Xanadu (Universal, 1980) It's from the disco era so it's a bit dated but I
like it. Also it was Gene Kelly's last film. I like Olivia Newton John
too!!! Too bad they did not cast Andy Gibb opposite Olivia. Michael Beck is
good but I think Andy Gibb would have been terrific.
--Tom Pennock
We also like 2001 and Clockwork Orange. Most of Kubrick's oeuvre is part of
our film collection.
However, there's this one movie of which we, apart from the cinematography
and soundtrack, don't get why it's so popular and that's Once upon a time in
the west.
Some say it's the best western ever
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I also liked 1941, Spielberg's bomb.
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Xanadu (Universal, 1980) It's from the disco era so
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I loved both 1941 Xanadu. I agree on Beck not being the best pick for the
film. If you saw him in Warriors and then saw Xanadu you would just be
scratching your head Olivia is/was such a hottie. As for 1941
Belushi at his best.
From: chris
EMPIRE OF THE SUN (1987-- Spielberg, directing Christian Bale in possibly the
greatest performance by a child actor ever!)
Joe B in NOLA
--- On Sun, 7/12/09, Michael B dialmbb...@aol.com wrote:
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Subject: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND
To:
I am enjoying this discussion.
I always feel the need to defend War of the Worlds (Spielberg's). I think it
is a better and more interesting film than most people give it credit for. I
firmly believe that the entire film is a dream (e.g. Invaders from Mars)- Tom
Cruise's dream. He falls
Well, folks, I love both The Red Shoes and 2001- A Space Odyssey) but I
have to choose as the most overrated big-hit-Oscared Bore in film history:
THE ENGLISH PATIENT.
Joe B in NOLA
PS-- Followed by the just-released on BR intellectual joke, the brilliantly
photographed BORE called
Hi Joe,
Do you really have to defend that one?
That movie is awesome!
Ron
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EMPIRE OF THE SUN
I agree! This was a another Spielberg film that critics missed the boat on.
The critics crabbed about all of the over-the-top scenes (e.g. Jamie touches
the plane amid a shower of welding sparks and then the pilots salute him) but
that was exactly the point- the second world war as seen
Back in my laserdisc days I was at a friends house and she told me you just
gotta watch this film called Eraserhead. For the sake of a friend I watched it
all the way through, scratched my head and said 'huh?'. Her comment back to me
was 'it is better if you are stoned'. Darn, maybe that
I agree 98.5 % with you on WAR OF THE WORLDS. I remember purists crying
Heresy! when Spielberg announced his plans to remake the Pal classic
(which, of course, just like Spielberg's film, was just an update of the
Welles novel). I thought it was a spectacular film, with good
performances
In a message dated 7/13/2009 10:27:09 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
ilovefi...@flash.net writes:
Back in my laserdisc days I was at a friends house and she told me you
just gotta watch this film called Eraserhead. For the sake of a friend I
watched it all the way through, scratched my
Never saw this. I'll put it on my Netflix queue. I'm a big fan of Bale,
even after hearing the tapes of his meltdown on the set of the latest
Terminator film. (Hoo hah, is that boy temperamental! Como se dice
Hissy fit?)
By the way...what's the dang hold up on Spielberg releasing his films on
I'll confess: I saw 2001 the first time in Cinerama, in 1968, after
taking a capsule of particularly pure blue Mescaline, a synthesized form
of peyote. The stuff came on during the intermission, just before Hal
began to run amuck and the light show began and all that weirdness
started in. I
I'm jealous...
I'm sure someone out there has a similar story with FANTASIA!
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I'm
In a message dated 7/13/2009 11:27:10 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
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Two best comedies ever...Ishtar...Three Amigos...no really.
Tellin' The Truth Can Be Dangerous Business
Honesty And Popular Don't Go Hand-In-Hand
If You Admit That You Can Play The Accordian
No One
Yes, Olivia Newton John is still very beautiful. Looking at her singing
MAGIC on You Tube from 1980 is fantastic. It's from The Midnight Special.
Yes, I agree. Beck did very little to help the film. I have a 16mm theatrical
print of Xanadu. Maybe if Andy Gibb had been cast it would have
Zulu. Get the UK Blu-Ray version it's region free. 4,000 Zulu's against 140
British soldiers. This was after the Zulu's massacred 1,500 troops. True story.
Roland
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The first time I smoked pot back in 68, a friend of mine said you will not feel
anything the first time. He was wrong. We went to see Planet of the Apes, and I
remember I couldn't understand why the men were not talking and the apes were.
--- On Mon, 7/13/09, jbirddouglass
2001 played at some Cinerama theatres for over a year. Very popular film.
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Date: Sunday, July
Titanic
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Xanadu (Universal, 1980) It's from the disco era so
I really enjoyed it at the movie theatre but, it looses something watching it
at home.
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Date:
Rich,
Yeah, I just noticed that myself. I checked out the picture in last
year's Heritage auction on this 3-Sheet at
http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=695Lot_No=85001
...and, sure enough, the bottom third of that linen-backed poster had a
slightly larger white border
Safer to drive on the Ibuprofen as well... but I know what you meant
about those tailights. I still can't believe we did stuff like that... :)
jbirddouglass wrote:
I'll confess: I saw 2001 the first time in Cinerama, in 1968, after
taking a capsule of particularly pure blue Mescaline, a
I agree. Another problem with this movie is that you unfortunately can
experience it as a serious drama/love story or as a comedy.
Another movie that loses it's magic at your home theater and suffers from the
same problem is Showgirls by Paul Verhoeven.
Empire of the Sun is indeed a great movie.
Heritage has actually sold the item twice and both have the same issue with
alignment.
http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=665Lot_No=28844
They are two different posters. The top piece had the larger border
apparently. This was often the case with three and six sheets as
A, you reminded me of Guilders and Amsterdam20 guilders - at
that time about 10USD and we went to
tuschinski
http://www.pathe.nl/tuschinski/specials.asp?me=Ycat=Rondleid
theater...one of the most beautiful theaters I've been in...saw the main
movie in their VIP balconyyou had
I agree that Spielberg's War of the Words and the original theatrical
release of Dune are both worthy of defense. I still like the original
release of Dune better than the subsequent director's cuts. It was
clean, it was direct, it flowed well and it let people who had never
read the book
Never mind the son. The daughter has to have been one of the most annoying
child characters ever to have graced the screen...and I include Baby Leroy
in that.
Her whiny, high-pitched screaming was one of the many things that marred the
movie, along with Tim Robbins extended over-the-top
I agree with JR on these. The opening to War of the Worlds was thrilling.
Also Dune is a visual feast of marvel and disgust. It got a rise out of me.
Toochis
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Dune is an outstanding movie made from an incredibly complex book
series and considering how difficult it must have been to make a good
screenplay, I think David Lynch did a fabulous job
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On DUNE let's not forget that it plundered ideas from the original project
by JODOROWSKY and MOEBIUS, which never started production in Hollywood.
Working title was THE DREAMER OF DUNE, the storyboard is amazing, Dan
O'Bannon was working on effects for over a year, along with Giger and
In a message dated 7/13/2009 2:29:49 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
jrl...@mediabearonline.com writes:
I still like the original
release of Dune better than the subsequent director's cuts. It was
clean, it was direct, it flowed well and it let people who had never
read the book understand
I've got one, not one of the ones from Heritage, and same thing on mine.
Reason I've heard for this kind of thing happening, grain of paper
going in different directions, causing variation in shrinkage during
backing.
Sheets don't match that brilliantly anyway, looks like the artist got
One of the major reasons that older three sheets do not align is from years of
being folded. The section on the outer side has had years of the paper being
gently stretched and this can be exacerbated when the poster is backed.
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To:
Doesn't explain why my Gun Crazy 3 aligned fine prior to backing,
whereas after, the bottom sheet was smaller.
Rich
On 13 Jul 2009, at 21:59, Jeff Potokar wrote:
rich,
the misalignment has nothing to do with backing, shrinkage, paper
grain etc. it has to do with the printing and
Many, many years ago I used to use thumb tacs and put these mint, unused
three sheets up in the outer lobby of a theatre..They were mint,
never used from NSS and certainly not old
There were times the two pieces fit perfectly, there were other
times..they would not line
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I've always liked Empire of the Sun too, despite the criticisms levelled at
it that it's too sanitized. One big Spielberg movie I never got into,
though, is Close Encounters - apart from anything else, I just can't take the
ending seriously.
On the other hand I really enjoy Coppola's One
I, too, find One From The Heart one of the most underrated films of all
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Christian Bale? I didn't know that was him as a child. I loved that film!
Christian Bale was a superb juvenile actor. Empire of the Sun was his first
film. In the documentary made during the filming, Bale is crawling through a
swampy spot near the camp's fences avoiding the armed
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Right there with you all on Spielberg's WotW. Actually one of my favorite
Spielberg films. Once upon a time, I liked to defend JURASSIC PARK over
SCHINDLER'S LIST, but that was probly just to piss people off.
I'll put STARSHIP TROOPERS on the list. Do you get me?
While we're talking widely
Just turned on the tv in time to catch the title tune and Let the Sunshine In
from the Broadway HAIR revival that has made people under 40 think they get
it.
They don't!
It's too damned CLEAN!!!
Choreography!! Too-pretty people! Pressed costumes! Make up! Sho-biz!!
Well done but
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