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Post by Pharozonk on Apr 15, 2022 14:12:30 GMT -5
Thanks for the recommendations, everyone!
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Post by Pharozonk on Apr 14, 2022 15:01:22 GMT -5
Another highlight of 1946 for me is William Wyler's excellent The Best Years of Our Lives.
A beautifully rendered portrait of the struggles of veterans that never feels emotionally manipulative or overly saccharine. Probably has a lot to due with Wyler channeling his own demons from the war to create something honest and authentic.
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Post by Pharozonk on Apr 14, 2022 14:59:47 GMT -5
The Big Sleep - You can argue that Bogie wasn't really right for Marlowe. You can point out that the plot is at best labrynthine and at worst nonsense. And you might even be right. But I don't care. Bogie and Bacall absolutely sizzle together. The dialogue is as good as any ever put on film. I can, quite simply watch this movie and then turn around and re-watch it and enjoy it just as much. And that's really what matters. This is seriously a top ten to twenty film for me. Watching any Howard Hawks movie for the plot is a fruitless task anyway! Hawks was so far ahead of the curve in working within studio filmmaking to move away from slavishness toward narrative structure and instead focus on character interaction and a sense of place (even as early as the 30s with stuff like Dawn Patrol and Only Angels Have Wings). The bookshop scene in Big Sleep is incredible. How that got past the censors is a miracle.
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Post by Pharozonk on Apr 14, 2022 8:44:00 GMT -5
“Hangover Square”: Laird Cregar, a heavy-set heavy who specialized in portraying seemingly gentle oddball types, only made a few films before dying young. This one, the last, is a variation on “The Lodger” (1944) and the Jack the Ripper character, and shows not just how good Cregar was, but how good he might have been if he could have found different types of roles. I love Linda Darnell in this, too, off whom you can't take your eyes. A great movie that also prefigures the early work of Spanish (se)xploitation legend Jesús Franco. His 1962 breakthrough effort The Awful Dr. Orloff is heavily indebted to Hangover Square and is well worth a watch for fans of classic Gothic horror!
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Post by Pharozonk on Apr 13, 2022 13:08:00 GMT -5
Been busy! I am currently in post-production on a short film and hope to have it ready by late summer for festival submissions! Oh, that's cool! Anything you can share with us about it? It's a period piece set during the Vietnam War!
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Post by Pharozonk on Apr 13, 2022 11:37:07 GMT -5
I feel like I haven't been here for an eternity. Are all the old gang still here? I think all of the crew is kinda old. Welcome back! How's it going? Been busy! I am currently in post-production on a short film and hope to have it ready by late summer for festival submissions!
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Post by Pharozonk on Apr 12, 2022 21:57:37 GMT -5
Anyone have any recs with where to start with Creepy and Eerie? Do either magazines have any particular runs/eras that are of note, or any to avoid as well?
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Post by Pharozonk on Apr 12, 2022 20:59:57 GMT -5
What's been the haps with you lately, Slam? Nothing much. Kids all gone to college. Understaffed at the office. Ready to retire by almost 10 years away. On the plus side, live music is back to being a thing. I feel you on the understaffed thing. I'm on 4 different teams and 3 of them are understaffed, but management just spends all the money on hiring in the sales department instead of any product development team.
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Post by Pharozonk on Apr 12, 2022 20:51:42 GMT -5
I feel like I haven't been here for an eternity. Are all the old gang still here? What's been the haps with you lately, Slam?
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Post by Pharozonk on Apr 12, 2022 20:49:08 GMT -5
I feel like I haven't been here for an eternity. Are all the old gang still here?
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Post by Pharozonk on Apr 4, 2020 13:37:41 GMT -5
What a bummer. A great band that had way more gems than people know.
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Post by Pharozonk on Mar 25, 2020 13:03:02 GMT -5
RIP Stuart Gordon, director of great horror flicks like Re-Animator and From Beyond
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Post by Pharozonk on Mar 24, 2020 16:36:55 GMT -5
To echo impulse, please refrain from detouring into political discussions in this thread. Discussions of safety precautions/concerns is one thing, but drawing political conclusions is strictly off limits here.
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Post by Pharozonk on Mar 22, 2020 17:59:56 GMT -5
Watched this lost gem of an Italian Road Comedy. Currently streaming on the Criterion Channel if any of you have that!
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Post by Pharozonk on Mar 22, 2020 17:33:28 GMT -5
Also, a helpful table to tell the difference in what you may be experiencing during this crazy time:
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