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Re: Best Supporting Actress 1963

Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 4:15 pm
by Big Magilla
Wherever Damien saw that "amateur movie", it wasn't in Times Square.

At the time I worked in an office on 7th Ave and 53rd St. and was very familiar with the area. I would have remembered such a title. The only thing that comes close is "Two Nuns and a Pack Mule", which was the name of the one and only album from a Chicago noise rock band called Rapeman, which seems to imply the same thing. It was released in 1988.

1977 was right smack dab in the middle of the Golden Age of Porn, when porn films were routinely shown and advertised in the New York Times and other newspapers. You can still see the ads in the Times Machine if you have a NY Times on-line subscription. If you don't want to pay for a subscription, you can sign up for a trial for 4 weeks or whatever they're offering, and cancel, or you can check every day until you find a sample paper from the era. Samples change every day, but lately they've had a lot from the Watergate era for obvious reasons. Today's sample issue, though, is from 1898.

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/browser

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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 3:31 pm
by FilmFan720
Damien wrote:
Uri wrote:There was not one, not two, not three, but FIVE nuns in Lilies of the Field – Damien idea of porn, I guess

In college, Mason and I wrote a Guide To Times Square Porno Shops for the school newspaper (this was 1977). In the course of our research, I actually did see an amateur movie called "Two Nuns And A Donkey" -- which was exactly what you got.
I just saw this post again and I would like to highlight it. This may be my favorite thing Damien wrote in his many years on this board!

Re: Best Supporting Actress 1963

Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 3:16 pm
by ITALIANO
Greg wrote:
ITALIANO wrote:"Objectively" I don't know - some could find those three movies, if not amusing, interesting. And you said that "none" of those you find interesting, and I'd say that Tom Jones at least SHOULD be seen. Objectively.
Tom Jones only needs to be seen to learn what people "Objectively" overreacted to in 1963.
Whatever. It's an important movie and interesting for many reasons.

Re: Best Supporting Actress 1963

Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 3:00 pm
by Greg
ITALIANO wrote:"Objectively" I don't know - some could find those three movies, if not amusing, interesting. And you said that "none" of those you find interesting, and I'd say that Tom Jones at least SHOULD be seen. Objectively.
Tom Jones only needs to be seen to learn what people "Objectively" overreacted to in 1963.

Re: Best Supporting Actress 1963

Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 2:36 pm
by ITALIANO
bizarre wrote: I don't think anyone can objectively say that a Lilies of the Field, The V.I.P.s and Tom Jones triple-feature looks like a particularly amusing activity
"Objectively" I don't know - some could find those three movies, if not amusing, interesting. And you said that "none" of those you find interesting, and I'd say that Tom Jones at least SHOULD be seen. Objectively.

Re: Best Supporting Actress 1963

Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 2:12 pm
by bizarre
There's little enough traffic on this forum that I thought you'd be glad for the clicks. I've been meaning to hit the Shouldabeens threads, however.

And as for 'I don't care for the films', that's not a sentiment unshared by people here for certain years. I don't think anyone can objectively say that a Lilies of the Field, The V.I.P.s and Tom Jones triple-feature looks like a particularly amusing activity

Re: Best Supporting Actress 1963

Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 11:47 am
by ITALIANO
flipp525 wrote:
bizarre wrote:I haven't seen any of these nominees but none of the films interest me in the slightest.

My picks:
1. Nancy Marchand, Ladybug Ladybug
2. Suzanne Pleshette, The Birds
3. Jessica Tandy, The Birds
4. Ingrid Thulin, Winter Light
5. Emma Penella, The Executioner
Honestly, your posts seem more suited to the Oscar Shouldabeens threads than these. These threads are meant for discussing and dissecting the races as they occurred. Not as they should have been in your own personal competition.

I enjoy your posts but you seem to be missing the point. I mean, most folks don't even post here until they've seen all the nominees and can give a thorough explanation as to why they're backing one performance over the other four.

Yes, and also... "none of the films interest me in the slightest"... I mean, even if one doesn't care at all about the Oscars, at least Tom Jones SHOULD be of interest to anyone who's seriously into movies, into film history.

Re: Best Supporting Actress 1963

Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 10:01 am
by flipp525
bizarre wrote:I haven't seen any of these nominees but none of the films interest me in the slightest.

My picks:
1. Nancy Marchand, Ladybug Ladybug
2. Suzanne Pleshette, The Birds
3. Jessica Tandy, The Birds
4. Ingrid Thulin, Winter Light
5. Emma Penella, The Executioner
Honestly, your posts seem more suited to the Oscar Shouldabeens threads than these. These threads are meant for discussing and dissecting the races as they occurred. Not as they should have been in your own personal competition.

I enjoy your posts but you seem to be missing the point. I mean, most folks don't even post here until they've seen all the nominees and can give a thorough explanation as to why they're backing one performance over the other four.

Re: Best Supporting Actress 1963

Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 5:34 am
by bizarre
I haven't seen any of these nominees but none of the films interest me in the slightest.

My picks:
1. Nancy Marchand, Ladybug Ladybug
2. Suzanne Pleshette, The Birds
3. Jessica Tandy, The Birds
4. Ingrid Thulin, Winter Light
5. Emma Penella, The Executioner

Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 4:42 pm
by Cinemanolis
MY TOP 5

Edith Evans - Tom Jones
Sandra Milo - 8 1/2
Margaret Rutherford - The VIPs
Maggie Smith - The VIPs
Shelley Winters - The Balcony

Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 2:47 am
by Damien
Uri wrote:There was not one, not two, not three, but FIVE nuns in Lilies of the Field – Damien idea of porn, I guess

In college, Mason and I wrote a Guide To Times Square Porno Shops for the school newspaper (this was 1977). In the course of our research, I actually did see an amateur movie called "Two Nuns And A Donkey" -- which was exactly what you got.

Forgot to include my Top 5 for this year:
1. Lilia Skala in Lilies of the Field
2. Dame Edith Evans in Tom Jones
3. Joan Greenwood in Tom Jones
4. Anouk Aimee in 8 1/2
5. Jane Withers in Captain Newman, M.D.




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Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 3:31 pm
by ITALIANO
How right you are, Eric!

Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 1:55 pm
by Eric
Haven't seen Tom Jones, so null vote. There's a different movie that should've gobbled up no less than three of the slots in this category.

Anouk Aimee,
Eddra Gale,
Suzanne Pleshette, The Birds
Sandra Milo,
Patricia Neal, Hud

Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 1:36 pm
by Damien
ITALIANO wrote:
Big Magilla wrote:As for Peggy Wood, wait, just wait!
I'm starting to fear the worst...
Climb every mountain!

Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 12:10 pm
by ITALIANO
Big Magilla wrote:As for Peggy Wood, wait, just wait!
I'm starting to fear the worst...