Was it a real tuxedo or that stupid shirt-tux he wore at the Grammys that time. He looked so stupid. Paul Simon got off a good line that night at Garfunkel's expense : " I thought I told you to wait in the car "
How about "Avatar"? Once all the pre-production hype and the premiere and the earnings records had been digested, the film seemed to...vanish...in the everyday consciousness. Ordinary folks I came across never made any reference to the film, characters or any lines of dialogue. For something that "big", it seemed to evaporate rather quickly. Now, with all the promised sequels, we'll get another onslaught, but compared to "Star Wars" "LotR" or "Jaws", it just doesn't seem to have made much of a ding in the Grand Scheme. C.
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Cinderella Liberty (1973) I remember seeing the preview countless times at drive-in theaters for about a year. Never heard about it since.
Yeah it’s essentially Vertigo. DePalma and Schrader wanted to make their own version except I think their version is creepier.
Probably true among the general public, but I'm happy that classic noir is alive and well among cinephiles and movie collectors, with quite a bit of noir both big and obscure still being released on Blu-ray, books on film noir still being published and selling well, and lots of conversation in movie forums and online film groups (this highly active Film Noir on Blu-ray thread at Blu-ray.com, for instance, has over 800,000 views and nearly 8,000 replies by hundreds of users). Turner Classic Movies even has Noir Alley every Saturday. And I hope it never stops. There's even a thread on film noir here started yesterday that's already up to page two.
Samuel Bronston's epics have all seemingly fallen by the wayside. "El Cid" and "Fall of the Roman Empire" are enormous productions, yet I have never heard anyone mention them, even if they discusses (or remember) "Ben-Hur" or any of the other go-to elephants in that genre.
A TCM regular,though currently not in the near future(beginning of Nov.). They run a featurette with Eli Wallach pretty often,with clips. Eli was an early friend to TCM. In some ways,since the notoriety died down decades ago,it seems more in the public eye than in those days.
Folks not currently paying attention to TCM are missing something truly amazing with their Women Make Film Tuesdays with a new chapter each week till Dec. 1 from Mark Cousins' 14 part doc and 100 films,many TV premieres.
Chariots of Fire was and remains one of my favorite movies. I get lost in it every time I view it. The acting is near perfect. Everybody nails their part. Everybody. You have to be in the right mood though. No commercials or distractions.
