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post #331 of 2004
2/19/05 at 9:31am
Husbands & Wives

This movie has the perfect ending line. Woody Allen's character asks, "Can I go now? Is this over?" which is exactly what I'd been thinking for the past hour and 50 minutes.
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post #332 of 2004
2/20/05 at 3:39am
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post #333 of 2004
2/20/05 at 3:46am
George, are you single by any chance? I've been married for 10 years and thought HUSBANDS AND WIVES was a very powerful take on marriage/relationships that have gone on for a long time and sometimes need spicing.
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post #334 of 2004
2/20/05 at 5:58am
George, are you single by any chance? I've been married for 10 years and thought HUSBANDS AND WIVES was a very powerful take on marriage/relationships that have gone on for a long time and sometimes need spicing.
Nope. Just celebrated my 6th wedding anniversary. I just don't have any interest in watching a film about deteriorating marriages that has no plot outside of the fact that people sit around and talk about their deteriorating marriages. My disdain for the film has nothing to do with my feelings about marriage, and everything to do with my taste in film. Check out my signature.
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post #335 of 2004
2/20/05 at 6:30am

I want to see this but my local video store only has one copy and its always out. Dammit, I miss the days when I was the only one renting foreign flicks.


Yeah I have the same problem with my HV that I frequent. Like you said, it doesn't help when they only carry one copy of a new release.

Though they always seem to have a billion copies of the latest dreck like White Chicks, Charlie's Angels Full Throttle, Resident Evil Apocalypse, etc.


First time viewings in Red
Out of


Victory Through Air Power (1943) (8/10)
Fascinating animated feature made at the height of WWII, which attempts to prove the theory that long-range bombers could turn the tide for the allied campaign. Also caught the rest of the shorts included in the ON THE FRONT LINES set. The most interesting was Chicken Little with an unusual not-so-happy Disney ending.

Saw (2004) (7/10)
Plot holes aside I really enjoyed this for what it is – a kinetic suspenseful thrill-ride in the same vein as Se7en. Very entertaining, as long as you don’t think too hard about the likeliness of what’s happening on-screen.

The Bishop’s Wife (1947) (7/10)
Cary Grant plays an angel in this romantic holiday classic. First time I’ve seen this from beginning to end.

Youth of the Beast (1963) (6/10)
Seijin Suzuki oozes lots of style in this campy yakuza film.

The Grudge (2004) (5/10)
Buffy the ghost hunter stars in this mediocre remake of the Japanese Horror series.

Elena and Her Men (1956) (5/10)
Lightweight romance starring Ingrid Bergman. I've now seen 8 Renoir features & nothing has really come close to the first of his films I'd seen, The Grand Illusion.
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post #336 of 2004
2/20/05 at 6:42am
Jim, does Rules of the Game not do much for you? I also love Grand Illusion, but Rules of the Game quickly became one of my favorite movies last year after I saw it for the first time, on the Criterion DVD release.
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post #337 of 2004
2/20/05 at 7:13am
No I'm one of a very few that didn't care much for Rules of the Game. Have never seen the Criterion, caught this on VHS a few years ago so I may give this another chance someday.
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post #338 of 2004
2/20/05 at 4:34pm
Thread Starter 
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George, I've been meaning to ask this for a while now but does your son enjoy watching these older films? I've got a couple cousins under the age of 7 and I find it a lot easier getting them to watch B&W films than their parents. I think I've told this story before but two of my cousins (7 year old twins) were at my house as well as ten other family members (all older than me) and I was watching CITY LIGHTS. None of the adults got into the movie because it was silent and B&W yet the two girls really enjoyed it after I explained to them why these older films don't "look" like the ones made today.

If I ever have kids I'm certainly going to have them watching GUNGA DIN over some crap like WHITE CHICKS or any other "cool" film from today.
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post #339 of 2004
2/20/05 at 5:27pm
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I've now seen 8 Renoir features & nothing has really come close to the first of his films I'd seen, The Grand Illusion.

Have you seen The Southerner? That and ROTG are my favorite Renoirs. Still have to watch The Golden Coach and The Lower Depths.

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Yeah I have the same problem with my HV that I frequent. Like you said, it doesn't help when they only carry one copy of a new release.

That and HV recently changed their prices on rentals and naturally all the movies I like are in the $3.79-for-five-nights bracket. Bastards. (Don't really need them for five nights...)
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post #340 of 2004
2/20/05 at 5:32pm
Sudden Fear (1952)

Viewed 2/19/2005 (first viewing)

Successful playwright Joan Crawford fires and subsequently ends up marrying actor Jack Palance. Little does she know that he and his girlfriend are after her money and they'll stop at nothing to get it. Well-directed suspenser.

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The Thief of Bagdad (1924)

Viewed 2/19/2005 (first viewing)

Douglas Fairbanks is the thief in this silent version of the Arabian magical adventure. Made on a grand scale and still pretty entertaining, though at two and a half hours it's probably longer than it needs to be.

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post #341 of 2004
2/20/05 at 6:18pm
George, I've been meaning to ask this for a while now but does your son enjoy watching these older films?
I've exposed my son to a lot of (age appropriate) films during his life, and he enjoys old, new, color, black&white, etc. I haven't exposed him to many silent/foreign films since he can't read, but he sat entranced through Rashomon even though he couldn't read the subtitles. Like any 4 year old he loves animated films, but we just recently showed him Gunga Din, and afterwards he asked me to make a copy for him. He's made similar requests with a wide variety of films including Hatari, Meet Me in St. Louis, Fantasia and other older films. He's also been exposed needless to say to every aspect ratio from 1.17 to 2.76, and has never even noticed the black bars.
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post #342 of 2004
2/20/05 at 6:21pm
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If I ever have kids I'm certainly going to have them watching GUNGA DIN over some crap like WHITE CHICKS or any other "cool" film from today.

That makes two of us.
Say, why did you watch WHITE CHICKS, anyway?
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post #343 of 2004
2/20/05 at 6:35pm
Thread Starter 
Remember that girl at work I was telling you about? Well, she asked me to watch it, I want her, so I watched the thing. She swore I'd love it so she lost the bet, which means she better pay up. :b

to you George. Each day I always check to see what people are updating their lists with and I always enjoy seeing your son's list since 20 years from now he will be one keeping the memory of these films alive.



02/18/05

The Movies Begin: Disc 2 (cont.)

Rough Sea at Dover (1895)

Shows, as the title says, a rough sea banging up against various objects. Not too much storytelling of course but the action in the waves makes for an interesting piece.

R.W. Paul films:

Come Along Do! (1898)
Derby, The (1896)
Countryman and the Cinematograph, The (1901)
Chess Dispute, The (1903)
Extraordinary Cab Accident (1903)
Buy Your Own Cherries (1904)
(?) Motorist, The (1906)

R.W. Paul is the man who most consider the first to ever use trick photography and editing to make a special effect work. These seven films really aren’t too interesting story wise but they contain some nice special effects considering the time they were made. The most interesting short is The (?) Motorist, which is a remake of A Trip to the Moon but here we have a couple driving around in a car and they soon head into outer space. Extraordinary Cab Accident is rather shocking considering the violent scene in the film where a cab accidentally runs over a man standing in the streets. It’s obvious where the editing was done to create the effect but it still has a nice impact. The Countryman and the Cinematograph uses two pieces of film edited together to create the effect of a man watching a movie.

02/19/05

It (1927)

Inspired by the short story by Elinor Glyn, a lonely department store worker (Clara Bow) wants to see if she has “it” so she goes after her boss. This is best known for launching Bow’s career and in all reality, that’s all the film has going for it. The two main characters really aren’t that interesting and both do some really stupid things that’s less ideal for such a romantic comedy. The “pre-code” scene of Bow in her bra is probably what launched her career. The film has a few nice moments but not enough.

Cries and Whispers (1972)

Two sisters (Liv Ullmann, Ingrid Thulin) are reunited at the deathbed of their other sister (Harriett Anderson) in this Ingmar Bergman classic. This is probably the most depressing film I’ve ever seen and the way Bergman brings on this sadness is quite unique. The beautiful use of red throughout the film adds another dimension and the cinematography is remarkable. The real standout is the performance by Anderson, which should have won her an Oscar. Her dying moments are more disturbing than those certain scenes in The Exorcist, which was up for Best Picture the same year. This certainly isn’t a film I’ll want to watch often but it was very moving.
02/20/05

Titanic (1943)

Very interesting and highly entertaining version of the disaster told through the eyes of a German director and cast. This is certainly a war propaganda film and the closing line takes a direct hit at the British but even with all of that the film still manages to entertain. It’s clear the German’s wanted Americans and the British to look like idiots but why on Earth would they keep the cast speaking German? Who knows. The one good guy in the film, a German officer, is the hero here. Even stranger is that the film was originally banned in Germany and wasn’t shown there for over six years. Interestingly, director Herbert Selpin was arrested by the Gestapo during filming and the next day was found dead in his cell. Some say he was murdered but the Gestapo claimed suicide.

Aboard the Olympic (191?) B-

Short promotional film by White Star Line to promote The Olympic ship has some good historical value but little else. It’s quite fascinating seeing how the ship looked but the “storytelling” wasn’t too good.

Half Human (1957)

Scientist John Carradine tells the story of how an abominable snowman was killed in Japan. As was the case with Godzilla, the producer’s of this film bought the rights to the Japanese film Ju jin Yuki Otoko (1955), cut out around an hour and then added some twenty minutes worth of footage dealing with Carradine. This is certainly a cut and paste hack job but sadly Toho pulled the original film so it’s nearly impossible to see outside of this movie. The American footage is all rather silly but it’s always fun seeing Carradine and he has a good voice for narration. The Japanese segment of the film makes me really want to see the original movie because there’s some nice, intense moments including the first encounter with the Yeti. I’ve seen countless films on the Yeti but the costumes here are the greatest I’ve ever seen. The monster actually looks real, which makes this entertaining enough.

In a Lonely Place (1950)

An aging Hollywood screenwriter (Humphrey Bogart) is accused of killing a woman but that doesn’t stop his neighbor (Gloria Grahame) from falling in love with him. This is a very hypnotic film noir type film from director Nicholas Ray that has a wonderful mystery and a pretty good love story, although it begins to drag a bit towards the end. The real highlight here is the incredible performance from Bogart, which certainly ranks among the best of his career. Bogart does a brilliant job at showing the characters depression and his ugliness but he also manages to show why the woman would love him.

White Chicks (2004)

Shawn and Marlon Wayans play FBI agents who go undercover as white chicks. I could go on a very long rant on how racist shit like this is okay since it deals with white people and it gets played on 3000 screens while a certain 1915 film can’t play one theater but that would be wasting way too much time on this film. All the racial stereotypes are horribly unfunny but a few laughs are to be gained when the duo act normal and not like some freak show.

Black Sleep, The (1956)

A mad scientist (Basil Rathbone) starts to experiment with the brain so that he can remove a tumor from his comatose wife. This is a horror fans wet dream due to the all-star cast, which includes Rathbone, Lon Chaney, Jr., Bela Lugosi, John Carradine and Tor Johnson but sadly the group isn’t used very well together. The actual film is quite ahead of its time due to certain brain operation scenes and the overall atmosphere is quite nice. The first showing of Chaney and Lugosi is pretty powerful but sadly both play mutes and have no lines of dialogue. Even worse is that this was Lugosi’s final film and he’s pretty much just opening doors. Carradine is outright hilarious in his role, although it’s very short. The film was entertaining enough and had some good moments but it was still a bit of a letdown considering all the talent involved.
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post #344 of 2004
2/20/05 at 7:44pm
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The real standout is the performance by Ullmann, which should have won her an Oscar. Her dying moments are more disturbing than those certain scenes in The Exorcist, which was up for Best Picture the same year.


I saw Cries and Whispers a really long time ago, but are you sure you've got the right actress? I thought Harriet Anderssen was the one who was dying.
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post #345 of 2004
2/20/05 at 8:08pm
Yes Harriet Andersson is the dying sister.
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post #346 of 2004
2/21/05 at 4:40am

That and HV recently changed their prices on rentals and naturally all the movies I like are in the $3.79-for-five-nights bracket. Bastards. (Don't really need them for five nights...)


Up until recently I wouldn't have to frequent HV too often but my Netflix service has bogged down because I guess they think I'm getting too many titles a month so they take their sweet time checking titles in and shipping them out (where's that middle finger smiley when you need it?). Now I'm at over a week turnaround for a title. I think Netflix is at the point of becoming too large/popular and their service is starting to suffer. No good thing lasts forever.



Have you seen The Southerner? That and ROTG are my favorite Renoirs. Still have to watch The Golden Coach and The Lower Depths.


Haven’t seen The Southerner. That, La Bête humaine & The River are three Renoir titles that I’m still looking forward to catching someday.

This is how I’d rank the Renoir films that I’ve seen so far (I miscounted as there are actually 9 films of his that I’ve seen)

The Grand Illusion *****
Rules of the Game ***½
The Crime of Monsieur Lange ***
The Lower Depths ***
La Chienne ***
The Golden Coach ***
French Cancan ***
Elena and Her Men **½
A Day in the Country **


First time viewings in Red
Out of

David Copperfield (1935) (7/10)
MGM’s famous adaptation of the Dickens novel. I found myself comparing this (perhaps unfairly) to David Lean’s superior Dickens adaptations of a decade later - Great Expectations & Oliver Twist.

Jersey Girl (2004) (6/10)
Lightweight Kevin Smith feel-good film about a widowed father raising his daughter.

Marie Antoinette (1938) (5/10)
Mediocre costume drama has Norma Shearer as the infamous Queen of France. yawn.

Cleopatra (1934) (5/10)
Claudette Colbert is the queen of Egypt in this over-the-top Cecil B DeMille costume spectacle.

Godsend (2004) (3/10)
Parents of a dead boy turn to scientist Robert DeNiro to clone their son. Both the boy and the plot go haywire once he turns 8 years old. God-awful.
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post #347 of 2004
2/21/05 at 8:24am
That's very uncomfortable news about Netflix. I've just joined as of February 1st and think their speedy service is incredible. I've gotten something like 12 films watched, sent back, and immediately received new replacements. However, the last batch took a day or two longer than usual to receive the rentals, and I too am wondering if they don't like people receiving too many films a month, and so may deliberately take their time with the shipping after you get too comfortable with them.
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post #348 of 2004
2/21/05 at 8:30am
I just joined Netflix as well. They do say this in one of their help sections:

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In determining priority for shipping and inventory allocation, we give priority to those members who receive the fewest DVDs through our service. As a result, those members who receive the most movies may experience next-day shipping and receive movies lower in their Queue more often than our other members. By prioritizing in this way, we help assure a balanced experience for all our members. Those that rent a lot of movies get a great value and those with lighter viewing habits are able to count on our service to meet their limited needs.


A week turnaround certainly sounds excessive. But, we're OT here, maybe we should go over into Retail/Vendor Feedback if we want to keep talking about this.
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post #349 of 2004
2/21/05 at 9:28am
There usually is a slowdown this time of year as people have gotten gift subscriptions for Christmas and the like. Hopefully by May it will speed up again. Last year I was easily getting over 20 a month because I could get 5-6 sometimes 7 in a week depending on how fast I watched them, but now I'm not getting more than 4. Last week it was 3 since I have one that was supposed to come on Friday that hasn't arrived.

I finally cracked open the Dawn of the Dead Ultimate Collection or whatever its called and have watched 2 of the 3 cuts. Argento's cut had some notable improvements in fleshing out certain scenes from the original and I enjoyed the increased use of the Goblin score. I'd forgotten how little Romero uses Goblin's music in the original. But towards the end Argento cuts out a few key scenes of human interaction and speeds things toward the conclusion a bit too fast.

Really looking forward to buying Nausicaa and Porco Rosso tomorrow. I just hope they don't let me down.
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post #350 of 2004
2/21/05 at 9:53am
Joe,

I don't know where you live & how close you are to your local shipping hub but I'm about 5 miles away from mine so over a week turnaround for me is ridiculous. Even before this Chicagoland shipping hub was set up a few years ago I used to get them from Michigan & it never took this long.

Haggai,

That blurb must be fairly recent as I've never seen it before. If this is what they are doing (and they are because sometimes I'll have a title checked in and my next title won't ship for 1 to 2 days later) then this goes against what they promise in their Ads, which is rent as many titles as you can in a month - No Limits. Apparently they do have a limit & once you reach it they start holding back titles which is complete bullsh&# if you ask me.

Anyhow I've started a tread in Retailer Feedback (don't know if that many people frequent that section as I had to step over some tumbleweeds in there )so we'll see if anyone else is having the same problem or if they're just screwing with me. Nothing dumber than turning off your longtime customers, but I guess they're big enough now not to care.

Sorry for any derailment.
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post #351 of 2004
2/21/05 at 10:18am
Well, I'll wait to see what happens with Netflix. Having only been a member for 21 days I'm raving about them to everyone, but if they start to pull any underhanded crap, I might have to re-think things a bit.

* Hey, all you Netflix Users -- Join us over in the "Retailer Feedback" Section!
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post #352 of 2004
2/21/05 at 11:50am
Happiness of the Katakuris -
OARDVD
02/20/2005

My second Miike (pronounced Mee-kay) film was definitely better than the brutal Ichi the Killer. This film is a surreal, violent, happy go lucky musical about family holding together despite people persistently dying all around them.

Trying to describe this film is like trying to hold tightly to a ball coated in butter, it's virtually impossible. But it's a brilliant mix of comedy, musical, animation, and melodrama. It may seem postmodern, but it's really a step beyond it (Tarentino only wishes he could be this good) the numerous asides strike me as having more in common with video-game cut-scenes than with an effort to 'be cool' and non-conformist, and the video game aesthetic was definitely present in a different manner in the other Miike I've seen, so I think it's a characteristic of his films.

Adam
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post #353 of 2004
2/21/05 at 1:26pm
Miike is definitely a mixed bag for me - I liked Ichi the Killer, but couldn't get into Dead or Alive. I just picked up The Bird People of China but I don't know when I'll get around to watching it.
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post #354 of 2004
2/21/05 at 2:02pm
I loved Audition, fantastic, cringe-inducing stuff. Haven't got around to anything else though. I have all of the Miike's Netflix has lined up in my queue, but I still have 30-40 titles in front of them.
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post #355 of 2004
2/21/05 at 3:23pm
If you liked Happiness... I suggest you check out The Quiet Family. That's the Korean film which Miike remade as Happiness...

I have liked pretty much all of the Miike I've seen: Happiness..., Audition, Ichi, Fudoh, Dead or Alive, Full Metal Yakuza. I have Gozu but haven't watched it yet, and I want to see Visitor Q and Bird People, and whatever else I can get my hands on.
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post #356 of 2004
2/22/05 at 4:36am
First time viewings in Red
Out of



Lady For A Day (1933) (6/10)
Feel-good early Capra film has a gangster helping an elderly street lady.

Lady in the Lake (1947) (5/10)
Robert Montgomery shoots this Philip Marlowe mystery/noir entirely in first-person. This gimmick wears out it’s welcome about 5 minutes in & ruins a fine Raymond Chandler story. I really hope this isn’t included in Warner’s Vol 2 Noir set otherwise I’ll be picking the titles up separately.

Grand Prix (1966) (5/10)
Bland auto racing melodrama that features some great racing sequences that are too few and far between. Frankenheimer has done much, much better.

Godzilla vs. Hedora (1971) (2/10)
Ah nostalgia, haven’t seen this one since I was a kid back in the 70’s when it was probably the most played Godzilla movie on the Saturday Creature Features show. More commonly know as vs. the Smog Monster, this is probably the weirdest entry in the series (this is the one where Godzilla tucks tail & flies, WTF where they smokin’? ). It was nice to see this in it’s OAR & OSL but I’m a picky old-school Godzilla fan and for me this camp classic doesn’t compare well with the classic G films from ’54-’65.
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post #357 of 2004
2/22/05 at 5:47am
Re: Titanic '43

Saw it some time ago and found it equally interesting. At the same time Kino also released the Nazi-produced 1943 Munchhausen. Makes a neat double-feature with Terry Gilliam's The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.


Gertrud (1964)

Viewed 2/20/2005 (first viewing)

Beautifully-composed drama about a woman who refuses to accept anything other than unconditional love. Carl Dreyer's final film is basically two hours of glum people sitting around talking. Maintained my interest but I can't say that I'd watch it again.

out of


Saw (2004)

Viewed 2/21/2005 (first viewing)

Particularly grimy serial killer movie that is currently all the rage. This time the killer devises set-ups in which his victims kill themselves. Obviously influenced by Se7en, but has nowhere near the impact; still good of its type I guess.

out of


Robot Stories (2002)

Viewed 2/21/2005 (first viewing)

Quartet of stories about human/machine interaction. A young couple must deal with a surrogate robot baby before getting the real thing, a mother hopes to connect with her comatose son by making repairs to his collection of robot toys, a robot office worker is derided by his co-workers, an aging, dying sculptor resists the idea of uploading his consciousness to a computer network despite the fact that his wife has already done so. Low budget sci-fi mostly works; well-intentioned and tough to dislike.

out of
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post #358 of 2004
2/22/05 at 6:24pm
Thread Starter 
Thanks for the correction re: Cries and Whispers. Needless to say I'm quite :b I'm not sure how I messed up on that one.


02/21/05

The Movies Begin: Disc 2 (cont.)

Miller and the Sweep, The (1898)
Kiss in the Tunnel, The (1899)
Let Me Dream Again (1900)
Grandma’s Reading Glass (1900)
As Seen Through a Telescope (1900)
Sick Kitten (1903)
Mary Jane’s Mishap (1903) A-

The above films are from George Albert Smith who is best remembered for creating the point of view shot as well as using edits in the same scene to get a different shot of ongoing action. The Kiss in the Tunnel features Smith working with his wife but the real gem is his final film, Mary Jane’s Mishap, which features his wife playing a woman trying to light a stove. Grandma’s Reading Glass is also quite interesting in the way Smith decides to show the point of view shots.

Daring Daylight Burglary (1903) A

From Sheffield Photographic Company, this short was somewhat an inspiration for The Great Train Robbery released later in the year. This here shows a robber breaking into a store with the police following close behind. There’s plenty of action in this piece, which includes a wonderful fight on top of a roof.

Desperate Poaching Affray (1903) A

From Haggar & Sons, this short shows a couple poachers being chased down by some hunters. This here was one of the first “chase” pictures and the thing holds up quite well due to the action as well as some nice stunts, which of course are real, which is another benefit from watching these early films.

02/22/05

The Movies Begin: Disc 2 (cont.)

Bamforth and Company, LTD.

Kiss in the Tunnel, The (1899)
Ladies Skirts Nailed to a Fence (1900)
Biter Bit, The (1900)
Rough Sea (1900)

What do ya know, remakes even in the early days of cinema. The Bamforth’s enjoyed watching movies so they’d copy/remake whatever they saw. This version of The Kiss in the Tunnel was released a few weeks after the G.A. Smith version was. Like most remakes, this one here takes the same setup and simply makes it bigger. The kiss here is longer and more passionate for example. The rest of the films are fairly boring.

Williamson’s Kinematograph

Attack on a China Mission (1900)
Big Swallow, The (1901)
Stop Thief! (1901)
Fire! (1901) A
Interesting Story, An (1905) A+

The big highlight for me was An Interesting Story, which certainly feels and looks like something Chaplin would do a decade later. A homely man is so fascinated by the book he’s reading that he puts himself in danger of oncoming things including a steamroller at the end of the movie. This is a very funny little gem, which should have a bigger crowd among those who enjoy silent comedies. Fire! is another interesting film as a building is burning down and a fireman must climb to the top window to save a man.

Bonus Shorts:

Girls Swinging (1902)
Interrupted Bathing (1902)
Draped Model, The (1902)
Shooting Captured Insurgents (1898)
Execution of a Spy (1901)
Execution of Czolgosz (1901) B
Burlesque Suicide (1902)
Electrocuting An Elephant (1903)
Discovery of Bodies (1903)
Bold Bank Robbery (1904) B-

These ten shorts are called the “sex and violence” of early cinema in the production notes for the set. It’s rather strange to see these films, especially after reading that these films hit with all sorts of controversy that led many people to call movies the lowest form of entertainment. In other words, not too much has changed over the past 100 years. Also of note is that these are from the Biograph and Edison Studios and I believe a few of these feature real deaths, not just staged ones. The first three films are what was considered sex pictures but they basically just show a little flesh, no nudity. Execution of a Spy from Biograph looks like a real death but I’m not certain. Electrocuting An Elephant is certainly real so animal lovers might want to stay away from this one. Execution of Czolgosz is a prison drama with a guy on death row. Bold Bank Robbery follows a robbery from its beginning stages all the way to a few of the robbers behind bars.
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post #359 of 2004
2/22/05 at 8:04pm
George -

That is just super that your son is enjoying the art of film at such a young age! What is his tally up to so far?

Would anyone mind if I *slowly* went throught and reviewed my list of films ? I do not want to be overpost, but it sounds like fun.

ry.
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post #360 of 2004
2/23/05 at 4:39am
First time viewings in Red
Out of

Blood Simple (1984) (8/10)
The Coen brothers first feature is a dark & moody thriller that would make Hitchcock proud.

Trader Horn (1931) (4/10)
Clumsy & awkward Safari/Adventure film about a great white hunter & the daughter of a missionary raised by “savages”. Apparently this was nominated for Best Picture – go figure.

Samurai Reincarnation (1981) (2/10)
Sonny Chiba plays a legendary samurai warrior who must battle a demonic-ghost in this cheesy chambra/martial arts flic. Fortunately there are much better films of this type/subgenre such as the Lone Wolf and Cub, Zatoichi & Lady Snowblood film series.
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