tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post688804863955561098..comments2024-03-24T13:26:57.317-07:00Comments on Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule: THE (ALMOST) LOST ART OF THE DOUBLE BILLDennis Cozzaliohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-72878577108913841082010-06-09T19:22:07.793-07:002010-06-09T19:22:07.793-07:00Ah, THE OUTFIT. Haven't seen that picture sinc...Ah, THE OUTFIT. Haven't seen that picture since it came out, but it left an impression. I especially recall the scene in which Duvall shoots Timothy Carey in the hand (right?). And a great last line, courtesy of Joe Don Baker: "The good guys always win!" One of the most underestimated crime movies of all time. Wish it'd show up on DVD.Chris Morrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-51332966217544686352010-06-07T11:46:44.777-07:002010-06-07T11:46:44.777-07:00I saw "Night of the Hunter" there for th...I saw "Night of the Hunter" there for the first time. Something about that theatre, its down-at-heel look, made it a great place to see that spooky classic.Terry M.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-14293992966839146612010-06-07T00:11:17.616-07:002010-06-07T00:11:17.616-07:00The building where the Vagabond was is still there...The building where the Vagabond was is still there (it's a designated Historic Cultural Monument). There was an attempt to reopen it as a revival theater in the 90s, I believe, which ended when someone was shot there. It is now used as a legit house under the name The Hayworth, which has to be taken as a happy ending, considering. Don't know if the mural survived, though I wouldn't bet on it.<br /><br />There's a page on the Vagabond with some great reminiscences, including an interesting note that the writer Michael Connelly spoke in an interview about going to a Long Goodbye/Chinatown double bill in his first week in L.A., perhaps the same engagement you went to. It also reminded me that the Tiffany on Sunset used to be a revival house (I remember going there), and the feature they paired with Singin' in the Rain was The Wizard of Oz. The page:<br /><br />http://cinematreasures.org/theater/1170/<br /><br />Here are a couple of photos from the early '80s I found on the page:<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/35kvede<br />http://tinyurl.com/22p856kRobert Fiorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06357467040644448167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-89514879413644930142010-06-06T01:44:16.147-07:002010-06-06T01:44:16.147-07:00God, Wild Bill, what a showdown! John Wayne kicked...God, Wild Bill, what a showdown! John Wayne kicked Pazuzu's ass, no doubt!Dennis Cozzaliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-26755715310954867682010-06-06T01:43:35.686-07:002010-06-06T01:43:35.686-07:00Robert, thanks for mentioning the Vagabond. I didn...Robert, thanks for mentioning the Vagabond. I didn't get a chance to go there often, but that was the place where I saw <i>The Long Goodbye</i> on the big screen for the very first time (paired with <i>Chinatown</i>). I'm sure I must have seen some other good stuff there, but probably my most memorable time there was when I took my soon-to-be-wife (significantly, she had not yet agreed to marry me) to a Russ Meyer double feature when they were doing a festival of his films. We saw <i>Beyond the Valley of the Dolls</i> and <i>Cherry, Harry and Raquel</i>, and during the intermission the director himself held a contest onstage to see who was the most Meyeresque female in attendance that evening. (My wife, ever the good sport, did eventually agree to marry me, or did my calling her my wife give that away already?)<br /><br />The evening was made a classic not only by the fact that she did not storm out in a huff and demand that I follow her, but also by what happened when I went out to get a soda midway through <i>BVD</i>. Meyer himself served it up for me-- he was hanging around the snack bar talking to the manager and since he was back there he poured it for me and took my money. I'm sure I mumbled something stupid in appreciation for his movies and for his awesome soda dispensing skills, and that was it. <br /><br />It's been a while since I've driven past-- my Langers trips don't take me past it these days. Is the theater still there?Dennis Cozzaliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-80607537396728375202010-06-05T22:12:46.986-07:002010-06-05T22:12:46.986-07:00My favorite all time double feature on a purely th...My favorite all time double feature on a purely thematic level was King Kong and Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast, which if memory serves was at the Nuart. Though I don't know how many people would want to see it, I always thought The Fortune Cookie and Jerry Maguire would make a natural pair.<br /><br />How could you forget the Vagabond? That was the classic L.A. revival house, complete with mural of the Odessa Steps sequence from Battleship Potemkin. One of my great moviegoing memories was the Silent Clowns festival at the Vagabond, which was I think the first time the Raymond Rohauer collection got a full airing, and the first time you got to see the full range of silent comedy beyond The General and The Gold Rush. Another Vagabond memory was the note-perfect Jean Hagen impression the ticket taker gave at a screening of Singin' in the Rain (forget what the other feature was, maybe The Bandwagon).<br /><br />Incidentally, if you haven't seen Point Blank on a big screen, you haven't seen Point Blank. It was Donald Westlake's opinion that The Outfit was the most faithful to the original of any of the Parker adaptations. There's a great movie to be made from Slayground, though I understand the Peter Coyote version isn't it. I think if it had been done when he was young enough, Tommy Lee Jones would have made a great Parker.Robert Fiorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06357467040644448167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-4272579107940530612010-06-05T10:14:55.719-07:002010-06-05T10:14:55.719-07:00I think one of the wonkiest double-features I'...I think one of the wonkiest double-features I've come across in the morgue was a Drive-In double-bill of "The Exorcist" and "Cahill: US Marshall".<br /><br />Well, who wouldn't want to see The Duke vs. Captain Howdy, am I right?W.B. Kelsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06488705562652550244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-59191656695927021882010-06-05T10:02:30.740-07:002010-06-05T10:02:30.740-07:00I'm still waiting for someone to pair Lars Von...I'm still waiting for someone to pair Lars Von Trier's THE IDIOTS with John Landis's THE STUPIDS. <br /><br />Seriously, part of the reason I'm thinking about going to the Richard Benjamin night is to see if Paula would be there. <br /><br />And 99 AND 44/100% DEAD showed at the New Beverly on Saturday May 29 at midnight. A nice print, too. I took a stab at writing something about it at my blog.Mr. Peel aka Peter Avellinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10553482286909862975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-23145133467109329872010-06-05T06:39:25.041-07:002010-06-05T06:39:25.041-07:00I'm always interested in what groupings they c...I'm always interested in what groupings they choose for the double, triple and quadruple DVD movie sets. I realize the companies are restricted to (a) what titles they own and (b) what titles are already in cheap enough form to pair with other cheap DVD's, but sometimes the pairings are still clueless (<i>Fargo</i> and <i>Rain Man</i>? <i>What?</i>). <br /><br />But then I'll see the original <i>In Cold Blood</i> paired with Philip Seymour Hoffman's <i>Capote</i> on DVD, and I figure there are still some bright people behind the scenes of this sort of programming.Alonzo Mosley (FBI)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01518458463986396352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-55045619476118157962010-06-04T22:20:32.858-07:002010-06-04T22:20:32.858-07:00Fun fact: apparently, a good chunk of TANGO &...Fun fact: apparently, a good chunk of TANGO & CASH was actually directed by Albert Magnoli, whose breakout film PURPLE RAIN, plays a midnight show at Nuart the same evening as the Stallone triple bill.Marc Edward Heuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07563779617157443811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-70471656869506143502010-06-04T21:07:33.889-07:002010-06-04T21:07:33.889-07:00Seeing that poster of 99 AND 44/100% DEAD had me t...Seeing that poster of 99 AND 44/100% DEAD had me thinking it was on the schedule... alas, it was not.<br />But just in case some enterprising programmer reads your comments - it would make a great double bill with PRIME CUT - both have the same writer and producer, and there are interesting similarities/variations between the two.Robert H.http://mimezine.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com