tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post114966253496757243..comments2024-03-24T13:26:57.317-07:00Comments on Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule: 43 REASONS TO GO OUT TO THE MOVIES IN JUNE* (*if you live in Los Angeles, that is)Dennis Cozzaliohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-1150262373704285832006-06-13T22:19:00.000-07:002006-06-13T22:19:00.000-07:00Man, you've actually made me wish I were living in...Man, you've actually made me wish I were living in Los Angeles again. Ah well, at least I got to go to the funky old Bijou in Eugene last night (one of the shockingly few theaters in this town now) to see THE NOTORIOUS BETTIE PAGE. Guess it's almost time for another visit to L.A. P.S. to Brian: I miss SF, too. Symptom: last week, I watched VERTIGO and sighed over the scenery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-1150088706201858042006-06-11T22:05:00.000-07:002006-06-11T22:05:00.000-07:00Dennis, absolutely, and that goes double for any t...Dennis, absolutely, and that goes double for any trips you might make North!Brian Darrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17693169310367670898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-1149841361150815662006-06-09T01:22:00.000-07:002006-06-09T01:22:00.000-07:00Everyone: Sorry it's taken me so long to respond. ...Everyone: Sorry it's taken me so long to respond. Blogger's been very funky over the last few days and not very accepting of any of my input. I know they've been doing some maintenance. I just hope they get things fixed soon. (And I apologize for any typos in this message that get through-- I'm using my wife's tiny laptop, and Mr. Sausage Fingers doesn't get along too well on such a reduced playing field.)<BR/><BR/>Jen: Who needs to toot my own horn when I've got you? Thanks so much. Just another benefit of all tha exposure on IMDb last week, I guess!<BR/><BR/>Flickhead: It's been so long since I've seen <I>Johnny Handsome</I>-- the other Hill films (except <I>Broken Trail</I>, of course) I'm well familiar with. The only thing I really remember about <I>JH</I> after so long is that I really liked it, especially coming during a period that wasn't too kind, critically or commercially, to the director. I'll be very curious to be refreshed more specifically as to why.<BR/><BR/>Mr. M: You were close at the beginning when you mentioned Burns. I hail from the southeastern-most outpost of the Oregon Desert, the seat of County Lake, otherwise known as Lakeview. I wonder if Boardman, a place I'm unfamiliar with, might have met its match here. As for those Pasadena theaters, both the Colorado and the Esquire, the theaters on Colorado Blvd. that you're referring to, are long gone. (They always reminded me of seeing a movie in a quonset hut.) They disappeared seven or so years ago--the last movie I saw at the Colorado, one of the last shown there, was Mike Leigh's <I>Topsy-Turvy</I>, which came out in 1999. They were shuttered to make way for a new Laemmle Theaters seven-screen arthouse complex further down Colorado Blvd. near Lake Avenue, whch is doing very well (I just got back from there, coincidentally-- I saw <I>The Proposition</I>, a brutal and spectacularly good Australian "western" scripted by Nick Cave and starring Guy Pearce and Ray Winstone.) And, happily, the Rialto is still here and doing well too, despite the seemingly constant threat of closure a few years ago. After years of being able to boast the worst sound in all of Los Angeles, they have finally upgraded to digital stereo. But the upgrade may have come at a dear price. Only time will tell whether the Rialto will continue its tradition of eclectic programming, but right now they're playing <I>The Da Vinci Code</I>. Perhaps this is just a way of quickly getting on the road to recovering the cost of that upgrade. But it wouldn't surprise me if the mainstreaming of the Rialto is the price to be paid for being able to understand the dialogue in whatever picture happens to be playing there. <BR/><BR/>Brian: Don't think I didn't think of you often while I was cobbling this together. In fact, I was thinking of subtitling it "My tribute to <I>Hell on Frisco Bay</I>!" It'd be great if you could make it down here for a Hammer film or two. But, geez, it's hard enough for <I>me</I> to get to the Egyptian for one, and I'm about 15 minutes away. I planned to go tonight (June 8)for the Cushing/Frankenstein double bill, but life and work interfered, as they have a habit of doing. I will keep my fingers crossed for a taste of these series up in the Bay Area. I can't believe <I>Nashville</I> played at the beautiful Aero Theater tonight, and I had to pass. I'm going to really try to get there for <I>McCabe ad Mrs. Miller</I>, though. Let me know if, by some odd chance, you find ourself down here, for this or any other reason. Surely we could find a beer and a movie with our names on them!Dennis Cozzaliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-1149808765513059412006-06-08T16:19:00.000-07:002006-06-08T16:19:00.000-07:00Wow. Reading this feels a little like bitter reve...Wow. Reading this feels a little like bitter revenge for all the times I've made you envious of the films on display here on Frisco Bay. Now I'm the one who's green-shaded. Perhaps I can move to LA for a month. More realistically, I hope the Altman series and the British Horror make another stop in California before retreating back into the vault.Brian Darrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17693169310367670898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-1149690758756166322006-06-07T07:32:00.000-07:002006-06-07T07:32:00.000-07:00Eastern Oregon desert, you say? Burns? Hermiston? ...Eastern Oregon desert, you say? Burns? Hermiston? Umatilla? Boardman? Am I getting warmer? <BR/><BR/>Even the nation's most beautiful state has its unmentionable places. Boardman is it in spades. <BR/><BR/>Anyway.<BR/><BR/>Some of my few fond memories of So-Cal living revolve around seeing indie/foreign/artsy films at the Rialto in South Pasadena (which had a cameo in THE PLAYER, IIRC) and animation fests at a couple single-screen theatres on the east end of Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena proper. Please tell me they've not gone away.Mr. Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06022458380864603774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-1149679459439484992006-06-07T04:24:00.000-07:002006-06-07T04:24:00.000-07:00If I were to compile a list of not-so-guilty pleas...If I were to compile a list of not-so-guilty pleasures, <B>Johnny Handsome</B> would certainly be in the top ten. In it, there are a handful of scenes -- mostly between Ellen Barkin and Lance Henriksen -- that display a keen awareness of intensity and compulsion.Uncle Gustavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08501032829800803300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-1149670980202282462006-06-07T02:03:00.000-07:002006-06-07T02:03:00.000-07:00Hooray! Welcome back, Dennis.And don't be so mode...Hooray! Welcome back, Dennis.<BR/><BR/>And don't be so modest-- if you won't post it, I WILL--<BR/><BR/>Our intrepid cinema blogger has gotten YET ANOTHER faboo mention in the MSM, as they say:<BR/><BR/>http://jameswolcott.com/archives/2006/06/prickly_heat.php<BR/><BR/>Say it loud, say it proud, dude!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com