i'm sure Shirl can be a pain in the ass, i watched Letterman
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Friday, 7 October 2016 18:22 (seven years ago) link
less pain in the ass and more like narcissistic dimbulb
Shirley MacLaine is cool
― Οὖτις, Friday, 7 October 2016 18:27 (seven years ago) link
that movie is already gone from NYC. The box office numbers are really awful.
http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Rules-Dont-Apply#tab=box-office
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 11 December 2016 17:35 (seven years ago) link
I missed the screening; saw the Annette Bening motherhood '70s movie instead. Not sure I chose wisely.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 11 December 2016 17:59 (seven years ago) link
The film ended up grossing $1.6 million in its opening weekend (with a five-day total of $2.2 million), finishing 12th at the box office. It marked the worst Thanksgiving debut ever for a wide release and 6th worst opening ever for a film playing in more than 2,000 theaters.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 12 December 2016 19:14 (seven years ago) link
saw the Annette Bening motherhood '70s movie instead. Not sure I chose wisely.
this is like a rock v hard place deal except neither choice is as interesting as a rock
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 12 December 2016 19:27 (seven years ago) link
Rules Don't ApplyBudget: $25,000,000Gross: $3,580,979
Ishtar [adjusted for inflation]Budget: $117,034,290Gross: $30,588,910
― Ballistic: ILX vs. Sever (Eric H.), Monday, 12 December 2016 19:35 (seven years ago) link
(I know he didn't direct the latter, but just for comparison's sake.)
$25M is low-budget for a period piece.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 12 December 2016 19:41 (seven years ago) link
I've been meaning to watch Reds for years and years. I'm unlikely to have 4 hours to spare to watch it in one go, would it ruin it if I tried to watch it episodically?
― There shouldn't be a thread for Dennis Perrin tweets (stevie), Wednesday, 14 December 2016 11:12 (seven years ago) link
if you must, I would go with halves; there's an intermission. It's only 3:20.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 14 December 2016 12:03 (seven years ago) link
That sounds do-able, thanks Morbs.
― There shouldn't be a thread for Dennis Perrin tweets (stevie), Wednesday, 14 December 2016 12:21 (seven years ago) link
Rules is not bad! All three principals are pretty good, in fact. Steve Coogan has one very funny scene in a cockpit while HH sings a Jolson medley.
Steve Mnuchin was a producer and has a wordless cameo (alongside a small gem of an Oliver Platt performance).
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 05:36 (seven years ago) link
Beatty literally closes the curtain on his career in his last scene, works as a masked autobiography in many ways.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 15:25 (seven years ago) link
80 today!
the Karl story:
http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/02/warren-beatty-pauline-kael-love-and-money
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 30 March 2017 16:03 (six years ago) link
didn't know the lead actress in RDA was Paperlate's daughter
good take here:
http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Movies/2016/1123/Rules-Don-t-Apply-Warren-Beatty-s-directorial-return-is-disarmingly-light
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 30 March 2017 18:21 (six years ago) link
rewatched Dick Tracy; love Pacino, Headly, the production design/effects and most of the jokes.
don't like La Ciccone and the loudness/replication of Burton's Batman in the last half hour (down to Elfman scoring it).
this is the best Sondheim song in it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDUZgORmrSY
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 17 June 2018 01:17 (five years ago) link
Yeah thats about how i feel about it too
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 17 June 2018 01:38 (five years ago) link
Madonna has one good line reading where she sez about the Kid "What a cute little boy," like she wants to smother him.
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 17 June 2018 01:55 (five years ago) link
She is a terrible actress
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 17 June 2018 01:59 (five years ago) link
well she's not even a compelling presence in this
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 17 June 2018 02:00 (five years ago) link
This works:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJN5DO4Lvx0
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 17 June 2018 02:31 (five years ago) link
https://variety.com/2018/film/news/beatty-rules-dont-apply-test-audience-ethnic-1202935368/
“I’m not looking for acclaim for the movie,” wrote Beatty, who is 81. “The movie will be recognized for what it is. It’s that I want money to come back to our investors to cover the P&A shortfall, in order to compensate them for the mistake of our finally gambling on a higher awareness for a movie starring two unknown young people and an old guy who hasn’t been on the theatrical screen for 15 years.”
― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 13 September 2018 05:57 (five years ago) link
That article is great, I loved Rules Don't Apply
― flappy bird, Thursday, 13 September 2018 07:50 (five years ago) link
“One possibility discussed was that the public was just not interested in the film, its stars, or its subject matter.”
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Friday, 14 September 2018 13:26 (five years ago) link
My conclusions about Reds since my second viewing in 2006 remain unchanged: a confused movie made by a guy attracted to capital-I-ideas filtered through Old Hollywood notions of chivalry and moviemaking. When Jack Reed is burning dinner or bumping his head against chandeliers, I want to bury the DVD in the backyard. While the film captures Reed's magnetism (from what I've read about him), it misses his energy and commitment. To a degree I admire that Beatty, a product of the mummified remains of the studio system, conceived of Reed as a passive force, to the point of being topped by Lousie whenever they fuck often in the second half (their sex drives increase as the Revolution triumphs, yet anothe of the film's howlers).
Also, the film has no clue what to do about Louise Bryant. Is she untalented, hence her anger? Is he a frustrated talent? Is he Annie Hall, yelling "fuck" and throwing things and gibbering la-dee-da to herself?"
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 02:10 (five years ago) link
*is she
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 02:11 (five years ago) link
Just now had a vague memory of something about the way the talking heads were presented in Zelig being a critique of the way this was done in Reds.
― Theorbo Goes Wild (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 02:43 (five years ago) link
Proud to say I still have my Rules Don’t Apply cocktail glasses, commemorating a movie I enjoy https://t.co/XKqX2P3kcd pic.twitter.com/SDZiLZork1— Splat! Prigge (@mattprigge) October 25, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 27 October 2019 14:28 (four years ago) link
It’s a good movie
― flappy bird, Sunday, 27 October 2019 15:34 (four years ago) link
https://screencrush.com/warren-beatty-dick-tracy-special-2023/
In Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In, TCM host Ben Mankiewicz invites film critic Leonard Maltin over to his office as he prepares for a Zoom call with the famous comic strip and movie cop, Dick Tracy. Tracy (Beatty) calls Mankiewicz and Maltin on Zoom — Beatty is seated in a black void while wearing Tracy’s trademark yellow hat and overcoat — first to compliment Mankiewicz on an interview he did with Beatty for TCM some time earlier. Then “Dick Tracy” explains his issues with the movie Beatty made about him in 1990, while he watches clips from the film. A good five minutes of this 30 minute show were literally just Warren Beatty dressed as Dick Tracy watching the Dick Tracy movie while muttering things like “Yes! Yes, that’s good!” and “No! No! That’s terrible!”...2023’s Tracy Zooms In special builds to Maltin adding the “real” Warren Beatty to the Zoom call, and — as Mankiewicz and Maltin look on in disbelief — the two Beattys get into a rambling debate about the Dick Tracy movie and moviemaking in general.
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2023’s Tracy Zooms In special builds to Maltin adding the “real” Warren Beatty to the Zoom call, and — as Mankiewicz and Maltin look on in disbelief — the two Beattys get into a rambling debate about the Dick Tracy movie and moviemaking in general.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 12 February 2023 06:43 (one year ago) link
it's fucking great and is making me wanna rewatch Dick Tracyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwYcwB_deG8
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 12 February 2023 07:58 (one year ago) link
if i were warren beatty, i would get two dozen of these outfits made and not wear anything buthe should also go back to dating madonna
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 12 February 2023 07:59 (one year ago) link
excellent, thx. this was the first movie i saw in a theater in america and still one of my favorite movies of all time.
― The field divisions are fastened with felicitations. (Deflatormouse), Sunday, 12 February 2023 08:41 (one year ago) link
Everytime Madonna comes onscreen=Tracy: "No no no..."
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 12 February 2023 21:35 (one year ago) link
30 seconds no more Dick
― waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Sunday, 12 February 2023 22:20 (one year ago) link