tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post5642065028774007614..comments2024-03-24T13:26:57.317-07:00Comments on Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule: PROFESSOR RUSSELL JOHNSON'S "MY ANCESTORS CAME OVER ON THE MINNOW" THANKSGIVING/CHRISTMAS MOVIE QUIZDennis Cozzaliohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comBlogger135125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-68305487465914344372010-05-29T19:01:41.768-07:002010-05-29T19:01:41.768-07:001) Second-favorite Coen Brothers movie.
“The Man W...1) Second-favorite Coen Brothers movie.<br />“The Man Who Wasn’t There”<br />2) Movie seen only on home format that you would pay to see on the biggest movie screen possible? (Question submitted by Peter Nellhaus) Kurosawa’s “Ran”<br />3) Japan or France? (Question submitted by Bob Westal)<br />Japan <br />4) Favorite moment/line from a western.<br />High noon, during the gunfight you see for a fleeting moment an AC unit in one of the windows.<br />5) Of all the arts the movies draw upon to become what they are, which is the most important, or the one you value most?<br />Photography<br />6) Most misunderstood movie of the 2000s. Caché<br />7) Name a filmmaker/actor/actress/film you once unashamedly loved who has fallen furthest in your esteem.<br />Jane Fonda<br />8) Herbert Lom or Patrick Magee?<br />Herbert Lom<br />9) Which is your least favorite David Lynch film (Submitted by Tony Dayoub)<br />Twin Peaks<br />10) Gordon Willis or Conrad Hall? (Submitted by Peet Gelderblom)<br />Gordon Willis<br />11) Second favorite Don Siegel movie.<br />Telefon<br />12) Last movie you saw on DVD/Blu-ray? In theaters? Iron Man and Precious<br />13) Which DVD in your private collection screams hardest to be replaced by a Blu-ray? (Submitted by Peet Gelderblom)<br />“Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon”<br />14) Eddie Deezen or Christopher Mintz-Plasse?<br />Christopher Mintz-Plasse<br />15) Actor/actress who you feel automatically elevates whatever project they are in, or whom you would watch in virtually anything.<br />Maggie Gyllenhall<br />16) Fight Club -- yes or no?<br />No<br />17) Teresa Wright or Olivia De Havilland?<br />Olivia De Havilland<br />18) Favorite moment/line from a film noir.<br />Opening sequence “Touch of Evil”<br />19) Best (or worst) death scene involving an obvious dummy substituting for a human or any other unsuccessful special effect(s)—see the wonderful blog Destructible Man for inspiration.<br />Jaws<br />20) What's the least you've spent on a film and still regretted it? (Submitted by Lucas McNelly)<br />Alexandria... New York<br />21) Van Johnson or Van Heflin?<br />Van Heflin<br />22) Favorite Alan Rudolph film.<br />Trouble in Mind<br />23) Name a documentary that you believe more people should see.<br />“Sicko”<br />24) In deference to this quiz’s professor, name a favorite film which revolves around someone becoming stranded.<br />Hell in the Pacific<br />25) Is there a moment when your knowledge of film, or lack thereof, caused you an unusual degree of embarrassment and/or humiliation? If so, please share.<br />Yes, taking this quiz. I thought of myself as a movie buff but I have no idea who a 3rd of these people are.<br />26) Ann Sheridan or Geraldine Fitzgerald? (Submitted by Larry Aydlette) Geraldine Fitzgerald<br />27) Do you or any of your family members physically resemble movie actors or other notable figures in the film world? If so, who? My father-in-law; Steve MartinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-13390675865475662182010-05-29T19:01:17.347-07:002010-05-29T19:01:17.347-07:0028) Is there a movie you have purposely avoided se...28) Is there a movie you have purposely avoided seeing? If so, why? The Passion of the Christ (2004) I have no stomach for torture<br /><br />29) Movie with the most palpable or otherwise effective wintry atmosphere or ambience. Fargo<br /><br />30) Gerrit Graham or Jeffrey Jones?<br />Jeffrey Jones<br />31) The best cinematic antidote to a cultural stereotype (sexual, political, regional, whatever).<br />Wedding in Gallilee<br />32) Second favorite John Wayne movie.<br /> “The Shootist”<br />33) Favorite movie car chase.<br />Duel<br />34) In the spirit of His Girl Friday, propose a gender-switched remake of a classic or not-so-classic film. (Submitted by Patrick Robbins) Odd Couple with more sexual tension<br /><br />35) Barbara Rhoades or Barbara Feldon?<br />Barbara Feldon<br />36) Favorite Andre De Toth movie.<br />Man on a String<br />37) If you could take one filmmaker's entire body of work and erase it from all time and memory, as if it had never happened, whose oeuvre would it be? (Submitted by Tom Sutpen) Henrie Verneuil<br /><br />38) Name a film you actively hated when you first encountered it, only to see it again later in life and fall in love with it.<br />Raging Bull<br />39) Max Ophuls or Marcel Ophuls? (Submitted by Tom Sutpen) Max Ophuls<br /><br />40) In which club would you most want an active membership, the Delta Tau Chi fraternity, the Cutters or the Warriors? And which member would you most resemble, either physically or in personality?<br />Delta Tau Chi fraternity Boon<br />41) Your favorite movie cliché.<br />555<br />42) Vincente Minnelli or Stanley Donen? (Submitted by Bob Westal)<br />Stanley Donen<br />43) Favorite Christmas-themed horror movie or sequence.<br />Gremlins<br />44) Favorite moment of self- or selfless sacrifice in a movie.<br />"Turtles Can Fly"<br />45) If you were the cinematic Spanish Inquisition, which movie cult (or cult movie) would you decimate? (Submitted by Bob Westal)<br />“scarface”<br />46) Caroline Munro or Veronica Carlson?<br />“Caroline Munro”<br />47) Favorite eye-patch wearing director. (Submitted by Patty Cozzalio) “John Ford”<br />48) Favorite ambiguous movie ending. (Original somewhat ambiguous submission---“Something about ambiguous movie endings!”-- by Jim Emerson, who may have some inspiration of his own to offer you.)<br />“Lost Highway”<br />49) In giving thanks for the movies this year, what are you most thankful for?<br />“District 9”<br />50) George Kennedy or Alan North? (Submitted by Peet Gelderblom)<br />George KennedyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-67182811952115001492010-01-29T08:01:28.253-08:002010-01-29T08:01:28.253-08:00Part the Third (and last)
34) In the spirit of Hi...Part the Third (and last)<br /><br />34) In the spirit of His Girl Friday, propose a gender-switched remake of a classic or not-so-classic film. (Submitted by Patrick Robbins)<br /><br />I like the Cyrano suggestion someone else posted.<br />....................<br /><br /><br />35) Barbara Rhoades or Barbara Feldon?<br /><br />Feldon<br />...................<br />36) Favorite Andre De Toth movie.<br /><br />House of Wax<br />.....................<br />37) If you could take one filmmaker's entire body of work and erase it from all time and memory, as if it had never happened, whose oeuvre would it be? (Submitted by Tom Sutpen)<br /><br />This one's too easy: McG.<br /><br />................<br />38) Name a film you actively hated when you first encountered it, only to see it again later in life and fall in love with it.<br /><br />I saw The Godfather when I was 12 and found it boring. Now, it's easily one of the greatest films ever made.<br />.................<br />39) Max Ophuls or Marcel Ophuls? (Submitted by Tom Sutpen)<br /><br />Marcel<br />..................<br />40) In which club would you most want an active membership, the Delta Tau Chi fraternity, the Cutters or the Warriors? And which member would you most resemble, either physically or in personality?<br /><br />Delta Tau Chi/probably Bluto.<br />.............<br />41) Your favorite movie cliché.<br /><br />The hero facing a big challenge on his last day before retiring.<br />.............<br />42) Vincente Minnelli or Stanley Donen? (Submitted by Bob Westal)<br /><br />Minnelli <br />..............<br />43) Favorite Christmas-themed horror movie or sequence.<br /><br />pass<br />...............<br />44) Favorite moment of self- or selfless sacrifice in a movie.<br /><br /><br />................<br />45) If you were the cinematic Spanish Inquisition, which movie cult (or cult movie) would you decimate? (Submitted by Bob Westal)<br /><br />The cult of Fargo. Sorry folks, I *hated* that film with a passion.<br />...............<br />46) Caroline Munro or Veronica Carlson?<br /><br />Caroline Munro<br />...............<br />47) Favorite eye-patch wearing director. (Submitted by Patty Cozzalio)<br /><br />Easiest of all the questions: John Ford.<br />............<br />48) Favorite ambiguous movie ending. <br /><br />Sorcerer<br />............<br />49) In giving thanks for the movies this year, what are you most thankful for?<br /><br />That it was, on balance, a good year, even with a Mc AND a Michael Bay flick!<br />........... <br />50) George Kennedy or Alan North? (Submitted by Peet Gelderblom)<br /><br />KennedyTom Cavendernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-88248365899894555052010-01-29T07:50:00.005-08:002010-01-29T07:50:00.005-08:00Part the second:
21) Van Johnson or Van Heflin?
...Part the second:<br /><br />21) Van Johnson or Van Heflin?<br /><br />Johnson<br />..............<br /><br /><br />22) Favorite Alan Rudolph film.<br /><br />Welcome to L. A.<br />................<br />23) Name a documentary that you believe more people should see.<br /><br />Man on Wire or Spellbound, take your pick.<br />................<br />24) In deference to this quiz’s professor, name a favorite film which revolves around someone becoming stranded.<br /><br />Castaway (I know I'm in the minority, but I liked it).<br />..................<br />25) Is there a moment when your knowledge of film, or lack thereof, caused you an unusual degree of embarrassment and/or humiliation? If so, please share.<br /><br />Can't remember one.<br /><br />26) Ann Sheridan or Geraldine Fitzgerald? (Submitted by Larry Aydlette)<br /><br />Fitzgerald<br />.................<br />27) Do you or any of your family members physically resemble movie actors or other notable figures in the film world? If so, who?<br /><br />I was once told I looked like Bill Murray in a photo<br />..............<br /><br /><br />28) Is there a movie you have purposely avoided seeing? If so, why?<br /><br />Transformers 2<br />...............<br />29) Movie with the most palpable or otherwise effective wintry atmosphere or ambience.<br /><br />McCabe and Mrs. Miller<br />.................<br />30) Gerrit Graham or Jeffrey Jones?<br /><br />Jones<br />..................<br />31) The best cinematic antidote to a cultural stereotype (sexual, political, regional, whatever).<br /><br />My Cousin Vinny.<br />.....................<br />32) Second favorite John Wayne movie.<br /><br />The Quiet Man<br />................<br />33) Favorite movie car chase.<br /><br />To Live and Die in L. A.<br />................<br /><br /><br />34) In the spirit of His Girl Friday, propose a gender-switched remake of a classic or not-so-classic film. (Submitted by Patrick Robbins)<br /><br />That's a no-brainer: Fight Club. Two hours of cat-fights!Tom Cavendernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-59122083562661946232010-01-29T07:42:20.388-08:002010-01-29T07:42:20.388-08:00Part 1:
1) Second-favorite Coen Brothers movie.
...Part 1:<br /><br />1) Second-favorite Coen Brothers movie.<br /><br />Raising Arizona<br />.............<br /><br />2) Movie seen only on home format that you would pay to see on the biggest movie screen possible? (Question submitted by Peter Nellhaus)<br /><br />The Godfather Part II<br /><br />3) Japan or France? (Question submitted by Bob Westal)<br /><br />Close call, but Japan.<br /><br />4) Favorite moment/line from a western.<br /><br />"Just as sure as the turning of the earth". Honorable mention to "We all got it comin', kid."<br />...............<br /><br />5) Of all the arts the movies draw upon to become what they are, which is the most important, or the one you value most?<br /><br />Visual arts (photography/painting)<br />............<br /><br /><br />6) Most misunderstood movie of the 2000s (The Naughties?).<br /><br />pass<br />..............<br /><br /><br />7) Name a filmmaker/actor/actress/film you once unashamedly loved who has fallen furthest in your esteem.<br /><br />Robert Zemeckis. Showed promise early on, but later got gimmicky and overly commercial.<br />.............<br />8) Herbert Lom or Patrick Magee?<br /><br />Herbert Lom<br />..............<br />9) Which is your least favorite David Lynch film (Submitted by Tony Dayoub)<br /><br />Dune, no question.<br />................<br />10) Gordon Willis or Conrad Hall? (Submitted by Peet Gelderblom)<br /><br />Love 'em both, but slight nod to Willis.<br />................<br />11) Second favorite Don Siegel movie.<br /><br />Escape from Alcatraz<br />..............<br />12) Last movie you saw on DVD/Blu-ray? In theaters?<br /><br />DVD - Enfants du Paradis<br />Theater - Avatar<br />..............<br />13) Which DVD in your private collection screams hardest to be replaced by a Blu-ray? (Submitted by Peet Gelderblom)<br /><br />Lawrence of Arabia<br />..................<br />14) Eddie Deezen or Christopher Mintz-Plasse?<br /><br />McLovin. I always found Deezen just plain annoying.<br />..................<br />15) Actor/actress who you feel automatically elevates whatever project they are in, or whom you would watch in virtually anything.<br /><br />Claude Rains<br />..................<br />16) Fight Club -- yes or no?<br /><br />Can't talk about it.<br />...................<br />17) Teresa Wright or Olivia De Havilland?<br /><br />de Havilland<br />.....................<br />18) Favorite moment/line from a film noir.<br /><br />"The stuff that dreams are made of."<br />.....................<br />19) Best (or worst) death scene involving an obvious dummy substituting for a human or any other unsuccessful special effect(s)—see the wonderful blog Destructible Man for inspiration.<br /><br />pass<br />.................<br />20) What's the least you've spent on a film and still regretted it? (Submitted by Lucas McNelly)<br /><br />Years ago, saw a bad exploitation flick called "Brainwash" at a bargain matinee (I think it was $2.00 or thereabouts). Awful piece of exploitative crap.<br />...............Tom Cavendernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-63767376106688408222010-01-02T18:33:43.579-08:002010-01-02T18:33:43.579-08:0041) Your favorite movie cliché.
The spy or assass...41) Your favorite movie cliché.<br /><br />The spy or assassin or Chigurh walking calmly away from a car or building as it suddenly blows up.<br /><br />42) Vincente Minnelli or Stanley Donen? (Submitted by Bob Westal)<br /><br />Vincente Minelli<br /><br />43) Favorite Christmas-themed horror movie or sequence.<br /><br />As much as I love A Christmas Story, wouldn’t it be great if another channel ran 24 hours of Black Christmas as counterprogramming every year?<br /><br />44) Favorite moment of self- or selfless sacrifice in a movie.<br /><br />The moment in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest when MacMurphy looks towards the open window and his chance for escape, then wordlessly decides to finish what he’s started.<br /><br />45) If you were the cinematic Spanish Inquisition, which movie cult (or cult movie) would you decimate? (Submitted by Bob Westal)<br /><br />Apologies to all my friends and loved ones who love this movie, but I fucking hate The Boondock Saints.<br /><br />46) Caroline Munro or Veronica Carlson?<br /><br />Caroline Munro<br /><br />47) Favorite eye-patch wearing director. (Submitted by Patty Cozzalio)<br /><br />I was going to say Sam Peckinpah, but a quick Google image search reminded me that he did not, in fact, wear an eye patch. It feels right, though, doesn’t it?<br /><br />48) Favorite ambiguous movie ending. (Original somewhat ambiguous submission---“Something about ambiguous movie endings!”-- by Jim Emerson, who may have some inspiration of his own to offer you.)<br /><br />Zodiac<br /><br />49) In giving thanks for the movies this year, what are you most thankful for?<br /><br />The “Cat People” scene in Inglourious Basterds – for reasons far too abstract to explain here, it will always feel like 2009 to me.<br /><br />50) George Kennedy or Alan North? (Submitted by Peet Gelderblom)<br /><br />George KennedyAndrew Bemishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06097037829531087694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-5456642849042169202010-01-02T18:33:30.582-08:002010-01-02T18:33:30.582-08:0021) Van Johnson or Van Heflin?
Meh.
22) Favorite...21) Van Johnson or Van Heflin?<br /><br />Meh.<br /><br />22) Favorite Alan Rudolph film.<br /><br />Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle<br /><br />23) Name a documentary that you believe more people should see.<br /><br />I tend to not like documentaries that people “should” see, especially if they end with a list of things you should do. But if you haven’t seen Gates of Heaven, you should.<br /><br />24) In deference to this quiz’s professor, name a favorite film which revolves around someone becoming stranded.<br /><br />E.T.<br /><br />25) Is there a moment when your knowledge of film, or lack thereof, caused you an unusual degree of embarrassment and/or humiliation? If so, please share.<br /><br />One of my biggest pet peeves is when people who know I’m into movies treat me like a walking IMDb, quizzing me on release years and who directed what. I usually shrug it off, but I did get pretty tired of being known as “Kevin Bacon guy” in high school.<br /><br />26) Ann Sheridan or Geraldine Fitzgerald? (Submitted by Larry Aydlette)<br /><br />Geraldine Fitzgerald<br /><br />27) Do you or any of your family members physically resemble movie actors or other notable figures in the film world? If so, who?<br /><br />When I was a little kid, my mom looked uncannily liked Sigourney Weaver in Aliens – and honestly, if my mom were in Ripley’s situation, I have no doubt she’d get the job done.<br /><br />28) Is there a movie you have purposely avoided seeing? If so, why?<br /><br />I’d avoided both Salo and Cannibal Holocaust until about a year ago. The former was not quite what I expected, the latter was just what I expected.<br /><br />29) Movie with the most palpable or otherwise effective wintry atmosphere or ambience.<br /><br />Thank you for reminding me that it’s about time for my annual winter double feature of The Shining and The Thing.<br /><br />30) Gerrit Graham or Jeffrey Jones?<br /><br />Jeffrey Jones. Who else could believably play Emperor Joseph, Ed Rooney and the Dark Overlord? I hope we see more of him again soon (quoth the Mattress Man – “You think you can be a pervert and not pay for it?”) <br /><br />31) The best cinematic antidote to a cultural stereotype (sexual, political, regional, whatever).<br /><br />Walter and The Dude. One’s a neocon, the other’s an aging radical, but they put aside their differences for bowling and the things that really matter.<br /><br />32) Second favorite John Wayne movie.<br /><br />Rio Bravo<br /><br />33) Favorite movie car chase.<br /><br />It’s an obvious answer, but every time I watch The French Connection, I’m convinced someone is really going to get hurt this time.<br /><br />34) In the spirit of His Girl Friday, propose a gender-switched remake of a classic or not-so-classic film. (Submitted by Patrick Robbins)<br /><br />In the Company of Women<br /><br />35) Barbara Rhoades or Barbara Feldon?<br /><br />Barbara Feldon<br /><br />36) Favorite Andre De Toth movie.<br /><br />House of Wax<br /><br />37) If you could take one filmmaker's entire body of work and erase it from all time and memory, as if it had never happened, whose oeuvre would it be? (Submitted by Tom Sutpen)<br /><br />My first thought, obviously was Michael Bay, but I sort of wouldn’t want to erase The Rock. So let’s go with Gary Marshall. <br /><br />38) Name a film you actively hated when you first encountered it, only to see it again later in life and fall in love with it.<br /><br />Barry Lyndon. It was the one Kubrick film that was too misanthropic for me, but when I had to watch it again for an assignment, I realized that it does indeed have a heart. <br /><br />39) Max Ophuls or Marcel Ophuls? (Submitted by Tom Sutpen)<br /><br />Max Ophuls<br /><br />40) In which club would you most want an active membership, the Delta Tau Chi fraternity, the Cutters or the Warriors? And which member would you most resemble, either physically or in personality?<br /><br />The Deltas. And these days I’m starting to look like D-Day.Andrew Bemishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06097037829531087694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-48773550142409585342010-01-02T18:30:41.301-08:002010-01-02T18:30:41.301-08:001)Second-favorite Coen Brothers movie.
Miller’s C...1)Second-favorite Coen Brothers movie.<br /><br />Miller’s Crossing<br /><br />2) Movie seen only on home format that you would pay to see on the biggest movie screen possible? (Question submitted by Peter Nellhaus)<br /><br />Alien, mostly because I’ve missed several opportunities to see it on the big screen.<br /><br />3) Japan or France? (Question submitted by Bob Westal)<br /><br />Not sure how to choose between nations, except to say that I feel a stronger personal affinity with the New Wave filmmakers than Kurosawa and Ozu.<br /><br />4) Favorite moment/line from a western.<br /><br />Julie Christie drifting into an opium haze at the end of McCabe and Mrs. Miller.<br /><br />5) Of all the arts the movies draw upon to become what they are, which is the most important, or the one you value most?<br /><br />Photography aside, I believe that a film, like music, should ideally be the result of a collaboration between various elements for a cumulative emotional effect.<br /><br />6) Most misunderstood movie of the 2000s (The Naughties?).<br /><br />I skipped Birth during its theatrical release due to the mostly dismissive reviews, which now seem like a puerile and reductive response to such a complex and delicate film.<br /><br />7) Name a filmmaker/actor/actress/film you once unashamedly loved who has fallen furthest in your esteem.<br /><br />I was a huge Kevin Spacey fan during his ‘90’s hot streak, from Glengarry Glen Ross to American Beauty; he’s only made one movie since that I really liked. I still hope he’ll turn it around, though.<br /><br />8) Herbert Lom or Patrick Magee?<br /><br />Magee<br /><br />9) Which is your least favorite David Lynch film (Submitted by Tony Dayoub)<br /><br />I like/love them all to some degree; I guess the Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me is my “least” favorite, though mixed with the erratic and silly bits are some of Lynch’s best moments.<br /><br />10) Gordon Willis or Conrad Hall? (Submitted by Peet Gelderblom)<br /><br />A tie, but if I have to choose, Gordon Willis.<br /><br />11) Second favorite Don Siegel movie.<br /><br />The Beguiled<br /><br />12) Last movie you saw on DVD/Blu-ray? In theaters?<br /><br />On Blu-ray, Inglourious Basterds – even better the second time. In theaters, The Fantastic Mr. Fox – a little slight after The Darjeeling Limited, but undeniably charming. <br /><br />13) Which DVD in your private collection screams hardest to be replaced by a Blu-ray? (Submitted by Peet Gelderblom)<br /><br />Easily Lawrence of Arabia.<br /><br />14) Eddie Deezen or Christopher Mintz-Plasse?<br /><br />McLovin’. What, no Screech?<br /><br />15) Actor/actress who you feel automatically elevates whatever project they are in, or whom you would watch in virtually anything.<br /><br />Kate Winslet can make a turdburger like The Reader compelling.<br /><br />16) Fight Club -- yes or no?<br /><br />It doesn’t seem as deep as it did when I was 16, but yes.<br /><br />17) Teresa Wright or Olivia De Havilland?<br /><br />Olivia De Havilland<br />18) Favorite moment/line from a film noir.<br /><br />Harry Lime’s introduction in The Third Man<br /><br />19) Best (or worst) death scene involving an obvious dummy substituting for a human or any other unsuccessful special effect(s)—see the wonderful blog Destructible Man for inspiration.<br /><br />The only scene that comes to mind right now is the little boy’s skull getting crushed (obviously a melon) in The Toxic Avenger.<br /><br />20) What's the least you've spent on a film and still regretted it? (Submitted by Lucas McNelly)<br /><br />I was paid $75 to work on The Game Plan and it was still painful to sit through.Andrew Bemishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06097037829531087694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-57108371847723067032010-01-02T00:21:28.478-08:002010-01-02T00:21:28.478-08:0037) If you could take one filmmaker's entire b...<b>37) If you could take one filmmaker's entire body of work and erase it from all time and memory, as if it had never happened, whose oeuvre would it be? </b><br />Shoot, I’ve given away albums and regretted it within a year. I am a confirmed historian – save it all!<br /><br /><b>38) Name a film you actively hated when you first encountered it, only to see it again later in life and fall in love with it.</b><br />Well, I wouldn’t say I fell in love with it, but I really disliked <i>Gone with the Wind</i> the first time I saw it. A friend of mine was doing her dissertation, which was related to psychoanalytic film criticism, and I watched it with her – she wrote a whole chapter on it, and I must say, with her observations, and an improved ability to take in a long movie, I enjoy the film now.<br /><br /><b>39) Max Ophuls or Marcel Ophuls? </b><br /><i>The Sorrow and the Pity</i> is great, and I’ve never seen a Max Ophuls movie, but I still have to give him the edge for filming <i>The Bartered Bride</i> and other musical performances so early in the talkie era.<br /><br /><b>40) In which club would you most want an active membership, the Delta Tau Chi fraternity, the Cutters or the Warriors? And which member would you most resemble, either physically or in personality?</b><br />It’s been so long since I saw the Cutters (and I don’t know the Warriors), so I’d have to go with my Duck roots and go with the Delta house – Flounder probably fits me well. <br /><br /><b>41) Your favorite movie cliché.</b><br />The glamour shot at the female lead’s first entrance is kind of nice.<br /><br /><b>42) Vincente Minnelli or Stanley Donen? </b><br />Donen for the movies (especially <i>Singin’ in the Rain</i>), Minnelli for the moments (the <i>American in Paris</i> ballet, “Dancing in the Dark”).<br /><br /><b>43) Favorite Christmas-themed horror movie or sequence.</b><br />“Now I have a machine gun, ho ho ho”<br /><br /><b>44) Favorite moment of self- or selfless sacrifice in a movie.</b><br />Gary Cooper sticking around to defend the town in <i>High Noon</i> is hard to beat.<br /><br /><b>45) If you were the cinematic Spanish Inquisition, which movie cult (or cult movie) would you decimate? </b><br />I’ll maintain my historian posture and say “Save them all!”<br /><br /><b>46) Caroline Munro or Veronica Carlson?</b><br />I’ve seen <i>The Spy Who Loved Me</i>, so I’ll vote for Caroline.<br /><br /><b>47) Favorite eye-patch wearing director. </b><br />Alfred Hitchcock wearing an eyepatch.<br /><br /><b>48) Favorite ambiguous movie ending.</b><br />Does <i>Being There</i> count? Not sure “ambiguous” is the right word for that though. Well, of things in my short-term memory, one that is somewhat ambiguous and yet felt absolutely right to me was <i>No Country for Old Men</i>.<br /><br /><b>49) In giving thanks for the movies this year, what are you most thankful for?</b><br />That they’re still running, even though I hardly ever get a chance to patronize them.<br /><br /><b>50) George Kennedy or Alan North? </b><br /><i>Police Squad!</i> trumps <i>The Naked Gun</i> by 2 crumpled garbage cans.Weigardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10356550248302531786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-55986175328294280302010-01-02T00:18:50.520-08:002010-01-02T00:18:50.520-08:0025) Is there a moment when your knowledge of film,...<b>25) Is there a moment when your knowledge of film, or lack thereof, caused you an unusual degree of embarrassment and/or humiliation? If so, please share.</b><br />At one time I was quite convinced (and adamant about it) that Jeffrey Tambor and Vincent Schiavelli were the same person. : )<br /><br /><b>26) Ann Sheridan or Geraldine Fitzgerald? </b><br />Wow, it appears I’ve never seen anything with Ann Sheridan in it, and only Fitzgerald’s later films. Geraldine Fitzgerald it is then.<br /><br /><b>27) Do you or any of your family members physically resemble movie actors or other notable figures in the film world? If so, who?</b><br />My niece looks kind of like Keira Knightley. <br /><br /><b>28) Is there a movie you have purposely avoided seeing? If so, why?</b><br />Several, I suppose. You’ve already mentioned one, <i>Fight Club</i> -- just seems so violent, I don’t know if I’d be able to take it. I typically avoid horror films, unless they’re so bad they’re funny. And I can’t imagine that the remake of <i>Taking of Pelham 1 2 3</i> is any better than the original, so haven’t bothered with that either.<br /><br /><b>29) Movie with the most palpable or otherwise effective wintry atmosphere or ambience.</b><br />One that comes to mind is the ending of <i>Amadeus</i>. Nothing says winter like central Europe. : ) And it captures the bleakness of midwinter, fitting the story beautifully at that point.<br /><br /><b>30) Gerrit Graham or Jeffrey Jones?</b><br />It’s hard to vote against someone who was in <i>Island of the Alive</i>, but that’s the only thing I’ve seen him in, and I’ve enjoyed Jeffrey Jones in a lot of things – for instance, as the out of place yet somehow still fitting emperor in the aforementioned <i>Amadeus</i>.<br /><br /><b>31) The best cinematic antidote to a cultural stereotype (sexual, political, regional, whatever).</b><br /><i>Local Hero</i><br /><br /><b>32) Second favorite John Wayne movie.</b><br />I haven’t seen many. The only one I’ve seen I can say I’ve actually enjoyed is, strangely enough, <i>Hatari!</i> Hmm, I suppose <i>The Searchers</i> would be a grudging second.<br /><br /><b>33) Favorite movie car chase.</b><br />Probably the gratuitous excess of <i>The Blues Brothers</i> -- final one the most, but the mall chase ain’t bad either. : )<br /><br /><b>34) In the spirit of His Girl Friday, propose a gender-switched remake of a classic or not-so-classic film. </b><br />Hmm, can’t think of any serious answers. Maybe <i>The Triumph of the Will</i>?<br /><br /><b>35) Barbara Rhoades or Barbara Feldon?</b><br />I can’t place Barbara Rhoades, so I’ve gotta go with 99, although Barbara Rhoades had a guest spot on <i>Quark</i> -- I loved that show, for some inexplicable reason.<br /><br /><b>36) Favorite Andre De Toth movie.</b><br />I loved the TV show <i>Maverick</i>, so it would probably be the episode he directed.Weigardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10356550248302531786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-91575971428698037102010-01-02T00:16:26.775-08:002010-01-02T00:16:26.775-08:0013) Which DVD in your private collection screams h...<b>13) Which DVD in your private collection screams hardest to be replaced by a Blu-ray? </b><br />I’ve yet to enter the world of Hi-Def, so nothing’s screaming. River Tam might be able to pick up a few whispers, though.<br /><br /><b>14) Eddie Deezen or Christopher Mintz-Plasse?</b><br />I have seen a film with Deezen in it.<br /><br /><b>15) Actor/actress who you feel automatically elevates whatever project they are in, or whom you would watch in virtually anything.</b><br />Johnny Depp, Cate Blanchett (at least until Benjamin Button), probably John Turturro too.<br /><br /><b>16) Fight Club -- yes or no?</b><br />Not yet. One of these days I’ll feel up to watching it.<br /><br /><b>17) Teresa Wright or Olivia De Havilland?</b><br />Olivia was in a Raffles movie, so I have to go with her!<br /><br /><b>18) Favorite moment/line from a film noir.</b><br />The ending of <i>The Maltese Falcon</i>.<br /><br /><b>19) Best (or worst) death scene involving an obvious dummy substituting for a human or any other unsuccessful special effect(s)—see the wonderful blog Destructible Man for inspiration.</b><br />The one that comes to mind is the Nazi tank commander in <i>Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade</i> -- looked like a stuffed dummy to me!<br /><br /><b>20) What's the least you've spent on a film and still regretted it? (Submitted by Lucas McNelly)</b><br />I saw the German film <i>Rheingold</i> for free through German club in college – ugh.<br /><br /><b>21) Van Johnson or Van Heflin?</b><br />Van Johnson, hands down. And that’s not even taking into account that I know someone named Van Johnson. He looks kind of different though. <br /><br /><b>22) Favorite Alan Rudolph film.</b><br />I’ve watched half of one – so I guess it’s the first half of <i>Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle</i>.<br /><br /><b>23) Name a documentary that you believe more people should see.</b><br /><i>Koyaanisqatsi</i> usually gets labeled a documentary – I’m not sure that really describes it. It’s more of a long-form music video contemplation of how our world has become filtered through our technology, and the estrangement of people from each other that results. Probably even more apropos today than when it was made in the early 80s. In the commentary track, the filmmakers say they weren’t taking sides on any issues in the film – I don’t buy it. If nothing else, the music takes a stand. And when one of the translations of the title is “A way of life that demands another way of living”, I think it’s clear. In any case, it’s a great film.<br /><br /><b>24) In deference to this quiz’s professor, name a favorite film which revolves around someone becoming stranded.</b><br />How about <i>Father Goose</i>? I got me ten fine toes to wiggle in the sand …Weigardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10356550248302531786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-42434158999808878782010-01-02T00:13:45.270-08:002010-01-02T00:13:45.270-08:001) Second-favorite Coen Brothers movie.
Big Lebows...<b>1) Second-favorite Coen Brothers movie.</b><br /><i>Big Lebowski</i> is number one, so let’s see – I feel like it ought to be <i>Fargo</i>, but truth be told, I think it’s <i>Raising Arizona</i>.<br /><br /><b>2) Movie seen only on home format that you would pay to see on the biggest movie screen possible?)</b><br />I think it would have to be a Jacques Tati film – there’s so much going on in the picture, and it seems such a shame to be seeing it so small. <i>Mon Oncle</i> is my favorite, but the one where I think the big screen might be most desirable is <i>Playtime</i>.<br /><br /><b>3) Japan or France? </b><br />France. I still haven’t gotten to where the stylized acting in some of the older Japanese films doesn’t bother me.<br /><br /><b>4) Favorite moment/line from a western.</b><br />Gary Cooper realizing he’s going to be all alone at <i>High Noon</i>.<br /><br /><b>5) Of all the arts the movies draw upon to become what they are, which is the most important, or the one you value most?</b><br />Well, music, not surprisingly (since that’s what I do for a living!). It’s always wonderful to see what well-written or -chosen music can do for a scene (and drives me berserk when it’s wrong).<br /><br /><b>6) Most misunderstood movie of the 2000s (The Naughties?).</b><br />How about <i>There Will Be Blood</i>. Either the people who really like it are misunderstanding it, or I am. : )<br /><br /><b>7) Name a filmmaker/actor/actress/film you once unashamedly loved who has fallen furthest in your esteem.</b><br />Penelope Ann Miller. Loved her in everything, oh, 20 years ago. Then I saw her interviewed somewhere, and I thought this couldn’t be the same person. Now when I see her roles, I see that interviewee, and I can’t figure out what I saw before (well, maybe I can …)<br /><br /><b>8) Herbert Lom or Patrick Magee?</b><br />Herbert Lom’s a lot more familiar to me from the Pink Panther movies, but his role as Louie in <i>The Ladykillers</i> seals it in his favor.<br /><br /><b>9) Which is your least favorite David Lynch film </b><br />I haven’t seen many (<i>Mulholland Dr.</i>, <i>Straight Story</i>, <i>Blue Velvet</i>, <i>Elephant Man</i>, and one episode of <i>Twin Peaks</i>). Of those, I suppose <i>Blue Velvet</i> creeped me out enough to make it least favorite.<br /><br /><b>10) Gordon Willis or Conrad Hall?</b><br />I’ve seen a lot more of Gordon Willis’ films, and when I think of them, I get a picture in my mind of the look of the film – I think that means it’s Willis. : ) Props to Hall, though, for being the son of the author of <i>Dr. Dogbody’s Leg</i>!<br /><br /><b>11) Second favorite Don Siegel movie.</b><br />I’ve only seen one, so I guess I don’t have one. : ) <i>Escape from Alcatraz</i> was OK.<br /><br /><b>12) Last movie you saw on DVD/Blu-ray? In theaters?</b><br />DVD: <i>Star Trek</i>. Just as much fun as it was in the theater. I’ve got to say, I think it’s my favorite of the many Star Trek films.<br />Theater: Sheez, I guess it was <i>Public Enemies</i> (I’ve been kind of busy lately). Felt cold and mechanical (and when it’s 108 degrees out, that’s saying something) – I was not much impressed.Weigardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10356550248302531786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-14339890852407174412009-12-24T18:30:34.179-08:002009-12-24T18:30:34.179-08:00My pleasure, Dennis. I love these quizzes -- I don...My pleasure, Dennis. I love these quizzes -- I don't always have time to take 'em, but even if I don't, I still enjoy reading all the responses.Michaelhttp://mss.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-46734884004388616742009-12-24T09:37:50.898-08:002009-12-24T09:37:50.898-08:00Hey, Michael, you're ahead of me! The window f...Hey, Michael, you're ahead of me! The window for my completing my own pre-Christmas deadline for submission of these answers is dwindling, to say the least! Thanks for dropping 'em off!Dennis Cozzaliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-24694051474430511302009-12-23T21:23:51.515-08:002009-12-23T21:23:51.515-08:00Dennis, I might be a month behind, but the holiday...Dennis, I might be a month behind, but the holidays ain't over yet! I've posted my quiz answers here at my site:<br /><br />http://mss.typepad.com/blog/2009/12/holiday-quiz.html<br /><br />Happy holidays.Michaelhttp://mss.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-14740354825358240722009-12-22T12:41:46.203-08:002009-12-22T12:41:46.203-08:0030) Gerrit Graham or Jeffrey Jones?
Jones, for his...30) Gerrit Graham or Jeffrey Jones?<br />Jones, for his involvement in Howard the Duck alone. I have to respect a solid career choice like that. <br /><br />31) The best cinematic antidote to a cultural stereotype (sexual, political, regional, whatever).<br />Not sure if I’m answering this correctly, but Anna May Wong’s career really defied stereotypes about Asians and women at the time. Maybe it doesn’t seem as groundbreaking now, but in the 30s and 40s it was.<br /><br />32) Second favorite John Wayne movie.<br />This is the embarrassing part where I admit I’ve never seen any. Something to remedy in 2010.<br /><br />33) Favorite movie car chase.<br />What’s Up, Doc?<br /><br />34) In the spirit of His Girl Friday, propose a gender-switched remake of a classic or not-so-classic film. (Submitted by Patrick Robbins)<br />9 to 5 with male employees and a female boss might be hilarious. I’d also like to see a screwball comedy where the man is the zany one and the woman is the uptight, scientific one (the reverse of the formula seen in Bringing Up Baby, The Lady Eve and What’s Up Doc?)<br /><br />35) Barbara Rhoades or Barbara Feldon?<br />I’m not familiar with either of their work.<br /><br />36) Favorite Andre De Toth movie.<br />Haven’t seen any.<br /><br />37) If you could take one filmmaker's entire body of work and erase it from all time and memory, as if it had never happened, whose oeuvre would it be? (Submitted by Tom Sutpen)<br />That would be like burning a book for me. Even the people I don’t like deserve their creative outlet and audience. That said, it would be nice to see the whole “Saw/Hostel” torture genre go far, far away.<br /><br />38) Name a film you actively hated when you first encountered it, only to see it again later in life and fall in love with it.<br />Can’t think of one.<br /><br />39) Max Ophuls or Marcel Ophuls? (Submitted by Tom Sutpen)<br />Pass.<br /><br />40) In which club would you most want an active membership, the Delta Tau Chi fraternity, the Cutters or the Warriors? And which member would you most resemble, either physically or in personality?<br />I’d want to be in the Heathers or the Plastics, actually.<br /><br />41) Your favorite movie cliché.<br />The horror movie cliché where the “good girl” always survives.<br /><br />42) Vincente Minnelli or Stanley Donen? (Submitted by Bob Westal)<br />Ooh, this is a toughie as I really love both, but while Minnelli has a great visual style, Donen’s are witty and intelligent too – the whole package. Advantage Donen.<br /><br />43) Favorite Christmas-themed horror movie or sequence.<br />The Nightmare Before Christmas<br /><br />44) Favorite moment of self- or selfless sacrifice in a movie.<br />Nothing specific comes to mind, but Bogie always does a mean self-sacrifice.<br /><br />45) If you were the cinematic Spanish Inquisition, which movie cult (or cult movie) would you decimate? (Submitted by Bob Westal)<br />Again, I’m not into decimating but I don’t get the overwhelming love for Tarantino or Almodovar. The former is a clever-hokey collagist, the latter ‘s movies always strike me as weird and sexist. But at least you can say they each have carved out a recognizable style.<br /><br />46) Caroline Munro or Veronica Carlson?<br />N/A.<br /><br />47) Favorite eye-patch wearing director. (Submitted by Patty Cozzalio)<br />Douglas Sirk.<br /><br />48) Favorite ambiguous movie ending. (Original somewhat ambiguous submission---“Something about ambiguous movie endings!”-- by Jim Emerson, who may have some inspiration of his own to offer you.)<br />Donnie Darko.<br /><br />49) In giving thanks for the movies this year, what are you most thankful for? The opportunity to see great movies like An Education and Up in the Air. Also Netflix instant (though I’m still not used to watching stuff on a computer.)<br /><br />50) George Kennedy or Alan North? (Submitted by Peet Gelderblom)<br />Kennedy. Love him in Charade.Veroniquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09056199156475282308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-87799195329587565132009-12-22T12:33:27.093-08:002009-12-22T12:33:27.093-08:0016) Fight Club -- yes or no?
Yes! I was actually p...16) Fight Club -- yes or no?<br />Yes! I was actually planning to re-watch and revisit it. Somewhat tangentially, I had a friend who became obsessed with the character of Marla Singer when this movie came out, and completely altered her personal style/personality to ape the character. I’m pretty sure she also started smoking at this point. We’re no longer friends, but not because of that. <br /><br />17) Teresa Wright or Olivia De Havilland?<br />Teresa Wright, mainly for her performance in Shadow of a Doubt.<br /><br />18) Favorite moment/line from a film noir.<br />“I was born when she kissed me. I died when she left me. I lived a few weeks while she loved me.” -In a Lonely Place<br />19) Best (or worst) death scene involving an obvious dummy substituting for a human or any other unsuccessful special effect(s)—see the wonderful blog Destructible Man for inspiration.<br />Plan 9 From Outer Space OWNS this question. <br /><br />20) What's the least you've spent on a film and still regretted it? (Submitted by Lucas McNelly)<br />$0 when I got Amarcord from the library. I just barely made it through.<br /><br />21) Van Johnson or Van Heflin?<br />I have a weakness for musicals and love the former in The Good Old Summertime. <br /><br />22) Favorite Alan Rudolph film.<br />Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle.<br /><br />23) Name a documentary that you believe more people should see.<br />The Same River Twice by Robb Moss<br />24) In deference to this quiz’s professor, name a favorite film which revolves around someone becoming stranded.<br />Depends on your definition of stranded. Does Catherine Deneuve, stranded in her apartment in Repulsion, count?<br /><br />25) Is there a moment when your knowledge of film, or lack thereof, caused you an unusual degree of embarrassment and/or humiliation? If so, please share.<br />Besides these quizzes? Well, I tend to reference old movies that people don’t know a lot, and usually only my best friend gets it when I quote Valley of the Dolls or something.<br /><br />26) Ann Sheridan or Geraldine Fitzgerald? (Submitted by Larry Aydlette)<br />Pass.<br /><br />27) Do you or any of your family members physically resemble movie actors or other notable figures in the film world? If so, who?<br />I have several:<br />1. My best friend is named Chris O’Donnell, and he vaguely resembles the actor. He enjoys telling people that he is him, but that he had a really rough summer .<br />2. My likeness to Jodie Foster is remarked on a lot, to the point where in high school, people called me “Clarice” and “Panic Room.”It only got worse when I dated a guy who played John Hinckley in a school play. I happen to think Jodie Foster is really unattractive, so I never took it as a compliment.<br />3. While watching “Lord of the Rings,” my friend Ari told me I looked like the actress who played the queen of the fairies, at which point another friend walked in, looked at the screen and said, “Man, that Cate Blanchett sure is wolf ugly.”<br /><br />28) Is there a movie you have purposely avoided seeing? If so, why?<br />I’m totally uninterested in Avatar and I felt the same way about Star Trek. I don’t like most sci-fi (Star Wars is one exception) and I don’t like the kind of movies that everyone is talking about and you feel almost badgered into seeing.<br /><br />29) Movie with the most palpable or otherwise effective wintry atmosphere or ambience.<br />As opposed to the warm-and-fuzzy Christmas-y kind, I like the heist-in-the-snow genre (was actually just thinking of writing something about this), as in Fargo, The Lookout, A Simple Plan.Veroniquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09056199156475282308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-4516658449526509852009-12-22T12:30:20.468-08:002009-12-22T12:30:20.468-08:001) Second-favorite Coen Brothers movie.
Intolerabl...1) Second-favorite Coen Brothers movie.<br />Intolerable Cruelty.<br /><br />2) Movie seen only on home format that you would pay to see on the biggest movie screen possible? (Question submitted by Peter Nellhaus)<br />Anything Welles – Touch of Evil, The Magnificent Ambersons, Citizen Kane.<br /><br />3) Japan or France? (Question submitted by Bob Westal)<br />Well, I have more familiarity with French films since that’s my background, but I’d want to see more Japanese films before making a call. I don’t want to start an international incident.<br /><br />4) Favorite moment/line from a western.<br />I haven’t seen enough Westerns to answer this question. Watching 40 Guns (Quarante Tueuers) as part of class at my French university was as close as I’ve gotten to the genre – talk about lost in translation.<br /><br />5) Of all the arts the movies draw upon to become what they are, which is the most important, or the one you value most?<br />I’m a very verbal/wordy person, so writing – whether the source material or the script – is the most important to me. <br /><br />6) Most misunderstood movie of the 2000s (The Naughties?).<br />See my answer to question 1. I don’t understand why this movie got so much flak when it came out. It’s a real heir to the 30’s screwball comedies, and has the best credit sequence outside of Saul Bass’s work. (P.S. After reading the others’ answers, I’m glad to see I finally have allies on this one!)<br /><br />7) Name a filmmaker/actor/actress/film you once unashamedly loved who has fallen furthest in your esteem.<br />Probably Wes Anderson. I loved his first three films but haven’t enjoyed his recent efforts.<br /><br />8) Herbert Lom or Patrick Magee?<br />Now we’re wading outside my character actor comfort zone.<br /><br />9) Which is your least favorite David Lynch film (Submitted by Tony Dayoub)<br />Mulholland Drive is the only one I’ve seen, and I didn’t really care for it, so I guess that qualifies.<br /><br />10) Gordon Willis or Conrad Hall? (Submitted by Peet Gelderblom)<br />Hall.<br /><br />11) Second favorite Don Siegel movie.<br />Like I said, I really need to catch up on my Westerns.<br /><br />12) Last movie you saw on DVD/Blu-ray? In theaters?<br />DVD: The Lookout, which I liked. Theaters: Up in the Air, which I loved.<br /><br />13) Which DVD in your private collection screams hardest to be replaced by a Blu-ray? (Submitted by Peet Gelderblom)<br />Fantasia<br /><br />14) Eddie Deezen or Christopher Mintz-Plasse?<br />Mintz-Plasse<br /><br />15) Actor/actress who you feel automatically elevates whatever project they are in, or whom you would watch in virtually anything.<br />Julianne Moore or Peter Sarsgaard. And in the comedy realm, Parker Posey.Veroniquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09056199156475282308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-69037607063838228672009-12-22T09:00:25.192-08:002009-12-22T09:00:25.192-08:00Hi, Dennis. As always, I've posted my respons...Hi, Dennis. As always, I've posted my responses at my site <a href="http://quietbubble.typepad.com/quiet_bubble/2009/12/xmas-film-quiz.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Walter Bigginshttp://quietbubble.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-9725338329938998722009-12-14T10:12:06.455-08:002009-12-14T10:12:06.455-08:00Kevin, Bob: Thanks for putting up with this endura...Kevin, Bob: Thanks for putting up with this endurance test! You guys are, in addition to most-welcome quiz-takers, the boot in the butt I need to get me going on my own answers, which I loftily promised before Christmas. Okay, I'll get on it... but first I gotta go read the ones you guys posted. (Dillydally, dillydally...)Dennis Cozzaliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-27908815963475054822009-12-14T10:03:54.871-08:002009-12-14T10:03:54.871-08:00Finally done as well. Posted here on my blog so I ...Finally done as well. Posted <a href="http://eternalsunshineofthelogicalmind.blogspot.com/2009/12/oh-what-fun-it-is.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> on my blog so I don't have to chop it up into a gazillion pieces.<br /><br />Great fun as always Dennis...Now to start reading through the huge backlog of other people's answers.Bob Turnbullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02243657105760780425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-14174223674370846822009-12-14T08:05:36.072-08:002009-12-14T08:05:36.072-08:00Alright, Dennis, I'm FINALLY done. My answers...Alright, Dennis, I'm FINALLY done. My answers can be found <a href="http://kolson-kevinsblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/merry-quiz-mas-time-for-another-slatifr.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Thanks for such a great, brain-burning quiz.Kevin J. Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17275402809912728035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-34635560448473076072009-12-11T11:24:17.422-08:002009-12-11T11:24:17.422-08:0026) Ann Sheridan or Geraldine Fitzgerald?
Way t...<b>26) Ann Sheridan or Geraldine Fitzgerald?</b><br /> Way to play second-tier Warner stars against each other! Fitzgerald, for surviving Bette Davis.<br /><br /><b>27) Do you or any family member physically resemble movie actors?</b><br /> My mother thought my father looked like Melvyn Douglas ('30s-'40s), and I got that. But three years after his death I was moved by Bill Hunter's resemblance in <i>Newsfront.</i><br /><br /><b>28) Is there a movie you have purposely avoided seeing? If so, why?</b><br /> The list grows ever longer (another <i>Fame</i>?!), but: <i>Fahrenheit 9/11</i>. Loathed <i>Bowling for Columbine</i> and Moore's number at the Oscars.<br /><br /><b>29) Movie with the most palpable or otherwise effective wintry ambience</b><br /> Winterbottom's <i>The Claim</i><br /><br /><b>30) Gerrit Graham or Jeffrey Jones?</b><br /> Graham. Beef rules!<br /><br /><b>31) Best cinematic antidote to a cultural stereotype (sexual, political, regional, whatever).</b><br /> W.C. Fields<br /><br /><b>32) Second favorite John Wayne movie</b><br /> <i>Angel and the Badman</i> (preceded by a tie among a dozen insuperably great films).<br /><br /><b>33) Favorite movie car chase</b><br /> <i>The Lineup</i><br /><br /><b>34) In the spirit of <i> His Girl Friday</i>, propose a gender-switched remake of a classic or not-so-classic film.</b><br />Sorry, blanking…<br /><br /><b>35) Barbara Rhoades or Barbara Feldon?</b><br /> 99 forever<br /><br /><b>36) Favorite De Toth movie.</b><br /> <i>Pitfall</i><br /><br /><b>37) If you could take one filmmaker's entire body of work and erase it from all time and memory?</b><br /> Alan Parker.<br /><br /><b>38) Name a film you actively hated when you first encountered it, only to see it again and fall in love with it.</b><br /> Never happened, but I did grievously underrate <i>Point Blank</i> the first time. (I was drunk).<br /><br /><b>39) Max Ophuls or Marcel Ophuls?</b><br /> There's a question here?<br /><br /><b>40) In which club would you most want an active membership, the Delta Tau Chi fraternity, the Cutters or the Warriors? And which member would you most resemble?</b><br /> Ale & Quail Club; aim for Bill Demarest, probably end up as Robert Greig.<br /><br /><b>41) Your favorite movie cliché.</b><br /> In almost any serial, same guy walks past the building whenever they show the exterior of FBI headquarters, or whatever.<br /><br /><b>42) Vincente Minnelli or Stanley Donen?</b><br /> Minnelli excelled at something besides musicals.<br /><br /><b>43) Favorite Christmas-themed horror movie or sequence</b><br /> Refuse to cite <i>Black Christmas</i>, so pass.<br /><br /><b>44) Favorite moment of self- or selfless sacrifice</b><br /> Gonna go with Joe Calleia in <i>Five Came Back</i>.<br /><br /><b>45) If you were the Inquisition, which movie cult (or cult movie) would you decimate?</b><br /> Attendees of <i>Chicago</i> singalongs.<br /><br /><b>46) Caroline Munro or Veronica Carlson?</b><br /> Never really noticed 'em.<br /><br /><b>47) Favorite eye-patch wearing director</b><br /> To answer Andre DeToth is the only way to avoid choosing among Ford, Lang, and Walsh.<br /><br /><b>48) Favorite ambiguous movie ending</b><br /> The reference to offspring in Buñuel's <i>Él.</i><br /><br /><b>49) In giving thanks for the movies this year, what are you most thankful for?</b><br /> Kathryn Bigelow finally getting the respect she deserves.<br /><br /><b>50) George Kennedy or Alan North?</b><br /> North. Kennedy can't forbear pushing.Richard T. Jamesonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-53897351722713583462009-12-11T11:23:57.814-08:002009-12-11T11:23:57.814-08:001) Second-favorite Coen
A Serious Man (Blood Si...<b>1) Second-favorite Coen</b><br /> <i>A Serious Man</i> (<i>Blood Simple</i> came first and as a favorite stays first)<br /><br /><b>2) Movie seen only on home format that you'd pay to see on biggest screen</b><br /> Interesting question--sorry I don't have a ready answer.<br /><br /><b>3) Japan/France</b><br /> France<br /><br /><b>4) Favorite moment from a western</b><br /> Gil Westrum (Scott) leaving Steve Judd (McCrea) to "go it alone" and saying, "I'll see ya later"; the horses beyond, the autumn trees; <i>Ride the High Country</i><br /><br /><b>5) Of all the arts the movies draw upon...</b><br /> photography<br /><br /><b>6) Most misunderstood movie of 2000s</b><br /> <i>Taking Woodstock</i><br /><br /><b>7) Filmmaker you once unashamedly loved who has fallen furthest in your esteem.</b><br /> Fellini, alas<br /><br /><b>8) Lom or Magee?</b><br /> Lom ... natalny* (*cf. <i>The State Secret</i>, a delight)<br /><br /><b>9) Least favorite Lynch </b><br /><i>Wild at Heart</i><br /><br /><b>10) Gordon Willis or Conrad Hall?</b><br />...Willis was crucial to several directors finding their way to a distinct style; Hall may have been the more versatile. Say Willis for his early period and Hall for his post–Guillain-Barré work.<br /><br /><b>11) Second-fave Siegel movie.</b><br /> <i>Invasion of the Body Snatchers</i> (numero uno: <i>Charley Varrick</i>)<br /><br /><b>12) Last movie you saw on DVD? In theaters?</b><br /> <i>Invictus</i> (screener); <i>Nine</i> (End of Days is near!)<br /><br /><b>13) Which DVD screams hardest to be replaced by a Blu-ray?</b><br /> <i>Once Upon a Time in the West</i><br /><br /><b>14) Eddie Deezen or Christopher Mintz-Plasse?</b><br /> Deezen called me his pal, so him.<br /><br /><b>15) Actor/actress who you feel automatically elevates whatever they're in, or whom you'd watch in virtually anything.</b><br /> Cate Blanchett; Jeff Bridges<br /><br /><b>16) <i>Fight Club</i> -- yes or no?</b><br /> Can't talk about it.<br /><br /><b>17) Teresa Wright or Olivia De Havilland?</b><br /> Wright, whom I am glad I had the opportunity to tell I loved her.<br /><br /><b>18) Favorite moment/line from a film noir.</b><br /> At the beginning of <i>T-Men</i>, Moxie (Charles McGraw) leaning forward out of pure black shadow, then leaning back, remaining invisible right before our eyes.<br /><br /><b>19) Best (or worst) death scene involving an obvious dummy substituting for a human or any other unsuccessful special effect(s)</b><br /> A twofer: in Ulmer's <i>Girls in Chains</i>, the guy thrown off the dam at night, amid longshots of dam workers going about their business--in daylight<br /><br /><b>20) Least you've spent on a film and still regretted it? </b><br /> 0 (<i>Hell Ride</i> press screening)<br /><br /><b>21) Van Johnson or Van Heflin?</b><br /> Heflin—he got away from MGM<br /><br /><b>22) Favorite Alan Rudolph film</b><br /> <i>Trouble in Mind</i><br /><br /><b>23) Documentary more people should see</b><br /> <i>The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On</i><br /><br /><b>24) Favorite film revolving around becoming stranded.</b><br /> <i>Five Came Back</i><br /><br /><b>25) Is there a moment when your knowledge of film, or lack thereof, caused you an unusual degree of embarrassment and/or humiliation? If so, please share.</b><br /> Finding myself on a panel with stupid reviewers.Richard T. Jamesonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-43620604535509395522009-12-09T16:54:25.507-08:002009-12-09T16:54:25.507-08:00Here's a link to the OCIHACOSP blog-- I don...Here's a link to the <a href="http://ohcrapihaveacrushonsarahpalin.blogspot.com/2009/12/completely-unrelated-to-theme-of-this.html" rel="nofollow">OCIHACOSP</a> blog-- I don't think she ever actually posted here, but instead over at Ivan G. Shreve's place. I hope she will become a regular here too.<br /><br />As for your new avocation, maybe there's a book in it as well as a ton of government dough! ;)<br /><br />Again, welcome, Susie!Dennis Cozzaliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.com