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Post by petrolino on Jun 2, 2024 1:45:40 GMT
Well since midnight earlier today I'm officially retired. Happy Retirement, Tele! Hope it brings you much joy and lots of time to watch more and more films.
I echo this sentiment and I hope you will keep mind and body active. Baby, we were born to run ...
'Born To Run'
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Post by Rufus-T on Jun 2, 2024 4:50:56 GMT
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) Besides the current new one, this is the other Mad Max movie I have not watched until now. Though I love the 2nd movie, the trailer and the mediocre review just did not appeal to me back then. As I thought, it did not hold up to the first two movies. The story was somewhat bizarre, started out with Max came across a town that is powered by pig poop, with the leader played by Tina Turner. The 2nd half Max came across a band of children who helped him out the Ewok way. There was a feel of Terry Gilliam weirdness style to it. Some parts good, some not so. There was a great fight scene inside a cage, and the signature Mad Max movie car chase scene which can not compare to The Road Warrior. Less serious than the first two film. I chuckled in various parts. It was a wild movie.  |
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Post by jeffersoncody on Jun 2, 2024 8:00:52 GMT
Well since midnight earlier today I'm officially retired.
Welcome to your golden years Teleadm. Enjoy every second of the time you have left and savor every moment. ![[cheers]](http://storage.proboards.com/6870873/images/aglhVEHQrHaJeFlTZSWP.gif) |
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Post by claudius on Jun 2, 2024 10:54:35 GMT
MGM 100TH ANNIVERSARY
THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950) ok.ru
LASSIE COME HOME (1943) ok.ru
GOOD NEWS (1930) This is the 95% version, due to prints of the finale being lost. ok.ru
YOUNG DOCTOR KILDARE (1938) ok.ru
30TH ANNIVERSARY
SAILOR MOON S (1994) “Friendly Foes! To Save Our Friends, Moon and Uranus Join Forces” Japanese with English Subtitles. Amazon Prime
40TH ANNIVERSARY
THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (1984) “The Speckled Band” I saw the 1964 BBC Version of this story two weeks ago and now I see Granada’s with Jeremy Kemp. YouTube
STREETS OF FIRE (1984) Walter Hill’s “Rock and Roll Fable” with music by Jim Steinman & others. Starring Michael Pare, Diana Lane, Willem DaFoe, Amy Madigan, and Rick Moranis. My interest in the film started in 2003 when VH1 Classics broadcast the music video of its hit “Tonight is What it Means to Be Young.” I bought the soundtrack for my birthday a few weeks later. I saw the film on VHS in 2005. Amazon Prime
STAR TREK III THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK (1984) Sequel to WRATH OF KHAN dealing with the consequences of the last film. First saw this on Showtime in 1985: it was the first ST film I saw that I got a good enough memory of the full film and it started my minor Trekkie fanboyism. Paramount BluRay
50TH ANNIVERSARY
FALL OF EAGLES (1974) “Secret War” 1917. Revolution hits Russia. Nicholas is forced to abdicate (making this the last appearances of Charles Kay and Gayle Hunnicut) and Patrick Stewart’s Lenin has to get the Kaiser’s help to go through Germany to get into Russia. Also appearing Michael Cough, Tom Conti, and in one of his first films, John Rhys Davies. YouTube
THE PALLISERS (1974) “Part Twenty” The Serial now adapts THE PRIME MINISTER as Plantagenet gets the major position. Oh, and we get to see he & Glencora’s son Sebastian and his school friend Charles. Actually the real names are Allenton and Träger, but since they are played by a young Anthony Andrews and Jeremy Irons, one can make a connection to their future career-making serial. YouTube
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Post by Captain Spencer on Jun 2, 2024 18:12:13 GMT
 The Gunfighter (1950)A notorious gunslinger tries to escape his past and hopes to reunite with his wife and meet the son he never knew. Unfortunately, trouble still follows him everywhere he goes. Even though it has the usual amount of western cliches, it was still a rather unusual story for the period. It maintains a somber tone throughout. It was actually difficult to tell if there was going to have a happy, upbeat ending or a sad one. But when you really think about it, the ending turned out to be appropriate. It's funny, I never pictured Gregory Peck in the role of cowboy, but it turned out he was suited to it. He really owned the role, being downright tough and yet so gentlemanly at the same time. Peck's presence is a major contribution to the film. So all-in-all a fine western, well written and very well acted. 7/10 |
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Post by mikef6 on Jun 2, 2024 19:48:19 GMT
The Gunfighter (1950)A notorious gunslinger tries to escape his past and hopes to reunite with his wife and meet the son he never knew. Unfortunately, trouble still follows him everywhere he goes. Even though it has the usual amount of western cliches, it was still a rather unusual story for the period. It maintains a somber tone throughout. It was actually difficult to tell if there was going to have a happy, upbeat ending or a sad one. But when you really think about it, the ending turned out to be appropriate. It's funny, I never pictured Gregory Peck in the role of cowboy, but it turned out he was suited to it. He really owned the role, being downright tough and yet so gentlemanly at the same time. Peck's presence is a major contribution to the film. So all-in-all a fine western, well written and very well acted. 7/10 One of the first to be what used to be called an “adult western” until “adult” came to mean something else in the movies. Now tagged as a “psychological western,” this sub-genre emphasized character, emotion, and grittiness. “The Gunfighter” didn’t do all that well at the box office but it’s influence on subsequent westerns is immeasurable. The archetype of the aging gunfighter, the end of an era, and the passing to another generation essentially began here. I wonder if we could have had “Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid,” “The Wild Bunch,” or any of a dozen titles we could think of, if not for “The Gunfighter.” |
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Post by Captain Spencer on Jun 3, 2024 0:46:23 GMT
The Gunfighter (1950)A notorious gunslinger tries to escape his past and hopes to reunite with his wife and meet the son he never knew. Unfortunately, trouble still follows him everywhere he goes. Even though it has the usual amount of western cliches, it was still a rather unusual story for the period. It maintains a somber tone throughout. It was actually difficult to tell if there was going to have a happy, upbeat ending or a sad one. But when you really think about it, the ending turned out to be appropriate. It's funny, I never pictured Gregory Peck in the role of cowboy, but it turned out he was suited to it. He really owned the role, being downright tough and yet so gentlemanly at the same time. Peck's presence is a major contribution to the film. So all-in-all a fine western, well written and very well acted. 7/10 One of the first to be what used to be called an “adult western” until “adult” came to mean something else in the movies. Now tagged as a “psychological western,” this sub-genre emphasized character, emotion, and grittiness. “The Gunfighter” didn’t do all that well at the box office but it’s influence on subsequent westerns is immeasurable. The archetype of the aging gunfighter, the end of an era, and the passing to another generation essentially began here. I wonder if we could have had “Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid,” “The Wild Bunch,” or any of a dozen titles we could think of, if not for “The Gunfighter.” What you said about it being emotional and gritty is exactly why it was so different than typical westerns back then. And yes, no doubt it had an influence on other westerns yet to come. Perhaps it inspired Shane as well? |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jun 3, 2024 13:48:48 GMT
mikef6 This weeks mystery frame, I think we have to travel to France... {Spoiler}
Du rififi chez les hommes 1955 At first glance I thought the guy on the right was Boris Karloff. Very well done, my friend. Looking at the screencap, I thought it was a possibility, but had to do an image search to confirm it. And once I've consulted any outside source, I won't offer an identification. It's my little rule for myself: I don't ID a mystery frame unless I can do so from only what my eyes and memory tell me. Skål. |
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Post by Rufus-T on Jun 5, 2024 16:12:33 GMT
First viewings: The Cranes are Flying / Mikhail Kalatozov (1957). A beautiful, deeply moving film about lives that are disrupted and destroyed in Russia during WWII. Told with breathtaking cinematic precision by director Kalatozov, who exploits a brilliant visual style with his cinematographer Sergei Urusevsky. It’s based upon a play by Viktor Rozov, but is nevertheless profoundly cinematic. Wonderful performances by all the cast, especially by Tatyana Samojlova, the great-niece of the renowned Constantin Stanislavski. It won the Palme D’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1958, and Samoylova received a special award. A masterpiece, in my opinion. Highly recommended. I saw this the first time a couple months ago. The story and the camera work blew my mind. It is one of the best anti-war films. As I was looking into the reviews afterward, some recommended another excellent film by the same director called Letter Never Sent. Another similar movie that I like to look into is Ballad of a Soldier. Non-English movie will take me some time since I have to put my focus on reading subtitles.
btw, glad you like Show People.
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Post by Rufus-T on Jun 5, 2024 16:20:10 GMT
 Das Leben der Anderen aka The Lives of Others 2006 directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. Effective Stasi agent who is known for sniffing out ennemies of East Germany, get's a special mission, to listen to what goes on in a playwrights home, whose girlsfriend is a mistress to the Culture Minister, there must be something dirty there... to blackmail. The Stasi agent does the unspeakable, he starts having feelings for those who are bugged... Maybe not as riviting as the first time I watched it it's still a great movie and it won an Oscar. Shows that a Peoples Republic was nothing but a peoples republic.
Happy retirement!!!
You are probably right about the revisiting this movie. The first time and the only time I saw it back in 2007, the movie nearly brought me to tears when he opened up the dedication part of the book. It was so memorable that the movie landed automatically in my top 100, which is rare on first viewing. I could imagine on a revisit, the scenes will be less compelling as it leads to that part of opening up the book. |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jun 5, 2024 17:43:01 GMT
First viewings: The Cranes are Flying / Mikhail Kalatozov (1957). A beautiful, deeply moving film about lives that are disrupted and destroyed in Russia during WWII. Told with breathtaking cinematic precision by director Kalatozov, who exploits a brilliant visual style with his cinematographer Sergei Urusevsky. It’s based upon a play by Viktor Rozov, but is nevertheless profoundly cinematic. Wonderful performances by all the cast, especially by Tatyana Samojlova, the great-niece of the renowned Constantin Stanislavski. It won the Palme D’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1958, and Samoylova received a special award. A masterpiece, in my opinion. Highly recommended. I saw this the first time a couple months ago. The story and the camera work blew my mind. It is one of the best anti-war films. As I was looking into the reviews afterward, some recommended another excellent film by the same director called Letter Never Sent. Another similar movie that I like to look into is Ballad of a Soldier. Non-English movie will take me some time since I have to put my focus on reading subtitles.
btw, glad you like Show People.
For what it's worth, I can give both Letter Never Sent and Ballad of a Soldier my highest recommendations. Both represent some finely crafted and even astonishing filmmaking and, with their deeply humanistic approaches (something with which all three of these films surprised me when examining Soviet cinema of the era), moving experiences that have remained with me for years. EDIT for an afterthought about focusing on subtitles: I could certainly understand if someone was reluctant to make such a commitment, but each could sustain back-to-back viewings, with the second one to give full attention just to the exquisite images after one's absorbed the story arcs. |
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Post by spiderwort on Jun 5, 2024 19:21:23 GMT
First viewings: The Cranes are Flying / Mikhail Kalatozov (1957). A beautiful, deeply moving film about lives that are disrupted and destroyed in Russia during WWII. Told with breathtaking cinematic precision by director Kalatozov, who exploits a brilliant visual style with his cinematographer Sergei Urusevsky. It’s based upon a play by Viktor Rozov, but is nevertheless profoundly cinematic. Wonderful performances by all the cast, especially by Tatyana Samojlova, the great-niece of the renowned Constantin Stanislavski. It won the Palme D’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1958, and Samoylova received a special award. A masterpiece, in my opinion. Highly recommended. I saw this the first time a couple months ago. The story and the camera work blew my mind. It is one of the best anti-war films. As I was looking into the reviews afterward, some recommended another excellent film by the same director called Letter Never Sent. Another similar movie that I like to look into is Ballad of a Soldier. Non-English movie will take me some time since I have to put my focus on reading subtitles.
btw, glad you like Show People.
Oh, I'm so glad you liked it! It simply blew me away with its humanity and its artistry. And I have not seen, nor am I familiar with, Letter Never Sent, but I will definitely see if I can find it now, after loving The Cranes are Flying so much. And I'm familiar with Ballad of a Soldier, but I haven't seen it either, though I've meant to for many years. So thanks for the recommendation and the reminder.
And, yes, I liked Show People so much that now I want to see more Marion Davies films. But the Russian films will come first.
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Post by spiderwort on Jun 5, 2024 19:40:37 GMT
I saw this the first time a couple months ago. The story and the camera work blew my mind. It is one of the best anti-war films. As I was looking into the reviews afterward, some recommended another excellent film by the same director called Letter Never Sent. Another similar movie that I like to look into is Ballad of a Soldier. Non-English movie will take me some time since I have to put my focus on reading subtitles.
btw, glad you like Show People.
For what it's worth, I can give both Letter Never Sent and Ballad of a Soldier my highest recommendations. Both represent some finely crafted and even astonishing filmmaking and, with their deeply humanistic approaches (something with which all three of these films surprised me when examining Soviet cinema of the era), moving experiences that have remained with me for years. Good to know, Doghouse6. Thanks. |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jun 6, 2024 1:10:39 GMT
For what it's worth, I can give both Letter Never Sent and Ballad of a Soldier my highest recommendations. Both represent some finely crafted and even astonishing filmmaking and, with their deeply humanistic approaches (something with which all three of these films surprised me when examining Soviet cinema of the era), moving experiences that have remained with me for years. Good to know, Doghouse6 . Thanks. I think I'm safe in guaranteeing that you'll find both of them dazzling and memorable. There were moments in Letter suggesting that the shoot itself may have been as harrowing as the jeopardy the characters found themselves confronting, and I was left wondering more than once, "How in hell did they get these shots? Ballad is so vital, transporting and beautiful on both visual and emotional levels that it becomes a film you'll wish you could wrap your arms around and cradle. I hope you'll have the pleasure of both of these extraordinary works soon. |
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