our hack for TCM is to blindly record things and rewatch at our leisure. a lotta good/weird stuff we wouldn't consider at 9PM is great on a rainy saturday at 2PM
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 14 February 2023 21:25 (one year ago) link
TCM often runs their coolest/grindhouse/genre shit like at 2 am on a Saturday night or something
― Nhex, Wednesday, 15 February 2023 04:33 (one year ago) link
I tried taping those TCM Underground showings for a little while, but couldn’t really get into watching them later. I’m sure I’ll cycle back around to making time for that kind of thing…
― unknown blues singer (morrisp), Wednesday, 15 February 2023 04:42 (one year ago) link
Well, Kiss Me Deadly was pretty crazy indeed. Something about it feels not totally "right," as you watch it... like it has this kind of grim, relentless momentum, without any "comfortable" scene (or "relatable" character) to ground you. The acting isn't terrific, in a conventional sense (Cloris Leachman probably best) – and a lot of what happens doesn't quite make sense or fit together - but all this (slight) artificiality somehow adds to the overall uncanny atmosphere.
I can see how these elements may have seeped into David Lynch's work (it was the Wikipedia page for Lost Highway that put this film back on my radar, although I was aware of it before).
The ending, of course, is totally f'd up and disturbing! The noise made by the open box may be the creepiest sound effect I've ever heard. (Beyond the obvious tributes paid by Repo Man, I wonder if Alex Cox chose a Chevy "Malibu" as a hat-tip to the beach house...)
― unknown blues singer (morrisp), Friday, 17 February 2023 00:51 (one year ago) link
Did it just play? There is some weird trivia thing about it that the actress was Jerry Leiber's (First) wife, I think.
― after the pinefox (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 February 2023 00:55 (one year ago) link
Gaby Rodgers.
― after the pinefox (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 February 2023 00:56 (one year ago) link
Jerry apparently used her name as a pseudonym for his song-doctoring credit on "Jackson"!WIkipedia also sez: the great-niece of the philosopher Edmund Husserl
― after the pinefox (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 February 2023 00:58 (one year ago) link
(It didn't just play... I bought it 'cuz I really wanted to see it, and there were no upcoming TCM showings & it's not streaming.)
― unknown blues singer (morrisp), Friday, 17 February 2023 01:09 (one year ago) link
I did just pick another one up from the library – Pick-Up on South Street (pleased to find that it's also a Criterion BD). Do we have a thread where we discuss old flicks like this generally, without the TCM hook?
― unknown blues singer (morrisp), Friday, 17 February 2023 01:15 (one year ago) link
Film noir: your favourites
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 17 February 2023 01:17 (one year ago) link
Yes, that is the correct thread. Also, I believe it was you who first alerted me to JustWatch, so I would like to thank you for that.
― after the pinefox (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 February 2023 01:21 (one year ago) link
...and I was hipped to it here by sic!
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 17 February 2023 01:27 (one year ago) link
Thanks, sic! It's great. For instance, I just went to see if Gentleman Jim had expired yet, from TCM, but it seemed to still be there so I clicked on the link and hit play. See you in one hour and forty four minutes!https://www.tcm.com/watchtcm/titles/617
― after the pinefox (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 February 2023 02:35 (one year ago) link
I might even start posting those links for other stuff.
― after the pinefox (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 February 2023 02:36 (one year ago) link
Bedazzled link is still there but it has expired. So there is a tiny lag but not much.
― after the pinefox (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 February 2023 02:37 (one year ago) link
Oh shit… one of the supplements on this Blu-ray is “Director Alex Cox on Kiss Me Deadly”(!)
― unknown blues singer (morrisp), Friday, 17 February 2023 05:10 (one year ago) link
TCM often runs their coolest/grindhouse/genre shit like at 2 am on a Saturday night or something― Nhex, Wednesday, February 15, 2023 4:33 AM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglinkI tried taping those TCM Underground showings for a little while, but couldn’t really get into watching them later. I’m sure I’ll cycle back around to making time for that kind of thing…― unknown blues singer (morrisp), Wednesday, February 15, 2023 4:42 AM
― Nhex, Wednesday, February 15, 2023 4:33 AM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink
― unknown blues singer (morrisp), Wednesday, February 15, 2023 4:42 AM
The TCM Underground programmer was recently fired due to Warner/Discovery downsizing.
― Chris L, Friday, 17 February 2023 05:27 (one year ago) link
that should be a federal crime.
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Friday, 17 February 2023 05:56 (one year ago) link
Ugh
― after the pinefox (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 February 2023 06:20 (one year ago) link
aw man, didn't know
― Nhex, Friday, 17 February 2023 14:00 (one year ago) link
Pick Up on South Street is another favorite, and part of my ideal Richard Widmark is the ultimate anti-hero double feature with Night and the City, my favorite noir, or movie, ever.
― dan selzer, Friday, 17 February 2023 15:48 (one year ago) link
Cool – if I'm so inspired after watching, I'll hit up the other thread with my Bosley Crowther–isms (I know I've seen Night and the City, but it's been ages).
― unknown blues singer (morrisp), Friday, 17 February 2023 16:41 (one year ago) link
Another ILX0r recommended the calendar-searching approach a while back: Indian films on TCM
― after the pinefox (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 19 February 2023 05:48 (one year ago) link
many xposts re TCM Underground programmer (her name is Millie de Chirico) if you wanna support her: She just recently published a TCM Underground book with Quatoiyah Murray “TCM Underground: 50 Must-See Films from the World of Classic Cult and Late-Night Cinema” https://a.co/d/6hHgactMillie cohosts a great movie podcast called I Saw What You Did (it rules, fyi)https://www.exactlyrightmedia.com/i-saw-what-you-didShe is awesome, I hope she finds a cool job again soon
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 19 February 2023 19:53 (one year ago) link
What’s with all the Ann Sothern Maisie movies?
― Huey “Piano” Smithers-Jones (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 20:52 (one year ago) link
― dan selzer, Friday, February 17, 2023
aw
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 21:01 (one year ago) link
I didn't enjoy Pickup too much, even though it was well made and had some good performances (primarily, I just couldn't "buy" the movie's affection for the Widmark character, or the idea that Jean Peters would fall for him). Glad I saw it, though. The Blu-ray had a good talking-head analysis in the extras, that made me appreciate it a little more.
― unknown blues singer (morrisp), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 21:14 (one year ago) link
Listen here misterWhen you come inYou seen an old clock running down
― Heez, Tuesday, 21 February 2023 21:19 (one year ago) link
One of the great Thelma Ritter roles
― Heez, Tuesday, 21 February 2023 21:21 (one year ago) link
Yeah, she was good (Thelma Ritter). The movie also has an great opening scene (set in a cramped subway car), and an unusually realistic fistfight (in a subway station) at the end.
― unknown blues singer (morrisp), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 21:23 (one year ago) link
Commies.. I just don't like 'em!
― Nhex, Tuesday, 21 February 2023 23:45 (one year ago) link
pic.twitter.com/Pfc3MEWEFf— TCM Underground (@TCMUnderground) February 22, 2023
― Chris L, Wednesday, 22 February 2023 21:09 (one year ago) link
How long before they start airing commercial breaks during movies?
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Wednesday, 22 February 2023 21:10 (one year ago) link
Wow, that's a long run for something like that... cool it lasted as long as it did.
― unknown blues singer (morrisp), Wednesday, 22 February 2023 21:10 (one year ago) link
There's just no way TCM will make it through this era of corporate conglomeration without severe mission drift. It's a miracle they've been able to maintain their identity as long as they have.
― Chris L, Wednesday, 22 February 2023 21:13 (one year ago) link
Yeah, they're still basically the same channel they've been for nearly 3 decades, and it's hard not to presume that it's about to end that run
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Wednesday, 22 February 2023 21:16 (one year ago) link
Especially since I have just started to maximize my usage of it, which is usually some sort of leading indicator.
― Huey “Piano” Smithers-Jones (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 February 2023 23:04 (one year ago) link
hey, I recorded Nothing Sacred today (my potentially third viewing) after watching Mad Love last Saturday (first viewing). That's my TCM.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 23 February 2023 00:06 (one year ago) link
TCM TMI
― Huey “Piano” Smithers-Jones (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 February 2023 00:17 (one year ago) link
What about Twentieth Century?
― Huey “Piano” Smithers-Jones (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 February 2023 00:33 (one year ago) link
I close the iron door on you!
― Huey “Piano” Smithers-Jones (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 February 2023 00:35 (one year ago) link
Mad Love? Also know as The Hands of Orlac, no?
― Huey “Piano” Smithers-Jones (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 February 2023 01:00 (one year ago) link
yeah
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 23 February 2023 02:16 (one year ago) link
Just finally watched. Really good.
― Huey “Piano” Smithers-Jones (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 24 February 2023 00:03 (one year ago) link
Isn’t that the film that Malcolm Lowry disses in Under the Volcano? Not by name, but by description?
― Josefa, Friday, 24 February 2023 00:11 (one year ago) link
Probably. Unless it was the earlier silent version. Think it crops up in other novels as well.
― Huey “Piano” Smithers-Jones (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 24 February 2023 00:57 (one year ago) link
It’s mentioned by name, Las manos de Orlac.
― Huey “Piano” Smithers-Jones (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 24 February 2023 01:02 (one year ago) link
And he also mentions the silent version.
Really, huh! We need a conference of film ILE and book ILE to sort this out
― Josefa, Friday, 24 February 2023 01:03 (one year ago) link