of his movies, as well a Being Lee's favourite of her own. Yes, yes! I can't explain the B & W; maybe it's a production still, though I thought for sure it was in the film. But I can't agree with you more about the value of the film and the love that both Kazan and Remick had for it. It's such a beauty, and, as you probably read in the spoilers elsewhere, it was a film that Kazan wanted to make since he worked on a Appalachian documentary during the Depression in 1937, "People of the Cumberland." Thanks so much for the poster. Now I want to see the film again.
Adding this, for the record:
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Post by timshelboy on Apr 14, 2024 16:43:13 GMT
I thought it was Lee too but thrown by the B&W still. WILD RIVER highly recommended. I believe it was Kazan's favourite of his movies, as well a Being Lee's favourite of her own. Yes, yes! I can't explain the B & W; maybe it's a production still, though I thought for sure it was in the film. But I can't agree with you more about the value of the film and the love that both Kazan and Remick had for it. It's such a beauty, and, as you probably read in the spoilers elsewhere, it was a film that Kazan wanted to make since he co-directed a documentary about the Appalachians during the Depression in 1937, "People of the Cumberland." Thanks so much for the poster. Now I want to see the film again.
Adding this, for the record:
It's probably Kazan's least hysterical work. Hope you enjoy rewatching
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