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by ChiO
July 20th, 2014, 12:51 pm
Forum: The People of Film
Topic: *CANDIDS*
Replies: 14682
Views: 5999169

Re: *CANDIDS*

No, no, no.

She'll always be "Hilda Crocker" on December Bride.
by ChiO
July 20th, 2014, 8:46 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: LISTS
Replies: 547
Views: 190502

Re: LISTS

Another stellar year for non-English language films. SIMON OF THE DESERT , THE SHOP ON MAIN STREET , THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS , JULIET OF THE SPIRITS , RED BEARD , VAGHE STELLE DELL'ORSA ( aka SANDRA ) and three by Godard - ALPHAVILLE , MASCULINE FEMININE & PIERROT LE FOU - would be contenders in a...
by ChiO
July 14th, 2014, 3:09 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: LISTS
Replies: 547
Views: 190502

Re: LISTS

Yes, 1964 was another good year for non-English language films. My five favorites, all of which would have otherwise been in my Top Ten, are: THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW (Pasolini), GERTRUD (Dreyer), THE RED DESERT (Antonioni), BEFORE THE REVOLUTION (Bertolucci) and THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOUR...
by ChiO
July 12th, 2014, 2:26 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: DEWEY'S RECORD PARTY!
Replies: 3330
Views: 762498

Re: DEWEY'S RECORD PARTY!

The last of the original members of The Ramones has died. TOMMY RAMONE , nee Erdelyi Tamas, played guitar in an earlier band with Johnny Ramone , nee John Cummings, but switched to drums with The Ramones when they couldn't find a drummer. He was on the band's first three albums, but continued to be ...
by ChiO
July 12th, 2014, 9:11 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: DEWEY'S RECORD PARTY!
Replies: 3330
Views: 762498

Re: DEWEY'S RECORD PARTY!

A giant on bass and one of the jazz artists that brought me to Free Jazz, CHARLIE HADEN , has died at 76. From playing as a child in his parents' Country 'n' Western band, to Ornette Coleman , to his Liberation Music Orchestra, he and his music will be missed. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
by ChiO
July 9th, 2014, 10:20 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Someone's having a birthday!
Replies: 1525
Views: 429132

Re: Someone's having a birthday!

Happy Birthday, Paula!
by ChiO
July 7th, 2014, 4:03 pm
Forum: Westerns
Topic: Westerns
Replies: 906
Views: 285069

Re: Westerns

Two years before the release of ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS - moved to the West - and JOHNNY GUITAR - in a sort of inside-out way - they were mashed together with a heaping portion of any Judy and Mickey come-on-kids-let's-put-on-a-show movie, resulting in TAKE ME TO TOWN (Douglas Sirk 1952), a generally...
by ChiO
July 5th, 2014, 8:21 pm
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: The June 2014 TCM Schedule
Replies: 43
Views: 43299

Re: The June 2014 TCM Schedule

Anyone see BAIT?
Yes. Why do you ask?
by ChiO
July 2nd, 2014, 5:15 am
Forum: The People of Film
Topic: *CANDIDS*
Replies: 14682
Views: 5999169

Re: *CANDIDS*

Wonder if anyone knows how he came to direct that picture and/or why he never did another. Laughton and Paul Gregory had formed a production team for the stage. Gregory got a copy of a soon-to-be published book, The Night of the Hunter (David Grubb), and showed it to Laughton , who liked it. Laught...
by ChiO
July 1st, 2014, 8:56 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: LISTS
Replies: 547
Views: 190502

Re: LISTS

I approached 1963 with some trepidation. Lots of great non-English language films, my favorite being THE HOUSE IS BLACK (Forugh Farrokhzad), but with Visconti , Kurosawa , Bergman , Fellini , Resnais , Ray and others - good grief, Godard had three movies - there are plenty from which to choose. Hers...
by ChiO
June 29th, 2014, 7:42 pm
Forum: Film Noir and Crime
Topic: Noir Films
Replies: 939
Views: 356612

Re: Noir Films

JF -

Email on the way.
by ChiO
June 29th, 2014, 3:27 pm
Forum: Film Noir and Crime
Topic: Noir Films
Replies: 939
Views: 356612

Re: Noir Films

Sometimes one goes in really wanting to like a film, but has no high hopes. And, then, it turns out to be very enjoyable and more. Such was RYNOX (Michael Powell 1932), Powell 's second feature film as director. Once thought to be lost, it was found in 1990 at Pinewood Studios. F.X. Benedik is a bus...
by ChiO
June 20th, 2014, 6:45 pm
Forum: Film Noir and Crime
Topic: I WAKE UP DREAMING 2014
Replies: 35
Views: 38554

Re: I WAKE UP DREAMING 2014

Hokey pokey? Clearly it is a candid shot of a random young fan of the fine film noir explaining the nuances of a recently watched film to an elderly gentleman who had never considered the insights provided by the young fan. Or... ...as an individual in my office said: "You seen two old gray-hai...
by ChiO
June 19th, 2014, 6:24 pm
Forum: The People of Film
Topic: *CANDIDS*
Replies: 14682
Views: 5999169

Re: *CANDIDS*

Charles Coburn and Dame May Whitty sharing a birthday...why does that seem right? And Gena Rowlands ...the archetype of the post-studio actor. What a life, including a long marriage to a difficult genius. Thank you, Gena , for allowing LOVE STREAMS - the Cassavetes movie - finally to being released...
by ChiO
June 16th, 2014, 9:35 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: LISTS
Replies: 547
Views: 190502

Re: LISTS

Yes, 1962 was a great year for movies. Most of the great ones, however, were non-English language. THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL (Luis Bunuel), all by itself, elevates the year. Add THE TRIAL OF JOAN OF ARC (Robert Bresson) and several others, and it is spectacular. But, for the English language movies, m...