I Just Watched...

[Cinemaspeak59]

Dangerous Number (1937). You can’t go wrong with Ann Sothern in a screwball comedy. Ann’s partner in adventure (and there’s a lot of it) is Robert Young, an inventor who has little patience for Ann’s artist friends. Mismatched as they are, Ann has plenty of tricks up her sleeve to win him over.

[BagelOnAPlate]

COMING HOME (1978) was on TCM last night. I hadn't looked at it since it was new (saw it on cable TV over 40 years ago)!
I had forgotten about the stir the lovemaking scene had initiated. It is still impressive and I give JANE FONDA a lot of credit, because it was a bold scene, even now! JON VOIGHT and BRUCE DERN also do a great job!
Also, looking at the film reminded me it was the reason I bought THE ROLLING STONES Flowers album...

I think I read that Jane used a body double in that particular sex scene, and although its been a while since I saw the movie, I recall close ups of her face in that scene seperate from the rest of the body. As for the film itself, it is very well acted by everyone involved, but the much rewritten story is a bit ragged and the final moments of the film seem inconclusive

I believe you are correct and I agree, not a great film for me, but good in many ways. In the lovemaking scene JANE enacts an orgasm, more particularly as a result of oral sex. I think it remains bold.

I saw Coming Home on Watch TCM yesterday. It was one of Ann-Margret's selections as guest programmer.

It's possible a body double was used for some of the scene that is mentioned in the original post, but there is a shot where Jane Fonda's face and her bare breasts are visible.
And, it was bold for a major movie star like Jane Fonda to simulate an orgasm, especially under the specific circumstances of that scene.
Early in the movie, there's an intimate scene with Jane Fonda and Bruce Dern (who plays her husband) where Jane Fonda's character is pretty much laying there waiting for Bruce Dern's character to finish.

Jane Fonda does a great job of realistically portraying her character's tension in multiple situations with both Jon Voight's character and Bruce Dern's character.
Bruce Dern's meltdown scene was nerve-racking for me on a very real level. The way screams the word is really got me.

[txfilmfan]

I think I read that Jane used a body double in that particular sex scene, and although its been a while since I saw the movie, I recall close ups of her face in that scene seperate from the rest of the body. As for the film itself, it is very well acted by everyone involved, but the much rewritten story is a bit ragged and the final moments of the film seem inconclusive

I believe you are correct and I agree, not a great film for me, but good in many ways. In the lovemaking scene JANE enacts an orgasm, more particularly as a result of oral sex. I think it remains bold.

I saw Coming Home on Watch TCM yesterday. It was one of Ann-Margret's selections as guest programmer.

And, it was bold for a major movie star like Jane Fonda to simulate an orgasm, especially under the specific circumstances of that scene.

She had done it before, in a campy manner, in that curious film Barbarella some 10 years earlier, with Fonda's Barbarella in Durand-Durand's Excessive Machine, a machine of simultaneous pleasure and execution. Barbarella was too much for the machine and it went up in flames.

[Masha]

Bait (2000)


The superbly crafted and meticulously timed heist of millions in gold from a Federal repository intersects with a master criminal's plan to steal a bag of shrimp from a seafood warehouse. Pardon me... my mistake... a bag of prawns. We all know that a prawn "is like five or six shrimp."

I really like this movie. It has a vibe deeply reminiscent of 1960s screwball crime comedies. Some elements are darker than they need to be but were appropriate to movies at the turn of the century. The execution of the repository guards is a good example of this. It was obviously intended to contrast with the other criminal's happy-go-lucky approach but it was a bit much despite being mostly off-screen.

I like Jamie Foxx very much. I have never watched him in a role in which it was obvious that he was acting. He becomes the character with all its quirks and foibles. His comedic timing is impeccable.

David Morse's character was riddled with false intensity but that is what he does.

8.6/11

This movie is currently available for viewing for free with commercials on: TubiTV.

[Allhallowsday]

AMERICAN GIGOLO (1980) I owned the 45 "Call Me" but I don't think I saw this back in the day. Interesting, particularly the look and soundtrack, but ultimately RICHARD GERE's character was too sleazy for me to care about at all.

[Allhallowsday]

LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (1962)
Just on TCM, I know the movie, first saw it as a teenager. The older I get, the more powerful it becomes. I had a tear run down my face... for JASON ROBARDS performance. I saw the play on Broadway about 17 years ago with VANESSA REDGRAVE, CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER, PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN and ROBERT SEAN LEONARD. It did not make the impression the movie still does. Powerful and painful.

[CinemaInternational]

AMERICAN GIGOLO (1980) I owned the 45 "Call Me" but I don't think I saw this back in the day. Interesting, particularly the look and soundtrack, but ultimately RICHARD GERE's character was too sleazy for me to care about at all.

What was strange about that film was how lethargic it felt, almost as though everything was unfolding at half time rather than at full speed. The Blondie song was more energetic than anything in the film

[Grumpytoad]

A comedy.

Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953)

Have seen plenty of movies over the years that have left me with mixed feelings. But this one takes the cake, because I thought it was simultaneously brilliant and very disappointing.

The plot is simple. The title almost says it all, so I'll just add it was a beach holiday.

The movie can be compared to Chaplin's little tramp movies, as the action revolves around the distinctive title character.

Where the movie succeeds is in a number of very funny sight gags, maybe the best I've ever seen.

But the Hulot character? No thanks. When I watch Chaplin's tramp, he comes across as odd, but bright and charming and even sympathetic.

Hulot is odd too, but mainly just stupid.Repeatedly.

For a while, a young woman seems vaguely interested in him. But he stands her up at the first opportunity to date her. No followup, she doesn't even react to it. In fact, the whole incident was never referred to in the movie again.

The print I watched was a digitally restored one, and it was frankly perfect. Clear, excellent black and white tones.





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[txfilmfan]

A comedy.

Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953)

Have seen plenty of movies over the years that have left me with mixed feelings. But this one takes the cake, because I thought it was simultaneously brilliant and very disappointing.

The plot is simple. The title almost says it all, so I'll just add it was a beach holiday.

The movie can be compared to Chaplin's little tramp movies, as the action revolves around the distinctive title character.

Where the movie succeeds is in a number of very funny sight gags, maybe the best I've ever seen.

But the Hulot character? No thanks. When I watch Chaplin's tramp, he comes across as odd, but bright and charming and even sympathetic.

Hulot is odd too, but mainly just stupid.Repeatedly.

For a while, a young woman seems vaguely interested in him. But he stands her up at the first opportunity to date her. No followup, she doesn't even react to it. In fact, the whole incident was never referred to in the movie again.

The print I watched was a digitally restored one, and it was frankly perfect. Clear, excellent black and white tones.





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Tend to agree. The Little Tramp, Hulot, Mr Bean - variations on the same theme. I like them in small doses. Perhaps Atkinson's half hour show from the 90s is about perfect for me. Same with Chaplin's shorts. I tire of them in feature-length films. But that's just me, and I'm probably in the minority.

They all have one thing in common that amplifies their popularity. Since they rely on sight gags rather than dialogue, and touch on universal situations that aren't so culturally dependent, they are readily exportable worldwide, and have found a following globally.

[Detective Jim McLeod]

This is the first time in a long time I watched a whole block of films one after the other, starting last night at 8:00PM EST



Gilda Live (1980) TCM -6/10

A filmed performance of Gilda Radner's Broadway revue.

I had seen this years ago, it was a hit and miss show with Gilda doing some of her most famous SNL characters, which are the best parts. Director Mike Nichols chose to film some backstage stuff which I don't think was needed. Father Guido Sarducci (Don Novello) is given a bit too much footage.
But Gilda provides some hilarious moments with characters like Judy Miller, the little Brownie who does her own fantasy TV show in her room, nerdy Lisa Loopner playing "The Way We Were' at a high school recital, Olympic gymnast Nadia Comaneci ("Aren't I cute?") and gross newscaster Rosanne Rosannadanna making a guest speech at a journalism school graduation. Some good musical moments like the vulgar "Let's Talk Dirty To The Animals' and the sweet "Honey" at the end.



Valerie (2019 TCM 6/10

A documentary short about actress Valerie Perrine.

Since this is a short, it doesn't get too much into Perrine's career. She is now in very ill health suffering from Parkinsons and it is heart breaking to watch this once energetic and cheerful lady no longer able to walk or fend for herself. Some good clips of her performances in Lenny (1974) and one of my favorite PBS performances of the play Steambath (1973). Some of her celebrity friends like Angie Dickinson, George Hamilton and Loni Anderson have nice things to say. Those scenes of her now take up most of the time and are hard to watch.



Lenny (1974)TCM 7/10

A look at comedian Lenny Bruce's (Dustin Hoffman) battles with the law over his comedy act.

I had seen this before but couldn't remember much. The acting by Hoffman and Valerie Perrine as his stripper wife is excellent. Bob Fosse's direction is good, the B&W photography fits the story well. I usually don't like to compare older films to modern times but I was really struck by one scene where Lenny lets loose with some racial slurs on stage to show that suppression of a word gives it power. It made me think if Lenny Bruce were alive and active today he would get censored and harassed again.

[Sepiatone]

Jim, I watched both GILDA Live and VALERIE with both a smile on my face and tears in my eyes. I loved Gilda Radner. Her being a Detroit, MI native aside, she was one energetic powerhouse talent that left us all too soon.

And what the beautiful and also talented woman Valerie Perrine is enduring now isn't fair. I can think of nothing she's ever done to deserve her plight.
And for me, My first sight(no pun intended) of Ms. Perrine was her brief nude appearance in the PBS broadcast of the play STEAMBATH(as you also brought up). She lit up the screen regardless of what the movie she was in was about.


Sepiatone

[laffite]

Double Jeopardy (1999) An appalling story. The second most least entertaining movie that has ever been my displeasure to get through all the way to the finish. It 'has the usual requisite number of disgustingly nasty human beings and and contains the single most morbidly disturbing scene of any I have ever witnessed and is so awful that peace of mind is in jeopardy if ambushed by the thought. The makers of this piece of crap don't even know what the title means. They think, in effect, that if you are acquitted of murder, it's okay to commit another one with impunity. Double Jeopardy, you know. The movie is rated R. Pretty stringent for the lack of gore. We have a scene like that early, but mere blood doesn't bother me. It's the more creative aspects of murder and cruelty that can affect me. I attribute this to old age. The older one gets, the more vivid one identifies. I could have tossed this off without a qualm in earlier days.//

[Intrepid37]

I just watched Camille Claudel (1988) starring Isabelle Adjani.

What a sad story. Immensely talented but so severely neurotic about what she felt was unjustifiably withheld recognition that she let herself go nearly feral. Good movie and well-acted - but such an ultimately depressing one.

[laffite]

I just watched Camille Claudel (1988) starring Isabelle Adjani.

What a sad story. Immensely talented but so severely neurotic about what she felt was unjustifiably withheld recognition that she let herself go nearly feral. Good movie and well-acted - but such an ultimately depressing one.

To be an artist, O Woe. Depressing yes, a little ... but artistically so, and by that I don't refer to sculpture but the artistry of the film. I would loathe to overlook the beauty of the finale to Tchaikovsky's Sixth by being too aware of a surface depressive quality.