Weird Texan actresses of the '70s supergroup
― plax (ico), Thursday, 21 May 2020 17:12 (four years ago) link
"don't call me Millie, because I HAYTE it"
Love her
― flappy bird, Thursday, 21 May 2020 17:27 (four years ago) link
it's just Susannah York losing her mind alone in a castle
this might sound more appealing if she weren't by far the worst thing about one of my most-watched movies of late, The Silent Partner
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Thursday, 21 May 2020 18:26 (four years ago) link
Is there a way to tell which cut of California Split is the theatrical cut on Prime? There are two versions available, the one link in the playlist piece has the 2004 DVD cover. That the one? I can't remember
― flappy bird, Sunday, 24 May 2020 04:51 (four years ago) link
Ohh this one is definitely restored, cool
― flappy bird, Sunday, 24 May 2020 04:54 (four years ago) link
I watched the restoration last weekend and it looks great. Last time I saw the theatrical cut was a print almost 2 years ago. Most significant difference are the show tunes, which are all awful lol
― flappy bird, Sunday, 31 May 2020 06:37 (three years ago) link
Rewatched California Split, I didn't remember much about it from years ago except lots of patter. The patter is there and good, but what I really loved this time was friendship of the Gould and Segal characters, the way it springs up around this thing they both love — gambling — but then comes apart in the end because it turns out that thing means different things to them.
Also, Gould's lightness in the movie is remarkable, it's like he's floating through it all, including his beatdowns. Nothing really fazes him, he's just there for the love of the chase.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 31 May 2020 16:18 (three years ago) link
yeah he's amazing, and you're right, Charlie is all in on this lifestyle, but Bill clearly has one fit in one fit out back in the 'real world,' which we barely see. that's another thing that's so powerful about this movie: we never see Bill's ex-wife or any mention of it beyond one reference, like I said upthread everything is implied but illustrated perfectly with such a light touch.
and that final shot/reverse zoom shot of Charlie collecting their winnings and Bill sitting at the table alone in the other room, where there is daylight and reality is hitting him- what can I say? pure cinema
― flappy bird, Sunday, 31 May 2020 16:30 (three years ago) link
Yeah, Bill's looking for some kind of meaning, and Charlie's like, "Of course it's a shuck, man. Let's do it some more!"
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 31 May 2020 17:40 (three years ago) link
haven't seen it yet, but I read that Altman hired members of Synanon as extras in the gambling scenes
― Dan S, Monday, 1 June 2020 01:21 (three years ago) link
watched this for the first time, it was great. gould is excellent but so exhausting, he's talking nonstop in every scene he's in. even when he's supposedly going to bed, you see him lying there trying to remember the rest of the seven dwarves.
the synanon thing is in the credits!
― na (NA), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 14:15 (three years ago) link
i was looking at altman's imdb and he has so many movies i've never even heard of. his '80s run seems pretty odd in particular.
― na (NA), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 14:17 (three years ago) link
yeah all those play adaptations, only a couple of which are watchable
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 14:24 (three years ago) link
sorry by "this" in my original post i obviously meant california split
― na (NA), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 14:49 (three years ago) link
I think the batting average is a bit higher for 80s Altman, I'd keep Secret Honor, Come Back to the 5 and Dime, certainly Tanner '88... honestly forgot about Streamers but it's not bad. I haven't seen the infamous O.C. & Stiggs but I know people who really like Fool for Love and Beyond Therapy. Still feel like I missed some
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 3 June 2020 19:41 (three years ago) link
I'm not as won over by Secret Honor, but Come Back to the 5 and Dime and Tanner '88 are solid.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 19:53 (three years ago) link
Tanner '88 is one of my favorite Altman projects, do not sleep on.
― Fun-Loving and Furry-Curious! (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 20:01 (three years ago) link
Tanner '88 is one of my favorites, too (the 2004 one as well). I just remembered Vincent & Theo, which is toooooo long (maybe was filmed as a miniseries and cut for theaters? I can't remember). I'd take the play movies over that one. Sandy Dennis is GREAT in Come Back to the 5 and Dime...
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 3 June 2020 20:12 (three years ago) link
OC & Stiggs is enjoyable in a "Let's See Altman Do A National Lampoon Film" way (which I guess it was, minus NL's branding, as iirc the characters came from the mag).
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 20:53 (three years ago) link
maybe was filmed as a miniseries and cut for theaters? I can't remember
This is true. I don't think the miniseries has been other than maybe on video?
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 20:55 (three years ago) link
"Has been out"
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 20:59 (three years ago) link
secret honor is much better than just "watchable" tho i was a bit underwhelmed when i finally rewatched it on DVD after 30-odd yrs of remembering it as amazing (i think at the 1984 london film festival?)
― mark s, Wednesday, 3 June 2020 21:04 (three years ago) link
casting is Altman's great genius (Shelley Duvall as olive oyl!) but come back to the five and dime is one that really pushes the boat out (Karen black and sandy Dennis!). it's by far the most affecting of his films I've seen (it's usually the technical aspects that most impress)and loved how intact the staginess is left. but yeah, I had the same experience v recently reading his IMDb and realising how little i knew (I had presumed I'd seen a good chunk but I was way off)
― plax (ico), Saturday, 6 June 2020 23:58 (three years ago) link
Always had a film in production, never had any stretches without working. a couple years between movies toward the end, but still
― flappy bird, Sunday, 7 June 2020 00:26 (three years ago) link
I never much liked Five & Dime except for that moment where Cher viciously imitated Sandy Dennis
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 7 June 2020 01:41 (three years ago) link
watched Thieves Like Us. Like McCabe, it feels convincing for the period it represents but also like a film that could only have been made in the 70s
― Dan S, Monday, 8 June 2020 00:32 (three years ago) link
didn’t think it was nearly as great as McCabe & Mrs. Miller though
― Dan S, Monday, 8 June 2020 00:33 (three years ago) link
It's the one acclaimed film of his in his McCabe-Nashville run I never quite connected with. I've tried three or four times. (It's been a while since I saw the first two versions.)
― clemenza, Monday, 8 June 2020 00:39 (three years ago) link
I've been trying to remember them as young actors, so it was interesting watching Keith Carradine, Shelley Duvall and Louise Fletcher
― Dan S, Monday, 8 June 2020 00:47 (three years ago) link
John Schuck is freakin' scary in Thieves...
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 8 June 2020 00:54 (three years ago) link
he was menacing. he also had a good role in M*A*S*H
― Dan S, Monday, 8 June 2020 01:04 (three years ago) link
I find the romanticism of McCabe corny and overdone, prefer Thieves.
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Monday, 8 June 2020 01:20 (three years ago) link
watched them again both and don't agree with that at all
― Dan S, Monday, 8 June 2020 02:08 (three years ago) link
I watched 'health' last night and it was hilarious
― plax (ico), Monday, 8 June 2020 10:58 (three years ago) link
challopsy, but Glenda Jackson yes
sort of a sketch-show Nashville
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Monday, 8 June 2020 11:47 (three years ago) link
Jackson is hilarious in it but really demonstrates why she was so difficult to cast. Bacall as Reagan was hilarious, Wikipedia says that he mentions it being the worst movie ever in his published diaries.
― plax (ico), Monday, 8 June 2020 13:29 (three years ago) link
I'm genuinely shocked that no one picked the astounding BREWSTER MCCLOUD.
anyway, here are 3 phenomenal Altman television rarities:
Killer App, a pilot from 1998 that was written by Garry Trudeau. It's like SILICON VALLEY 20 years earlier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fesJbkZjH84&disable_polymer=true
Rattlesnake in a Cooler: soliloquy produced for television in 1982-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8q-7LHEZ3Y
The Laundromat-incredible adaptation of Marsha Norman's play that was made for HBO in 1985---https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVB7dsuboQo&disable_polymer=true
― beamish13, Monday, 8 June 2020 21:51 (three years ago) link
Wow, thanks!!!
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 9 June 2020 01:39 (three years ago) link
Nightmare in Chicago remains the holy grail for me (lucky enough to have seen it once, on TV, 30-35 years ago). I check YouTube periodically, but nothing.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BzLS-J2wF58/V3VKr1iNuOI/AAAAAAAABdA/xU7-NGJjWPonV1HE_4avtEhNISNckFevgCKgB/s1600/Nightmare%2Bin%2BChicago%2B5.jpg
― clemenza, Tuesday, 9 June 2020 15:19 (three years ago) link
clemenza I have a link for that if u want it
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Tuesday, 9 June 2020 15:37 (three years ago) link
Wow--absolutely! I'm hoping you mean a file...I did find a DVD bootleg place that'd end up costing some ridiculous amount after postage and exchange.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 9 June 2020 15:39 (three years ago) link
(My user profile/homepage will take you to my e-mail address if you don't want to post it here.)
Yeah it's a file, 930mb so not amazing quality but probably watchable. I'll email ya
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Tuesday, 9 June 2020 15:40 (three years ago) link
The Holy Grail located; thank you, Simon.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 9 June 2020 16:02 (three years ago) link
beyond therapy or fool for love?
― flappy bird, Sunday, 28 June 2020 05:34 (three years ago) link
which one are you?
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 28 June 2020 12:10 (three years ago) link
I need to know which to rent today 😞xp Both 😭
― flappy bird, Sunday, 28 June 2020 15:56 (three years ago) link
when I first saw Nashville I thought Carradine's performance of "I'm Easy" and the simultaneous look around the bar was the culmination, and seeing again I still think so
― Dan S, Tuesday, 21 July 2020 00:28 (three years ago) link
“you may say that I ain’t free but it don’t worry me” from Nashville is prophetic
― Dan S, Tuesday, 21 July 2020 02:01 (three years ago) link
echoing my thoughts exactly, altho when I rewatched it in March (2 days after pandemic declared), the finale with Barbara Harris really hit hard. yes, exactly, that ending is just a perfect demonstration of America in miniature: a horrible, motiveless tragedy occurs, complete chaos for a few minutes, and then it's a singalong. Nothing ever changes, but throw those flowers into the crowd and tilt up to the cloudy, grey sky. CLOROX PRODUCTS! WITH RED DOTS ON 'EM! thats right
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 21 July 2020 05:35 (three years ago) link