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- June 22nd, 2008, 6:43 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: WHAT FILMS HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
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- June 22nd, 2008, 6:35 am
- Forum: Silents & PreCodes
- Topic: WHAT SILENTS & PRE-CODES HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
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Yes, that's the one. It does start very slowly, and if you've seen old video versions, the aspect ratio may not be correct, so you may have missed much of the picture. Trust me, Tati does take his time, but the overall effect is well worth the investment. At the very least, fast forward to the resta...
- June 21st, 2008, 4:57 pm
- Forum: Silents & PreCodes
- Topic: WHAT SILENTS & PRE-CODES HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
- Replies: 3714
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I know technically this isn’t where this should be posted but I just saw Jacques Tati’s masterpiece Playtime for the first time, and it is one of the funniest “silent” films I’ve ever seen. Essentially a number of set-pieces (or shorts, even) the film is linked by Tati’s Monsieur Hulot wandering thr...
- June 19th, 2008, 4:18 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: DEWEY'S RECORD PARTY!
- Replies: 3331
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- June 19th, 2008, 3:52 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: A little help with Catherine Deneuve
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3215
Chris, I was also interested in this set and found this review of it on DVDtalk http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/33614/catherine-deneuve-5-film-collection/?___rd=1 Since I have most of the Deneuve films available (here in the US), I still may nibble. But I must admit, they don't sound all that great. ...
- June 18th, 2008, 3:31 pm
- Forum: Silents & PreCodes
- Topic: WHAT SILENTS & PRE-CODES HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
- Replies: 3714
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A thoroughly enjoyable “winking” homage to the Western, Ruth Ann Baldwin’s 49-17 (an abysmal name) succeeds because none of the characters know they are in a parody. Filled with all of the requisite Western characters and situations, Baldwin has her actors play everything relatively straight, which ...
- June 17th, 2008, 5:59 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: I don't know how to say this...
- Replies: 26
- Views: 8414
- June 17th, 2008, 9:36 am
- Forum: Silents & PreCodes
- Topic: WHAT SILENTS & PRE-CODES HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
- Replies: 3714
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Continuing my survey into the works of early women filmmakers, I watched Alice Guy-Blaché’s The Ocean Waif . A poor young woman flees from her brutal step-father, taking refuge in an abandoned mansion. Coincidentally, a rich author, with his nebbish valet, searches for a secluded property to write h...
- June 16th, 2008, 6:46 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: DEWEY'S RECORD PARTY!
- Replies: 3331
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- June 15th, 2008, 12:42 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: True or False? Just a theory...
- Replies: 46
- Views: 13541
Arguing who was first in punk is like arguing who was the first in heavy metal ( The Kinks ? All Day and All of the Night rocks pretty heavy for 1964). Sure the New York Dolls were first, and their influence was felt for sometime (although their reunion album leaves much to be desired). But I had th...
- June 14th, 2008, 1:49 pm
- Forum: Silents & PreCodes
- Topic: WHAT SILENTS & PRE-CODES HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
- Replies: 3714
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The first time I saw Passion was on a video tape I bought from a company that prided themselves on their Silent film presentations, saying they were all presented with “acuview” or some such nonsense. Anyway, gullible me, I purchased the tape (along with a few others) and put it in as soon as it arr...
- June 14th, 2008, 7:54 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: DEWEY'S RECORD PARTY!
- Replies: 3331
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- June 13th, 2008, 5:12 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: True or False? Just a theory...
- Replies: 46
- Views: 13541
Does Rock ‘n Roll High School count in this thread for great contemporary soundtracks? (l suppose it could be considered a musical.) Dazed and Confused . Another great soundtrack to a great movie. I rather liked Juno and Crash was okay (I assume you are not referring to the Cronenberg film, which wa...
- June 13th, 2008, 8:26 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: DEWEY'S RECORD PARTY!
- Replies: 3331
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Okay, you are all in for a treat. Over in the Desert Island Discs thread I listed as one of my must have albums the debut on Columbia Records from The Laughing Dogs. They were the opening act for the first concert I ever saw, and youtube just happens to have a clip from that actual show! Enjoy! [you...
- June 13th, 2008, 7:50 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: True or False? Just a theory...
- Replies: 46
- Views: 13541