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Thanks to Turner Classic Movies, I caught two films this weekend I had never heard of, but that have their hidden charms:
So Long at the Fair (1950) - A neat little thriller with great performances from Jean Simmons and Dirk Bogarde. Simmons is a young woman in Paris for the first time whose brother mysteriously disappears. No one will believe her that he came, and it quickly turns into a Lady Vanishes-esque film, but contains an interesting twist at the end. Worth seeing.
Those Lips, Those Eyes (1980) - A wonderful little film about the wonders of the theatre (a personal favorite) with a fantastic leading performance by Frank Langella. Langella plays the leading man at an Ohio summer stock, with Tom Hulce as the neophyte prop boy who has his eyes opened. It is a little cliche-ridden, but the script is charming enough and the performers all wonderful.
So Long at the Fair (1950) - A neat little thriller with great performances from Jean Simmons and Dirk Bogarde. Simmons is a young woman in Paris for the first time whose brother mysteriously disappears. No one will believe her that he came, and it quickly turns into a Lady Vanishes-esque film, but contains an interesting twist at the end. Worth seeing.
Those Lips, Those Eyes (1980) - A wonderful little film about the wonders of the theatre (a personal favorite) with a fantastic leading performance by Frank Langella. Langella plays the leading man at an Ohio summer stock, with Tom Hulce as the neophyte prop boy who has his eyes opened. It is a little cliche-ridden, but the script is charming enough and the performers all wonderful.
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Where did you find this?
I was under the impression this film hadn't been shown anywhere since its initial theatrical run in 1971.
I bought is from DaaVeeDee. It's a Spainish disc. Full screen print in pretty good condition with removable Spainish subtitles.
Wow. I just checked Daa Vee Dee. They just added this title on 4/16. Your international mail service is quicker than my domestic service.
I ordered it 3 weeks ago. I think they sold out and got more in stock. I check their site every couple of days.
I have the latest Grennaway and the Norwegian film Junk Mail on their way presently.
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--Sabin wrote:If you don't mind me asking, Precious. What did you like so much about In Search of a Midnight Kiss?
A number of things appealed to me about the film.
Firstly it's freshness. It was beautifully shot and directed with great use of the locations including the L.A. subway and downtown L.A., and I never had any idea where the film was going to next. It's so different to so much American indie work being churned out these days. It was so effortless without all the emoting and brooding that has become commonplace in cinema.
Scoot McNairy & Sara Simmonds were very impressive the the lead roles. I found both of them (particularly Simmonds) initially unappealing to begin with but as the narrative moved on I found myself warming to them as I got to know them better. Much in the same way that they warm to each other.
I look forward to future work from Alex Holdridge.
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--Precious Doll wrote:--Big Magilla wrote:--Precious Doll wrote:Drive, He Said (1971) Jack Nicholson 7/10
Where did you find this?
I was under the impression this film hadn't been shown anywhere since its initial theatrical run in 1971.
I bought is from DaaVeeDee. It's a Spainish disc. Full screen print in pretty good condition with removable Spainish subtitles.
Wow. I just checked Daa Vee Dee. They just added this title on 4/16. Your international mail service is quicker than my domestic service.
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--Big Magilla wrote:--Precious Doll wrote:Drive, He Said (1971) Jack Nicholson 7/10
Where did you find this?
I was under the impression this film hadn't been shown anywhere since its initial theatrical run in 1971.
I bought is from DaaVeeDee. It's a Spainish disc. Full screen print in pretty good condition with removable Spainish subtitles.
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Linha de Passe (2008) Walter Salles & Daniela Thomas 7/10
Dusty and Sweets McGee (1971) Floyd Mutrux 4/10
Drive, He Said (1971) Jack Nicholson 7/10
Promises in the Dark (1979) Jerome Hellman 10/10 (Repeat viewing)
Though 30 years old this film has not lost it's power and it's subject matter still relevant and topical. Marsha Mason gives the best performance of her career. Shame that in the same year she was nominated for the self indulgent Chapter Two and not this. Probably had more to do with the modest box office success of Chapter Two and the complete box office failure of Promises in the Dark.
Something I missed the first time I saw the film was just how very good Ned Beatty and particularly Susan Clark were in the film.
Dusty and Sweets McGee (1971) Floyd Mutrux 4/10
Drive, He Said (1971) Jack Nicholson 7/10
Promises in the Dark (1979) Jerome Hellman 10/10 (Repeat viewing)
Though 30 years old this film has not lost it's power and it's subject matter still relevant and topical. Marsha Mason gives the best performance of her career. Shame that in the same year she was nominated for the self indulgent Chapter Two and not this. Probably had more to do with the modest box office success of Chapter Two and the complete box office failure of Promises in the Dark.
Something I missed the first time I saw the film was just how very good Ned Beatty and particularly Susan Clark were in the film.
"I want cement covering every blade of grass in this nation! Don't we taxpayers have a voice anymore?" Peggy Gravel (Mink Stole) in John Waters' Desperate Living (1977)
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