tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post2632652744158965819..comments2024-03-18T00:41:13.588-07:00Comments on Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule: MISS JEAN BRODIE’S MODESTLY MAGNIFICENT, MATRIARCHALLY MANIPULATIVE SPRINGTIME-FOR-MUSSOLINI MOVIE QUIZDennis Cozzaliohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-75618691719441865422013-04-04T23:02:01.568-07:002013-04-04T23:02:01.568-07:00Hey, Susie, you still beat me! My answers are abou...Hey, Susie, you still beat me! My answers are about 2/3 finished! I'm off to read your answers now!Dennis Cozzaliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-91174147350733251122013-04-04T22:58:17.357-07:002013-04-04T22:58:17.357-07:00So, sue me! I'm a month late, but I sure did e...So, sue me! I'm a month late, but I sure did enjoy myself: <br /><br />http://susiebright.blogs.com/susie_brights_journal_/2013/04/miss-jean-brodies-movie-quiz-spring-fling.html<br /><br />Thanks so much, Dennis.Susie Brighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11748286616377747871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-79792293964442570622013-03-25T12:12:41.473-07:002013-03-25T12:12:41.473-07:001) Hated movie moment
Torture of burglars in Home ...1) Hated movie moment<br />Torture of burglars in Home Alone<br /> <br />2) Noir Dialogue<br />Pass - I'm better at remembering images than words<br /> <br />3)Ashby film<br />Bound for Glory<br /><br />4) Director recognition. <br />I'm sure something having to do with Alfred Hitchcock<br /> <br />5) film book<br />Pauline Kael 1001 Nights at the Movies<br /> <br />6) Diana Sands or Vonetta McGee?<br />Diana Sands because I knew who she is<br /> <br />7) egregious gap <br />Have never seen an entire James Bond film, including any of the recent ones<br /> <br />8) comedy dialogue<br />"It's just a flesh wound!"<br /> <br /> 9) Lloyd Bacon film<br />42nd Street<br /> <br />10) Burton/Livesey?<br />Burton<br /> <br />11) Movie I refuse to see<br />Atlas Shrugged - inspiration for bad people<br /> <br />12) collaboration<br />Satyajit Ray and cinematographer Subrata Mitra<br /> <br />13) Recently viewed<br />DVD: Farewell My Queen Theatrical: Stoker<br /> <br />14) Horror movie dialogue<br />"...They'll see and they'll know, and they'll say, "Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly..."<br /> <br />15) Oliver Stone film<br />Heaven and Earth<br /><br /> <br />16) Mendes/Welch?<br /> Mendes<br /> <br />17) Religious satire<br />Monty Python: The Life of Brian<br /> <br />18) Internet movie argument? <br />Pass: Bloggers I read are not very contentious<br /> <br />19) pointless Internet argument? <br />Pass<br /> <br />20) McGraw/Ryan?<br />Ryan <br /><br />21) Western dialogue<br />It ain't an easy thing, killing a man.<br /> <br />22) Roy Del Ruth <br />Blond Crazy<br /> <br />23) Relatively unknown filmmaker <br />Hiroshi Shimizu<br /> <br />24) McGregor/ Butler?<br />McGregor<br /> <br />25) perfect movie?<br />Shop around the Corner<br /> <br />26) movie location<br />Manhattan<br /> <br />27) Delmer Daves film<br />Love Affair<br /> <br />28) DVD commentary <br />William Shakespeare on Chimes at Midnight<br /> <br />29) Grahame/Windsor?<br />Grahame<br /> <br />30) Unfulfilled potential<br />Charles Laughton<br /> <br />31) movie-based disagreement? <br />Yes - but more based on political or ethical implications of the film and not purely as an art formDBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-34791056776349026362013-03-24T09:08:46.391-07:002013-03-24T09:08:46.391-07:00My super-late, no-excuses-except-my-laptop-ate-my-...My super-late, no-excuses-except-my-laptop-ate-my-homework answers are on my Cool Bev blog <a href="http://coolbev.blogspot.com/2013/03/laptop-ate-my-homework.html" rel="nofollow">http://coolbev.blogspot.com/2013/03/laptop-ate-my-homework.html</a>Beveridge D. Spenserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12236771609113409521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-56131482023155197162013-03-21T16:03:37.087-07:002013-03-21T16:03:37.087-07:0023) Relatively unknown film or filmmaker you’d mos...23) Relatively unknown film or filmmaker you’d most eagerly proselytize for<br /><br />Lisandro Alonso's LIVERPOOL is by no means unknown but I think it is a major film that should be better recognized. To turn the clock back, I think Byron Haskin's I WALK ALONE is a hugely great movie, far better than a lot of better-known noirs that are frequently re-viewed and discussed.<br /> <br />24) Ewan McGregor or Gerard Butler?<br /><br />Ewan in a walk.<br /> <br />25) Is there such a thing as a perfect movie?<br /><br />Sure. Lots. Let's try to pull a few off the top of our head. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN. GOODFELLAS. THE GODFATHER, 1 &2. CARRIE. BOOGIE NIGHTS. Let's try to go a little farther afield. TIME OF THE WOLF. WIND FROM THE EAST. FOX AND HIS FRIENDS. How about a movie that's perfect that probably didn't even mean to be perfect: Warhol's BEAUTY #2?<br /> <br />26) Favorite movie location you’ve most recently had the occasion to actually visit *<br /><br />I drank Aqua Velvas in the bar where Robert Downey drank them in ZODIAC. Sadly the place later burned to the ground.<br /> <br />27) Second favorite Delmer Daves film<br /><br />BROKEN ARROW<br /> <br />28) Name the one DVD commentary you wish you could hear that, for whatever reason, doesn't actually exist *<br /><br />I think about this shit stupidly a lot: there exist no Spielberg or Lynch commentaries, and I think that is a crime for posterity.<br /> <br />29) Gloria Grahame or Marie Windsor?<br /><br />Marie! Get outta here with that Gloria Grahame nonsense!<br /> <br />30) Name a filmmaker who never really lived up to the potential suggested by their early acclaim or success<br /><br />There are so many, it hurts to think about. Read Pauline Kael's late, post-retirement reminiscence of Peckinpah. It is one of my favorite essays, if you want to call it that, about filmmaking. A superfan, Kael is remarkably clear-eyed--terrifyingly so--about the man Peckinpah was. She described him as "the most unfulfilled of all great directors," and though that label might belong with Welles, she may be right. What's worse, a cult has grown around his garbled, poorly thought out and/or mutilated films.<br /> <br />31) Is there a movie-based disagreement serious enough that it might cause you to reevaluate the basis of a romantic relationship or a friendship? *<br /><br />I lived with a girl with whom I suspected I had some really grave differences. I took out a CD and said, "If I die first, I want you to play this music at my funeral." I played it: "Cockeye's Theme" from ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA. It's a long piece. She was lying on the couch. When it was over, she looked up at me and said, "Kinda....cheesy, isn't it?" In that moment I knew the relationship was over.Matthew David Wildernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-40691068596797553592013-03-21T16:03:23.249-07:002013-03-21T16:03:23.249-07:0016) Eva Mendes or Raquel Welch?
Raquel.
Wow. Wa w...16) Eva Mendes or Raquel Welch?<br />Raquel.<br /><br />Wow. Wa wa wee whoa. Listen to the MYRA BRECKENRIDGE commentary some time. This strange rich Latina Republican woman looks back on being Raquel Welch.<br /> <br />17) Favorite religious satire<br /><br />There are so few. NASTY HABITS is a great movie but it is really a "Watergate satire." THE RULING CLASS is really a satire of the British ruling class. Bunuel's THE MILKY WAY is really a tender homage to Catholic errata, not an attack. I guess I'll go with SCORPIO RISING, which at least taints the Jesus story with gay porn and jukebox music.<br /> <br />18) Best Internet movie argument? (question contributed by Tom Block)<br /><br />I am continually astonished by the way Glenn Kenny gets his blood pressure raised in his blog. Last week some dumb college girl posted a very obscure thing saying "I Think Jazz Sucks!" It was dumb. She was dumb. I don't think jazz musicians were in danger of being rounded up and put in boxcars. But Kenny expostulated and exploded. Even in his rave reviews he finds stuff to splutter and push and jab his fingers into its chest. I am afraid to ever meet him in the flesh.<br /> <br />19) Most pointless Internet movie argument? (question contributed by Tom Block)<br /><br />See above.<br /> <br />20) Charles McGraw or Robert Ryan? <br /><br />Ryan for sure. The man who greeted Michael Caine just as he arrived in the US at the Polo Lounge by cheekily pinching his arse.<br /> <br />21) Favorite line of dialogue from a western<br /><br />"Goin' into my own home justified" in RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY....<br /> <br />22) Second favorite Roy Del Ruth film<br /><br />I gotta get to know Del Ruth better. Taped today's TCM Woody Van Dyke festival, how will I ever get to it! Anyway, I know one Del Ruth real well...ALWAYS LEAVE THEM LAUGHING. Scorsese's Guilty Pleasures description of LAUGHING is more hard-edged than the movie, but it is still fun, and still amazing to think Uncle Miltie, in all his broadness and hostility, had a super-huge, globally hyper-famous moment in the sun.<br /> <br />Matthew David Wildernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-67773849448245670702013-03-21T16:02:48.838-07:002013-03-21T16:02:48.838-07:001) The classic movie moment everyone loves except ...1) The classic movie moment everyone loves except me is:<br /><br />Tons, but let's say James Dean screaming "You're tearin' me apaaaaaht!" This relates to my assertion that Nicholas Ray is generally--not always, but largely--full of shit.<br /> <br />2)Favorite line of dialogue from a film noir<br /><br />I can say that a beautiful noir-ish line that stuck out recently, and somehow nobody noticed, is Freddie Quell's kiss-off to Lancaster Dodd: "Maybe in another life."<br /> <br />3)Second favorite Hal Ashby film<br /><br />SHAMPOO<br /> <br />4)Describe the moment when you first realized movies weredirected as opposed to simply pieced together anonymously. *<br /><br />Kind of a two-part process, but it definitely escalated from NETWORK--particularly the four-TV-sets-talking-at-once opening and the gundown of Howard Beale, followed by the TV camera push-in and the canned applause, followed by the babbling TV's over the credits at the end...that was a shocker of real DIRECTED-NESS. Then, the next year, seeing Peckinpah's CROSS OF IRON. Very strange, beautiful film. Saw it with my dad who was, for some reason, a Peckinpah fan. I guess trying to like what my dad liked or see what he saw made me look into the Peckinpah-ness of the movie, and I found it terrifying and wonderful, the inside of this guy's mind. The body squashed like a pie plate by passing jeeps, just left there to stay squashed...things like this blew my mind.<br /> <br />5)Favorite film book<br /><br />I have a sentimental attachment to Pauline Kael's WHEN THE LIGHTS GO DOWN. It was an Easter gift to me as a kid with a bunch of chocolate rabbits. I swirl the feel of biting into a hollow chocolate rabbit with reading that book (wags, mock all you will). Manny Farber's NEGATIVE SPACE is obviously a big deal, and for a more adult user.<br /> <br />6)Diana Sands or Vonetta McGee?<br /><br />Vonetta McGee is the bomb, and hugely underrated.<br /> <br />7)Most egregious gap in your viewing of films made in the past 10 years<br /><br />Last ten? I feel pretty kept up with the last ten. I think I am missing some Techines. I know I am missing some Ozons. There is probably some cool Bellocchio and Tavianis stuff we haven't seen.<br /> <br />8)Favorite line of dialogue from a comedy<br /><br />"Did anybody evah tell you.... you're a MOE-RON?" -- Jerry Langford from THE KING OF COMEDY (which, yeah, I guess, isn't "a comedy")<br /> <br />9)Second favorite Lloyd Bacon film<br /><br />I have a sad childhood attachment to THE GOOD HUMOR MAN.<br /> <br />10)Richard Burton or Roger Livesey?<br /><br />Burton. No star was more daring than Burton in that string of incredibly weird allegedly bad movies he did from the late sixties well into the seventies. Imagine Brad Pitt jumping on board DOCTOR FAUSTUS, HAMMERSMITH IS OUT, and THE MEDUSA TOUCH. Or any of those Dick Movies.<br /> <br />11) Is there a movie you staunchly refuse to consider seeing? If so, why?<br /><br />Only one. HAROLD AND MAUDE. I refuse to see HAROLD AND MAUDE and I refuse to read THE CATCHER IN THE RYE. I passed on this as a youth and I intend to keep it that way for obvious reasons.<br /> <br />12) Favorite filmmaker collaboration<br /><br />John Williams and Spielberg in E.T. People forget how avant-garde this movie is. No movie so small was composed entirely in such a massive, whamming, Wagnerian way. The ratio of size-of-score to size-of-movie is unique in cinema--and it works. The movie is druglike, a dream. It is as if the images and music are flowing out of one mind.<br /> <br />13)Most recently viewed movie on DVD/Blu-ray/theatrical?<br /><br />Theatrical: THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY. DVD: JENNIFER'S BODY.<br /> <br />14) Favorite line of dialogue from a horror movie<br /><br />"You betta stand on yo haid an' hang by yo fumbs!" -- THE HILLS HAVE EYES<br /> <br />15)Second favorite Oliver Stone film<br /><br />JFK<br /> <br />Matthew David Wildernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-9410363574202305202013-03-21T04:45:34.406-07:002013-03-21T04:45:34.406-07:0014. "I don't know what it is, but it'...14. "I don't know what it is, but it's weird and it's pissed off." The Thing, 1982.Steven Harthttp://www.stevenhartsite.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-4874242492319814282013-03-20T04:32:24.274-07:002013-03-20T04:32:24.274-07:001. "Plastics." The Graduate.
28. Gore V...1. "Plastics." The Graduate.<br /><br />28. Gore Vidal's wonderfully gossipy and bitchy commentary track for "The Best Man," one of the best political movies ever made.Steven Harthttp://www.stevenhartsite.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-22770596519985289112013-03-18T17:55:31.371-07:002013-03-18T17:55:31.371-07:00Jamie Lewis responses, part two...
15) Second fav...Jamie Lewis responses, part two...<br /><br />15) Second favorite Oliver Stone film<br />Talk Radio<br /><br />16) Eva Mendes or Raquel Welch<br />Eva Mendes<br /><br />17) Favorite religious satire<br />Name of the Rose<br /><br />18) Best Internet movie argument? (question contributed by Tom Block)<br />Anything involving Michael Bay.<br /><br />19) Most pointless Internet movie argument? (question contributed by Tom Block)<br />Anything involving Michael Bay.<br /><br />20) Charles McGraw or Robert Ryan<br />Robert Ryan.<br /><br />21) Favorite line of dialogue from a western<br />"I'm your huckleberry"<br /><br />22) Second favorite Roy Del Ruth film<br />Gold Diggers of Broadway.<br /><br />23) Relatively unknown Film or filmmaker you’d most eagerly proselytize for<br />Brian Helgeland.<br /><br />24) Ewan McGregor or Gerard Butler<br />Ewan McGregor (Despite his many crimes)<br /><br />25) Is there such a thing as a perfect movie?<br />No.<br /><br />26) Favorite movie location you’ve most recently had the occasion to actually visit *<br />Hyde Park (it's on the Hudson)<br /><br />27) Second favorite Delmer Daves film<br />The Petrified Forest.<br /><br />28) Name the one DVD commentary you wish you could hear that, for whatever reason, doesn't actually exist<br />Birth of a Nation.<br /><br />29) Gloria Grahame or Marie Windsor<br />Marie Windsor. Gloria Grahame always looked like she was in the first stages of anaphylaxis.<br /><br />30) Name a filmmaker who never really lived up to the potential suggested by their early acclaim or success<br />Richard Kelly.<br /><br />31) Is there a movie-based disagreement serious enough that it might cause you to reevaluate the basis of a romantic relationship or a friendship? *<br />A total disregard of Monty Python.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07333299951714731981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-66363985467439423482013-03-18T17:54:49.331-07:002013-03-18T17:54:49.331-07:00I couldn't persuade my good friend Jamie Lewis...I couldn't persuade my good friend Jamie Lewis to post his answers - but I have no qualms about posting them without his knowing...<br /><br />1) The classic movie moment everyone loves except me is:<br />Steve McQueen's fence jump at the end of the Great Escape. Almost every other character's escape attempt is un-done by cruel fate and misfortune, but Virgil Hilts' ridiculous showboating gets him gently escorted back to jail. He doesn't even nosedive into the barbed wire, but delicately drapes himself on a few carefully arranged strands that miraculously fail to rip the smug, pussy-chomping grin off his face. When he wimps out and flashes his stripes at the Nazis they don't even have the decency to machine-gun him for being such a tosser.<br /><br />2) Favorite line of dialogue from a film noir<br /><br />Porter: You got a light?<br />Val Resnick: No.<br />Porter: Then what good are you? (Shoots him)<br />(Payback - 1999)<br /><br />3) Second favorite Hal Ashby film<br />Bound For Glory<br /><br />4) Describe the moment when you first realized movies were directed as opposed to simply pieced together anonymously.<br />Around 1982, Close Encounters had its broadcast television debut. My older siblings were thrilled about it and spent the day teasing me because I wouldn't be allowed to stay up late enough to watch it. Long story short, I kicked up a sufficient fuss to be allowed to watch the first half hour or so and then had to go to bed. That first 30 minutes freaked me out so badly I thought I'd never sleep again. A few days later, during our weekly trip to the public library, I stumbled across a paperback biography of Spielberg that mentioned the movie on the front cover and had colour stills of all his movie. I foolishly thought the book might reveal the plot of the movie so I could memorize the details and bluff that I'd seen it amongst my schoolfriends. Instead, I ended up reading about Spielberg's childhood movies, his relationship with Lucas through the late 70s and realized there was this one guy who'd been behind all these movies I wasn't allowed to see.<br /><br />5) Favorite film book<br />The Devil's Candy: The Anatomy of a Hollywood Fiasco - by Julie Salamon. I still wince every time I see or hear Morgan Freeman..<br /><br />6) Diana Sands or Vonetta McGee<br />Vonetta McGee<br /><br />7) Most egregious gap in your viewing of films made in the past 10 years<br />This Is England<br /><br />Favorite line of dialogue from a comedy<br />No, that was "I like your ass. Can I wear it as a hat?"<br /><br />9) Second favorite Lloyd Bacon film<br />Gold Diggers of 1937<br /><br />10) Richard Burton or Roger Livesey<br />Burton. With one Taylor tied behind his back.<br /><br />11) Is there a movie you staunchly refuse to consider seeing? If so, why?<br />The Black Swan. Because Darren Aronofsky and Natalie Portman. I have my limits.<br /><br />12) Favorite filmmaker collaboration<br />John Carpenter and Kurt Russell<br /><br />13) Most recently viewed movie on DVD/Blu-ray/theatrical?<br />Farenheit 9/11. Still stands up.<br /><br />14) Favorite line of dialogue from a horror movie<br />"Groovy"Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07333299951714731981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-1762250599708975232013-03-18T17:30:05.514-07:002013-03-18T17:30:05.514-07:00And here's one from a blog called Citizen Scre...And here's one from a blog called <a href="http://citizenscreenings.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/springtime-movie-quiz/" rel="nofollow"><i>Citizen Screenings</i></a>.Dennis Cozzaliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-72080165661568957982013-03-17T13:37:41.374-07:002013-03-17T13:37:41.374-07:00My responses here.My responses <a href="http://themanfromporlock.blogspot.com/2013/03/cozzaliod.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01450775188328918558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-55090565125998382862013-03-17T11:23:18.625-07:002013-03-17T11:23:18.625-07:0017) Favorite religious satire
I suppose it’s T...<b>17) Favorite religious satire</b><br /><br /> I suppose it’s <i>The Life of Brian</i> -- that and <i>Dogma</i> are about the only ones I’ve really liked, though.<br /> <br /> <b>18) Best Internet movie argument?</b><br /><br /> I found the discussion on <i>The Dark Knight</i> over at Scanners to be really interesting and eye-opening.<br /><br /><b>19) Most pointless Internet movie argument? </b> <br /><br />Is Cinema dead?<br /> <br /> <b>20) Charles McGraw or Robert Ryan</b><br /><br /> The only performance of either that I’ve seen that caught my attention was in <i>The Narrow Margin</i>, so McGraw.<br /> <br /> <b>21) Favorite line of dialogue from a western</b><br /><br /> Also not a favorite genre, so here come da fudge:<br /> The Stranger: “A wiser fella than m’self once said, sometimes you eat the bar and sometimes the bar, wal, he eats you.”<br /> The Dude: “Uh-huh. That some kind of Eastern thing?”<br /> The Stranger: “Far from it.”<br /> <br /> <b>22) Second favorite Roy Del Ruth film</b><br /><br /> Haven’t seen a one.<br /> <br /> <b>23) Relatively unknown Film or filmmaker you’d most eagerly proselytize for</b><br /><br /> I don’t think I know any that are even relatively unknown, but here are a couple with local connections that I think deserved more attention:<br /><br /> <i>Clear Cut: The Story of Philomath, Oregon</i> -- excellent documentary on a (formerly) small logging town that has increasingly become a suburb, and the conflict of cultures that resulted.<br /><br /> <i>Bandits</i> -- high profile actors, fun story, and I feel like I’m the only person who liked it<br /> <br /> <b>24) Ewan McGregor or Gerard Butler</b><br /><br /> Ewan McGregor, although that may have something to do with the material the two have had to work with. I remember watching <i>Timeline</i>, for which I had high hopes that were summarily dashed, and there was only one person who actually seemed to be “right” in the movie, and that was Gerard Butler. I’d like to see him in some more interesting films.<br /> <br /> <b>25) Is there such a thing as a perfect movie? </b><br /> <br /> Well, people aren’t perfect, and most movies are about people. It would probably have to be about something entirely different. Robots, maybe. Like <i>Wall-E</i>. Except that had humans in it in the second half, and it kind of spoiled a great beginning. Animals are pretty perfect, though. Maybe <i>Winged Migration</i> -- birds being birds. Except they got humans to write the music, and to narrate it. Drop the score and the narration track and there you have a perfect movie!<br /> <br /> <b>26) Favorite movie location you’ve most recently had the occasion to actually visit *</b><br /><br /> I <i>almost</i> made it to Mackinac Island (<i>Somewhere in Time</i>, and of course <i>Super 8</i>) on a trip to Michigan, but time constraints squelched it.<br /> <br /> <b>27) Second favorite Delmer Daves film</b><br /><br /> Hey, I’ve actually seen two! <i>Hollywood Canteen</i> would come out second to <i>An Affair to Remember</i>.<br /> <br /> <b>28) Name the one DVD commentary you wish you could hear that, for whatever reason, doesn't actually exist</b><br /><br /> Orson Welles on <i>Citizen Kane</i> would be cool. I imagine he would need to do at least 3 separate audio tracks in order to get in everything he might want to say. It would probably create three new films, all very “Citizen Kane”-like.<br /> <br /> <b>29) Gloria Grahame or Marie Windsor</b><br /><br /> Windsor is wonderful in <i>The Narrow Margin</i>, but overall, I think I’d have to go for Grahame.<br /> <br /> <b>30) Name a filmmaker who never really lived up to the potential suggested by their early acclaim or success</b><br /> <br /> I guess I’d have to go with M. Night Shyamalan.<br /><br /> <b>31) Is there a movie-based disagreement serious enough that it might cause you to reevaluate the basis of a romantic relationship or a friendship? *</b><br /><br /> Gosh, no. I’ll take imperfect people over perfect movies any day.Weigardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10356550248302531786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-28071342880241141082013-03-17T11:20:06.768-07:002013-03-17T11:20:06.768-07:001) The classic movie moment everyone loves ex...<b>1) The classic movie moment everyone loves except me is:</b><br /><br /> Probably “Nobody’s perfect” – just never found it all that amusing.<br /> <br /> <b>2) Favorite line of dialogue from a film noir</b><br /><br /> “The stuff that dreams are made of.” (<i>Maltese Falcon</i>) Now <i>that’s</i> how you end a movie.<br /> <br /> <b>3) Second favorite Hal Ashby film</b><br /><br /> <i>Harold and Maude</i> (my favorite is <i>Being There</i>).<br /> <br /> <b>4) Describe the moment when you first realized movies were directed as opposed to simply pieced together anonymously. *</b><br /><br /> I can’t remember a specific moment, but it would appear to have been much like what several others have mentioned, discovering the films of Alfred Hitchcock and finding so much in common between them, as well as ways of depicting a scene I’d never thought of.<br /> <br /> <b>5) Favorite film book</b><br /><br /> I’ve read very few. But of those, my favorite would be Sidney Lumet’s <i>Making Movies</i>.<br /> <br /> <b> 6) Diana Sands or Vonetta McGee</b><br /><br /> Never seen either, unless it was in a TV guest spot.<br /> <br /> <b>7) Most egregious gap in your viewing of films made in the past 10 years</b><br /><br /> I don’t think I’ve seen a single Asian film in the last 10 years. I had seen several before then, back in the 80s and 90s. I don’t know how that happened. Oh, I did see <i>The Host</i>. Well, that’s probably representative, right?<br /> <br /> <b>8) Favorite line of dialogue from a comedy</b><br /><br /> “I don’t know – maybe it was Utah.” That’s right – settle it down to slight surrealistic sentimentality toward the end, then stick in one more laugh. Now <i>that’s</i> how you end a movie.<br /> <br /> <b>9) Second favorite Lloyd Bacon film</b><br /><br /> Other than <i>42nd Street</i> (my favorite), the only other one I’ve seen is <i>The Tramp</i>.<br /> <br /> <b>10) Richard Burton or Roger Livesey</b><br /> <br /> I’d take Richard Harris over either one. <br /><br /> <b>11) Is there a movie you staunchly refuse to consider seeing? If so, why?</b><br /><br /> Maybe that one with the 9-minute rape scene – can’t remember the name, though. Which isn’t really going to help in the staunch refusal part.<br /> <br /> <b>12) Favorite filmmaker collaboration</b><br /><br /> Joel & Ethan Coen<br /> <br /> <b>13) Most recently viewed movie on DVD/Blu-ray/theatrical?</b><br /><br /> DVD: <i>X2: X-Men United</i>. I don’t know – I was rather bored. Everything seemed so by-the-numbers. I’d heard good things. Oh well.<br /><br /> Theater: <i>Life of Pi</i>. Absolutely wonderful. Only best picture nominee I’ve seen – would have been pleased if it had won.<br /> <br /> <b>14) Favorite line of dialogue from a horror movie</b><br /> <br /> I’ve never been a very big fan of horror movies, so I’m going to fudge a little bit here – “Blücher!”<br /><br /> <b>15) Second favorite Oliver Stone film</b><br /><br /> <i>Platoon</i>, second to <i>JFK</i> -- although if one adds in films where he’s a producer, <i>Reversal of Fortune</i> would be my favorite.<br /> <br /> <b>16) Eva Mendes or Raquel Welch</b><br /><br /> The only Raquel Welch movie I’ve seen is <i>Legally Blonde</i>? Oh dear. I’ll accept my F and move on.Weigardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10356550248302531786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-78208577374614520292013-03-15T23:41:40.979-07:002013-03-15T23:41:40.979-07:00On #4, I just realized my answer was wrong. The fi...On #4, I just realized my answer was wrong. The first director I was consciously aware of was Chuck Jones. Couldn't say when, but it must have been before I was 10. I always knew that Bugs Bunny cartoons were better than anything, and I knew the best Bugs Bunny cartoons were the ones that said Chuck Jones up front.Robert Fiorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06357467040644448167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-59477432228841838322013-03-14T21:13:49.553-07:002013-03-14T21:13:49.553-07:00Care of my colleague Kevin (aka Jack Deth) who pos...Care of my colleague Kevin (aka Jack Deth) who posted this as a comment on my blog :<br /><br />1/: ‘Thelma & Louise’. Never liked the joint suicide pact at the film’s end. Gravity always wins.<br /><br />2/: ‘The Last Seduction’. “Anyone check you for a heartbeat recently?”<br /><br />3/: ‘Shampoo’. With ‘The Last Detail’ at #1.<br /><br />4/: The long tracking shot in Kubrick’s ‘Paths of Glory’.<br /><br />5/: “The Psychotonic Encyclopedia’. Superb reference text for many or any genre of film.<br /><br />6/: Vonetta McGee.<br /><br />7/: Losing faith in Spielberg. Lost fait with Lucas.<br /><br />8/: “Gentlemen! You can’t fight here. This is The War Room!” ‘Dr. Strangelove’.<br /><br />10/: Richard Burton.<br /><br />11/: ‘Schindler’s List’ and ‘E.T’. Already seen ‘Shoah’ and ‘The Wannsee Conference’.<br /><br />I’ve never been a fan of cute, friendly aliens or monsters.<br /><br />16/: Racquel Welch.<br /><br />20/: Robert Ryan.<br /><br />23/: Excellent choice with ‘Hickey & Boggs’.<br /><br />I always go to bat for ‘The Big Combo’ by John H. Lewis. And Stephen Frears ‘The Grifters’. Both could do with a full blown Blu-Ray treatment with commentary, discussions of angles, shots and dialogue.<br /><br />27/: ‘Destination Tokyo’. Yes, it’s an unabashed flag waver. But it still works!<br /><br />28/: I’d love a full blown commentary on Alan J. Pakula’s ‘The Parallax View’. Still one of the best conspiracy films of the 1970s.<br /><br />29/: Gloria Grahame.<br /><br />30/: Definitely Shamaylan. Runner up would be De Palma.<br /><br />31/: I’ve had arguments over Michael Powell’s ‘Peeping Tom’. But not to the point of wrecking a relationship.le0pard13https://www.blogger.com/profile/09421175808461787862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-81423645052836937252013-03-14T13:58:52.081-07:002013-03-14T13:58:52.081-07:00Hey Boss! I've taken the quiz, and my answers ...Hey Boss! I've taken the quiz, and my answers can be found <b><a href="http://lernerinternational.blogspot.com/2013/03/cowboys-noir-fabulous-raquel-welch-its.html" rel="nofollow">right here, at LERNER INTERNATIONAL</a></b>! Everyone, please come and visit! Thanks, IvanIvanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16443946766217092846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-35469272703176560712013-03-14T06:52:15.588-07:002013-03-14T06:52:15.588-07:00my answers are over here at:
http://shehangbrightl...my answers are over here at:<br />http://shehangbrightly.blogspot.ca/woodyfanonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01315283318975093933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-6261338356323962602013-03-13T15:30:24.403-07:002013-03-13T15:30:24.403-07:00My answers over here<a href="http://theendofcinema.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-slifr-springtime-movie-quiz-answered.html" rel="nofollow">My answers over here</a>Sean Gilmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16124894627028920508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-18310687259026222982013-03-13T11:33:31.667-07:002013-03-13T11:33:31.667-07:00And speaking of intrigue, Sean, your description o...And speaking of intrigue, Sean, your description of Guy Bennett's <i>Punch</i> has me scrambling to find that one. It sounds like a fascinating movie. Congratulations. You're proselytizing worked like magic!Dennis Cozzaliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-10527639583435241282013-03-13T11:29:42.768-07:002013-03-13T11:29:42.768-07:00Brian, you really went for broke on your answers--...Brian, you really went for broke on your answers-- I love the detail and the observations you put forth. I got through the story about <i>Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom</i> and realized that I was going to have to print this out and savor it later,. That's the mark of a really great <i>SLIFR</i> quiz response. Thanks so much! And everybody, if you haven't yet, get on over to <a href="http://bubblegum-cinephile.blogspot.com/2013/03/creme-de-la-creme.html#more" rel="nofollow"><i>Bubblegum Aesthetics</i></a> and print one out for yourself.Dennis Cozzaliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-52913947552511479442013-03-13T11:23:04.341-07:002013-03-13T11:23:04.341-07:00And here's Brian Doan over at Bubblegum Aesthe...And here's Brian Doan over at <a href="http://bubblegum-cinephile.blogspot.com/2013/03/creme-de-la-creme.html#more" rel="nofollow"><i>Bubblegum Aesthetics</i></a>!<br /><br />I'd better get on my list tonight before all the good answers are taken.Dennis Cozzaliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-30910289330309410832013-03-13T07:21:57.357-07:002013-03-13T07:21:57.357-07:00@ Anne Thompson:
"13) Most recently viewed m...@ Anne Thompson:<br /><br />"<i>13) Most recently viewed movie on DVD/Blu-ray/theatrical?<br />Sam Raimi's "Oz the Great and Powerful" at El Capitan on Hollywood Boulevard, complete with organ player.</i>"<br /><br />Same place where my family and I did for this (Thursday, March 7th premiere).le0pard13https://www.blogger.com/profile/09421175808461787862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-57457526861929838472013-03-13T06:26:34.683-07:002013-03-13T06:26:34.683-07:00Another fun movie quiz, Dennis. You can find my an...Another fun movie quiz, Dennis. You can find my answers over <a href="http://wp.me/pR4QP-4xE" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Thanks.le0pard13https://www.blogger.com/profile/09421175808461787862noreply@blogger.com