For most of my life, teenage years and forward, I've watched the Oscars. That's about 56 years worth.
During high school, I had a click of friends who were interested in watching and discussing movies. I went to a parochial school and while there was some money for the chess club and the debate club, Administration was not very pro the " movie club ". One of the things my friends and I always tried to do was watch the five movies nominated for best picture, debate their merits and then watch the Oscars. Actually watching the Oscars called for some sacrifice as they always occurred during midterm exams usually on a Sunday, ending late. There was always an exam on Monday. Thinking back now there are highlights we are all likely to remember. The slap, the streak, the refusals Brando and Scott. I also remember a lively group discussion about Hoffman in Midnight Cowboy loss to Wayne in True Grit. The discussion centered if Voight being nominated for the same movie/ award might have been a factor. Love to hear any remembrances from MoPo members they might like to share. Fast forward recently, with there now being 10 nominees, I’m I'm lucky if I've seen half of them. This year I've seen five; All Quiet, Top Gun Maverick, EEAA0, Elvis and Tar Would imagine most of us spend some time during the week thinking about movies and movie posters. Every time I walk into my kitchen I'm thinking Tarantino. If you're wondering why that is please see the link. I think you'll understand… I really should get out more. http://hamptonmovieposters.com/store#!/kitch/p/535706769/category=0 Prompted by someones posts on MoPo's 28th birthday string I really remember liking those "what's on your walls" . So I took some pics of mine. In my former house a lot of the wall space was dedicated to movie posters, currently only about 10%. I had framed a large number of posters and while that was pretty expensive, as my wall space is now diminished it's nice being able to swap out posters every couple of weeks. I have a number of figurines/statues on shelves attached to the wall and I also took some individual pictures of some of the ones that I really like. The pics will be a little fuzzy but I’m sure the posters will be recognizable to you. The link is from my website which hasn’t been updated for years but I keep it going and use it for links. http://hamptonmovieposters.com/store#!/rm3/p/535108488/category=0 https://d2j6dbq0eux0bg.cloudfront.net/images/1377056/3492824491.png http://hamptonmovieposters.com/store#!/rm1/p/535285212/category=0 http://hamptonmovieposters.com/store#!/mmwall/p/537375548/category=0 http://hamptonmovieposters.com/store#!/colex/p/537339133/category=0 Lastly, with a focus on posters, some of you might be familiar with a couple of books written by Bill Givens called Film Flubs memorable movie mistakes. He wrote two of them a few years apart. I had the first one, but no longer do, however something caught my eye in the book and I photographed it. Two posters issued for The Longest Day..the second one I assume for a re-release..the studio kept the same poster substituting the heads of the stars..think Wayne, Fonda and Mitchum..not sure of the fourth..Anyone know of other examples? http://hamptonmovieposters.com/store#!/filmflub/p/535706768/category=0 Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
