Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[Gemini Cricket]

The theatres here in HI have self-serve drinks, too. I like it. The popcorn, tho, is like $500 dollars.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Speaking of TCM, do they show film uncut? We're wanting to catch Coppola's The Conversation, it's airing on TCM. But if they edit movies we'll just wait for netflix.

The schedule says it will be 114 minutes long. IMDb says the movie is 113 minutes long so I'd assume it is uncut. It is also letterboxed so no pan and scan.

[Gemini Cricket]

The Conversation! Wonderful film. I liked it a lot.
I've seen a ton of films on TCM and don't remember any of them being cut (for length, content etc). I don't remember where they stand on films with adult language but I remember seeing a few films with the swearing in tact.

[innerSpaceman]

One of my local Culver City theaters has self-serve soft drinks. And the popcorn is only $459.99!

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by Alex

The schedule says it will be 114 minutes long. IMDb says the movie is 113 minutes long so I'd assume it is uncut. It is also letterboxed so no pan and scan.

TCM shows films in original format and uncut.

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

Mine's free but I am they're slave...

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I actually liked a lot of the Marion Davies films they showcased on TCM. I thought she was pretty danged funny.

Back to Duel in the Sun, there's so much wrong about this film. Too long, too slow and Jennifer Jones had too much tanning makeup on. I think one of the most horrible things of the film is the advertisement for the film in the film at the beginning. "Duel in the Sun... two years in the making..." etc Oy vey. Which producer allowed that? Once they're sitting in the seats, they don't need to be convinced to come see the movie.
And as much as I love Lillian Gish and Lionel Barrymore, the scene had the opposite effect on me. The film makes me chuckle. It just feels soooo over the top sad that it makes me giggle.

Ah, Joseph Cotten. Sometimes I watch the couple of films he and Orson Wells are in and wonder if Wells had the hots for him. Just my gaydar working overtime, I think.

Davies was very funny and talented. But the release of Citizen Kane really did her career legacy damage that is, thanks to TCM, that's changing.

David O. Selznick was the producer and was legendary for his meddling ways on his films. A real Type A personality and one with severe control issues, especially when it came to Jennifer Jones. Besides, Selznick was convinced this would be greater than Gone with the Wind. It sure as hell wasn't. Lust in the Dust is a moniker that still sticks. However, like Wyler's Ben Hur, or De Mille's silly as hell 10 Commandments, this is Grade A #1 cheese and can be really loads of fun when you are in the mood for it.

Lionel is such a sh!t through most of the film, the final scene moves me when he crys out "Laurabelle" those damned Barrymores, exquisite ham.

I agree on Jennifer being doused in too much make up, but her growling and grunting as Pearl, well not my taste. Still loads of fun, and may I add, Gregory Peck was a hottie as a cowboy. Rowr.

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by Bornieo: Fully Loaded

Mine's free but I am there slave...

...their slave...

(Sorry, but that is one of the grammar mistakes that shreds my nerves.)

[innerSpaceman]

Nope, they keep him down as part of the underclass by learning him bad grammars on the job.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Deleted Scene from Close Encounters