The problem is the listing itself hasn't been updated since February, 2007 and that thread's last post was back in November, 2009. Not exactly an active thread.
I don't know, it seems like a lot of work with over 1100 titles. I might just bold the names of films that have disc releases.
). Heston makes a fierce Heathcliff in the 1950 TV production and I would have loved to see him tackle the role on the big screen. The thing I remember most about the 1970 film is the gorgeous Michel Legrand score, so beautiful that I bought the soundtrack CD. The Jacques Rivette version is, um ..... interesting but as I said, very little resemblance to the source material. I wasn't impressed with the 1992 version and found Juliette Binoche's Cathy a little too "Gallic".
You must check out the Bunuel version for his directorial touches. They're quite perverse and, at times, surrealistic. The 1939 version is well directed and shot, gorgeous score; however, Geraldine Fitzgerald's performance towers over everyone else's, particularly the very weak Oberon.I've seen five filmed versions of the Emily Bronte novel: the 1939 William Wyler film, the 1950 TV production with a young Charlton Heston as Heathcliff, the 1970 Timothy Dalton version, the 1988 Jacques Rivette version (which barely resembles the Bronte novel) and the 1992 version with Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche. So far none of them is the definitive version of the Bronte novel. The 1939 version is just the first half of the book (similar to East Of Eden using only the last third of the Steinbeck novel). That being said, I love the 1939 film in spite of its imperfections (so perhaps you're confusing me with someone else
Perhaps, I'm easily confused.I've seen five filmed versions of the Emily Bronte novel: the 1939 William Wyler film, the 1950 TV production with a young Charlton Heston as Heathcliff, the 1970 Timothy Dalton version, the 1988 Jacques Rivette version (which barely resembles the Bronte novel) and the 1992 version with Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche. So far none of them is the definitive version of the Bronte novel. The 1939 version is just the first half of the book (similar to East Of Eden using only the last third of the Steinbeck novel). That being said, I love the 1939 film in spite of its imperfections (so perhaps you're confusing me with someone else
Well, I started updating the listing, as I'm through A-B titles. Please, any of you let me know which titles I missed.
I don't think it's available in R1 (unaware of any release anywhere else). I saw it as a child on the big screen and was particularly fascinated by the ending (no spoilers), which is quite Bunuelian (did not know that at the time), and by the use of the Liebestod, (again, music which was foreign to me but which grabbed me in an intoxicating way that I could not explain until many years later, when Wagner's musical world enriched my life beyond words). I did see the movie again as an adult at MoMA, knowing much more about both Bunuel and Wagner. Oh, and I've read the novel twice.
Yeah, Clark goes back to the days of Siskel and Ebert. Now, with those two gone, he's one of the few reviewers I like to read on a regular basis. As to "The Naked Prey" I recently picked up that Criterion release on sale even though I own the MOC Region 2 Blu-ray. I hope one day in the near future to sit down and watch both discs and their supplemental material. I always enjoyed this film so perhaps I'll do what I say I want to do.
It looks like the TCM app isn't carrying "The Sniper" for streaming on iTunes. I don't know if it's a rights issue or not? I want to post some more comments about this very underrated film and will do so in the coming hours. I couldn't stop thinking of it, days after viewing this film. The film's ending wasn't something I expected and it was very effective to me. I can see why they only showed three of his killings so they don't completely have the audience without any sympathy for him by film's end, if they continue to show his brutal murders of women. Now they can attempt to show this was a disturbed human being that the system allowed to slip through the cracks. In short, his killing spree could've been avoided if he was institutionalized and treated for his mental illness instead of being released out into society.
This particular sequence made me very squeamish; I didn't find it very amusing poking fun at people (even criminals) for their dysfunctional behavior. It's no laughing matter.
I respect that perspective as it's the right one to have, but I did laugh the first time I watch the scene. Not so much the second or third time as other emotions and thoughts overcame me.
The more I looked into this film's playing time, the more I think it's been cut after release. I see longer running times on sites like AFI than the actually runtime on the DVD. It was an RKO film, so who knows what may have happened here.After watching "The Tall Target", I was in the mood for another Dick Powell film, "Station West" (1948) with Jane Greer, Agnes Moorehead, Burl Ives, Tom Powers, Raymond Burr, Gordon Oliver, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams and with smaller roles for Regis Toomey, Steve Brodie, John Kellogg and John Doucette. This RKO western is about an undercover army officer is investigating some gold shipment robberies that resulted in some soldiers getting killed in the process. Another fine film that I haven't seen in years, but there has always been one jump sequence in this film that always bothered me with Powell and Moorehead involved in that film sequence. IMO, it was a messy cut by the film editor probably at the behest of studio executives. Either way, it always bothered me, even so, I always enjoyed this western especially Powell's interaction with Greer and Ives. Lastly, this is another short film at 80 minutes which means it was probably used as double feature during its theatrical run.
