my gran (mum's mum, who ended her days in my parents' house) once walked into the room while i was watching some old B/W movie and just thought it was the funniest thing that a young person (as i then was more or less lol) was watching this format which had been ripped up and binned in her youth. i suspect the remake of BE was ordered up by ppl who thought the same way -- the idea of TV access to very old films is an 80s thing, more or less, occasional speeded-up clips of silent comedies notwithstanding
― mark s, Sunday, 5 April 2020 15:15 (three years ago) link
mark s 2020 stop saying more or less challenge
Post-Krays, I notice both "Villain" and "All Coppers Are" had gay gangsters. Also Robin Askwith and David Essex had blink and you'll miss them parts in the latter, David Essex had one line, something like, "'Ere, did you pull a bird last night?"
― Did somebody just say eat? (Tom D.), Sunday, 5 April 2020 15:22 (three years ago) link
"Performance", too, tho obv that's a different thing to a point
― Kier today, Dom tomorrow (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 5 April 2020 15:26 (three years ago) link
Connections connections. We had T.P. McKenna as a London crime boss (in "Villain") one night and as a priest trying to talk sense into Rita Tushingham (in "Girl With Green Eyes") the next.
― Did somebody just say eat? (Tom D.), Sunday, 5 April 2020 15:27 (three years ago) link
Mark's memories of the 1970s are stronger than mine, but I would say that there was a very big cultural attachment to vintage film then -- the obvious indication being Michael Parkinson's big interviews with veteran movie stars. And a great many TV sets then were still black & white anyway!
Michael Rodd's SCREEN TEST (19701-1984) is also relevant. I hope Steady Mike's reading this now.
― the pinefox, Monday, 6 April 2020 11:05 (three years ago) link
Koogs: BBC is on Freeview, as much as any of these other channels are.
― the pinefox, Monday, 6 April 2020 11:06 (three years ago) link
[*1970-1984]
― the pinefox, Monday, 6 April 2020 11:07 (three years ago) link
this thread bumping reminds me to post
Talking Pictures Tv 17:50 todayHell Drivers (1957)which features, in no particular order, a doctor who, a james bond, a man from uncle, the prisoner, a professional, a ladykiller, and syd james.
― koogs, Monday, 6 April 2020 11:44 (three years ago) link
How about SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS -- are any of us watching that?
― the pinefox, Monday, 6 April 2020 11:57 (three years ago) link
I did. It was enjoyable.
Useful tip from Koogs on these BBC films.
― the pinefox, Monday, 6 April 2020 18:29 (three years ago) link
(I think I'll watch the next two also.)
(But first: NOTTING HILL on Five Star tonight.)
I missed the beginning but caught most of it, SfS. Modern 4th wall stuff from Sim at the end.
― koogs, Monday, 6 April 2020 21:47 (three years ago) link
Yes this was good.
I plan to watch THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT next.
― the pinefox, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 09:08 (three years ago) link
NOTTING HILL btw was worth seeing but not that convincing.
Loving Star Trek at 10 o'clock every morning, courtesy of the Horror Channel.
― Did somebody just say eat? (Tom D.), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 10:16 (three years ago) link
are they showing the 16:9 version?
(i have the dvds of TOS sat in front of the tv, i think i've finished them but can't remember. there's no real end to it - the last episode is just another episode)
Voyager on later in the day too. and Lost in Space. and Time Tunnel (the original?).
― koogs, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 11:16 (three years ago) link
No, it's not the 16:9 version. They're started showing them from the start, and the first season is pretty consistently good.
― Did somebody just say eat? (Tom D.), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 11:31 (three years ago) link
(listen out in TMITWS forthe same bubble sound effects they used for the car in SfS)
oh, joan greenwood.
― koogs, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 14:28 (three years ago) link
Greenwood's voice a tremendous artefact. Or do I mean instrument?
― the pinefox, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 19:19 (three years ago) link
The Green of the Voice
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 21:54 (three years ago) link
That's good, Ward.
― the pinefox, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 09:37 (three years ago) link
THE TITFIELD THUNDERBOLT arrives on platform BBC2 at 15:25 today and departs at 16:45.
― the pinefox, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 09:38 (three years ago) link
Terrible Doug McClure (biceps) / Caroline Munro (boobs) movie on this morning, on Talking Pictures, which I ended up watching because of the weird electronic score - which it turns out was composed by a guy from Manfred Mann.
― Did somebody just say eat? (Tom D.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 09:44 (three years ago) link
in response to PF's earlier comment abt the attitude to old movies in the 70s -- my feeling is we had parky and rodd and also e.g. michael bentine's golden silents instead of actually being able to view old films. the bbc was taping over many of its own archives (= why it's a big deal when eps of dad's army are found in skips etc) and the culture at large was casually and thoughtlessly non-archival, the turn to the past as a large wing of ordinary popular culture came later, when video became a household item not an expensive specialist technology (and relatedly when the huge music re-issue projects arrived alongside CDs)
almost parky's entire sheen was as loveable curator of lost things we shd pay more attention to, old films and broadway and the las vegas swing era, which only works when we realise that it really was mostly lost (since he was a p terrible curator)
― mark s, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 10:03 (three years ago) link
Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner on channel 50 today at 14:50 (didn't you just read that PF?)
clashes with Titfield though (and i saw it only a month ago)
― koogs, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 10:44 (three years ago) link
I did, Koogs ! Had no idea the film was coming on today.
― the pinefox, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 12:28 (three years ago) link
Cripes, it's Sony Classics. I really think I should watch this.
― the pinefox, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 12:31 (three years ago) link
(I didn't - and then I missed the start of the Ealing film too: so it ends up as no films today.)
― the pinefox, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 14:38 (three years ago) link
more greenwood today. Whisky Galore!
― koogs, Thursday, 9 April 2020 13:49 (three years ago) link
(that accent's a bit off though)
― koogs, Thursday, 9 April 2020 13:52 (three years ago) link
next week's BBC2 matinees, btw
M The RobeT The Long ShipsW The VikingsT Those Magnificent Men in their Flying MachinesF ??? (not in EPG yet)
disappointing.
― koogs, Thursday, 9 April 2020 14:06 (three years ago) link
Disappointing, indeed.
― the pinefox, Thursday, 9 April 2020 14:45 (three years ago) link
Shall we all watch THE LAVENDER HILL MOB tomorrow anyway?
btw I missed TITFIELD because it started 40 minutes earlier than the last schedule I saw had announced!
Saturday we should watch LONG DISTANCE RUNNER. Not as if any footy's on.
― the pinefox, Thursday, 9 April 2020 14:46 (three years ago) link
Magnificent Men - I have a soft spot for those sprawling, international ensemble, chase-type films from the late '60s. Great Race, Monte Carlo or Bust, It's A MMMMM World, etc. Would happily watch for the cast alone for at least 30min.
The Robe - would be curious to see this as it was "the last film I saw at the pictures with your mother; y'know, with Victor Mature" - my Dad, every time anyone mentioned going to the cinema, 1975-2007.
But...work. Not seeing any daytime tv atm.
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 9 April 2020 15:54 (three years ago) link
I watched Magnificent Men a couple of months ago, it's definitely comfort food
― a slobbering sombrero moment (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 9 April 2020 16:06 (three years ago) link
the ealing things are entertaining enough but also familiar enough to not be a distraction. but then my home office is the sofa, facing the tv.
TMMITFM was a Pointless question the other day. john the measurer was a pointless answer (in two of the three jackpot round categories, the other one being The Wrong Box, which i've never seen)
― koogs, Thursday, 9 April 2020 16:15 (three years ago) link
chitty chitty bang bang is the only good bond movie
― mark s, Thursday, 9 April 2020 16:22 (three years ago) link
Benny Hill was in both CCBB and TMMITFM (and the italian job)
― koogs, Thursday, 9 April 2020 16:27 (three years ago) link
exactly
― mark s, Thursday, 9 April 2020 16:28 (three years ago) link
Gert Froebe obv in CCBB, TMM and Goldfinger
― a slobbering sombrero moment (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 9 April 2020 16:35 (three years ago) link
Benny Hill in a Bond film would've been a treat
― a slobbering sombrero moment (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 9 April 2020 16:36 (three years ago) link
high-speed chase through the undersea lair
― mark s, Thursday, 9 April 2020 16:40 (three years ago) link
i can almost hear the mash-up of the John Barry theme and Yakety-Sax in my head
― a slobbering sombrero moment (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 9 April 2020 16:42 (three years ago) link
I wished I'd started watching this version "Dorian Gray" with Helmut Berger earlier. Dubbing is abysmal.
― The Corbynite Maneuver (Tom D.), Thursday, 9 April 2020 22:31 (three years ago) link
I have a soft spot for those sprawling, international ensemble, chase-type films from the late '60s. Great Race, Monte Carlo or Bust, It's A MMMMM World, etc. Would happily watch for the cast alone for at least 30min.
Tremendous post. When I was, what - 7, 8? I can't think what age - it's a MMMM World seemed like the most exciting film in the history of film. Well, apart from THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK if that had been released by the time I'm thinking of.
― the pinefox, Saturday, 11 April 2020 09:13 (three years ago) link
1:15 today, remember:
https://www.radiotimes.com/film/fj5j8h/the-loneliness-of-the-long-distance-runner/
― the pinefox, Saturday, 11 April 2020 09:14 (three years ago) link
Some lovely shots, him running through the puddles.
Prefab housing as well is interesting as well.
The final fuck you is great though.
― koogs, Saturday, 11 April 2020 14:04 (three years ago) link
one of Hull's most beloved <3
― Pliny O'Toole (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 11 April 2020 14:05 (three years ago) link