Re: [MOPO] A question for dealers
Nathalie, Yeah, there are some sellers out there who project in their auction descriptions an attitude of READ AND OBEY MY RULES BEFORE YOU BID VERY CAREFULLY OR I'LL KILL YOU attitude. It is a bit mystifying. But I can't offer much info about them -- I never bid on their items! Nothing wrong with having rules and policies, but no need to be rude about it. I think part of this happens because places like eBay make it so easy for someone to become a dealer... so many people get into it with the idea of selling a couple of things... and suddenly they are faced with all these dealer issues and aren't prepared to deal with them professionally. They didn't want to be professional dealers and they still don't -- but they want to make some money selling stuff -- so they noodle around at it and get flustered and frustrated when people expect them to act like a real business. These people need to decide to make the effort to become at least semi-professional or stop auctioning. But they won't. And even if they did, other newbies would step up to fill their shoes. Then there are the ones who have been doing it so long -- particularly those who sell lots and lots of low-value items -- who feel, perhaps with some justification, that the $3.76 they are making on the transaction simply isn't worth providing any hand-holding or other customer service. This may be understandable, but can lead to a real dismissive attitude towards your customers, which is always a bad habit to get into. Even with all of the above, however, the vast majority of sellers still seem to be friendly and helpful. There are certainly enough of them around that I am never forced to bid on one of the nasty person's auctions. -- JR - Original Message - From: Steven Yafet [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 14:09 Subject: [MOPO] A question for dealers This really does not apply to anybody that I've dealt with off this list, but I wondered if anyone could give me some insight. Every now and then, I come across a dealer/seller who seems actually hostile to buyers/customers. They get annoyed when you tell them what you are looking for. They tell me how many thousands of items they have and seem to indicate that finding anything will be a bother and chore. I can certainly understand that inventories and collections can get crammed up and it can be difficult to locate items but aren't sellers supposed to want to sell to buyers? Isn't that why they do it? Doesn't it make good business sense to be at least courteous to people who might be buying from them? There are sellers I will never deal with again simply because they have been rude or unwilling to make any efforts. But, I will always try to buy again from sellers who are friendly and helpful. And - before anyone mentions it - I also understand that some buyers can be nightmares for sellers and rude themselves. However, if a buyer doesn't fall into that category, why drive them away with a bad attitude? Your thoughts will be appreciated. Nathalie 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. 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.
Re: [MOPO] movie memory test
Hi, JR, from Joe B. In the 1950s in Vicksburg, Ms., we paid 10 cents for kids admission to the Strand-- the second run theatre. It was 25 cents for adults. After 1953 and the tornado that made our kiddie theatre the first-run one, fares raised to 25 cents for kids and 50 cents for adults. This seems to be it for a decade. In 1964 when I first lived in Manhattan and worked at a first run theatre (The Embassy on 57th street), admission was about $1.00 in the daytime, 25 cents more at night. They went up as the decade moved on. The next year I was back in Vicksburg. It was still 50 cents to get it, BUT.. when racial integration was pushed heavily, the tariff was raised to one dollar to see if blacks would stay in the balcony if they could do so for only 50 cents. They didn't. Joe From: JR [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/01/08 Sun AM 01:22:27 EST To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: [MOPO] movie memory test Y'all, I need your assistance. I am trying to determine what the average price of an adult movie theater ticket was in the past. My own memory is pretty spotty on this I'm afraid, and I'm not finding a lot of solid data on the web. So, if you could help me out, it would be greatly appreciated. You can reply to this message and just enter what you believe the price to be beneath each year listed below. Rather than guess, if you don't know please don't guess... just leave that year blank. I'm looking for prices that people are fairly certain they remember to be what they were paying at the time: What do you recall as the usual price for an adult movie ticket to a first-release film in the 1920s? 1930s? 1940s? 1950s? 1960s? 1970s? 1980s? 1990s? Any information you can provide to help in this research will be mucho appreciated! -- JR 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. 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.
[MOPO] ebay lisitng REISSUE advertised as ORIGINAL
link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=7579836394rd=1sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AITrd=1 REBECCA i told this seller that the poster is a 1956 reissue. after that, he revised it, but STILL says it is original. in fact, it is a later reissue, since the earlier reissue was 1948. i think he must believe that since he has a close-up of "1956", that is enough. but title says "1940 original" i own the orig insert and earlier half reissue i wonder what his reserve his i val his poster at 150/200 michael 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.
[MOPO] Postal rate increase
Just shipped a poster to LA by priority mail, and the cost was $9.00. Same weight prior to today was $7.85. My shipping fee charges to buyers will have to go up. And the free shipping for posters bought directly from ThePosterMint site will end in February. With insurance and delivery confirmation, this particular poster to LA cost ThePosterMint $16.00, a fair sized bite for shipping by the US post office. Henry The Poster Mint 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.
Re: [MOPO] Postal rate increase
Henry, Although it sounds like a big jump, when you do themath it is only a 15% increase over the old rate. When you consider that fuel costs have doubled in the past year, it's really pretty amazing that the post office is holding the inevitable increase to such a low level. We need to be thankful for that, but you're right -- psychologically it is going to be an issue. Given that another rate increase is almost certain to happen before long, buyers and sellersare going to have to come to a compromise on safety-during-shippingvs. cost-of-shipping. A single poster, reasonably well packaged but not over-packaged should be able to go from the East Coast to the West Coast for between $4.05 to $6.05 at the new Priority rates. But I have noticed that a lot of sellers, in a effort to be extra-safe (which is laudable) have been way over-packaging lately and thus adding to the weight. Of course, you can make a very good argument that the extra $3 or $4 dollars is well-spent to protect the poster. It's true, but I think sellers are probably going to have to start looking at offering several levels of "standard" shipping fees. Something like: Basic Shipping -- $ 6.00 -- Your purchase will be well-packaged and should arrive undamaged if nothing unusual happens during shipping. Extra Safe -- $9.00 -- Your purchase will be packaged with additional padding and protection, in a heavier box or mailing tube than our basic rate. Super Safe -- $12.00 and up depending on size and weight -- Your purchase will be packaged in the most secure way possible in a container that should withstand just about anything. Thenthe buyer can make their own choice as to how much they want to pay, because a lot ofpeople are going to have a problem paying$9.00 or more to ship a poster worth $10 to $40 dollars. -- JR - Original Message - From: Henry Mazel To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 13:12 Subject: [MOPO] Postal rate increase Just shipped a poster to LA by priority mail, and the cost was $9.00. Same weight prior to today was $7.85. My shipping fee charges to buyers will have to go up. And the free shipping for posters bought directly from ThePosterMint site will end in February.With insurance and delivery confirmation, this particular poster to LA cost ThePosterMint $16.00, a fair sized bite for shipping by the US post office.HenryThe Poster Mint 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. 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.
[MOPO] Re-pasting a poster to linen
Can one of you erudite linen backers tell me how to A) make some wheat paste or whatever you use to mount a poster B) how to apply to a poster that has partially come loose from it's linen mounting, most likely due to poor handling or not enough paste to begin with Rich= 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.
Re: [MOPO] Re-pasting a poster to linen
Hi Rich, How much lift are we talking here? Dario. Richard Halegua Comic Art wrote: Can one of you erudite linen backers tell me how to A) make some wheat paste or whatever you use to mount a poster B) how to apply to a poster that has partially come loose from it's linen mounting, most likely due to poor handling or not enough paste to begin with Rich= 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. 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.
Re: [MOPO] Re-pasting a poster to linen
Wooww! is the glue dry, brittle and dusty feeling? Rather than going through the process of making paste from scratch, I would like to suggest Archival Methyl Cellulose from Lineco. Its a great product for mending and repair, you can whisker it together very quickly, just follow the instructions and ad a little extra for more body and tack. Dario. Richard Halegua Comic Art wrote: dario a corner section that is maybe a square foot or maybe a bit more.. Rich At 02:25 PM 1/9/2006, you wrote: Hi Rich, How much lift are we talking here? Dario. Richard Halegua Comic Art wrote: Can one of you erudite linen backers tell me how to A) make some wheat paste or whatever you use to mount a poster B) how to apply to a poster that has partially come loose from it's linen mounting, most likely due to poor handling or not enough paste to begin with Rich= 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. 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.
[MOPO] FA- My last sigh- great stuff-Ebay- Dietz
My absolute last auctions - till summer-closing in under 48 hours.All the Usual Suspects!GILDASON OF THE SHIEKREAR WINDOW2001CAT PEOPLEETPATTONAMERICAN GRAFITTIPICK UP (orig. USA one sheet!)MisfitsKing Kong (Belgium)PsychoetcMy Ebay name is soldiers or click the link below- NOTE-IF YOU OWE ME MONEY FOR PAST AUCTIONS, SEND IT NOW!I'm Leaving on a jet plane. . . 28 jan. James Dietz2726 Shelter Island DrSan Diego, Ca. 92106619-233-9299Studio in Paris for rent athttp://www.jimdietz.com/chantier.htmlCurrent Ebay auctions athttp://cgi3.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPageuserid=soldiers 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.
[MOPO] If It Ain't BROKEback, don't fix it!
New York Film Critics hail 'Brokeback' 2006-01-09 17:37 (New York) NEW YORK, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Brokeback Mountain was the big winner at the New York Film Critics Circle's 71st annual awards gala. Brokeback was named Best Picture Sunday night, Ang Lee won Best Director and Heath Ledger won Best Actor, the New York Post reported Monday. Reese Witherspoon received Best Actress kudos for her portrayal of June Carter Cash in Walk in the Line and Maria Bello won Best Supporting Actress for A History of Violence. Capote director Bennett Miller was honored by the group with its Best First Film Award. -- Copyright 2006 by United Press International All rights reserved. -- -0- Jan/09/2006 22:37 GMT 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.
[MOPO] Fw: [MOPO] If It Ain't BROKEback, don't fix it!
there was a sequel - but it was released too late to qualify for the awards... (ok - I'm going to take shelter now - lol!) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/Evmo/KickbackMountain.jpg New York Film Critics hail 'Brokeback' 2006-01-09 17:37 (New York) NEW YORK, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Brokeback Mountain was the big winner at the New York Film Critics Circle's 71st annual awards gala. Brokeback was named Best Picture Sunday night, Ang Lee won Best Director and Heath Ledger won Best Actor, the New York Post reported Monday. Reese Witherspoon received Best Actress kudos for her portrayal of June Carter Cash in Walk in the Line and Maria Bello won Best Supporting Actress for A History of Violence. Capote director Bennett Miller was honored by the group with its Best First Film Award. -- Copyright 2006 by United Press International All rights reserved. -- -0- Jan/09/2006 22:37 GMT 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. 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.
[MOPO] Kickback Mountain
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHa but it took me a while, I had a Delay'd reaction freeman fisher8601 west knoll drive #7west hollywood, ca90069 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.
[MOPO] Meanwhile, back at the Ranch
Not that there's anything wrong with it. Comments from one of the best black newspaper writers, Leonard Pitts. Proof that there is nothing so uncommon as common sense. Kirby McDaniel www.movieart.net Why 'Brokeback Mountain' is so frightening Leonard Pitts Salt Lake Tribune I went to see ''Brokeback Mountain'' last week, mainly to prove to myself that I could. This was after reading a New York Times piece by Larry David of ''Seinfeld'' and ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' fame in which he wrote that, though he loves gay people and supports both gay marriage and gay divorce, he does not plan to see this critically praised movie about gay cowboys. David said he's discomfited by the idea of watching two men fall in love and fears it might make him gay by osmosis. ''Not,'' he added, ''that there's anything wrong with that.'' It strikes me that David's essay amounted to the smiley-face liberal version of what is being said more bluntly in conservative circles. ''Gay love story carries a high 'ick' factor'' reads the headline of a story on the American Family Association Web site. It quotes a prediction that people will leave the theater vomiting. How asinine, I think. Yeah, says a little voice in my head, but if that's how you feel, why haven't you been to ''Brokeback Mountain''? Now look, I say, and suddenly there's this wheedling tone to my voice, some of my best friends are gay. Heck, my own brother's gay. But you know, we are talking about a love story between two guys, and they might be kissing and, you know, touching and . . . stuff. The little voice falls silent. It is a put-your-money-where-your- mouth-is silence. So I went to see ''Brokeback.'' And I can report that it was as shattering and powerful as advertised. People were moved. Nobody threw up. Which brings me back to that ick factor. I find myself wondering if this primeval revulsion doesn't speak less to our antipathy toward homosexuality than to our fears about masculinity. I mean, while a movie about two women in love would surely be controversial, I doubt it would present the visceral threat ''Brokeback Mountain'' does for some of us. I doubt Larry David would be scared to see it. Indeed, the idea of women who can't keep their hands off each other is a staple of so-called men's entertainment. Visit a magazine stand if you don't believe me. Point being, when it's women, we - meaning straight men - tend to find it titillating, exotic, arousing in its very forbiddance. When it's men, we - meaning straight men and women - tend to react as if somebody dropped a snake in the bed. Small wonder the FBI reports that while 902 men were reported victims of sexual orientation hate crimes in 2004, only 212 women were. We seem prone to find male homosexuality the more clear and present danger, the more urgent betrayal of some fundamental . . . something. Some will say it's - and I will finesse this for a general audience - the nature of man-to-man sex some of us find off-putting. I think it's more basic than that. I think gay men threaten our very conception of masculinity. The amazing thing about ''Brokeback Mountain'' is its willingness to make that threat, directly and overtly. These are not cute gays, funny gays, ''Queer Eye for the Straight Guy'' gays. These are ''cowboys,'' and there is no figure in American lore more iconically male. Think Clint Eastwood, John Wayne, the Marlboro Man. The cowboy is our very embodiment of male virtues. In offering us cowboys who are gay, then, ''Brokeback Mountain'' commits heresy, but it is knowing heresy, matter-of-fact heresy. Nor is it the sex (what little there is) that makes it heretical. Rather, it's the emotion, the fact that the movie dares you to deny these men their humanity. Or their love. Ultimately, I think, that's what the Larry Davids among us sense. And why for them, ''Brokeback Mountain'' might be the most frightening movie ever made. 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.
Re: [MOPO] Meanwhile, back at the Ranch
And this news just in, from New Zealand although Americans will not grasp the really important part of this story THAT THERE WERE TWO WOMEN AT THE CRICKET!! Ur, and staying on topic, I thought the Larry David piece was satire. Obviously wrong there. And is it important that Leonard Pitts is a black writer. Not having a shot at Kirby in any way by asking that, but I'm becoming increasingly curious about the obsession with labelling people as black or gay. For example, do we say, so-and-so, one of our very best Caucasion writers? Locally, whenever a news story breaks about something, there's always a label... unless it's a Caucasion and then there isn't a label. Anyway, here's the New Zealand version of BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN at the cricket. I get hot just reading it. Just as well it wasn't two blokes having a pash, or I would have felt that someone had dropped a trouser snake in the bed. Phil Girl's warned over kiss at cricket Same-sex kissing appears to have been added to the growing list of things banned at the cricket. Two women in the crowd who locked lips at a one-day international in New Zealand on the weekend were surprised to receive a visit from a security guard warning them not to do it again. The women's smooch while dancing to music between overs at the New Zealand-Sri Lanka match in Napier on Sunday had been flashed on the ground's big-screen monitor amid much cheering. One of the kissers, Richelle Fitzgibbon, said it had been her first time at a live cricket match and she having a bit of fun when the pash happened. The security guy came up and said that we were distracting the crowd and we would get kicked out if we did it again, Fitzgibbon, 29, told the /Hawkes Bay Today/ newspaper. I thought if it was a guy and a girl kissing, would they have done that? the mother-of-three said. I doubt it would have distracted the players. Her kissing partner, Kelly Holdway, 20, was also taken aback by the warning. When I sat down the security guy came over and said 'that'll be enough of that', Holdway told the paper. My boyfriend was quite shocked. He couldn't believe it. It just got a bit overboard. It was all in fun. Redback Security spokesman Andy Gollings said the women's amorous behaviour had upset two of my more sensitive staff. He admitted no one had complained about the pair. Local cricket official Blair Furlong said he laughed when he saw the two women kissing on the big screen and described the security guard as overzealous. New Zealand cricket authorities last month introduced strict crowd security measures including switching to light beer and a ban on drink containers after missiles were thrown at Australian players. Kirby McDaniel wrote: Not that there's anything wrong with it. Comments from one of the best black newspaper writers, Leonard Pitts. Proof that there is nothing so uncommon as common sense. Kirby McDaniel www.movieart.net Why 'Brokeback Mountain' is so frightening Leonard Pitts Salt Lake Tribune I went to see ''Brokeback Mountain'' last week, mainly to prove to myself that I could. This was after reading a New York Times piece by Larry David of ''Seinfeld'' and ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' fame in which he wrote that, though he loves gay people and supports both gay marriage and gay divorce, he does not plan to see this critically praised movie about gay cowboys. David said he's discomfited by the idea of watching two men fall in love and fears it might make him gay by osmosis. ''Not,'' he added, ''that there's anything wrong with that.'' It strikes me that David's essay amounted to the smiley-face liberal version of what is being said more bluntly in conservative circles. ''Gay love story carries a high 'ick' factor'' reads the headline of a story on the American Family Association Web site. It quotes a prediction that people will leave the theater vomiting. How asinine, I think. Yeah, says a little voice in my head, but if that's how you feel, why haven't you been to ''Brokeback Mountain''? Now look, I say, and suddenly there's this wheedling tone to my voice, some of my best friends are gay. Heck, my own brother's gay. But you know, we are talking about a love story between two guys, and they might be kissing and, you know, touching and . . . stuff. The little voice falls silent. It is a put-your-money-where-your- mouth-is silence. So I went to see ''Brokeback.'' And I can report that it was as shattering and powerful as advertised. People were moved. Nobody threw up. Which brings me back to that ick factor. I find myself wondering if this primeval revulsion doesn't speak less to our antipathy toward homosexuality than to our fears about masculinity. I mean, while a movie about two women in love would surely be controversial, I doubt it would present the visceral threat ''Brokeback Mountain'' does for some of us. I doubt Larry David would be scared to see it. Indeed, the idea of women who can't keep
[MOPO] FA- SHADOW OF A DOUBT and SINGAPORE
On Ebay NOW- ending early Tuesday (tomorrow). Forgot to mention my two real sleepers-2 BelgiumsSHADOW OF A DOUBT (now at just $25.!)SINGAPORE, 1947, (no bids now and no reserve!)My EBAY name is soldiers or click the link below.James DietzCurrent Ebay auctions athttp://cgi3.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPageuserid=soldiers 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.
Re: [MOPO] Meanwhile, back at the Ranch
I just love it that newspaper and magazine writers feel it is perfectly acceptablefor them to tell everyone else what should and should not "discomfort" them. How arrogant. And how politically-correctly incorrect. Whatever happened to the politically-correct mantra that every individual's feelings are validand that it's not only OK to explore our feelings, but to acknowledge themand embrace them? I guess this is only true if your feelings are what some other people think they should be? i.e., it's just not right to feel that way if watching two men have sex on the big screen makes you feel uncomfortable? That feeling is not legitimate? That feeling is not allowed? If you feel "discomforted" by such a scene theremust besomething wrong with you... you should be ashamed of yourself for feeling discomforted? What a load of fish heads! People are entitled to feel however they want about anything -- includingtwo men having sex on screen. They can like it, hate it, feel comfortable or uncomfortable or... like me... they could care less (unless it's me up there on the screen, why should I care?). But nobody... repeat:nobody hasthe right to tell anyone else how they should feel about something like this. Certainly not media film critics. -- JR - Original Message - From: Kirby McDaniel To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 20:38 Subject: [MOPO] Meanwhile, back at the Ranch Not that there's anything wrong with it.Comments from one of the best black newspaper writers, LeonardPitts. Proof that there is nothing so uncommonas common sense.Kirby McDanielwww.movieart.netWhy 'Brokeback Mountain' is so frighteningLeonard PittsSalt Lake TribuneI went to see ''Brokeback Mountain'' last week, mainly to prove tomyself that I could. This was after reading a New York Times piece by Larry David of''Seinfeld'' and ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' fame in which he wrotethat, though he loves gay people and supports both gay marriage andgay divorce, he does not plan to see this critically praised movieabout gay cowboys. David said he's discomfited by the idea ofwatching two men fall in love and fears it might make him gay byosmosis. ''Not,'' he added, ''that there's anything wrong with that.'' It strikes me that David's essay amounted to the smiley-faceliberal version of what is being said more bluntly in conservativecircles. ''Gay love story carries a high 'ick' factor'' reads theheadline of a story on the American Family Association Web site. Itquotes a prediction that people will leave the theater vomiting. How asinine, I think. Yeah, says a little voice in my head, but if that's how youfeel, why haven't you been to ''Brokeback Mountain''? Now look, I say, and suddenly there's this wheedling tone to myvoice, some of my best friends are gay. Heck, my own brother's gay.But you know, we are talking about a love story between two guys, andthey might be kissing and, you know, touching and . . . stuff. The little voice falls silent. It is a put-your-money-where-your-mouth-is silence. So I went to see ''Brokeback.'' And I can report that it was asshattering and powerful as advertised. People were moved. Nobodythrew up. Which brings me back to that ick factor. I find myself wondering if this primeval revulsion doesn't speakless to our antipathy toward homosexuality than to our fears aboutmasculinity. I mean, while a movie about two women in love wouldsurely be controversial, I doubt it would present the visceral threat''Brokeback Mountain'' does for some of us. I doubt Larry David wouldbe scared to see it. Indeed, the idea of women who can't keep their hands off eachother is a staple of so-called men's entertainment. Visit a magazinestand if you don't believe me. Point being, when it's women, we - meaning straight men - tendto find it titillating, exotic, arousing in its very forbiddance.When it's men, we - meaning straight men and women - tend to react asif somebody dropped a snake in the bed. Small wonder the FBI reportsthat while 902 men were reported victims of sexual orientation hatecrimes in 2004, only 212 women were. We seem prone to find male homosexuality the more clear andpresent danger, the more urgent betrayal of some fundamental . . .something. Some will say it's - and I will finesse this for a generalaudience - the nature of man-to-man sex some of us find off-putting.I think it's more basic than that. I think gay men threaten our veryconception of masculinity. The amazing thing about ''Brokeback Mountain'' is itswillingness to make that threat, directly and overtly. These are notcute gays, funny gays, ''Queer Eye for the Straight Guy'' gays. Theseare ''cowboys,'' and there is no figure in American lore moreiconically male. Think Clint Eastwood, John Wayne, the Marlboro Man.The cowboy is our very embodiment of male virtues. In offering us cowboys who are gay, then, ''Brokeback Mountain''commits heresy, but it is knowing
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[MOPO] Munich, Narnia, Brokeback -- How they played at the US Box Office this week -- Interesting Report and Analysis
Utah Theater Snub Can't Bridle 'Brokeback Mountain' by Brandon Gray January 9, 2006 Last week, distributor Focus Features set up 4 4 theaters fo Brokeback Mountain's expansion, but on Friday that figure was revised to 483. The difference was one theater in Utah. The Megaplex 17 at Jordan Commons in the Salt Lake City suburb of Sandy decided to pull director Ang Lee's cowboy love story at the last minute on Thursday night, despite having agreed to play the picture. The theater is owned by Larry H. Miller, who also owns the Utah Jazz, a National Basketball Association team. It's the most despicable practice that any exhibitor can do, Focus' head of distribution, Jack Foley, told Box Office Mojo. It was a flagrant dismissal of a commitment, and without even a phone call. So I'm not in business with him anymore. It's a breach of contract. It's unethical. We can sue him. Calls to the Megaplex 17 resulted in no comments in regards to why Brokeback Mountain was yanked. You're not going to get any comment from us on that, said Dale Harvey, General Manager for Megaplex Theatres. As of Sunday, Megaplex Theatres' Web site had Transamerica, a comedy-drama about a transsexual parent, listed for Jan. 20 in their Coming Soon section, but the movie has since vanished from their schedule. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe has been the Megaplex 17's top draw in recent weeks, grossing over $27,000 this past weekend. It's a family show, and we generally do well with those, Harvey noted. The Megaplex 17 is showing Hostel as well. Though No. 1 nationwide, the sex-and-gore saturated horror picture ranked fourth at the theater with $10,700. Moviegoers in the Salt Lake City area still have a chance to see Brokeback Mountain as the picture is playing at three other theaters: the Broadway Center Cinemas in Salt Lake City, the Century 16 in South Salt Lake and the Cinemark 24 at Jordan Landing. On the four-day New Year's frame, Brokeback Mountain earned $46,300 at the Broadway, landing among the top nationwide per-screen averages that weekend. For the weekend ending Jan. 8, the movie took in $18,823 there, still No. 1 in the complex, after Focus added the Century 16 and Cinemark 24 on Friday. At the Century 16, Brokeback Mountain was also No. 1 with $12,741. Harvey pointed out, though, that the picture was No. 6 at the Cinemark 24, where it made $7,056. Brokeback Mountain is one of the most talked about movies in theaters now, and the Megaplex 17's dismissal of the picture garnered them publicity, including a headline on the Drudge Report. Despite the Utah slight, Brokeback Mountain rode into about 80 more markets over the weekend and roped $5.7 million. At 483 theaters, the movie averaged a bustling $11,856 per site, and the total sits at $22.4 million after 31 days of limited release. Its production budget was $14 million. We no longer have to worry about breaking down the homophobic barriers, and [Brokeback Mountain's] now breaking into the more mainstream boomer market, said Foley. Foley will accelerate the movie's expansion again, reaching over 700 theaters on Friday. With a raft of rave reviews, awards and media hype, including frequent jokes on late night talk shows, Brokeback Mountain has spun its negative perception of being that gay cowboy movie into a positive $B!= (Bthe label put the picture on the map and then marketing savvy and word-of-mouth took over. To me, on a personal basis, that [gay cowboy label] annoyed me, but it was a liability and an asset, Foley said. It certainly identified it. The good news is that the gay community and the art house audience saw it, and, now, the suburbs are just as solid. In most of the new theaters, the film ranks No. 1, and these are commercial houses. Elsewhere, Brokeback Mountain's lead actor, Heath Ledger, went from repressed homosexual to legendary womanizer with his other movie in release, Casanova. The Lasse Hallstrom-directed period comedy wooed $4 million from its nationwide expansion to 1,004 theaters. The picture has captured a soft $5 million in 15 days. Among Brokeback Mountain's presumed Oscar competitors, Universal's Munich went wide as well, grossing $7.6 million at 1,485 locations (IQ (Bup 953 from last week. With $25.4 million in 17 days, Steven Spielberg's $70 million action drama about Israel's response to the Palestinian terrorist attack at the 1972 Munich Olympics is on track to be the director's lowest grossing picture since Amistad in 1997. On the other hand, Match Point is on course to be Woody Allen's highest-grossing movie in years, although the bar is a tiny fraction of Mr. Spielberg's. The DreamWorks-distributed thriller scored $2.7 million in its expansion to 304 venues for $3.6 million in 12 days, and a nationwide release to over 700 sites is scheduled for Jan. 20. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___
Re: [MOPO] Munich, Narnia, Brokeback -- How they played at the US Box Office this week -- Interesting Report and Analysis
Who knew? It used to be Banned in Boston was the big thing. Now Banned in Utah gets you a mega-hit. K. On Jan 9, 2006, at 11:14 PM, channinglylethomson wrote: Utah Theater Snub Can't Bridle 'Brokeback Mountain' by Brandon Gray January 9, 2006 Last week, distributor Focus Features set up 4 4 theaters fo Brokeback Mountain's expansion, but on Friday that figure was revised to 483. The difference was one theater in Utah. The Megaplex 17 at Jordan Commons in the Salt Lake City suburb of Sandy decided to pull director Ang Lee's cowboy love story at the last minute on Thursday night, despite having agreed to play the picture. The theater is owned by Larry H. Miller, who also owns the Utah Jazz, a National Basketball Association team. It's the most despicable practice that any exhibitor can do, Focus' head of distribution, Jack Foley, told Box Office Mojo. It was a flagrant dismissal of a commitment, and without even a phone call. So I'm not in business with him anymore. It's a breach of contract. It's unethical. We can sue him. Calls to the Megaplex 17 resulted in no comments in regards to why Brokeback Mountain was yanked. You're not going to get any comment from us on that, said Dale Harvey, General Manager for Megaplex Theatres. As of Sunday, Megaplex Theatres' Web site had Transamerica, a comedy-drama about a transsexual parent, listed for Jan. 20 in their Coming Soon section, but the movie has since vanished from their schedule. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe has been the Megaplex 17's top draw in recent weeks, grossing over $27,000 this past weekend. It's a family show, and we generally do well with those, Harvey noted. The Megaplex 17 is showing Hostel as well. Though No. 1 nationwide, the sex-and-gore saturated horror picture ranked fourth at the theater with $10,700. Moviegoers in the Salt Lake City area still have a chance to see Brokeback Mountain as the picture is playing at three other theaters: the Broadway Center Cinemas in Salt Lake City, the Century 16 in South Salt Lake and the Cinemark 24 at Jordan Landing. On the four-day New Year's frame, Brokeback Mountain earned $46,300 at the Broadway, landing among the top nationwide per-screen averages that weekend. For the weekend ending Jan. 8, the movie took in $18,823 there, still No. 1 in the complex, after Focus added the Century 16 and Cinemark 24 on Friday. At the Century 16, Brokeback Mountain was also No. 1 with $12,741. Harvey pointed out, though, that the picture was No. 6 at the Cinemark 24, where it made $7,056. Brokeback Mountain is one of the most talked about movies in theaters now, and the Megaplex 17's dismissal of the picture garnered them publicity, including a headline on the Drudge Report. Despite the Utah slight, Brokeback Mountain rode into about 80 more markets over the weekend and roped $5.7 million. At 483 theaters, the movie averaged a bustling $11,856 per site, and the total sits at $22.4 million after 31 days of limited release. Its production budget was $14 million. We no longer have to worry about breaking down the homophobic barriers, and [Brokeback Mountain's] now breaking into the more mainstream boomer market, said Foley. Foley will accelerate the movie's expansion again, reaching over 700 theaters on Friday. With a raft of rave reviews, awards and media hype, including frequent jokes on late night talk shows, Brokeback Mountain has spun its negative perception of being that gay cowboy movie into a positive $B!= (Bthe label put the picture on the map and then marketing savvy and word-of-mouth took over. To me, on a personal basis, that [gay cowboy label] annoyed me, but it was a liability and an asset, Foley said. It certainly identified it. The good news is that the gay community and the art house audience saw it, and, now, the suburbs are just as solid. In most of the new theaters, the film ranks No. 1, and these are commercial houses. Elsewhere, Brokeback Mountain's lead actor, Heath Ledger, went from repressed homosexual to legendary womanizer with his other movie in release, Casanova. The Lasse Hallstrom-directed period comedy wooed $4 million from its nationwide expansion to 1,004 theaters. The picture has captured a soft $5 million in 15 days. Among Brokeback Mountain's presumed Oscar competitors, Universal's Munich went wide as well, grossing $7.6 million at 1,485 locations (IQ (Bup 953 from last week. With $25.4 million in 17 days, Steven Spielberg's $70 million action drama about Israel's response to the Palestinian terrorist attack at the 1972 Munich Olympics is on track to be the director's lowest grossing picture since Amistad in 1997. On the other hand, Match Point is on course to be Woody Allen's highest-grossing movie in years, although the bar is a tiny fraction of Mr. Spielberg's. The DreamWorks-distributed thriller scored $2.7 million in its expansion to 304 venues for $3.6 million in 12 days, and a nationwide release to over 700 sites
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Not sure how opposed to alternate life style the teachings of the Church of Latter day Saints are - but don't business' in such a community normally offer products that reflect the views, interests and sensitivities of that community? You don't often see Airplane disaster movies on In Flight Movies - Probably wouldn't have a revival of Birth of a Nation in Harlem At 01:16 AM 1/10/2006, you wrote: Who knew? It used to be Banned in Boston was the big thing. Now Banned in Utah gets you a mega-hit. 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.
