What are you going to watch next out of your personal libr..

On 7/13/06 11:08 PM, "David Oberman" wrote:

> "TBerk" wrote:
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>> I've a hanker'n to put 'the Seven Samurai' (on Laserdisk! no less) on
>> the player this evening.
>>
>> What say you?
>
> I'm diving through my Season 6 of "I Love Lucy"!
>
> I hate to say it, but Season 6 was one dud season for Lucy.

Working through Season One (and only season) of The Prisoner.

Last night, watched The Game. Still love that final scene and look that
Michael Douglas gives Christine.

Today, watched "Funny Face" with Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire. Suddenly
realized that a lot of Audrey's early films had her being romanced by older
men:

Roman Holiday - Gregory Peck
Funny Face - Fred Astaire
Sabrina - Humphrey Bogart
My Fair Lady - Rex Harrison
Charade - Cary Grant

I think it took until Breakfast at Tiffany's before she was paired with a
leading man her own age (George Peppard).
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TBerk wrote:

> I've a hanker'n to put 'the Seven Samurai' (on Laserdisk! no less) on
> the player this evening.
>
> What say you?

I am even now struggling through Linklater's Before Sunrise, to be
followed by Before Sunset even if it kills me - which it probably will.

Earlier this evening I watched Roads to Koktebel, from Filmmovement.com.
If we go by the terms of my old Art Film Lexicon (
http://tinyurl.com/gkpbh ), where:

Lyrical = slow
Spare = slower
Beautifully photographed = slowest

Then this one would rate as "beautifully photographed". It's also got
elements of "leisurely" and "episodic".

Brian
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TBerk wrote:
> I've a hanker'n to put 'the Seven Samurai' (on Laserdisk! no less) on
> the player this evening.
>

Last Holiday (1950) with Alec Guinness - on VHS. I wonder if I can
remember how it works ...

And somebody's lent me The Constant Gardener so I feel obliged to do
that.
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On 2006-07-14, TBerk wrote:

> I've a hanker'n to put 'the Seven Samurai' (on Laserdisk! no less) on
> the player this evening.

Next up for me:

BAD DAY IN BLACK ROCK
DEAD RECKONING

-Bill
--
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Jane wrote:
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> > I've a hanker'n to put 'the Seven Samurai' (on Laserdisk! no less) on
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> > What say you?
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For me it's "House on Haunted Hill" .

Dave in Toronto
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"TBerk" wrote in message

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> I've a hanker'n to put 'the Seven Samurai' (on Laserdisk! no less) on
> the player this evening.
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> What say you?
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> TBerk
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Decision Before Dawn (1951) Other than Fahrenheit 451, I've recently become
interested in Oskar Werner and am purchasing some of his other films.
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TBerk wrote:
> I've a hanker'n to put 'the Seven Samurai' (on Laserdisk! no less) on
> the player this evening.
>
> What say you?
>
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> TBerk

1st - Scorpion King, for the T&A. (Damn, why did it have to be on the
top of a stack of old VHS tapes? the Horror!) 8]) I eat right but
every now and then I get a Ding-Dong in or two.


2nd - Saving Private Ryan.

Watching this took me into the wee hours of the late night/early
morning but I toughed it out.

Sometimes there are films with baggage attached (like Spielberg), and
there can be troubles w/ the glorification of war (even though the over
all effect is to show it ain't no party).

And of course (esp in my non-film loving friends' cases) "I've already
seen it before..." But you may notice things differently the second,
third time you watch a film.

Add to that the intervening months/years between viewings brings with
it a different perspective; perhaps due to the history & experiences
since (either personal or communal) and the possible chance the world's
event have themselves been affected by a certain film (or perhaps other
work).

Someone recently, either in past-film or current mentioned they missed
the actual gore associated with human (and non-human) combat; fantasy,
off screen, lack of blood splaying meant something was diminished in
the art- but I reflected on the seemingly realistic representation,
and hoopla it created at the time it 1st came out, during the opening
and ending sequences.

Better it should be shown that way I think. Not just the blown off
limbs but the shock and concussion, the medics who had lost individual
battles over and over again, despite being on the side of 'Good'. It's
easy to forget we're all human when you are fighting evil to save
democracy from tyranny.

Like 'All Quiet on the Western Front' or even 'Full Metal Jacket',
there is both entertainment as well as provocation of thoughts after
the viewing.


TBerk
Perhaps I'll get around to Kurosawa tonight
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David Oberman wrote:
> "TBerk" wrote:
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> >I've a hanker'n to put 'the Seven Samurai' (on Laserdisk! no less) on
> >the player this evening.
> >
> >What say you?
>
> I'm diving through my Season 6 of "I Love Lucy"!
>
> I hate to say it, but Season 6 was one dud season for Lucy.



Was the Baby born yet by then?


TBerk
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"Dave in Toronto" wrote in



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> For me it's "House on Haunted Hill" .
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> Dave in Toronto
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that's a great one!

blutarsky

--

I swear: if I live to complete this autobiography, I will go through it
again and cross out all the 'Hi ho's.'
Hi ho.
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"blutarsky" wrote in message

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>> For me it's "House on Haunted Hill" .
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>> Dave in Toronto
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> that's a great one!
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> blutarsky
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>Just finished "Malone"
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In the Year of the Dog, the Great and Powerful TBerk declared:
> David Oberman wrote:
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>>I'm diving through my Season 6 of "I Love Lucy"!
>>
>>I hate to say it, but Season 6 was one dud season for Lucy.
>
> Was the Baby born yet by then?
>

Little Ricky was walking and talking and going to school by the
sixth season.

By that point, Lucy and gang had already visited Europe, Hollywood,
and Cuba, and all that was left was for them to move to the country.

--
Sean O'Hara | http://diogenes-sinope.blogspot.com
I say to our enemies: We are coming. God may have mercy on you, but
we won't.
-John McCain
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I am watching the first 4 seasons of Homicide: Life On The Street. It is
still a treasure with a terrific cast. I wish I had it on DVD.
Shirley
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goshgee.DeleteThis@webtv.net wrote:
> I am watching the first 4 seasons of Homicide: Life On The Street. It is
> still a treasure with a terrific cast. I wish I had it on DVD.
> Shirley


Yeah, good stuff!

Reminds me a bit of Da Vinci's Inquest *, which is Canadian I think.
It's been on late night here in the states for some time now but I see
from the promos that the new WB/UPN CW network will be (re)playing them
in primetime soon.

*Wiki entry:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da_Vinci's_Inquest>


Enjoy,
TBerk
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