Pardon me for weighing in late on this question, but it has been the busiest
December EVER for this self-employed guitar picker (21 live shows total, and
that’s with no New Year’s Eve gig!) Add a recently acquired bad cold to the mix
and you get a guy whose recreational computer time has been minimal.
Unquestionably, the film that completely hooked me on cinema, the horror/sci-fi
genre, AND movie posters, all during one trip to the El Rey theater in Walnut
Creek, CA when I was six, was “Forbidden Planet”. I can recall snippets of
films that my parents took me to prior to that, but I remember every moment of
this sic-fi classic. While some of the Freudian subtleties were obviously lost
on me…or maybe not, come to think of it…the sheer spectacle of the film left an
indelible impression on me. When Robbie the Robot came into the picture, my
Freak Flag was being stitched inside my six-year old psyche; by the time the
monster from the Id came into terrifying view, the Freak Flag was completely
unfurled and blowing proudly in the smoke-filled confines of the little theater
my dad lovingly referred to as “The Flea House”.
I recently re-watched the film in HD, and it did not disappoint. Given the
context of the time period, the special effects were beyond brilliant, and the
“music” is still so radical that I can honestly say I’ve never again heard
anything like it. As I walked out, I saw the 40X60” poster from the film with
the iconic image of Robby holding Anne Francis, and I wanted to wake up every
morning looking at it. Crap. Still have never owned any significant poster size
from this title and, given the present price range on even a title card, it
STILL probably ain’t gonna happen. But I still have the fabulous memory of the
90 minute gift from MGM that permanently altered and enriched my inner
landscape.
A belated and heartfelt Happy Holidays to all my fellow poster dorks out there.
2014 was the best year ever for this old geek, and 2015 promises to be even
better…..hell, maybe that “Forbidden Planet” poster will finally be in my hands
after all!
Greg Douglass
In wet, beautiful Escondido, CA
> On Dec 23, 2014, at 11:41 AM, Susan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> It is a great question Kirby. For me there are so many, but two movies that
> had a huge impact on me as a child were Them and Whatever Happened to Baby
> Jane...just couldn't shake those movies for years. The movie that had the
> most impact on me overall and led to my career in writing and film was To
> Kill a Mockingbird, which is still my favorite film to this day. It always
> amazes me that this southern woman, who grew up in the Depression south, had
> such an amazing spirit to write this story and it impacts me every time I
> watch it..it is still a film for me that, after a stressful day at work, I
> can go home and it brings me solace...Happy Holidays everyone.........Sue -
> Hollywood Poster Frames
>
> Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 14:03:15 -0500
> From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION
> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>
>
> Kirby,
>
> Great Question,
>
> When I was a kid visiting my grand parents in CT while on summer vacation, my
> grandfather to me to Town (Mancheser, CT) and he dropped me off at the local
> theatre (single screen, of course) and I saw Wm.Wellman's "The Next Voice You
> Hear" w/ James Whitmore and Nancy Reagan.(1950) I am not sure what moved
> me,but that movie has stuck with me all these years and still now and then,
> pick it up and watch it. Perhaps as a child it opened up a great deal of
> questions for me and the manner it was delivered.
>
> Number two is and early film; not sure when I saw it, but it, the love and
> generosity of the theme "stuck with me" again, all these years. "Sunday
> Dinner For A Soldier" w/ Anne Baxter, John Hodiak, Jane Darwell and Charles
> Winniger (1944).
>
> Let's just say, I loved the films and didn't remember them for a week or so
> after leaving the theatre, but remember them until this
> day....................Vaughn
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Kirby McDaniel
> >Sent: Dec 23, 2014 10:06 AM
> >To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> >Subject: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION
> >
> >Mopolians,
> >
> >Is there a film that CHANGED YOUR LIFE? Maybe not in a big way, but somehow
> >affected a change in you permanently?
> >
> >This is not a “best-movie-you’ve-ever-seen” question, although the best
> >movie you’ve seen may in fact qualify.
> >
> >And you may have more than one - but just pick one that stands out in your
> >experience.
> >
> >It’s really hard to know. It’s easy to say that movies changed my life - I
> >think that collectively they help to shape us, but that’s
> >not what I’m fishing for here.
> >
> >I mean a film that SHIFTED something in you, maybe good, maybe not-so /
> >maybe big, maybe small. So that you could say “after I saw X, I never liked
> >this, or I loved this, or I never felt the same about thus and such.”
> >
> >Think about it.
> >
> >I’m not necessarily asking you to post your answer, either. This could be
> >something private for you. It’s just a question I thought about recently.
> >
> >
> >Kirby McDaniel
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