another one from Dennis!
) 1) THE CLASSIC MOVIE MOMENT EVERYONE LOVES EXCEPT ME IS:
That "Love means never having to say you're sorry" bullshit in LOVE STORY (1970).
Also this moment ↓
Haha. so fucking stupid.
2)
FAVORITE LINE OR DIALOGUE
FROM A FILM NOIR
"You know, sometimes a bad memory is like what they call an ill wind. It can blow somebody luck."
Mitchum in OUT OF THE PAST (1946).
3) 2ND FAVORITE HAL ASHBY
BEING THERE (1979)
4) DESCRIBE THE MOMENT WHEN YOU FIRST REALIZED MOVIES WERE DIRECTED AS OPPOSED TO SIMPLY PIECED TOGETHER ANONYMOUSLY*
Very young, like 2nd grade; and mostly stemming from my already understanding how stop-animation worked. I had seen a Reading Rainbow episode explaining clay animation and also a Wallace & Gromit "making of" featurette. My first home movies were claymation or stop-motion too.
I assumed the same went for live-action from there on. Except it's way easier with live-action because you don't have to pose the actors frame-by-frame. But I understood someone was deciding everything that happens in front of the camera including where it was placed & what everyone says or does.
5) FAVORITE FILM BOOK
Cronenberg on Cronenberg.
6) DIANA SANDS
"You know, sometimes a bad memory is like what they call an ill wind. It can blow somebody luck."
3) 2ND FAVORITE HAL ASHBY
BEING THERE (1979)
4) DESCRIBE THE MOMENT WHEN YOU FIRST REALIZED MOVIES WERE DIRECTED AS OPPOSED TO SIMPLY PIECED TOGETHER ANONYMOUSLY*
Very young, like 2nd grade; and mostly stemming from my already understanding how stop-animation worked. I had seen a Reading Rainbow episode explaining clay animation and also a Wallace & Gromit "making of" featurette. My first home movies were claymation or stop-motion too.
5) FAVORITE FILM BOOK
Cronenberg on Cronenberg.
6) DIANA SANDS
OR VONETTA MCGEE?
Personally, Vonetta.
7) MOST EGREGIOUS GAP IN YOUR VIEWING OF FILMS MADE IN THE PAST 10 YEARS
My Costa Rica honeymoon last year! Two full weeks with no movies. 😱
8)
Personally, Vonetta.
7) MOST EGREGIOUS GAP IN YOUR VIEWING OF FILMS MADE IN THE PAST 10 YEARS
My Costa Rica honeymoon last year! Two full weeks with no movies. 😱
8)
FAVORITE LINE OF DIALOGUE
FROM A COMEDY
Lloyd Bridges narrating this in HOT SHOTS! PART DEUX (1993)
"And so, we were off. Just two questions were going through my head: Would we make it in time?" [Voice starts getting higher] "And why did I bring helium instead of air?"
9)
Lloyd Bridges narrating this in HOT SHOTS! PART DEUX (1993)
"And so, we were off. Just two questions were going through my head: Would we make it in time?" [Voice starts getting higher] "And why did I bring helium instead of air?"
9)
2ND FAVORITE LLOYD BACON
FOOTLIGHT PARADE (1933).
10) RICHARD BURTON
FOOTLIGHT PARADE (1933).
10) RICHARD BURTON
OR ROGER LIVESEY?
Colonel Blimp.
Colonel Blimp.
11) IS THERE A MOVIE YOU STAUNCHLY REFUSE TO CONSIDER SEEING? IF SO, WHY?
I hate the idea of these real life "Faces of Death" compilations and their ilk featuring real people getting killed. & Always devoid of social commentary. I also refuse to watch most of the "mondo" films that feature animals being slaughtered or tortured for fun.
12) FAVORITE FILMMAKER
I hate the idea of these real life "Faces of Death" compilations and their ilk featuring real people getting killed. & Always devoid of social commentary. I also refuse to watch most of the "mondo" films that feature animals being slaughtered or tortured for fun.
12) FAVORITE FILMMAKER
COLLABORATION?
Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone.
13) MOST RECENTLY VIEWED MOVIE ON DVD / BLU-RAY / THEATRICAL?
Theatrically: STOKER
streaming: THE ABCs OF DEATH (2012)
Bluray: ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
14) FAVORITE LINE OF DIALOGUE FROM A HORROR MOVIE
"They're coming to get you, Barbara" -
the brother teasing in NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)
15)
Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone.
13) MOST RECENTLY VIEWED MOVIE ON DVD / BLU-RAY / THEATRICAL?
Theatrically: STOKER
streaming: THE ABCs OF DEATH (2012)
Bluray: ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
14) FAVORITE LINE OF DIALOGUE FROM A HORROR MOVIE
"They're coming to get you, Barbara" -
the brother teasing in NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)
15)
2ND FAVORITE OLIVER STONE
NIXON (1995)
coming only after BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY (1989).
16) EVA MENDES
NIXON (1995)
16) EVA MENDES
OR RAQUEL WELCH?
Both goddesses, but I go with Raquel Welch.
17)
Both goddesses, but I go with Raquel Welch.
17)
FAVORITE RELIGIOUS SATIRE
Monty Python's LIFE OF BRIAN (1979).
18) BEST INTERNET
Monty Python's LIFE OF BRIAN (1979).
18) BEST INTERNET
MOVIE ARGUMENT?
That ROSEMARY'S BABY (1968) aspect ratio brouhaha over at Hollywood Elsewhere! I'm not a fan of Jeff Wells but many of the points & debates there in the comments section were fascinating.
That ROSEMARY'S BABY (1968) aspect ratio brouhaha over at Hollywood Elsewhere! I'm not a fan of Jeff Wells but many of the points & debates there in the comments section were fascinating.
19) MOST POINTLESS INTERNET MOVIE ARGUMENT?
Anything about cinema being dead or film criticism being dead... (groan)
20) CHARLES MCGRAW
Anything about cinema being dead or film criticism being dead... (groan)
20) CHARLES MCGRAW
OR ROBERT RYAN?
Robert.
21) FAVORITE LINE OF DIALOGUE FROM A WESTERN
"Well, are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie??"
- THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES (1976)
22)
Robert.
21) FAVORITE LINE OF DIALOGUE FROM A WESTERN
"Well, are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie??"
- THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES (1976)
22)
2ND FAVORITE ROY DEL RUTH
I'm not going to lie, I've only seen ZEIGFELD FOLLIES (1945) of this guy's work and I believe he only directed a tiny segment of that film. I really need to see more of his movies.
23) RELATIVELY UNKNOWN FILM OR FILMMAKER YOU'D MOST EAGERLY PROSELYTIZE FOR
This director named Patrick Wang and his small family drama called IN THE FAMILY (2012). That's one of the best indie films I've seen in a long while.
24) EWAN MCGREGOR
I'm not going to lie, I've only seen ZEIGFELD FOLLIES (1945) of this guy's work and I believe he only directed a tiny segment of that film. I really need to see more of his movies.
23) RELATIVELY UNKNOWN FILM OR FILMMAKER YOU'D MOST EAGERLY PROSELYTIZE FOR
This director named Patrick Wang and his small family drama called IN THE FAMILY (2012). That's one of the best indie films I've seen in a long while.
24) EWAN MCGREGOR
OR GERARD BUTLER?
Ewan without hesitation.
25) IS THERE SUCH A THING AS A PERFECT MOVIE?
Definitvely and Objectively? No. And I don't think there should be either.. But any art can be immaculate on a personal level for sure.
26) FAVORITE MOVIE LOCATION YOU'VE MOST RECENTLY HAD THE OCCASION TO ACTUALLY VISIT*
Tombstone, Arizona.
27)
Ewan without hesitation.
25) IS THERE SUCH A THING AS A PERFECT MOVIE?
Definitvely and Objectively? No. And I don't think there should be either.. But any art can be immaculate on a personal level for sure.
26) FAVORITE MOVIE LOCATION YOU'VE MOST RECENTLY HAD THE OCCASION TO ACTUALLY VISIT*
Tombstone, Arizona.
27)
2ND FAVORITE DELMER DAVES
DARK PASSAGE (1947).
28) NAME THE ONE DVD COMMENTARY YOU WISH YOU COULD HEAR THAT, FOR WHATEVER REASON, DOESN'T ACTUALLY EXIST*
I wish Kubrick had recorded one for EYES WIDE SHUT (1999) before he passed away.
29) GLORIA GRAHAME
DARK PASSAGE (1947).
28) NAME THE ONE DVD COMMENTARY YOU WISH YOU COULD HEAR THAT, FOR WHATEVER REASON, DOESN'T ACTUALLY EXIST*
I wish Kubrick had recorded one for EYES WIDE SHUT (1999) before he passed away.
29) GLORIA GRAHAME
OR MARIE WINDSOR?
Love both-- but Marie Windsor.
30)
Love both-- but Marie Windsor.
30)
NAME A FILMMAKER WHO NEVER REALLY LIVED UP TO THE POTENTIAL SUGGESTED BY THEIR EARLY ACCLAIM OR SUCCESS
Fernando Merielles.
The dude that made CITY OF GOD (2002).
31) IS THERE A MOVIE-BASED DISAGREEMENT SERIOUS ENOUGH THAT IT MIGHT CAUSE YOU TO RE-EVALUATE THE BASIS OF A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP OR A FRIENDSHIP?*
If my romantic partner flat-out hated select few movies, I would have a hard time believing they could ever love or understand me. & I would constantly be in doubt. but Otherwise; No.
Fernando Merielles.
31) IS THERE A MOVIE-BASED DISAGREEMENT SERIOUS ENOUGH THAT IT MIGHT CAUSE YOU TO RE-EVALUATE THE BASIS OF A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP OR A FRIENDSHIP?*
If my romantic partner flat-out hated select few movies, I would have a hard time believing they could ever love or understand me. & I would constantly be in doubt. but Otherwise; No.
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