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Post by Jesse on May 11, 2014 11:50:46 GMT -5
I was referring to the bit where they're on the tree limb above the alligators! And the kids are about to fall in the alligator's mouth! Aaaaah!! The whole escape through the swamp and boat chase sequence is one of the most suspenseful scenes in any silent movie I've watched. Right up there with the climax of Metropolis. |
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Post by Hoosier X on May 11, 2014 14:32:24 GMT -5
I saw Walkabout last night. One of the best movies I've ever seen! I went over to IMDB to put it on my Best Movies ... Year by Year list and it's tied with Clockwork Orange. I'm thinking about deleting Clockwork. Great movie, but I think I like Walkabout better.
The New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles used to show Walkabout on a regular basis and I used to go there all the time. (I saw Lawrence Tierney there a couple of times. One time, he was grumbling about The Killer (with Chow Yun Fat) and how stupid it was. It was always fun talking to Larry.) I don't know why I never went and saw Walkabout. I saw the trailer often enough.
Road Games is on YouTube! Hoo-ray! I'll watch it tonight if I have time. I'm going to go visit my dad and watch the Pacers game, but after that ...
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Post by Hoosier X on May 11, 2014 14:39:56 GMT -5
Has anybody here ever seen Greetings? This is an early Robert DeNiro movie from about 1970 about some Greenwich Village slackers. The highlight is DeNiro's draft interview after he's ben carefully coached by his friends. I've never seen all of it but I saw a few sections of it on TCM late one night about 2000. Looked very interesting. |
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Post by MDG on May 11, 2014 17:21:03 GMT -5
I'm watching A Thousand Clowns right now. I always mean to watch this because Jean Shepherd had a falling out with the writer because Shep felt the main character was based on him. Plus, I loves me some Barbara Harris. |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 11, 2014 19:19:10 GMT -5
Has anybody here ever seen Greetings? This is an early Robert DeNiro movie from about 1970 about some Greenwich Village slackers. The highlight is DeNiro's draft interview after he's ben carefully coached by his friends. I've never seen all of it but I saw a few sections of it on TCM late one night about 2000. Looked very interesting. I saw Greetings along with it's companion movie,Hi Mom back in the early 70s at the legendary Elgin Cinema in Greenwich Village.They both played often as part of their midnight movie package over the weekend.4 movies in a row from midnight to approx 8AM with free coffee and donuts served at 4AM. Walkabout-A movie I've heard praised for years and another on the long list of must-sees |
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Post by Hoosier X on May 11, 2014 23:56:26 GMT -5
I'm watching A Thousand Clowns right now. I always mean to watch this because Jean Shepherd had a falling out with the writer because Shep felt the main character was based on him. Plus, I loves me some Barbara Harris. For the record, for all the movie fans who might be trying to remember who Jean Shepherd is, he wrote the story that "A Christmas Story" is based on.
MDG, you should watch A Thousand Clowns. Keep an eye out for it on TCM. It seems to be in rotation. I was mesmerized by the writing and the acting (Jason Robards and Barbara Harris are phenomenal, as is William Daniels. Everybody else is pretty good, too, especially the guy who plays Chuckles the Clown) and the filmmaking in general. Great use of music. And New York City is like a character, one of those movies that helps to make New York seem like a place I know even though I've never been there.
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Post by Hoosier X on May 11, 2014 23:57:51 GMT -5
I saw Greetings along with it's companion movie,Hi Mom back in the early 70s at the legendary Elgin Cinema in Greenwich Village.They both played often as part of their midnight movie package over the weekend.4 movies in a row from midnight to approx 8AM with free coffee and donuts served at 4AM. Walkabout-A movie I've heard praised for years and another on the long list of must-sees That sounds incredible! How close is the Elgin to Dr. Strange's house? |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 12, 2014 0:40:35 GMT -5
I saw Greetings along with it's companion movie,Hi Mom back in the early 70s at the legendary Elgin Cinema in Greenwich Village.They both played often as part of their midnight movie package over the weekend.4 movies in a row from midnight to approx 8AM with free coffee and donuts served at 4AM. Walkabout-A movie I've heard praised for years and another on the long list of must-sees That sounds incredible! How close is the Elgin to Dr. Strange's house? Probably just a few blocks away but as any NYC resident would tell you,stay away from Avenger's mansion,The Baxter Building and Strange's Sanctum Sanctorium.They attracted too many villians and insurence companies would not pay for personel damage if you were on those blocks I miss the Elgin Cinema.It was only a $2 admission.You would get a great contact high by all the folks smoking weed all night long. So many great cult films that I saw there.Frita The Cat,Ken Russell's The Devils,El Topo,Brewster McCloud,M.A.S.H.,Bambi Meets Godzilla,The Groove Tube,Head,Pink Flamingos..on and on.In the lobby they had 3 barber's chairs that went up and down-so cool.A great and cheap way to spend a Saturday Night |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 12, 2014 1:15:53 GMT -5
There Was A Crooked Man (1970)
Kirk Douglas,Henry Fonda,Warren Oates,Burgess Meredith,Hume Cronyn,John Randolph,Lee Grant,Alan Hale Jr
D-Joseph L Mankiewicz
Light-hearted Western where Paris Pitman (Kirk Douglas) after stealing and burying a half million dollars is thrown in a prison out in the Arizona desert.No trouble in recruiting fellow prisoners to plan an escape with the promise of retreiving and splitting the loot. The new warden (Henry Fonda) is idealistic but no man's fool.
Thats a great cast up there.A fine western comedy set in the 1880s that doesn't make light of the brutality of prison life.You even get a couple of shots of Kirk Douglas's bare butt.Warren Oates' a bit of a pyschopath,Burgess Meredith is a train robber serving a life sentence who dreams he's on a farm. Supposedly the film originally ran 160 minutes but was cut 40 minutes by Warner Brothers. Most of Lee Grant's scenes disappeared.Under-performed at the box office and under-appreciated. 7 of 10 stars
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Post by paulie on May 12, 2014 12:25:14 GMT -5
I saw Walkabout last night. One of the best movies I've ever seen! I went over to IMDB to put it on my Best Movies ... Year by Year list and it's tied with Clockwork Orange. I'm thinking about deleting Clockwork. Great movie, but I think I like Walkabout better. The New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles used to show Walkabout on a regular basis and I used to go there all the time. (I saw Lawrence Tierney there a couple of times. One time, he was grumbling about The Killer (with Chow Yun Fat) and how stupid it was. It was always fun talking to Larry.) I don't know why I never went and saw Walkabout. I saw the trailer often enough. Road Games is on YouTube! Hoo-ray! I'll watch it tonight if I have time. I'm going to go visit my dad and watch the Pacers game, but after that ... Walkabout is fantastic. Beautiful movie. |
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Post by Hoosier X on May 12, 2014 19:35:34 GMT -5
There Was A Crooked Man (1970)
Kirk Douglas,Henry Fonda,Warren Oates,Burgess Meredith,Hume Cronyn,John Randolph,Lee Grant,Alan Hale Jr
D-Joseph L Mankiewicz
I saw this a few weeks ago and I was kinda blown away by it. A really good Western and also a prison movie. I don't think I ever heard of it before but it was very compelling. Ish forgot to mention Barbara Rhoades! She's great!
Last week, I saw most of A Big Hand for the Little Lady, a Western that's basically about one hand in a game of poker. Strangely compelling. With Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodard, Burgess Meredith, John Qualen. |
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Post by Jesse on May 12, 2014 19:42:19 GMT -5
Speaking of Kirk Douglas his portrayal of Vincent van Gogh in Lust for Life was incredible.
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Post by Hoosier X on May 12, 2014 19:51:36 GMT -5
I've never seen Lust for Life. It's major hole in my film-watching.
But I have seen The Horse's Mouth, Camille Claudel, Frida and The Girl with the Pearl Earring.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 12, 2014 19:53:27 GMT -5
There Was A Crooked Man (1970)
Kirk Douglas,Henry Fonda,Warren Oates,Burgess Meredith,Hume Cronyn,John Randolph,Lee Grant,Alan Hale Jr
D-Joseph L Mankiewicz
I saw this a few weeks ago and I was kinda blown away by it. A really good Western and also a prison movie. I don't think I ever heard of it before but it was very compelling. Ish forgot to mention Barbara Rhoades! She's great!
Last week, I saw most of A Big Hand for the Little Lady, a Western that's basically about one hand in a game of poker. Strangely compelling. With Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodard, Burgess Meredith, John Qualen. A Big Hand for the Little Lady was good. The Cincinnatti Kid with Steve McQueen and Edgar G Robinson is a similar film and even better. I checked my records.I have kept track of the movies I've watched since the advent of DVDs and I see I had previously watched Walkabout via the Criterion edition.Strange that I don't remember |
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Post by Hoosier X on May 12, 2014 19:53:34 GMT -5
I watched the end of Bringing Up Baby today. That's a good movie. Just watching the last ten minutes I was cracking up.
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