On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 05:55:30PM -0400, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > Today I took my wife to see The King and I on a big screen, in a limited > special 60th anniversary showing at selected theaters. > > Q few months ago, I attended a big screen showing of Blazing Saddles, with > commentary afterwards by Mel Brooks. A few weeks prior to that, I was a > big screen showing of The Princess Bride, with commentary by Cary Elwes. > > Great movies deserve a big screen. I have no desire, however, to see Barry > Lyndon, on a big screen, on TV or otherwise. > > Coming up soon is a big screen showing of Dr Strangelove. which I > definitely want to see. The images of the B-52 flying low over the > northern ice pack was a truly memorable cinematic experience, by itself > worth seeing the movie again on a big screen.
It's somewhat spoiled for me by the fact that the shadow of the plane on the ice is rather obviously a B-17. The B-52 is actually a model shot in front of a projected background. On the other hand, I find the sequence of nuclear explosions at the end of the film one of the most stunning things I've seen; if you don't think about what you are looking at, the visuals are eerily beautiful. Trivia: The B-17 shooting the northern ice pack got into a bit of trouble for filming too near to a classified military site. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
