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sereneorangeTMC is having a whole month of Oscar winning films this month. I think there are a lot of movies that I SHOULD have seen but have not. I read books sometimes for that reason. They are a part of popular culture and I am missing out on them or at least the references because I haven't read certain books or seen certain movies.
I am currently watching "An American in Paris"
Gene Kelly was such an unbelievable dream boat.
Earlier I watched the original Lolita and Mildred Pierce. Last weekend I watched The Harvey Girls and Bandwagon (I didn't like Bandwagon).
I think next I will watch Citizen Kane or Casablanca.
I am currently watching "An American in Paris"
Gene Kelly was such an unbelievable dream boat.
Earlier I watched the original Lolita and Mildred Pierce. Last weekend I watched The Harvey Girls and Bandwagon (I didn't like Bandwagon).
I think next I will watch Citizen Kane or Casablanca.
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Date: 2008-02-10 01:00 pm (UTC):-D
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Date: 2008-02-10 04:13 pm (UTC)I meant he must have been shitting me that he thought that was the one I was referring to.
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Date: 2008-02-10 04:25 pm (UTC)you are evil
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Date: 2008-02-10 04:28 pm (UTC)I did own a video store though, at the age of 18.
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Date: 2008-02-10 11:31 pm (UTC)I should read the book.
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Date: 2008-02-11 02:07 am (UTC)I've read the book and watched both of the movies. I am a huge Lolita fan (but so is Chelle).
*pervert*
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Date: 2008-02-11 02:11 am (UTC)Well if it's any indication of the evolution of the book's life, the 1997 Irons movie was pretty spot-on, save for the deletions (you have to see the deleted scenes as well). It's all canon/book proper. Well, aside from the casting of a 14-year-old Dominique Swain.
I used to have the whole thing on my playlist at youTube, but apparently now some of the sections are missing...something about the original poster's account getting messed with.
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Date: 2008-02-11 02:08 am (UTC)You make me hot with that phrase.
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Date: 2008-02-13 02:57 pm (UTC)http://community.livejournal.com/2008_elections/32280.html
That is her trolling post. When I banned her she friended my journal and left that comment.
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Date: 2008-02-11 02:08 am (UTC)So what can't you belief?
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Date: 2008-02-11 10:42 pm (UTC)Makes me sad for all the rest, and makes me realize that most movies today are crap.
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Date: 2008-02-12 12:56 pm (UTC)Ever see "The Birds?"
*fear*
*pees pants*
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Date: 2008-02-12 09:20 pm (UTC)It's a deadly game of "tag" and Cary Grant is "it"!
Date: 2008-02-12 09:39 pm (UTC)New York advertising executive Roger Thornhill is kidnapped by a gang of spies led by Philip Vandamm, who believe Thornhill is CIA agent George Kaplan. Thornhill escapes, but must find Kaplan in order to clear himself of a murder it is believed he committed. Following Kaplan to Chicago as a fugitive from justice, Thornhill is helped by beautiful Eve Kendall. In Chicago, she delivers a message to Kaplan that almost costs Thornhill his life when he is chased across a cornfield by a crop-dusting plane.
synopsis with spoilers here http://imdb.com/title/tt0053125/synopsis
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Date: 2008-02-12 09:53 pm (UTC)Re: It's a deadly game of "tag" and Cary Grant is "it"!
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Date: 2008-02-12 09:19 pm (UTC)Anybody ever heard the classic radio play, "Sorry, Wrong Number?" Ah, those were the days...when special effects were minimal and you just had to rely on a good script and good acting to get you by.
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Date: 2008-02-12 09:20 pm (UTC)Apropos of nothing...
Date: 2008-02-12 12:58 pm (UTC)Astaire was all elegance and grace. The point was that his movements were all controlled and graceful.
Kelly was athletic and energetic and a coiled spring. He also apparently was a perfectionist. These things tended to show in his performances.
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Date: 2008-02-12 01:45 pm (UTC)I also really dig Ray Bolger
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Date: 2008-02-13 04:41 am (UTC)Re: Apropos of nothing...
Date: 2008-02-13 02:20 pm (UTC)Re: Apropos of nothing...
Date: 2008-02-13 02:45 pm (UTC)Re: Apropos of nothing...
Date: 2008-02-13 04:55 pm (UTC)The director (I believe it was Liza's dad, Vincent Minelli) went to Gene Kelly and asked him to get The Nicholas Brothers to rehearse so that he could see how it would look on camera. Gene Kelly told Vincent Minelli to leave The Nicholas Brothers alone and just go ahead and set up the shot. They'd be ready.
Came time to shoot the dance routine, Gene Kelly and The Nicholas Brothers did it PERFECTLY in ONE TAKE.
Unfortunantly that dance number was unseen for many years because the prints of THE PIRATE shown in the South edited that dance number out. And even when THE PIRATE was shown on TV, it was those edited prints.
But if you've got Turner Classic Movies then you will see that number as it has been restored and that's the print they show. I don't think they ever found a print with the "Voodoo" dance number between Gene Kelly and Judy Garland as it was removed and legend has it all the negative were burned because it was deemed too erotic.
THE PIRATE is really a loopy movie that everybody who's a fan of Gene Kelly and Judy Garland should check out. They never made a musical like that before and never would again.
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Date: 2008-02-13 04:39 am (UTC)They show so many damn good films in this month it's honestly hard for me to me but so mad. But of my DVRs get a workout during this month, lemme tell you.
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Date: 2008-02-13 02:52 pm (UTC)Amazing