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TCM is showing three k/l favorites in a row tonight

The Third Man
A Foreign Affair
To Be Or Not To Be

some being introduced by fellow dour Old Blue Dick Cavett. Turn on your TV!

Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 00:18 (6 years ago) Permalink

gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 00:28 (6 years ago) Permalink

"Blood on the Moon" at 9am tomorrow looks good - Robert Mitchum + Robert Wise

milo z (mlp), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 00:42 (6 years ago) Permalink

Oh yeah, that has been mentioned on the Roberts Mitchum and Wise threads and I missed it when they did the Wise tribute when he died. I'll check it out. Thanks, milo!

Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 00:59 (6 years ago) Permalink

1 month passes...
That last link is a screwup.

Run Ruud Run (Ken L), Thursday, 7 September 2006 02:18 (6 years ago) Permalink

I think the Cavett shows are new. Not sure if he's getting Hepburn, Mitchum, etc., to rise from their graves and revisit him.

Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Thursday, 7 September 2006 06:47 (6 years ago) Permalink

Cool, thanks Ken! "Rules of the Game" next Tuesday, woo!

Danny Aioli (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 7 September 2006 12:12 (6 years ago) Permalink

YOW

Friday the 15th, 6:45 p.m. - "The Big Shave" (1967). In a bright white bathroom, a young man lathers his face and shaves. Once finished, he shaves himself again. And again. Each time he nicks his face, drawing blood. He gradually shaves himself to death. C-6 mins.

Also, "La Jetée" earlier that afternoon. All short films that day.

I have to start watching more TCM.

Danny Aioli (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 7 September 2006 12:40 (6 years ago) Permalink

Big Shave is student film from Scorcese, no?

Run Ruud Run (Ken L), Thursday, 7 September 2006 12:48 (6 years ago) Permalink

Network tonight (or tomorrow)!

David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 7 September 2006 12:53 (6 years ago) Permalink

Cavett should interview Rick Moranis doing Cavett. "As I once said to George S Kaufman..."

Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 7 September 2006 13:56 (6 years ago) Permalink

Who else thought this thread was Texas Chainsaw Massacre news?

Big Shave is student film from Scorcese, no?

Yup.

Edward III (edward iii), Thursday, 7 September 2006 14:42 (6 years ago) Permalink

Looks like a couple of Scorsese's early shorts are on, plus some of Polanski's. His When Angels Fall is a favorite of mine.

Bunuel's Viridiana is showing on the 26th.

Edward III (edward iii), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:05 (6 years ago) Permalink

Airing twice tonight:

Woody Allen appears on The Dick Cavett Show in an interview that originally aired October 20, 1971.

(aka Woodman w/ hippie hair)

My sched sez La Jetee is Friday 7:30 pm. Unmissable.

Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 September 2006 17:49 (6 years ago) Permalink

"Woody Allen appears on The Dick Cavett Show in an interview that originally aired October 20, 1971."

Drools.

Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 14 September 2006 17:52 (6 years ago) Permalink

btw, the Turner Classic Movies: The Essentials 2007 Wall Calendar has a month featuring a quote and photo of -- DR. MORBIUS!

Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 September 2006 20:23 (6 years ago) Permalink

OK, I was at least half wrong. The Mel Brooks/Cavett show was new. Pretty excellent, too. "Handheld!"

Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Thursday, 14 September 2006 21:08 (6 years ago) Permalink

Yeah, that's probably the funniest Mel's been in thirty years. "I need air!"

Run Ruud Run (Ken L), Thursday, 14 September 2006 21:22 (6 years ago) Permalink

I saw a few mins of Woody '71 before taping the rest -- his answer to what kind of girls he likes that circles around to "disgusting earth mothers" was something else (in a neurotic Hip Playboy-Era Comedian way).

Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 September 2006 13:59 (6 years ago) Permalink

Next month TCM is launching a weekly cult films double feature program hosted by Rob Zombie. The second week will be Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! and Mudhoney. The Conqueror Worm (aka Witchfinder General) is on tap for later on.

Orgy of Pragmatism (Charles McCain), Friday, 15 September 2006 14:14 (6 years ago) Permalink

Cavett looked like such a surfer dude.

M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 15 September 2006 14:18 (6 years ago) Permalink

ooooh, Witchfinder General is awesome.

Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 September 2006 15:30 (6 years ago) Permalink

hopefully it won't have that awful score they slapped on it in the 80s!


i've had the jingle for 'one reel wonders' going thru my head all day for some reason.

j blount (papa la bas), Friday, 15 September 2006 17:22 (6 years ago) Permalink

I've wanted to see Witchfinder General forever! Nice that the station is starting to show some new (old) stuff. I can only make VHS recordings of Hawks's, Aldrich's and Visconte's stuff so many times.

Eric H. (Eric H.), Friday, 15 September 2006 18:09 (6 years ago) Permalink

Hawks? do you even like Hawks, young turk?

Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 September 2006 18:19 (6 years ago) Permalink

Next month TCM is launching a weekly cult films double feature program hosted by Rob Zombie. The second week will be Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! and Mudhoney. The Conqueror Worm (aka Witchfinder General) is on tap for later on.

AWESOME!!!!!!!

David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 15 September 2006 18:22 (6 years ago) Permalink

the 'hosted by rob zombie' aspect is a turnoff. i would really really like to see bob osborne bookends to mudhoney.

j blount (papa la bas), Friday, 15 September 2006 18:26 (6 years ago) Permalink

Why won't they show "A Bout de Souffle" for once?

JTS (JTS), Friday, 15 September 2006 20:13 (6 years ago) Permalink

i miss tcm

Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Friday, 15 September 2006 22:57 (6 years ago) Permalink

I didn't know much about "La Jetée" beyond the 12 Monkeys connection, so I was surprised that it was a series of still images with narration and a score, not a "motion picture" as such.

Danny Aioli (Rock Hardy), Friday, 15 September 2006 23:02 (6 years ago) Permalink

But it moves for a little bit in there, doesn't it?

Run Ruud Run (Ken L), Friday, 15 September 2006 23:04 (6 years ago) Permalink

one shot

Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Friday, 15 September 2006 23:27 (6 years ago) Permalink

Pretty good, even in the English language version. Although the experimenters were still whispering in German, it seemed to me. I forgot that the future-Earthers first appear Meet The Beatles-style.

Run Ruud Run (Ken L), Saturday, 16 September 2006 02:53 (6 years ago) Permalink

I don't really like Hawks yet, no.

Eric H. (Eric H.), Saturday, 16 September 2006 04:11 (6 years ago) Permalink

one shot
She blinks!

Tomorrow, Thursday, Robert Mitchum- interview with Dick Cavett, Night of the Hunter, Out of the Past, Thunder Road.

Run Ruud Run (Ken L), Thursday, 21 September 2006 00:55 (6 years ago) Permalink

Cavett int w/ Hitchcock tonight ... given what a savvy interviewee he was, I'm not expecting any Truffaut-level insights.

Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 28 September 2006 15:31 (6 years ago) Permalink

A week and a half later, and I still don't really like Hawks.

Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 28 September 2006 16:03 (6 years ago) Permalink

Somehow I saw you going for Monkey Business (not one of my favorites, tho it's OK).

Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 28 September 2006 16:20 (6 years ago) Permalink

I was disappointed by that one. I thought maybe it might strike some sort of queer funny bone in me, but mostly it didn't. I do (predictably) think Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is one of the greatest films ever made.

Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 28 September 2006 16:58 (6 years ago) Permalink

i'm TiVo-ing death of a cyclist tonight (? i think). has anyone seen this?

joseph (joseph), Thursday, 28 September 2006 19:06 (6 years ago) Permalink

(somehow it didn't occur to me until just a couple of days ago that we not only have TCM at our house but also video-recording capabilities.)

joseph (joseph), Thursday, 28 September 2006 19:08 (6 years ago) Permalink

joseph, wasn't that the other night? oops! I'd never even heard of that one.

E, Monty and John Ireland comparin' guns in Red River is all the queer Hawks bone I need.

I (predictably) forgot Gentlemen Prefer Blondes about ten minutes after I saw it.

Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 28 September 2006 19:54 (6 years ago) Permalink

The Cavett/Mitchum interview was outstanding

Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 28 September 2006 20:08 (6 years ago) Permalink

Guns as phallic imagery typically only works for me when they're held by women.

Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 28 September 2006 21:14 (6 years ago) Permalink

eh, either way, it's recording or has been already. also: carol reed marathon tomorrow, so i'll be getting a couple of those too. technology yeah!

joseph (joseph), Thursday, 28 September 2006 22:09 (6 years ago) Permalink

A week and a half later, and I still don't really like Hawks.

'Twentieth Century', 'Bringing Up Baby', 'His Girl Friday', and 'Ball of Fire' are first rate comedies.

'To Have and Have Not' has some great moments as does 'The Big Sleep'.

M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 28 September 2006 22:29 (6 years ago) Permalink

the big sleep is nothing BUT great moments, pretty much.

J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Thursday, 28 September 2006 23:10 (6 years ago) Permalink

re Carol Reed marathon. Make sure you watch Running Man, and compare and contrast with The Talented Mr Ripley.

Bidfurd (Bidfurd), Friday, 29 September 2006 09:59 (6 years ago) Permalink

joseph -- Death of a Cyclist at month's end, Walter Reade's Janus fest.

Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 29 September 2006 12:48 (6 years ago) Permalink

Lawrence of arabia

Guy was knee-deep in water (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 17 November 2012 01:09 (6 months ago) Permalink

Simon of the Desert tonight (10 PM Pacific)

Metal Archies (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 17 November 2012 04:30 (6 months ago) Permalink

REQUIRED VIEWING!

Bobby Ken Doll (Eric H.), Saturday, 17 November 2012 04:32 (6 months ago) Permalink

Should have checked thread yesterday. Would have watched both of those.

Listicle Vogue (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 17 November 2012 12:06 (6 months ago) Permalink

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, which I haven't seen yet, tonight.

WilliamC, Saturday, 17 November 2012 17:44 (6 months ago) Permalink

Master Of The House on tonight. Silent Dreyer, just like you like it.

"Twinkies" en espanol is still "Twinkies"! No reason to panic. (R Baez), Sunday, 18 November 2012 17:05 (6 months ago) Permalink

I put my very brief thoughts about Alice into the Scorsese thread this morning.

WilliamC, Sunday, 18 November 2012 17:10 (6 months ago) Permalink

/Master Of The House/ on tonight. Silent Dreyer, just like you like it.

How'd you know?

Listicle Vogue (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 18 November 2012 17:11 (6 months ago) Permalink

Noted cultural vegetable Solaris is on tomorrow night. Killer of Sheep is on late Sunday.

Gukbe, Tuesday, 27 November 2012 23:23 (5 months ago) Permalink

killer of sheep is that dope shit

(alternatively, “Respec’”) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 01:59 (5 months ago) Permalink

Loadsa Burnett short films afterwards as well. Man, that's super.

What percentage of my speech is meaningful? (R Baez), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 02:05 (5 months ago) Permalink

*TIVO TIME*

(alternatively, “Respec’”) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 03:05 (5 months ago) Permalink

Hey, The Dardenne's La Promesse on before Killer Of Sheep. Really good/non-case studyish.

What percentage of my speech is meaningful? (R Baez), Sunday, 2 December 2012 19:49 (5 months ago) Permalink

2 weeks pass...

Star of the month: Stanwyck, some funky early 30s yesterday, sorry I couldn't pull myself away long enough to alert. Today's not her, but survivors of Nuclear War (she shoulda done one of those; imagine being in a suburban fallout shelter w 50s her). Tonight: Crumb one of my fav docs ever, 1:00 a.m. CST, followed by Gaudi, feat Gaudi himself, from 1966.

dow, Friday, 21 December 2012 16:53 (5 months ago) Permalink

Cool! I guess that'll be the first time the words "did you know he masturbates to his own work" are spoken on TCM. Speaking of Zwigoff, I watched Louie Bluie a few weeks ago and it is really really good.

WilliamC, Friday, 21 December 2012 17:05 (5 months ago) Permalink

Yes. I'd begun to wonder what it might be like for someone his age in the early 70s, when the more fun aspects of the 60s surfaced and spread through the Deep South (maaan, lemme tell ya). And Louie's ready with an answer or five.

dow, Friday, 21 December 2012 17:55 (5 months ago) Permalink

Wonder what Crumb and Bluie might have thought, watching each's Zwigoff docs? They had a number of shared interests...

dow, Friday, 21 December 2012 17:58 (5 months ago) Permalink

yeah my 1st reax seeing bluie is r crumb prob loves this

i think it's friday 1/4 theres some amos poe stuff scheduled i want 2 remember and dvr

johnny crunch, Friday, 21 December 2012 18:05 (5 months ago) Permalink

if i've never been in to/"got" crumb, would i benefit from seeing this?

❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Friday, 21 December 2012 18:26 (5 months ago) Permalink

Crumb is o_O Bizarrely fascinating even if, like me, you know next to nothing about him. "Benefit" I dunno...

Rocking Disco Santa (Dan Peterson), Friday, 21 December 2012 18:31 (5 months ago) Permalink

id say probably. im fairly meh on his art, think the doc is stunning

johnny crunch, Friday, 21 December 2012 18:33 (5 months ago) Permalink

that's endorsement enough for me, thanks!

❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Friday, 21 December 2012 19:21 (5 months ago) Permalink

yeah it's a great doc imo

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 21 December 2012 22:37 (5 months ago) Permalink

I more or less learned to read by reading my dad's underground comix so Crumb is a touchstone as much as Dr. Seuss or Big Bird really. I remember liking the doc but i last saw it when it was first released; probably due for a rescreening.

THE NATIONS YOUTH DANCED TO THE MACARANA (innocent) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 21 December 2012 22:43 (5 months ago) Permalink

funny girl on right now

Mordy, Thursday, 27 December 2012 22:27 (4 months ago) Permalink

Spirit of the Beehive, California Split, and The Last Detail tonight. Late but maybe the west coasters can catch some.

nickn, Tuesday, 8 January 2013 04:08 (4 months ago) Permalink

bill paxton making some nice picks tonight

andrew m., Tuesday, 8 January 2013 05:10 (4 months ago) Permalink

2 weeks pass...

Trio of pre-Hollywood Hitchcocks tonight: The 39 Steps, The Lady Vanishes, Sabotage. I watched The Lady Vanishes just a few weeks ago, but it still sounds like a good way to spend 5 hrs.

If it were up to you we'd all be eating tea and strumpets. (WilliamC), Sunday, 27 January 2013 21:33 (3 months ago) Permalink

Noticed that, but thanks for reminding.

Leopard Skin POLL-Box Hat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 27 January 2013 21:54 (3 months ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

Scripts by Tennessee Williams right now... Tonight, five docu-fics by Lionel Rogosin (strongly recommend the first two):

http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/568367%7C0/Lionel-Rogosin-3-13.html

And Friday night, four of the Rossellini-Ingrid Bergman collabs (at least two of which are monumental).

Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 13:06 (2 months ago) Permalink

Fell asleep halfway thru "Rome: Open City" on Friday and hate myself for it :(

(Not bored, just really tired)

Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 14 March 2013 05:13 (2 months ago) Permalink

bump for Roberto-Ingrid x4 tonight

Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 March 2013 18:05 (2 months ago) Permalink

Watched some of Europe 51 that was dubbed into English. It was ok

curmudgeon, Saturday, 16 March 2013 14:43 (2 months ago) Permalink

It was all dubbed into English (I just watched only some of it)

curmudgeon, Saturday, 16 March 2013 14:44 (2 months ago) Permalink

I had watched Stromboli earlier in the week, the subtitled version on Hulu/Criterion. All the dialogue was in Italian, including Bergman's, and I didn't think anything of it. Last night during the baseball game I switched over briefly and saw that it was a dubbed version, with some dialogue differences -- much more effective, as the Italian villagers' dialogue wasn't dubbed and it did a great job of conveying Karin's isolation due to not being able to speak/understand the local language.

I Don't Wanna Be Dissed (By Anyone But You) (WilliamC), Saturday, 16 March 2013 15:02 (2 months ago) Permalink

Tootsie on tonight if you've somehow never seen it (or if you're me, haven't seen it in a while).

Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Saturday, 16 March 2013 23:18 (2 months ago) Permalink

Must be Dustin Hoffman night, since Little Big Man is on as well.

Johnny Too Borad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 16 March 2013 23:49 (2 months ago) Permalink

That one I haven't seen. Worth watching?

Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Saturday, 16 March 2013 23:53 (2 months ago) Permalink

It is too long and and I think there are parts that might have aged badly, but there is also some good stuff in there. Differently worth watching. Then after watching read the book.

Johnny Too Borad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 March 2013 00:07 (2 months ago) Permalink

Why wouldn't you want Europa 51 in English, to hear Bergman's voice? (also, all Italian films of the era are dubbed, including into Italian)

otoh having to hear Ingrid and Sanders dubbed into Italian in Voyage in Italy is silly.

Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 17 March 2013 01:18 (2 months ago) Permalink

Watching LBM now. Recently reread the book so sometimes feel a slight disappointment at various details gone missing and emphases shifted but some things movie has that book doesn't: John Hammond's bluesmoaning soundtrack, bigger role for Allardyce T. Meriweather, as played Martin Balsam- "Listen to me! Two legged creature will believe anything, and the more preposterous the better: whales speak French at the bottom of the sea" etc- and Chief Dan George.

Johnny Too Borad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 March 2013 04:40 (2 months ago) Permalink

There are moments of broad comedy in the film that are indistinguishable from something like Support Your Local Gunfighter whereas the the tone of the book never falters. Hey, looks like a new batch of Thomas Berger ebooks appeared last week.

Johnny Too Borad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 March 2013 05:15 (2 months ago) Permalink

tonight: For All Mankind, 2010, Forbidden Planet

Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 20 March 2013 23:57 (2 months ago) Permalink

Cool Thx.

I was too hard on LBM. Both of the big set pieces, The Battle of the Washita and the Battle of the Little Bighorn are really well done, Robert Mulligan's Custer has grown on me and yeah, Chief Dan George, Chief Dan George.

Anyone who watched, is watching or will watch For All Mankind please see if you can respond to this unanswered question: Apollo 8 anniversary RFI: which astronaut brought along "Sleepwalk" on his spaceman Walkman?

Johnny Too Borad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 21 March 2013 01:49 (2 months ago) Permalink

not tcm but I think posters here might enjoy http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/03/22/kurosawa_on_hulu_seven_samurai_rashomon_and_22_more_movies_are_streaming.html

Mordy, Friday, 22 March 2013 20:47 (2 months ago) Permalink

Domo arrigato!

Brad C., Friday, 22 March 2013 23:38 (2 months ago) Permalink

Mister Mordato.

Johnny Too Borad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 22 March 2013 23:41 (2 months ago) Permalink

Le Mans is on right now.

if you like auto racing this is good

brownie, Thursday, 28 March 2013 00:03 (1 month ago) Permalink

Pedro Costa's In Vanda's Room on late tonight.

The amazing He Who Gets Slapped on tomorrow morning.

"Rob is startled, this is straight up gangster" (R Baez), Monday, 1 April 2013 01:04 (1 month ago) Permalink

The un-Netflixable Sleuth (1972) is on tonight at 8pm

Johnny Hotcox, Wednesday, 10 April 2013 15:06 (1 month ago) Permalink


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