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Cato

#14560
August 09, 2012, 02:32:09 PM
Quote from: Lisztianwagner on August 09, 2012, 10:59:45 AM
I found the film on youtube, I don't know if it is the version you mean:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekL3VBD00W0&feature=related

Yes!  The German at the beginning tells the tale of the butchering done in earlier decades, and how the original film is now almost complete: and it does mention the 2008 discovery in Argentina of footage long thought lost.
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Lisztianwagner

#14561
August 09, 2012, 04:19:20 PM
Quote from: Cato on August 09, 2012, 02:32:09 PM
Yes!  The German at the beginning tells the tale of the butchering done in earlier decades, and how the original film is now almost complete: and it does mention the 2008 discovery in Argentina of footage long thought lost.

Great, thank you, I didn't pay attention to that! I started watching from about 03:00......
"You cannot expect the Form before the Idea, for they will come into being together." - Arnold Schönberg

listener

#14562
August 09, 2012, 11:56:58 PM Last Edit: August 09, 2012, 11:59:01 PM by listener
CROOK'S TOUR     1941 with Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne  carrying over their roles as  Charters and Caldicott from Hitchcock's THE LADY VANISHES
Comes as a supplementary disc in the Criterion edition of The Lady Vanishes (which is a bit pricey, but I bought a used copy at a reasonable price. )   
"Keep your hand on the throttle and your eye on the rail as you walk through life's pathway."

TheGSMoeller

#14563
August 10, 2012, 03:36:11 AM
Took my wife to The Dark Knight Rises last night. She loved it and I enjoyed it just as much if not more than the first time. Seems to be an unpopular opinion on this forum, but I'm a believer.  8)

Bogey

#14564
August 10, 2012, 06:21:46 AM
Finished up The Fellowship of the Ring with my son (his first viewing).  He is also reading the series in tandem and soaking it all in.  I enjoy these movies, but adore the books.  Either is nice to revisit.
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

SonicMan46

#14565
August 10, 2012, 06:23:51 AM
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011) w/ Ewan McGregor & Emily Blunt - another streamer from Amazon last night; enjoyed - rated the film 4*/5* on Netflix (average rating there was 3+*); 6.8/10 on IMDB (might have gone a little higher) - the lead actors were particularly effective together in their roles; did not think Susan wanted to see the film BUT she DID!  Yikes - fortunately the rental is for 24 hrs, so she can still watch it today - WHEW - Dave :)


George

#14566
August 10, 2012, 06:26:46 AM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on August 10, 2012, 06:23:51 AM
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011) w/ Ewan McGregor & Emily Blunt - another streamer from Amazon last night; enjoyed - rated the film 4*/5* on Netflix (average rating there was 3+*); 6.8/10 on IMDB (might have gone a little higher) - the lead actors were particularly effective together in their roles; did not think Susan wanted to see the film BUT she DID!  Yikes - fortunately the rental is for 24 hrs, so she can still watch it today - WHEW - Dave :)

And let's be Blunt, David, you won't mind another go.  ;)
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SonicMan46

#14567
August 10, 2012, 06:35:27 AM
Quote from: George on August 10, 2012, 06:26:46 AM
And let's be Blunt, David, you won't mind another go.  ;)

Well George - I may have missed some scenes and staring at Emily again might just be therapeutic for me!   ;D  Dave

George

#14568
August 10, 2012, 06:41:58 AM
Ah, yes. The side boob.  >:D
"It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously." –Oscar Wilde

lisa needs braces

#14569
August 10, 2012, 09:54:41 AM
Move over, "Citizen Kane"!

"Vertigo" is the greatest film of all time according the decennial survey of critics by British magazine "Sight & Sound."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/aug/05/sight-sound-best-film-poll-2012

TheGSMoeller

#14570
August 10, 2012, 10:24:17 AM
Quote from: -abe- on August 10, 2012, 09:54:41 AM
Move over, "Citizen Kane"!

"Vertigo" is the greatest film of all time according the decennial survey of critics by British magazine "Sight & Sound."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/aug/05/sight-sound-best-film-poll-2012


I read that a few weeks ago, I don't agree, and why did it take Vertigo 50 years to reach that point?
We all know the greatest film of all time is...well, that's for another thread.   :P 8)

Karl Henning

#14571
August 10, 2012, 11:44:08 AM
Vertigo ... well, maybe!

Thread duty: last night, Catch Me If You Can. On the face of it, a flick I should watch once, and I'm good.  It surprises me, though, how revisit-able it is.
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Bogey

#14572
August 10, 2012, 12:04:20 PM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on August 10, 2012, 10:24:17 AM

I read that a few weeks ago, I don't agree, and why did it take Vertigo 50 years to reach that point?
We all know the greatest film of all time is...well, that's for another thread.   :P 8)

Ah, why not....Casablanca for me.  Possibly the Maltese Falcon.  But if I were to nominate a Hitch, I would go with Rear Window.

Quote from: karlhenning on August 10, 2012, 11:44:08 AM
Vertigo ... well, maybe!

Thread duty: last night, Catch Me If You Can. On the face of it, a flick I should watch once, and I'm good.  It surprises me, though, how revisit-able it is.

Liked that one a lot, Karl....great John Williams' effort as well....back to his tv jazzy roots.
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Bogey

#14573
August 10, 2012, 12:09:31 PM
Interesting.  #7 was The Searchers, which arrived a few days ago from Netflix.  I guess I better put it on a higher priority list for me and the lad.
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

George

#14574
August 10, 2012, 12:17:56 PM
Quote from: Bogey on August 10, 2012, 12:04:20 PM
Ah, why not....Casablanca for me.  Possibly the Maltese Falcon.  But if I were to nominate a Hitch, I would go with Rear Window.

No love for Will Smith?
"It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously." –Oscar Wilde

TheGSMoeller

#14575
August 10, 2012, 01:37:06 PM
Making a thread for Greatest Film...

DavidRoss

#14576
August 10, 2012, 01:46:25 PM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on August 10, 2012, 10:24:17 AM
We all know the greatest film of all time is...


And I'm with you on Rear Window, too, Bill -- though North by Northwest misses only by not having Grace Kelly.

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lisa needs braces

#14577
August 10, 2012, 01:52:53 PM
As Alex Ross notes in his blog, interesting that both Citizen Kane and Vertigo share the same composer (Bernard Hermann.) His "Vertigo" score is iconic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC5AzFc3coo

And I thoroughly agree with "Vertigo" as being the best film of all time, on account of it happening it to be my favorite film of all time.  :P

I am appreciative of Citizen Kane but never quite liked it.

George

#14578
August 10, 2012, 03:04:43 PM


Now watching this! (about a piano competition)
"It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously." –Oscar Wilde

Lilas Pastia

#14579
August 10, 2012, 05:44:26 PM Last Edit: August 10, 2012, 05:48:30 PM by André
The BFI list of best movies has always been a mixed bag. To me at least ;D. What's most amazing is that, decade after decade thay have managed to come up with the weirdest assemblage of truly great films and iconic flicks that do not messure up to their status. Citizen Kane has badly aged very quickly. Welles did better in Otello, Falstaff and The Trial. Is one of those up to a 'best ever' list?  Not sure, but Falstaff and The Trial could be likely candidates.

No Bresson, Bergman, Chaplin, Keaton, von Stroheim, S. Ray (Satyajit, not Nicholas), and the wrong films for Fellini and Dreyer  :P.

I'm not against not having more recent films in such a list. It really takes time to figure out the lasting value of movies. As a rule they're too much of their time to develop in stature. As a rule, they tend to shrink into the horizon, not rise above it.

Only Sunrise and La règle du jeu pass muster. I haven't seen Tokyo Story, but I' favourably inclined to give it a viewing.
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