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[b]Million Dollar Baby[/b]. Back in the day, I saw it once by myself. Then a friend was getting together a group to see it and have dinner afterward. I was hesitating; said I'd like to go, and it's a great movie, but wasn't sure I could put myself through all that a second time.
I decided to go, taking all those punches again. At the end, when the house lights came up, my friend looked over at me, exhausted, and asked "How could you go through this twice?"
[quote] Dutch 80s classics are B-horror movies De Lift and Amsterdamned and raunchy comedy Flodder.[/quote]
I saw "De Lift" back in the day, and enjoyed it. Another from that era I thought well done was "Gebroken Spiegels."
I came to appreciate actor Derek de Lint and the films he made, beginning with "Bastille."
[b]Endora[/b], Samantha's mother on [i]Bewitched[/i].
Paul Scofield
[quote]I just watched the original trailer and I agree with you it does not capture the essence of the movie
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXsu5XArEUw[/url][/quote]
I agree that the original trailer does a poor job of conveying what is most interesting about the film. This modern approach does an admirable job, I think, of illustrating the premise and sampling the drama:
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDcVycz0OHM[/url]
Growing up in the sixties, most of the songs on this album became my favorite Christmas songs:
[url]http://goodstonechristmas.com/goodyear-lps/the-great-songs-of-christmas-volume-5/[/url]
Some of the tracks are available on YouTube, such as:
Maurice Chevalier's "Jolly Old St. Nicholas" -- [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7c1aT0Oe18[/url]
Dinah Shore's "The Twelve Days of Christmas" -- [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b5LSpJ1wUc[/url]
A few others:
Ella Fitzgerald's "O Come All Ye Faithful" -- [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtYcaXIwPaY[/url] [But I really prefer the latin version, "Adeste Fideles"]
Tennessee Ernie Ford's "Sing We Now of Christmas" -- [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUD30QfYMLI[/url]
And a spanish carol from the renaissance, "Riu, riu chiu", recorded by many groups, such as [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ntpw4PJ0QM[/url]
[quote]A very skilled actor can pull off eating while acting. I remember that on All in the Family, the Bunkers and the Stivics actually ate during those family dinner scenes.[/quote]
That's another good example, along with the one I had posted earlier of the BBC production with Deborah Kerr and Paul Scofield. :o) It's all in the timing.
I vote for the previously-mentioned "Dancer in the Dark." And just about any other film from director Lars von Trier, including "Breaking the Waves."
Some dark, depressing movies with unhappy endings, though they have some lighter moments here and there:
The Fly (original and remake)
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
The Exorcist
Million Dollar Baby
Rosemary's Baby
Planet of the Apes (original)
The Incredible Shrinking Man
The Magnificent Ambersons
14 Hours
Citizen Kane
The Godfather Part III
Caged
Carmen (any version of this tale)
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane
Lolita
The Heiress
Closer
Eyes Wide Shut
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Blue Jasmine
Dark, depressing movies that brighten a bit at the end:
After Words
Dolores Claiborne
Flight
Secrets and Lies
Match Point
Sigh. . .I'm too deflated to go on.
;o)
[b]Shoe Boat[/b]
A traveling salesman plies his trade up and down the Mississippi River. Pumps a specialty.
[quote]Actors typically do not eat in "eating scenes." There's a certain timing in them saying their lines, that would be disturbed if they all had a mouth full of food[/quote]
Indeed. The best example I've seen is Deborah Kerr and Paul Scofield in the dinner scene of a BBC production of Noel Coward's "Song At Twilight." They eat a three-course meal of caviar, steak, salad, and creme brulee. The timing of these two old pros is impeccable.
If anyone cares to have a look:
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G40GLZqd2SM[/url]
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3-bM2xvRG4[/url]
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