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Grace Kelly by far and away...
Both are gorgeous but lacking a bit in the personality department IMO.Natalie Wood.
Grace Kelly by far and away...
Both are gorgeous but lacking a bit in the personality department IMO.Natalie Wood.
80s ... you know your ####, but ... WHIFF!!!!!Both are gorgeous but lacking a bit in the personality department IMO.
80s ... you know your ####, but ... WHIFF!!!!!
*Sorry. I am drinking an Irish Coffee. First alcohol for me since Derby eve. I was honoring my boy Sean. Now, I have to drink without him. :(
I stand by it. Natalie Wood and Grace Kelly were quite bland, didn't have the chops when compared to the likes of Katharine Hepburn and Bette Davis.Wait!
I got more!
You mean to tell me that the dude famous for hookin' up with robot women is actually accusing these fine ladies of "lacking a bit in the personality department"?!?!?
WTF man?!?!
Well .. if you couch in these terms - relative comparisons ok - but what about the robots?!I stand by it. Natalie Wood and Grace Kelley were quite bland, didn't have the chops when compared to the likes of Katharine Hepburn and Bette Davis.
I didn't hook up with robot women, I hooked up with women who I met when I was helping the Mexican robot makers get out of Canada.Well .. if you couch in these terms - relative comparisons ok - but what about the robots?!
Looks, personality and acting chops with no mention of Lucille Ball. SMH.I stand by it. Natalie Wood and Grace Kelley were quite bland, didn't have the chops when compared to the likes of Katharine Hepburn and Bette Davis.
Looks like we've got a nomination. I do believe I saw a Lucille Ball noir as well- was with George Saunders and Charles Coburn if I remember correctly.Looks, personality and acting chops with no mention of Lucille Ball. SMH.
:whoosh:I didn't hook up with robot women, I hooked up with women who I met when I was helping the Mexican robot makers get out of Canada.
Hmmm. The robots sounds better than in my day. We didn't even have heads on em yet.and personality wise, they were standard drunk 19 year olds.
Big fan.Looks, personality and acting chops with no mention of Lucille Ball. SMH.
Haven't seen that. I have seen The Dark Corner, multiple times. It's goodLooks like we've got a nomination. I do believe I saw a Lucille Ball noir as well- was with George Saunders and Charles Coburn if I remember correctly.
Looked it up- Lured. Also stars Boris Karloff and is oddly enough directed by Douglas Sirk.Haven't seen that. I have seen The Dark Corner, multiple times. It's good
One of Lucille Ball's first screen credits was in a "Three Stooges" short.
Appreciate the thoughts but that's not The Killing to which we are referring. We are talking about the Stanley Kubrick movie.Never saw A Simple Plan, but I have watched 4 seasons of The Killing. I’d put the first two seasons of that show up against anything as far as thrillers/dramas go. You can pretty much skip the third and 4th seasons; they move on to a wholly different narrative and it’s just not the same.
It’s a shame they didn’t just continue onward with the indian reservation plot line, I thought that would have been a cool direction to go instead of abandoning the characters they’d developed.
But that ending to season 2, I don’t think I’ve ever been as crushed by a tv show as I was by that. I mean BB is up there, always was and will be an all-time great, but that 2-season storyline is phenomenal.
Yeah I knew that. Just testing you all to make sure you were talking about the right one!Appreciate the thoughts but that's not The Killing to which we are referring. We are talking about the Stanley Kubrick movie.
Not sure my list looks too different from Wikkid so I’ll do 3 mini listsThrowing this out for discussion... your Top Ten film noirs? I’m going to put some thought into this one today/tonight.
Yep, John Huston in is his directorial debut really set the ball rolling. This and Gun for Hire to me really kicked off the noir as a major American movement. Gun for Hire has Lake/Ladd which is ace pairing, Graham Greene wrote it which is about as good as it gets. I just wish someone other than Frank Tuttle was directing it. He films it about as straight up as it gets. Someone of just slightly more skill could have really done something special with it.wikkidpissah said:wikkid's Top Ten Noirs
2. The Maltese Falcon - Huston set the tone for the form and no one's improved on it
Gun for Hire was on this weekend, but i missed it. Good one, but my fave Lake/Ladd noir is The Blue Dahlia, from an original Raymond Chandler script. They're great together and there's a topnotch nutso meltdown from Wm Bendix in it.Yep, John Huston in is his directorial debut really set the ball rolling. This and Gun for Hire to me really kicked off the noir as a major American movement. Gun for Hire has Lake/Ladd which is ace pairing, Graham Greene wrote it which is about as good as it gets. I just wish someone other than Frank Tuttle was directing it. He films it about as straight up as it gets. Someone of just slightly more skill could have really done something special with it.
Watching it on DVR right now and I might have misjudged Tuttle the first time. The second half of the film has some real nice noir shots. This might have been every bit as influential on noir as The Maltese Falcon. Unlike TMF, TGFH gets out and moves a lot more- not everything is so confined to apartments.Gun for Hire was on this weekend, but i missed it. Good one, but my fave Lake/Ladd noir is The Blue Dahlia, from an original Raymond Chandler script. They're great together and there's a topnotch nutso meltdown from Wm Bendix in it.
i would have watched both by now cuz i'm on a free trial, but i've fallen in love with Mrs Maisel and a new season of her comes up in Dec so i'll be signed up long enough to have time to push my memory refresh of Noirvember selections til just before deadline, when it's bestAnyone watch either of them yet on Amazon? How’s the picture quality?
Isn’t that show wonderful? She’s a dream.i would have watched both by now cuz i'm on a free trial, but i've fallen in love with Mrs Maisel and a new season of her comes up in Dec so i'll be signed up long enough to have time to push my refresh of memory on Noirvember selections til just before deadline, when it's best
I must be in love, because there's quite a bit that needs forgiving (continuity & era wise) w MMM but, unlike any other show i've ever seen, i am not only willing to forgive but look forward to opportunities to do so, like a heartsick freshman. #### up!Isn’t that show wonderful? She’s a dream.
The funniest part is the kids who seem to come and go as the show needs them. She’s the worst mom on TV but who cares, she’s perfect to me!I must be in love, because there's quite a bit that needs forgiving (continuity & era wise) w MMM but, unlike any other show i've ever seen, i am not only willing to forgive but look forward to opportunities to do so, like a heartsick freshman. #### up!
That's more accurate than you might imagine. I came in a little late and quite a bit poor for the phenomenon, but nanny-raised was the dream. I was reared as a piece of ethnic furniture for neighbors & relatives to be impressed by. My mother would have had us laminated if she could. I would have KILLED to be ignored.The funniest part is the kids who seem to come and go as the show needs them. She’s the worst mom on TV but who cares, she’s perfect to me!
Picture quality looked fine to me. I watched The Killing on an iPad, and A Simple Plan through a Fire Stick.Anyone watch either of them yet on Amazon? How’s the picture quality?
Picture quality looked fine to me. I watched The Killing on an iPad, and A Simple Plan through a Fire Stick.
Plan on rocking both on bluray. The Killing is one of the Criterion that I have at home.Anyone watch either of them yet on Amazon? How’s the picture quality?
I'm watching the Lawrence of Arabia restoration on a flip-phone right now. Seems fine...
Yeah, I know. I was traveling for work when I watched it. Sometimes best option.
Yeah Amazon doesn’t have the quality control Netflix doesPlan on rocking both on bluray. The Killing is one of the Criterion that I have at home.
I have noticed that Amazon's picture quality can be sketchy at times, but I guess that could be our internet too (maybe it's lagging and the app switches to a lower resolution or something?)
We made it around to watching The Anderson Tapes before it goes off streaming on Sunday.The Anderson Tapes is showing tonight on TCM.The Anderson Tapes-
Was the first major film to focus on the pervasiveness of electronic surveillance, from security cameras in public places to hidden recording devices
Check your local listings.
Saw it as well. It was ok but a long long way off in quality and message from The Conversation.We made it around to watching The Anderson Tapes before it goes off streaming on Sunday.
It's an entertaining heist movie that used surveillance as a gimmick to frame the film and occasionally bump the plot along. It didn't have as much to say about the serious themes explored by the movie club films.
Connery was strong as usual and it was a hoot to see what passed for state of the art technology in 1971. Some of the character stereotypes were kind of cringey but that's not unusual for a movie from a half century ago.
Eephus is pumped!
Yes. Love that movie. It doesn't seem to be very well known about for some unknown reason.Eephus is pumped!
I am a little behind on my list, as I am working on my photos from the Mayor Pete fund raiser in Lexington on Thursday night.
However, I have #2.
Arsenic and Old Lace
We put this on in '86. I only had a bit part (I did more in the 2nd feature however, A Thurber Carnival - too bad it's not a noir). Anyways, the actress who played the maid (Edit: I think it was a maid. It was not an original role, iirc.) was a major crush for me. And, on my birthday, we all went to see the The Rocky Horror Picture Show. I dressed as Riff Raff.
I was too shy to make the 1st move. Luckily, she wasn't.
Backstage for this run was the best of my life.
As far as the movie. Top notch. Cary Grant is quite the athlete; I love his "body humor". Highly recommended.