Actually, Kirby's response has traumatized me because it unleashed a repressed memory -- the most traumatic experience of my cinematic life was watching PINK FLAMINGOS with my mother when I only like 10 years old. I don't know why neither one of us stopped the VCR. While I appreciate Divine doing her thing to The Girl Can't Help It, I think it is safe to say that that particular movie is a bit much for a young one to see.
On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 3:35 PM Glenn Taranto <exit82afi...@gmail.com> wrote: > A Val Lewton produced Western? Yikes! I actually may have to check that > one out. > > When I was 10 I went with a neighbor girl to see 2001: A Space Odyssey. > Some of you can attest that I haven't been the same since. > > I had planned to revisit the film in 2001, provided I lived that long. > Well I did. Live that long I mean. I had 365 days to do watch 2001 in 2001 > and didn't. Still haven't seen it again. Those pod bay doors can stay > closed forever as far as I'm concerned! > > Glenn T. > > On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 12:15 PM Kirby McDaniel <ki...@movieart.com> > wrote: > >> Heidi et Mopolistas, >> >> The art film is a creation of SATAN. Cinema should not stretch your >> imagination too much lest is crack in the winds that blow. These kinds of >> movies just confuse you> Stick to movies like APACHE DRUMS, the first >> movie I ever saw. It's a real horrorshow. I was removed from the Lakewood >> Theater in Dallas, Texas crying my eyes out, age 6 or something. Or sex >> education films like AMERICAN PIE. >> >> Kirby >> movieart.com >> >> >> On Jul 17, 2023, at 12:44 PM, Heidi Herr <hher...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hello! I’m also another Jeanne Dielman aficionado –I honestly found the >> movie to be a rather profound work of art. It’s definitely not the type of >> thing I would watch for a fun movie night, but much like Antonioni’s The >> Eclipse, Hogg’s Archipelago, and Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car, it’s a movie >> that for whatever reason continues to resonate with me. I also think I saw >> it at the right time in my life. If I watched it when I first started >> getting into “old” movies as a pre-teen, I would have run away >> screaming! >> But going back to the topic – the most grueling movie experience – as >> others have mentioned, it was a viewing of The Return of the King! Granted, >> I am not into any Tolkien stuff at all, so I am not the target audience for >> the movie, but it was showing at the historic theater where I live, so >> my husband and I decided to see it. I could not stand it! My husband fell >> asleep, and about half way through the ordeal, I decided to chill in the >> lobby with the theater owner’s exceptionally friendly dog! All things >> considered, it was a nice evening out. >> >> Heidi >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 1:17 PM Michael Greenwood <newswan...@hotmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> It's a great movie. I would watch Delphine Seyrig do just about anything >>> for as long as she wants to be doing that. She is fantastic! That said, I >>> am not sure it would come into my top ten movies. >>> >>> One person's gruel is another person's gruel seen ever so slightly >>> different. >>> >>> M >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From:* MoPo List <mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> on behalf of Tommy >>> Barr <tommymb...@gmail.com> >>> *Sent:* Monday, July 17, 2023 12:40 PM >>> *To:* MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> >>> *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] What was the most grueling high rated movie you >>> have watched? >>> >>> I think this discussion, particularly Bruce's contribution, raises an >>> interesting question about the purpose of films. Are they simply to >>> entertain, or can some be more challenging art? I haven't seen *Jeanne >>> Dielman etc*., but from what I read it is supposed to be boring and >>> gruelling even, as it reflects the eponymous protagonist's life. Certainly >>> there may be a 'woke' element to the critics' choice of best film ever, but >>> that does not necessarily detract from its worth as an artistic endeavour. >>> >>> Tommy >>> >>> On Mon, 17 Jul 2023 at 11:58, Larry Brooks < >>> 0000021723856377-dmarc-requ...@listserv.american.edu> wrote: >>> >>> I really, really, *Really *hated THE ENGLISH PATIENT. Not just me, but >>> every single guy I knew literally detested this film; it bored the pants >>> off us - we found it incredibly tedious, vapid, cloying, and interminable - >>> we'd sit there waiting for this thing to finally end. But every girl we >>> knew Loved it, so go figure. For us it was 100% ungodly movie torture. >>> >>> >>> >>> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> >>> Virus-free.www.avg.com >>> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> >>> >>> On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 11:56 PM Greg Douglass <pickmeis...@mail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Oh, God, Bruce! Now I HAVE to watch it! The gauntlet has been thrown >>> down. >>> I sat through "Monster-a-Go-Go" on a bet. Now this? >>> Greg Douglass >>> >>> >>> *Sent:* Sunday, July 16, 2023 at 8:20 PM >>> *From:* "Bruce Hershenson" <brucehershen...@gmail.com> >>> *To:* MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >>> *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] What was the most grueling high rated movie you >>> have watched? >>> In case you don't know, Greg (and others), " Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai >>> du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles" was picked as the BEST MOVIE of all time! >>> >>> This is the ultimate case of The Emperor's New Clothes. >>> >>> See >>> https://collider.com/jeanne-dielman-sight-and-sound-top-movie-of-all-time/# >>> >>> >>> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> >>> Virus-free.www.avg.com >>> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> >>> >>> On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 10:05 PM Greg Douglass <pickmeis...@mail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> You win, Bruce. First of all, I've never heard of this cinematic >>> felony to which you refer but have now been officially forewarned. Thank >>> you for saving 3 hours & 22 minutes of my life. >>> However, I'd still rather watch "Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom" while >>> eating a big bowl of chocolate pudding than be forced to sit through the >>> first 30 minutes of "Chicago". >>> Greg Douglass >>> Coos Bay, OR >>> >>> >>> *Sent:* Sunday, July 16, 2023 at 5:38 PM >>> *From:* "Bruce Hershenson" <brucehershen...@gmail.com> >>> *To:* MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >>> *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] What was the most grueling high rated movie you >>> have watched? >>> I think I have you all topped! In the 1970s I was a major international >>> film fan, and I traveled far and wide to see films that would never play >>> where I lived (no video yet, of course). An example is that in 1981 or so I >>> traveled to Los Angeles for a day and a night to see the restored 1927 >>> Napoleon with a full orchestra (conducted by Coppola's father) and it was >>> one of the best experiences of my life. >>> >>> So in 1983 a theater in Philadephia announced that they would show the >>> uncut 3 hour 22 minute Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles >>> I had read about this movie, and it sounded terrible, but some critics had >>> highly praised it, so I convinced a fellow film buff to go with me. >>> >>> "Grueling" is a good word to describe watching, but a better one would >>> be "excrutiating". But my friend kept saying, "Surely it will get more >>> interesting", so we stayed to the end, but it never did. If I was told I >>> had 3 hours and 22 minutes left to live, I would choose to re-watch this >>> movie, because then it would feel like years had gone by! >>> >>> >>> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> >>> Virus-free.www.avg.com >>> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> >>> >>> On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 3:49 PM Rick Payne < >>> 0000023deebf4881-dmarc-requ...@listserv.american.edu> wrote: >>> >>> >>> "Grueling" might not be the word for the film itself, but the experience >>> certainly was. >>> >>> It's 1968; I'm 13 and living in central Kansas. Forry Ackerman's Famous >>> Monsters magazine has fostered my infatuation with the great Lon Chaney but >>> I've never seen one of his films. Lo, the heavens open and I learn that a >>> local college will be running "Hunchback of Notre Dame." My dad finally >>> agrees to drop me off at the college for the 8 pm showing and I'm to call >>> him when it's over. >>> >>> Unfortunately, they are showing an 8mm print on 400 foot reels using a >>> single projector. After every reel, they turn on the lights and rewind >>> before showing the next one. Naturally, old splices periodically fail and >>> the film breaks or burns multiple times. Each incident requires immediate >>> repair; lights on; another delay. The Hunchback will take about 3 1/2 >>> hours to run. Unfortunately, I didn't get to see the finish. >>> >>> You see, I didn't realize that "Hunchback" was to be the second feature >>> of the night ... after "Birth of a Nation." Dad showed up around 1 in the >>> morning, mad as a hornet that I hadn't called. Well, the film wasn't >>> over! 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