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Post by DE Sinclair on Mar 25, 2015 7:59:29 GMT -5
An Excellent Film - Very Visually Orientated Film and a Classic for the Ages. I would love to see this film someday! The film is unique, that's for sure. It's left kind of ambiguous. Visually crazy. I'm not sure how I would describe my experience other than I feel like I am an unenlightened, unfulfilled person. Meanwhile, I also just watched Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, which puts me at 98 films completed out of 650 on the NFR list. Next I'm working on a short film called A Bronx Morning from 1931. I've always loved Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. The Universal Studios monsters were always favorites and to have the big three, Frankenstein, Dracula, & the Wolfman in one movie, two out of the three played by the classic actors that made the roles famous (Bela Lugosi & Lon Chaney, Jr.), plus the comedy of Abbott and Costello was incredible. It had everything I could have asked for as a kid. In fact, when we got our first VCR long ago in 1984, that was the first tape we rented. |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 25, 2015 19:20:12 GMT -5
Saw an older Jack Nicholson film for the 1st time, 1973's The Last Detail. Decent character piece concerning Nicholson as a military policeman along with his partner escourting a prisoner (Randy Quaid) from Virginia to Boston via train and bus with stop-overs in Washington DC and New York City. Gotta love those early 70s location scenes. Small early parts for Gilda Radner and Nancy Allen. And guess what?
A Comic Book Reference
There's a scene with the 3 of them getting drunk in a parking lot. Nicholson is telling the guys about his 3 favorite comic book heroes
"Superman, Batman and The Human Torch"
"Who the hell is the Human Torch?" one guy asks.
Jack replies. "He's this dude covered in flames and he can rear back and fire a strike with a ball of flame. He had a little boy with him on fire too"
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Post by berkley on Mar 25, 2015 21:59:48 GMT -5
Saw an older Jack Nicholson film for the 1st time, 1973's The Last Detail. Decent character piece concerning Nicholson as a military policeman along with his partner escourting a prisoner (Randy Quaid) from Virginia to Boston via train and bus with stop-overs in Washington DC and New York City. Gotta love those early 70s location scenes. Small early parts for Gilda Radner and Nancy Allen. And guess what? A Comic Book ReferenceThere's a scene with the 3 of them getting drunk in a parking lot. Nicholson is telling the guys about his 3 favorite comic book heroes "Superman, Batman and The Human Torch" "Who the hell is the Human Torch?" one guy asks. Jack replies. "He's this dude covered in flames and he can rear back and fire a strike with a ball of flame. He had a little boy with him on fire too" I remember seeing that on tv when I was a teenager. I think it's supposed to be one of Nicholson's better films isn't it? At the time I was still more interested in the older Hollywood movies I had grown up watching, so i don't think I really appreciated it for what it was. I should watch it again. |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 25, 2015 23:51:51 GMT -5
Saw an older Jack Nicholson film for the 1st time, 1973's The Last Detail. I highly recommend you watch Chinatown and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Nicholson won best actor for the latter, which also won best actress, best picture, best director, and best adapted screenplay. It's one of only 3 movies to win all 5 of those major categories. Nicholson's best role in my opinion. I saw those in the movie theaters when they were originally released. Been a Nicholson fan since Easy Rider and Five Easy Pieces. Carnal Knowledge is also an early Jack must-see. In fact, its a movie that gets better and better as one matures through life. The Last Detail somehow was one of the few earlier films of his that somehow flew under my radar. Also forgot to mention Carol Kane had a part in this film as a hooker including probably her only topless scene. Latka from the TV show Taxi would be shocked if he knew what Simka was up to |
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Post by Hoosier X on Mar 26, 2015 16:09:48 GMT -5
Ann Sothern is Star of the Month on TCM and as I don't now too much about her, I decided a few of the movies they have scheduled.
Last night I watched A Letter to Three Wives, a movie I've been wanting to watch for years based on the description and because of its reputation as a pretty good movie. I think the main reason I never watched it is because the three wives are played by three actresses that I don't know too much about - Jeanne Crain, Ann Sothern and Linda Darnell. It's directed by Joseph Mankiewicz, so I should have guessed it had a pretty good chance of being pretty good.
And it is. All the actresses are very good and they are well served by a great supporting cast (which includes Paul Douglas and Thelma Ritter) and a great script.
Also, Kirk Douglas is in it. I did not know he was in it until Robert Osborne mentioned it while he was introducing the movie.
It reminded me a little bit of All About Eve because of all the smart aleck-y dialogue. And also I thought of The Bad and the Beautiful because of the flashback sequences, the overlapping cast of characters in each segment, the presence of Kirk Douglas and also the show business angle because one of the flashbacks in A Letter to Three Wives is all about a woman who writes radio scripts.
Highly recommended.
Then this morning I watched Cry 'Havoc', a 1943 film about female civilians in the Philippines who have volunteered to be nurses to care for the soldiers fighting the Japanese invasion. This was some pretty awesome wartime melodrama! Ann Sothern, Joan Blondell, Margeret Sullavan and Ella Raines are among the women drafted into duty as the U.S. controlled area on the tip of the Bataan peninsula gets smaller and smaller. Things get tense, food is running low, they are being bombed by the Japanese and worst of all, Margaret Sullavan and Ann Sothern are in love with the same man!
Highly recommended for people who like that sort of thing.
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Post by Jesse on Mar 27, 2015 19:33:44 GMT -5
Saw an older Jack Nicholson film for the 1st time, 1973's The Last Detail. Decent character piece concerning Nicholson as a military policeman along with his partner escourting a prisoner (Randy Quaid) from Virginia to Boston via train and bus with stop-overs in Washington DC and New York City. Gotta love those early 70s location scenes. Small early parts for Gilda Radner and Nancy Allen. And guess what? A Comic Book ReferenceThere's a scene with the 3 of them getting drunk in a parking lot. Nicholson is telling the guys about his 3 favorite comic book heroes "Superman, Batman and The Human Torch" "Who the hell is the Human Torch?" one guy asks. Jack replies. "He's this dude covered in flames and he can rear back and fire a strike with a ball of flame. He had a little boy with him on fire too" I thought this was decent as well. TCM shows it every once and awhile. |
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Post by Jesse on Mar 28, 2015 5:52:40 GMT -5
Watching Wait Until Dark (1967) on TCM On Demand and really enjoying it. Audrey Hepburn gives a fantastic performance in this film.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2015 18:22:39 GMT -5
This Morning - I watched Mata Hari - 1931 Film on Turner Classic Movie - Starring Greta Garbo and it was unreal performance by the legendary actress that played the title role.
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Post by Hoosier X on Mar 28, 2015 22:46:50 GMT -5
This Morning - I watched Mata Hari - 1931 Film on Turner Classic Movie - Starring Greta Garbo and it was unreal performance by the legendary actress that played the title role. That's my favorite Great Garbo movie. I watch it every three or four years.
Her debut scene, that provocative dance, that's an amazing sequence.
Lionel Barrymore and Ramon Novarro are both great, but they are kind of wasted in this movie because it's all about Garbo!
(And this reminds me I haven't seen it for a while. I should have watched it!)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2015 22:54:04 GMT -5
This Morning - I watched Mata Hari - 1931 Film on Turner Classic Movie - Starring Greta Garbo and it was unreal performance by the legendary actress that played the title role. That's my favorite Great Garbo movie. I watch it every three or four years.
Her debut scene, that provocative dance, that's an amazing sequence.
Lionel Barrymore and Ramon Novarro are both great, but they are kind of wasted in this movie because it's all about Garbo!
(And this reminds me I haven't seen it for a while. I should have watched it!)
Hoosier, It is one of my favorites too. I just in awe of that movie and I've not seen it for 10 years and it's was a treat to see it again this morning. It was on 4am my time, 7am Eastern and she puts on a performance that's was second to none. You are so right about that dance sequence ... Amazing!  |
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Post by DE Sinclair on Mar 30, 2015 9:35:28 GMT -5
Watching Wait Until Dark (1967) on TCM On Demand and really enjoying it. Audrey Hepburn gives a fantastic performance in this film. Excellent movie, great performance by Audrey Hepburn. Her performance as a newly blind woman was very believable as she finds out she's more capable than she thought. Suspenseful all the way through. |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Mar 30, 2015 10:06:24 GMT -5
Watching Wait Until Dark (1967) on TCM On Demand and really enjoying it. Audrey Hepburn gives a fantastic performance in this film. Excellent movie, great performance by Audrey Hepburn. Her performance as a newly blind woman was very believable as she finds out she's more capable than she thought. Suspenseful all the way through. This is the movie where there's a prowler in the house and she's there alone, and as has been pointed out blind? If so, indeed a good movie. I watched there fairly young but it still kept my attention. Wasn't there a remake made as well? |
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Post by DE Sinclair on Mar 30, 2015 10:18:06 GMT -5
Excellent movie, great performance by Audrey Hepburn. Her performance as a newly blind woman was very believable as she finds out she's more capable than she thought. Suspenseful all the way through. This is the movie where there's a prowler in the house and she's there alone, and as has been pointed out blind? If so, indeed a good movie. I watched there fairly young but it still kept my attention. Wasn't there a remake made as well? It's a little more involved than a prowler in the house, but it may be the one you're thinking of. It involves something that she accidentally comes into possession of and three criminals are playing-acting roles trying to take advantage of her blindness to trick her into turning it over to them. |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Mar 30, 2015 10:49:14 GMT -5
This is the movie where there's a prowler in the house and she's there alone, and as has been pointed out blind? If so, indeed a good movie. I watched there fairly young but it still kept my attention. Wasn't there a remake made as well? It's a little more involved than a prowler in the house, but it may be the one you're thinking of. It involves something that she accidentally comes into possession of and three criminals are playing-acting roles trying to take advantage of her blindness to trick her into turning it over to them. I may just be remembering bits of it, as it's been quite some time. I'll have to check out Netflix DVD or the library to see if they have a copy. Shouldn't be something too hard to come by so I can remember the film a bit better. |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 30, 2015 11:19:27 GMT -5
Wait Until Dark was one of the first adult films I saw in the theaters. I distinctly recall the audience gasping in shocked surprise at the climatic scene. A very good film
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