Re: [MOPO] inserts containing scene cards
I would Add that Goldfinger is possibly the ebst scene card insert, it shows all that you can expect and promises more. The American campaign was based around these posters, scenes from the film as opposed to the UK campaign that had the image of Bond and Pussy over the golden girl. Both were effective but as an insert the US poster is excellent. Adrian Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
Re: [MOPO] inserts containing scene cards
The All About Eve insert features Marilyn Monroe in the best scene card from the set and greatly enhances the insert because the artwork on all the Eve posters is awful. FRANC -Original Message- From: MoPo List [mailto:mop...@listserv.american.edu] On Behalf Of jboh...@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 2:05 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] inserts containing scene cards I would Add that Goldfinger is possibly the ebst scene card insert, it shows all that you can expect and promises more. The American campaign was based around these posters, scenes from the film as opposed to the UK campaign that had the image of Bond and Pussy over the golden girl. Both were effective but as an insert the US poster is excellent. Adrian Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
Re: [MOPO] inserts containing scene cards
the ans to no.1 is you have to judge on an individual basis and not generalize sticking with marilyn...though i'm not sure these are scene cards( but certainly scenes from the movie)...the bath tub picture at the bottom of the seven year itch insert comes to mind..i don't think it detracts from the artwork, which isn't anything special anyway, but as far as advertising goes probably drew alot of people to see the movie. From: Michael B dialmbb...@aol.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Date: 05/18/2009 07:45 PM Subject:[MOPO] inserts containing scene cards Sent by:MoPo List mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU often, when inserts include a scene card (or two), it detracts from the overall artwork---especially of the scene is boring or unimportant.. however, there are some GREAT scenes included in some insert posters: ALL ABOUT EVE shows Marilyn Monroe. SUNSET BOULEVARD has that great pool. questions: 1. is the artwork of an insert compromised with the inclusion of a scene card? 2. what are the best scene card images contained in a poster? michael A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
[MOPO] OT: Speaking of what you remember from the olden days (for us oldies)
Hi folks, We were talking about what we look at in the old films and I saw something yesterday that gave me that same feeling. There is a magazine out that I had never seen called Reminiscense which has pictures and stories that people submitted from their days or family days of the 1920s thru 1950s. There was some cool images especially some of the great cars of the 40s 50s and talk about of the old days when your milk was delivered to your door. I think I am going to subscribe to this because it is just a fun thing to read. If you want to see what I am talking about then you can go to their website: http://www.reminisce.com/Default.asp?r_d=y Now setting the wayback machine for 1939 so I can swing back and grab some GWTW posters anyone want one? Rick www.ilovefilms.com Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
[MOPO] WTB: Shining and Fast Times 14x36 Rolled NM Please
Thanks, just the insert size wanted. 100% original only, no minty white reprints of the Shining needed :) _ Create a cool, new character for your Windows Live™ Messenger. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9656621 Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
Re: [MOPO] OT: The Forgotten Man from GWTW and The Wizard of Oz
You think Fleming is forgotten - good luck finding anyone who knows the answer to this one: Who directed Casablanca? (Hint: he also directed, speaking of 1939, Adventures of Robin Hood - codirected by another great no one remembers...) Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
[MOPO] FS: AND GOD CREATED WOMAN French 47x63 first printing
The best Bardot poster in my view. $2800 unmounted. This is NOT the early reissuewhich is offset but the very first printing, which is a stone litho. Very beautiful; very provocative.Not for children, unless they're very precocious. [image: andgodcreatedwoman 47x63 6272 by you.] Kirby McDaniel www.movieart.net ki...@movieart.net Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
Re: [MOPO] OT: The Forgotten Man from GWTW and The Wizard of Oz
The recent thread on Powell-Pressburger made me re-watch BLACK NARCISSUS, on a beautiful Blu-Ray DVD transfer. What a stunning looking film, and Kathleen Byron was just as creepy as ever as the wacked-out Sister Ruth. My wife couldn't believe what they got away with back in 1947. Crazed, sex-starved nuns? What is this, Ken Russell? Absolutely spot-on! The interview of Kathleen Byron on the Criterion edition is something else. I know fans of Powell's Peeping Tom and the Powell-Pressburger I Know Where I Am Going! will disagree, but Black Narcissus is to me is the spookiest and the most electric film in the Powell-Pressburger library. Not only does it have a hot-hot-hot looking Byron in that final scene before she goes over the (well, I won't spoil it for those who haven't seen it) -- it also has a jail-bait looking Jean Simmons teasing her way through the picture. All that estrogen floating around in that mountain top sanctuary for nuns is heaven for any guy unlucky to stumble upon. The picture is a little slow, but the visuals and that ending is stunning. The thing that's amazing is that according to Scorcese, Powell-Pressburger were unknowns in the USA by the 1970s and then enjoyed a resurgence in popularity after he did Taxi Driver and sought them out -- to the point that they are now considered legendary. Their use of color is stunning. I didn't care for the David Niven-Kim Hunter picture, A Matter of Life and Death, (re-named Stairway to Heaven for USA release) -- but wow, it looks like it was shot yesterday! Those guys were way ahead of their time. Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 11:39:40 -0700 From: jbirddougl...@cox.net Subject: Re: OT: The Forgotten Man from GWTW and The Wizard of Oz To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU That would be Michael Curtiz, but I'm sure most people on this list already know that. Remember; and I need to remind you guys periodically about this... we are movie dorks here, and the movie dork's diet consists of massive amounts of arcane cinematic lore that no one else cares about, except, of course, other members of our species. (I watched DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL last night...not the recent Keanu Reeves turd, but the great Robert Wise originaland I was a babbling tsunami of verbal trivia throughout the film. I finally glanced at my wife, and she had the same glazed look that I get when my friends talk about sports I shut up and let Gort do the talking.) Curtiz had quite a career, ranging from MILDRED PIERCE to KING CREOLE, but...well, you all know that I love these discussions, by the way, because it prods me to seek out films I either haven't seen or haven't watched in years. The recent thread on Powell-Pressburger made me re-watch BLACK NARCISSUS, on a beautiful Blu-Ray DVD transfer. What a stunning looking film, and Kathleen Byron was just as creepy as ever as the wacked-out Sister Ruth. My wife couldn't believe what they got away with back in 1947. Crazed, sex-starved nuns? What is this, Ken Russell? Greg Douglass Ron Magid wrote: You think Fleming is forgotten - good luck finding anyone who knows the answer to this one: Who directed Casablanca? (Hint: he also directed, speaking of 1939, Adventures of Robin Hood - codirected by another great no one remembers...) Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
Re: [MOPO] OT: The Forgotten Man from GWTW and The Wizard of Oz
A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH is one of my favorite movies of all time. I think it's absolutely brilliant in the way the screenplay is worked out and in the imagination of its visuals. True, the color is more vivid and dynamic in BLACK NARCISSUS (also a wonderful movie), but I don't find A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH slow for an instant. It holds me in absolutely rapt attention every time I see it ( I saw this movie on its first release in the mid forties when a wee child...and I never forgot it!) Recently (this sunday I believe) the LA Times did a piece on the restoration of the negative for THE RED SHOES, which had been stored in England and apparently was in really bad shape. Robert Gitt of UCLA supervised the restoration and apparently it will be available on blu-Ray before too long. Can't wait!! Talk about the voluptuous use of color!! Richard Richard Del Belso Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 14:17:52 -0700 From: davidmkusum...@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [MOPO] OT: The Forgotten Man from GWTW and The Wizard of Oz To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU The recent thread on Powell-Pressburger made me re-watch BLACK NARCISSUS, on a beautiful Blu-Ray DVD transfer. What a stunning looking film, and Kathleen Byron was just as creepy as ever as the wacked-out Sister Ruth. My wife couldn't believe what they got away with back in 1947. Crazed, sex-starved nuns? What is this, Ken Russell? Absolutely spot-on! The interview of Kathleen Byron on the Criterion edition is something else. I know fans of Powell's Peeping Tom and the Powell-Pressburger I Know Where I Am Going! will disagree, but Black Narcissus is to me is the spookiest and the most electric film in the Powell-Pressburger library. Not only does it have a hot-hot-hot looking Byron in that final scene before she goes over the (well, I won't spoil it for those who haven't seen it) -- it also has a jail-bait looking Jean Simmons teasing her way through the picture. All that estrogen floating around in that mountain top sanctuary for nuns is heaven for any guy unlucky to stumble upon. The picture is a little slow, but the visuals and that ending is stunning. The thing that's amazing is that according to Scorcese, Powell-Pressburger were unknowns in the USA by the 1970s and then enjoyed a resurgence in popularity after he did Taxi Driver and sought them out -- to the point that they are now considered legendary. Their use of color is stunning. I didn't care for the David Niven-Kim Hunter picture, A Matter of Life and Death, (re-named Stairway to Heaven for USA release) -- but wow, it looks like it was shot yesterday! Those guys were way ahead of their time. Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 11:39:40 -0700 From: jbirddougl...@cox.net Subject: Re: OT: The Forgotten Man from GWTW and The Wizard of Oz To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU That would be Michael Curtiz, but I'm sure most people on this list already know that. Remember; and I need to remind you guys periodically about this... we are movie dorks here, and the movie dork's diet consists of massive amounts of arcane cinematic lore that no one else cares about, except, of course, other members of our species. (I watched DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL last night...not the recent Keanu Reeves turd, but the great Robert Wise originaland I was a babbling tsunami of verbal trivia throughout the film. I finally glanced at my wife, and she had the same glazed look that I get when my friends talk about sports I shut up and let Gort do the talking.) Curtiz had quite a career, ranging from MILDRED PIERCE to KING CREOLE, but...well, you all know that I love these discussions, by the way, because it prods me to seek out films I either haven't seen or haven't watched in years. The recent thread on Powell-Pressburger made me re-watch BLACK NARCISSUS, on a beautiful Blu-Ray DVD transfer. What a stunning looking film, and Kathleen Byron was just as creepy as ever as the wacked-out Sister Ruth. My wife couldn't believe what they got away with back in 1947. Crazed, sex-starved nuns? What is this, Ken Russell? Greg Douglass Ron Magid wrote: You think Fleming is forgotten - good luck finding anyone who knows the answer to this one: Who directed Casablanca? (Hint: he also directed, speaking of 1939, Adventures of Robin Hood - codirected by another great no one remembers...) Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List
Re: [MOPO] OT: Red Shoes Matter of Life....
To this I can only add Amen
If a restoration can make the stunning Red Shoes that's on Criterion sdvd
even better, I can't wait either!
Joe B in NOLA
--- On Tue, 5/19/09, Richard Del Belso rdel...@msn.com wrote:
From: Richard Del Belso rdel...@msn.com
Subject: Re: [MOPO] OT: The Forgotten Man from GWTW and The Wizard of Oz
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2009, 5:27 PM
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A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH is one of my favorite movies of all time. I think
it's absolutely brilliant in the way the screenplay is worked out and in the
imagination of its visuals. True, the color is more vivid and dynamic in BLACK
NARCISSUS (also a wonderful movie), but I don't find A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH
slow for an instant. It holds me in absolutely rapt attention every time I
see it ( I saw this movie on its first release in the mid forties when a wee
child...and I never forgot it!)
Recently (this sunday I believe) the LA Times did a piece on the restoration of
the negative for THE RED SHOES, which had been stored in England and apparently
was in really bad shape. Robert Gitt of UCLA supervised the restoration and
apparently it will be available on blu-Ray before too long. Can't wait!! Talk
about the voluptuous use of color!!
Richard
Richard Del Belso
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 14:17:52 -0700
From: davidmkusum...@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: [MOPO] OT: The Forgotten Man from GWTW and The Wizard of Oz
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
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The recent thread on Powell-Pressburger made me re-watch BLACK NARCISSUS, on a
beautiful Blu-Ray DVD transfer. What a stunning looking film, and Kathleen
Byron was just as creepy as ever as the wacked-out Sister Ruth. My wife
couldn't believe what they got away with back in 1947. Crazed, sex-starved
nuns? What is this, Ken Russell?
Absolutely spot-on! The interview of Kathleen Byron on the Criterion edition
is something else. I know fans of Powell's Peeping Tom and the
Powell-Pressburger I Know Where I Am Going! will disagree, but Black
Narcissus is to me is the spookiest and the most electric film in the
Powell-Pressburger library. Not only does it have a hot-hot-hot looking Byron
in that final scene before she goes over the (well, I won't spoil it for
those who haven't seen it) -- it also has a jail-bait looking Jean Simmons
teasing her way through the picture. All that estrogen floating around in that
mountain top sanctuary for nuns is heaven for any guy unlucky to stumble
upon. The picture is a little slow, but the visuals and that ending is
stunning. The thing that's amazing is that according to Scorcese,
Powell-Pressburger were unknowns in the USA by the 1970s and then enjoyed a
resurgence in popularity after he did Taxi Driver and sought them
out -- to the point that they are now considered legendary. Their use of
color is stunning. I didn't care for the David Niven-Kim Hunter picture, A
Matter of Life and Death, (re-named Stairway to Heaven for USA release) --
but wow, it looks like it was shot yesterday! Those guys were way ahead of
their time.
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 11:39:40 -0700
From: jbirddougl...@cox.net
Subject: Re: OT: The Forgotten Man from GWTW and The Wizard of Oz
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
That would be Michael Curtiz, but I'm sure most people on this list
already know that. Remember; and I need to remind you guys periodically
about this... we are movie dorks here, and the movie dork's diet
consists of massive amounts of arcane cinematic lore that no one else
cares about, except, of course, other members of our species. (I watched
DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL last night...not the recent Keanu Reeves turd,
but the great Robert Wise originaland I was a babbling tsunami of
verbal trivia throughout the film. I finally glanced at my wife, and she
had the same glazed look that I get when my friends talk about sports I
shut up and let Gort do the talking.)
Curtiz had quite a career, ranging from MILDRED PIERCE to KING CREOLE,
but...well, you all know that
I love these discussions, by the way, because it prods me to seek out
films I either haven't seen or haven't watched in years. The recent
thread on Powell-Pressburger made me re-watch BLACK NARCISSUS, on a
beautiful Blu-Ray DVD transfer. What a stunning looking film, and
Kathleen Byron was just as creepy as ever as the wacked-out Sister Ruth.
My wife couldn't believe what they got away with back in 1947. Crazed,
sex-starved nuns? What is this, Ken Russell?
Greg Douglass
Ron Magid wrote:
You think Fleming is forgotten - good luck finding anyone who knows
the answer to this one:
Who directed Casablanca? (Hint: he also directed,
Re: [MOPO] OT: Red Shoes Matter of Life....
That will be breathtaking! From: Joseph Bonelli joebom...@yahoo.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 4:39:58 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] OT: Red Shoes Matter of Life To this I can only add Amen If a restoration can make the stunning Red Shoes that's on Criterion sdvd even better, I can't wait either! Joe B in NOLA --- On Tue, 5/19/09, Richard Del Belso rdel...@msn.com wrote: From: Richard Del Belso rdel...@msn.com Subject: Re: [MOPO] OT: The Forgotten Man from GWTW and The Wizard of Oz To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2009, 5:27 PM A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH is one of my favorite movies of all time. I think it's absolutely brilliant in the way the screenplay is worked out and in the imagination of its visuals. True, the color is more vivid and dynamic in BLACK NARCISSUS (also a wonderful movie), but I don't find A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH slow for an instant. It holds me in absolutely rapt attention every time I see it ( I saw this movie on its first release in the mid forties when a wee child...and I never forgot it!) Recently (this sunday I believe) the LA Times did a piece on the restoration of the negative for THE RED SHOES, which had been stored in England and apparently was in really bad shape. Robert Gitt of UCLA supervised the restoration and apparently it will be available on blu-Ray before too long. Can't wait!! Talk about the voluptuous use of color!! Richard Richard Del Belso Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 14:17:52 -0700 From: davidmkusum...@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [MOPO] OT: The Forgotten Man from GWTW and The Wizard of Oz To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU The recent thread on Powell-Pressburger made me re-watch BLACK NARCISSUS, on a beautiful Blu-Ray DVD transfer. What a stunning looking film, and Kathleen Byron was just as creepy as ever as the wacked-out Sister Ruth. My wife couldn't believe what they got away with back in 1947. Crazed, sex-starved nuns? What is this, Ken Russell? Absolutely spot-on! The interview of Kathleen Byron on the Criterion edition is something else. I know fans of Powell's Peeping Tom and the Powell-Pressburger I Know Where I Am Going! will disagree, but Black Narcissus is to me is the spookiest and the most electric film in the Powell-Pressburger library. Not only does it have a hot-hot-hot looking Byron in that final scene before she goes over the (well, I won't spoil it for those who haven't seen it) -- it also has a jail-bait looking Jean Simmons teasing her way through the picture. All that estrogen floating around in that mountain top sanctuary for nuns is heaven for any guy unlucky to stumble upon. The picture is a little slow, but the visuals and that ending is stunning. The thing that's amazing is that according to Scorcese, Powell-Pressburger were unknowns in the USA by the 1970s and then enjoyed a resurgence in popularity after he did Taxi Driver and sought them out -- to the point that they are now considered legendary. Their use of color is stunning. I didn't care for the David Niven-Kim Hunter picture, A Matter of Life and Death, (re-named Stairway to Heaven for USA release) -- but wow, it looks like it was shot yesterday! Those guys were way ahead of their time. Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 11:39:40 -0700 From: jbirddougl...@cox.net Subject: Re: OT: The Forgotten Man from GWTW and The Wizard of Oz To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU That would be Michael Curtiz, but I'm sure most people on this list already know that. Remember; and I need to remind you guys periodically about this... we are movie dorks here, and the movie dork's diet consists of massive amounts of arcane cinematic lore that no one else cares about, except, of course, other members of our species. (I watched DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL last night...not the recent Keanu Reeves turd, but the great Robert Wise originaland I was a babbling tsunami of verbal trivia throughout the film. I finally glanced at my wife, and she had the same glazed look that I get when my friends talk about sports I shut up and let Gort do the talking.) Curtiz had quite a career, ranging from MILDRED PIERCE to KING CREOLE, but...well, you all know that I love these discussions, by the way, because it prods me to seek out films I either haven't seen or haven't watched in years. The recent thread on Powell-Pressburger made me re-watch BLACK NARCISSUS, on a beautiful Blu-Ray DVD transfer. What a stunning looking film, and Kathleen Byron was just as creepy as ever as the wacked-out Sister Ruth. My wife couldn't believe what they got away with back in 1947. Crazed, sex-starved nuns? What is this, Ken Russell? Greg Douglass Ron Magid wrote: You think Fleming is forgotten - good luck finding anyone who knows the answer to this one: Who directed Casablanca? (Hint: he also
Re: [MOPO] OT: Red Shoes Matter of Life....
One Powell film that was his last -- I finally saw last week; it was Age of Consent from 1968, shot at the Great Barrier Reef. The film wasn't any good. BUT -- fans of Helen Mirren -- and those who find beauty in all things Russian -- (and some of you, and you know who you are -- who have been lucky enough to have significant others or spouses who are of Russian extraction) -- should check it out just to see Helen from the Royal Shakespeare Company -- at age 23 in her first film -- prancing about in the buff throughout the picture. She looked as hot then as she does now, pre-aerobics era, without any of that cut body stuff that's so common and unnatural and the prevailing standard of beauty of today (and a bit of a turnoff just to me personally). Chicks back then didn't even shave, if you get my drift; as that character says in the film, The 40-Year Old Virgin, 'I like things 1970s hairy.' -d. Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 16:39:58 -0700 From: joebom...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: OT: Red Shoes Matter of Life To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU To this I can only add Amen If a restoration can make the stunning Red Shoes that's on Criterion sdvd even better, I can't wait either! Joe B in NOLA --- On Tue, 5/19/09, Richard Del Belso rdel...@msn.com wrote: From: Richard Del Belso rdel...@msn.com Subject: Re: [MOPO] OT: The Forgotten Man from GWTW and The Wizard of Oz To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2009, 5:27 PM A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH is one of my favorite movies of all time. I think it's absolutely brilliant in the way the screenplay is worked out and in the imagination of its visuals. True, the color is more vivid and dynamic in BLACK NARCISSUS (also a wonderful movie), but I don't find A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH slow for an instant. It holds me in absolutely rapt attention every time I see it ( I saw this movie on its first release in the mid forties when a wee child...and I never forgot it!) Recently (this sunday I believe) the LA Times did a piece on the restoration of the negative for THE RED SHOES, which had been stored in England and apparently was in really bad shape. Robert Gitt of UCLA supervised the restoration and apparently it will be available on blu-Ray before too long. Can't wait!! Talk about the voluptuous use of color!! Richard Richard Del Belso Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 14:17:52 -0700 From: davidmkusum...@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [MOPO] OT: The Forgotten Man from GWTW and The Wizard of Oz To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU The recent thread on Powell-Pressburger made me re-watch BLACK NARCISSUS, on a beautiful Blu-Ray DVD transfer. What a stunning looking film, and Kathleen Byron was just as creepy as ever as the wacked-out Sister Ruth. My wife couldn't believe what they got away with back in 1947. Crazed, sex-starved nuns? What is this, Ken Russell? Absolutely spot-on! The interview of Kathleen Byron on the Criterion edition is something else. I know fans of Powell's Peeping Tom and the Powell-Pressburger I Know Where I Am Going! will disagree, but Black Narcissus is to me is the spookiest and the most electric film in the Powell-Pressburger library. Not only does it have a hot-hot-hot looking Byron in that final scene before she goes over the (well, I won't spoil it for those who haven't seen it) -- it also has a jail-bait looking Jean Simmons teasing her way through the picture. All that estrogen floating around in that mountain top sanctuary for nuns is heaven for any guy unlucky to stumble upon. The picture is a little slow, but the visuals and that ending is stunning. The thing that's amazing is that according to Scorcese, Powell-Pressburger were unknowns in the USA by the 1970s and then enjoyed a resurgence in popularity after he did Taxi Driver and sought them out -- to the point that they are now considered legendary. Their use of color is stunning. I didn't care for the David Niven-Kim Hunter picture, A Matter of Life and Death, (re-named Stairway to Heaven for USA release) -- but wow, it looks like it was shot yesterday! Those guys were way ahead of their time. Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 11:39:40 -0700 From: jbirddougl...@cox.net Subject: Re: OT: The Forgotten Man from GWTW and The Wizard of Oz To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU That would be Michael Curtiz, but I'm sure most people on this list already know that. Remember; and I need to remind you guys periodically about this... we are movie dorks here, and the movie dork's diet consists of massive amounts of arcane cinematic lore that no one else cares about, except, of course, other members of our species. (I watched DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL last night...not the recent Keanu Reeves turd, but the great Robert Wise originaland I was a babbling tsunami of verbal trivia throughout the film. I finally glanced at my wife, and she had the same glazed look that I get when my friends talk
Re: [MOPO] OT: Red Shoes Matter of Life....
I've always wanted to see that film, and now you've pushed me over the edge! Richard Del Belso Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 16:51:57 -0700 From: davidmkusum...@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [MOPO] OT: Red Shoes Matter of Life To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU One Powell film that was his last -- I finally saw last week; it was Age of Consent from 1968, shot at the Great Barrier Reef. The film wasn't any good. BUT -- fans of Helen Mirren -- and those who find beauty in all things Russian -- (and some of you, and you know who you are -- who have been lucky enough to have significant others or spouses who are of Russian extraction) -- should check it out just to see Helen from the Royal Shakespeare Company -- at age 23 in her first film -- prancing about in the buff throughout the picture. She looked as hot then as she does now, pre-aerobics era, without any of that cut body stuff that's so common and unnatural and the prevailing standard of beauty of today (and a bit of a turnoff just to me personally). Chicks back then didn't even shave, if you get my drift; as that character says in the film, The 40-Year Old Virgin, 'I like things 1970s hairy.' -d. Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 16:39:58 -0700 From: joebom...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: OT: Red Shoes Matter of Life To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU To this I can only add Amen If a restoration can make the stunning Red Shoes that's on Criterion sdvd even better, I can't wait either! Joe B in NOLA --- On Tue, 5/19/09, Richard Del Belso rdel...@msn.com wrote: From: Richard Del Belso rdel...@msn.com Subject: Re: [MOPO] OT: The Forgotten Man from GWTW and The Wizard of Oz To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2009, 5:27 PM A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH is one of my favorite movies of all time. I think it's absolutely brilliant in the way the screenplay is worked out and in the imagination of its visuals. True, the color is more vivid and dynamic in BLACK NARCISSUS (also a wonderful movie), but I don't find A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH slow for an instant. It holds me in absolutely rapt attention every time I see it ( I saw this movie on its first release in the mid forties when a wee child...and I never forgot it!) Recently (this sunday I believe) the LA Times did a piece on the restoration of the negative for THE RED SHOES, which had been stored in England and apparently was in really bad shape. Robert Gitt of UCLA supervised the restoration and apparently it will be available on blu-Ray before too long. Can't wait!! Talk about the voluptuous use of color!! Richard Richard Del Belso Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 14:17:52 -0700 From: davidmkusum...@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [MOPO] OT: The Forgotten Man from GWTW and The Wizard of Oz To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU The recent thread on Powell-Pressburger made me re-watch BLACK NARCISSUS, on a beautiful Blu-Ray DVD transfer. What a stunning looking film, and Kathleen Byron was just as creepy as ever as the wacked-out Sister Ruth. My wife couldn't believe what they got away with back in 1947. Crazed, sex-starved nuns? What is this, Ken Russell? Absolutely spot-on! The interview of Kathleen Byron on the Criterion edition is something else. I know fans of Powell's Peeping Tom and the Powell-Pressburger I Know Where I Am Going! will disagree, but Black Narcissus is to me is the spookiest and the most electric film in the Powell-Pressburger library. Not only does it have a hot-hot-hot looking Byron in that final scene before she goes over the (well, I won't spoil it for those who haven't seen it) -- it also has a jail-bait looking Jean Simmons teasing her way through the picture. All that estrogen floating around in that mountain top sanctuary for nuns is heaven for any guy unlucky to stumble upon. The picture is a little slow, but the visuals and that ending is stunning. The thing that's amazing is that according to Scorcese, Powell-Pressburger were unknowns in the USA by the 1970s and then enjoyed a resurgence in popularity after he did Taxi Driver and sought them out -- to the point that they are now considered legendary. Their use of color is stunning. I didn't care for the David Niven-Kim Hunter picture, A Matter of Life and Death, (re-named Stairway to Heaven for USA release) -- but wow, it looks like it was shot yesterday! Those guys were way ahead of their time. Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 11:39:40 -0700 From: jbirddougl...@cox.net Subject: Re: OT: The Forgotten Man from GWTW and The Wizard of Oz To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU That would be Michael Curtiz, but I'm sure most people on this list already know that. Remember; and I need to remind you guys periodically about this... we are movie dorks here, and the movie dork's diet consists of massive amounts of arcane cinematic lore that no one else cares about, except, of course, other members of our species. (I watched DAY THE EARTH
