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From: ACCGSG@HOFSTRA.BITNET (Gary Graffagnino)
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Subject: Re: Who was that man?
Date: 9 Nov 92 18:01:15 GMT
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I think the guy's name is Toshiro Mifune.

Credits include:

1941
Bad Sleep Well, The
Bushido Blade, The
Challenge, The (1982)
Chushingura
Drunken Angel
Grand Prix
Hell in the Pacific
Hidden Fortress, The
High and Low
Life of Oharu
Lower Depths, The
Paper Tiger
Rashomon
Red Beard
Red Sun
Samurai Saga
Samurai Trilogy, The
Sanjuro
Seven Samurai, The
Shogun (TV)
Stray Dog
Sword of Doom
Throne of Blood
Winter Kills
Yojimbo
Zatoichi Vs. Yojimbo
"Shogun" (mini)

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From:         Rolando Recometa <$W$LB4P@LUCCPUA.BITNET>
Subject:      Hughes and J-man once more

"His dialogue is convincing because it reflects the way young people
relate to one another without patronizing them." J-man, I don't know
which neighborhood you grew up in, but teens aren't as smart and
adults aren't as dumb as portrayed in John Hughes' films.
"Like R. Altman, he gives his cast a lot of space in which to work..."
First you compare Crowe to Hughes which isn't saying much. Now you
compare him to Altman which is saying too much. Crowe made one decent
film, SAY ANYTHING. His next film, SINGLES, isn't as good. The jury
is still out.
"...you probably have to make a Pretty Woman in order to finance a
Round Midnight...there's room for both." There is no room for a socially
irresponsible film like PRETTY WOMAN no matter how entertaining it is
to some. And J-man, I'm still young and I was raised on television, so
discussing Hughes isn't out of my league as you've implied.
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Date:         Wed, 11 Nov 1992 20:08:08 EST
From:         "(Scott Huddle)" <grass@CHAOS.ENTO.VT.EDU>
Subject: Re: Blowup

Relatedly...

_Blowout_ by Brian DePalma (?) with John Travolta as a sound engineer who thinks
he hears a murder on a tape that he's made.

 _The Conversation_ with Gene Hackman directed by Francis Ford Coppola about
a spook who thinks he hears the plotting of a murder amongs the
different tapes he took in a park.

_Body Double_ by Brian DePalma about a man who thinks that he's witnessed a
 murder.
Also _Rear Window_, a man thinks that he's witnessed a murder from afar.

These films are all introspective in that they examine the medum of film itself.
They are about voyeurism (you sit in a dark theatre watching people undress,
make love, die, make jokes, have 2 hour conversations with a friend at dinner),
as well as truth.  This is what narrative film is all about.

Any others in this mini-genre?  I've heard of _Peeping Tom_ but never seen it.

-scott
My theories available for lease or sale.
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Date:         Mon, 9 Nov 1992 09:43:32 EDT
From:         SCHIBERG@MOREKYPR.BITNET
Subject:      Vienna Woods

I think the mystery has been solved--the consensus seems to be
that this scene was in "That's Entertainment"--that would cover
the fact that I remember it in color, that I don't remember any
context for the clip, and the timing fits for my age.  Thanks
to all who responded.  I doubt I can sit through "That's..."
again ;) but at least I can sleep at night...

Susan
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Date:         Thu, 5 Nov 1992 10:10:10 +1100
From:         Helen Lloyd <ULHRL@CC.NEWCASTLE.EDU.AU>
Subject:      Anthony Perkins movie

Can anyone tell me the name of a movie starring Anthony Perkins as a
kinky/psycho priest.  There was also a woman who was a professional by day
and a prostitute by night - her name was China Blue.  A colleague has asked me
about this, so I can't swear that the details are absolutely correct.  Thanks.

Helen
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Date:         Tue, 10 Nov 1992 11:29:16 -0400
From:         "(Don McCreary)" <surak@PX1.STFX.CA>
Subject:      Hal Hartley

I saw an interview with Hal Hartley on CNN's entertainment show Monday night.
He has a new movie coming out (hooray!) called SIMPLE MEN which sounds just
as great as TRUST and THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH.  It brought it together for
under 2.0 million and, when asked if he planned to "go Hollywood" he replied
something to the effect of why not when he can get what he wants done outside?

Unfortunately, I can't remember more about the plot of the movie, but I do
know that this one will NOT have Adrienne Shelley in it :(

Don
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From:         smmat@UKC.AC.UK
Subject:      Re: Anthony Perkins movie

>
>I believe the movie was CHINA BLUE and directed by Ken Russell.
>Bert

The movie was directed by Ken Russell, but I believe it was called
Crimes of Passion, and also stared Kathleen Turner, Bruce Davison
and Annie Potts.

Sami.
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Date:         Wed, 11 Nov 1992 06:48:10 -0400
From:         "Steven Heleski [Donley Computer Center]" <STEVEN@LTUVAX.BITNET>
Subject:      Disney's new movie 'ALLADIN'

   If response to the person who ask if anyone has seen preview to ALLADIN:

   I have twice.
    o At a special movie previews coming out
    o and at Disney's MGM,

   The movie preview is great.  Robin William is doing the voice of Genie.

   Steven
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Date:         Fri, 13 Nov 1992 15:29:51 -0500
From:         FAC_JCLARK@JMUVAX.BITNET
Subject:      Re: Criterion discs

Jim,

I own both the DEVIL & WEBSTER and BLIMP Criterion discs.  Love both movies,
and BLIMP has become one especially loved.  I agree that the second time
'round, with the commentary on audio, *does* seem to go faster.  Don't know
why that is.  But it even worked for the Criterion release of a movie as
long as SPARTACU

S... (drat!)... and since that one had *two* alternative commentary tracks,
I just had to run it through three times!  Jeff Clark
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Date:         Tue, 10 Nov 1992 09:36:00 EST
From:         WDHULL@OWUCOMCN.BITNET
Subject:      Re: Searching for Coppola

The Godfather Part III

First off, if you haven't seen the other two films, you are missing out on the
entire mood and tone of the third movie.  there is a sense of mystery to
michael corleone's character that is revealed to those who have seen
the other movies.  also a mood of regret, something audience members
may have always suspected, but never clearly heard, that comes with this film.
however, in the final analysis, this film rates poorly both among the other
two in the trilogy and in the general scheme of mob movies.
first, The Godfather Part II is the best film in the series primarily because
of great performances from Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino.  The first film was
very drawn out and lost some members of the viewing audience by just pausing
for so long.  in the second film, it was meditative, but not boring. well
structured plot juxtaposed with brilliant acting and action sequences.
the third installment just goes from a to z without any clear direction.
kay is brought back into michael's life with little to no explanation. she
hated michael before, but now she comes back in with little believable
hostility. Secondly, Al Pacino just seems old in the role. his character
lacks anything to make us care about him.  in the past, his character has
always been a three dimesional one, not like in Godfather III.  Finally,
Sophia Coppola is not an asset to the movie. her acting novice abilities show
up quickly in dramatic scenes with andy garcia (the best part of the movie)
and others.  her role could have been recast and her fate re-thought out.

the only other problem with the Godfather Part III was its romanticizing of
the mob.  This form of expression is not as acceptable since
scorsesee (sp?) directed his masterpiece "Goodfellas" which, without a doubt
surpasses all mob movies with its realism and honesty.



just a view.



david hull
wdhull@owu.edu
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Itami's films are...

The Funeral
Tampopo
A Taxing Woman
A Taxing Woman's Return
Ageman: Tales of the golden Giesha

and his latest, about the Japanese mob, I don't know wthe title, but shortly
after it was released in Japan he has attacked by the Mob and put in the
hospital!!
I don't think that Ageman was ever released in the US and I know very little
about it.  Tampopo was his first big hit in the US and it is short
vinvettes about the Japanese obsession with food, sex, and food & sex!
A taxing woman is about the Japanese obsession with.
Opps>! Fire drill have to go!!

Sean "Doc Syracuse" Farquharson
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Subject: Re: Where are they now...
Date: 6 Nov 92 20:19:32 GMT
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I don't think that I saw a response to this, but isn't Lee Majors
acting in a CBS serial?  I don't recall the name right now, but it
is about a guy(American) who learned martial arts somewhere and is
looking for his son while avoiding some people who want to kill him.

Majors plays his friend/sidekick/whatever.

Json
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Date:         Wed, 11 Nov 1992 13:56:00 CST
From:         NAME 'Helen Eberle' <EBERLEHB@SLUVCA.SLU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Hughes and J-man once more

Clog on Rolando!
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Date:         Fri, 6 Nov 1992 14:44:00 CST
From:         Rolando Recometa <$W$LB4P@LUCCPUA.BITNET>
Subject:      re: Singles

A series of lame sketches with no fresh insights. Only the
somewhat interesting performances keep it from being a total washout.
As for comparing Cameron Crowe to John Hughes, that's not saying much.
I hope he doesn't become another John Hughes type. John Hughes, Neil
Simon, Gary Marshall, et. al are writer/directors who have trivialized
(TV-ized) film.
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From:         "(John Smyth)" <eeijsh@EEIUC.ERICSSON.SE>
Subject:      Proto-T : The Movie

Alex writes:
> > |What is known:
> > |
> > |   Proto - T was just a rumor, untill it was confirmed a few weeks ago.
> > |Chron, being the most incredible skip-tracer, traced its origins to a
> > |college campus in California. There, it was placed into two files.
> > |The first, is a file called "TEMPLE" - which to our knowledge, has no
> > |legitimate use; it seems to be a dummy file. The other file, was
> > |placed in an unathorized version of PKZip by PKWare ( versions 3.0, and

Sounds like the start of a B-movie. Just imagine the next scene :

At a top-secret missile firing facility, a operator is scanning files
on his P.C. He spots a file called Proto-T and thinks to himself,
"I wonder what this game is like". In the distance, a dog barked.......

Maybe I should just go home...
                      John
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Date:         Wed, 11 Nov 1992 16:40:00 EDT
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Subject:      Re: Brady Bunch the movie

The article didn't say whether they were kids or adults.

I'm going on the assumption that they would be kids.

T the B
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From:         "Ellen.Edgerton" <EBEDGERT@SUADMIN.BITNET>
Subject:      Election night

I'd hate to see Carvey leave SNL.  Whatever your political leanings,
you must admit, his final appearance as Bush was hilarious.  "Please
vote for me..."

Now we have Phil Hartman as Clinton, Kevin Nealon (perhaps?) as Gore,
and Jan Hooks and Julia Sweeney as Hillary and Tipper...
From: dvp@getafix (Dave Parry)
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lcc@WIN.ICL.CO.UK (Kerr Avon) writes:
> 
> BTW, _Terminator 2_ was cut for its video release over here, so that
> it could get a 15 certificate.  Feh!
> 
I read this too. Does anyone know what the cuts actually were and how
much running time they amount to?

Dave
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From:         "Michelle Pfeiffer's Purrvert (Yee, Eugene)" <YEE@DICKINSN.BITNET>
Subject:      Blowup

Has anyone ever seen _Blowup_, directed by Antonioni in 1966, starring
David Hemmings and Vanessa Redgrave?  Not only is this movie "strange" (for
lack of a better word), it's the most philosophical movie I've ever seen.
Not surprising why my Philosophy in Film professor picked it for showing
last Monday night.

Briefly, for those who haven't seen it, _Blowup_ is about a photographer
(Hemmings) who thought he had taken pictures of what appeared to have been a
woman (Redgrave) having an affair with a man in the park.  But as he later
studies the pictures, it doesn't seem that way anymore.  In the blown-up
pictures, there looks like a "face" in a bush with a gun, a blurred image of
the man's body on the ground...

Throw in scenes such as screaming mimes and frolicking female misfits, and you
have a wierd film.

When I first saw this on Monday, I left thinking, "What the hell is that movie
about?"  As we discussed about it today, it was obvious the movie's about
Truth (as with _Citizen Kane_, _The Big Sleep_, and _Rashoman_, the last three
films we saw).  But what it says about Truth, we don't really know.  Alot of
unanswered questions posed by the movie.  Like I said, it's very
philosophical.  The more I think about _Blowup_, the more I like the movie.
Interesting.

Euge
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Date:         Wed, 11 Nov 1992 14:25:00 EDT
From:         TAUCLAIR@BENTLEY.BITNET
Subject:      Brady Bunch the movie

To all of you cinema lovers out there,

I picked up a bulletin at Blockbuster video the other day and read
that they are going to make a movie about The Brady Bunch.

Paramount said they were going to have it out by Summer of 1993
I believe.  They want to know who should play the characters.

Any thoughts on this.

T the B
From: ACCGSG@HOFSTRA.BITNET (Gary Graffagnino)
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Date: 10 Nov 92 17:44:54 GMT
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>From: WDHULL@OWUCOMCN.BITNET
>
>First off, if you haven't seen the other two films, you are missing out on the
>entire mood and tone of the third movie.  there is a sense of mystery to
>michael corleone's character that is revealed to those who have seen
>the other movies.  also a mood of regret, something audience members
>may have always suspected, but never clearly heard, that comes with this film.
>however, in the final analysis, this film rates poorly both among the other
>two in the trilogy and in the general scheme of mob movies.

A very good observation.  The reason, I think for the lack of quality if the
film was that it was written by Coppola and Mario Puzo in about 2 weeks, where
as the other two came from the Best Selling novel which took 20 years for Mr.
Puzo to write.

>first, The Godfather Part II is the best film in the series primarily because
>of great performances from Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino.  The first film was
>very drawn out and lost some members of the viewing audience by just pausing
>for so long.

I disagree.  The first film was one of the most authentic gangster films in
movie history.  And you talk about acting in the second movie, what about James
Caan, Robert Duval and Marlon Brando in the first film.  Also, Al Pacino played
the perfect "son who doesn't want to follow in the father's footsteps but is
then forced into it" part.  The second was equally as terrific, though, don't
get me wrong.

>in the second film, it was meditative, but not boring. well
>structured plot juxtaposed with brilliant acting and action sequences.

The first film was far from booring (I thinks that's what you're implying here)
in fact, quite the contrary.  I though the development of the families and the
inner working of the mafia was quite engrosing.

>the only other problem with the Godfather Part III was its romanticizing of
>the mob.  This form of expression is not as acceptable since
>scorsesee (sp?) directed his masterpiece "Goodfellas" which, without a doubt
>surpasses all mob movies with its realism and honesty.

Yes, but GoodFellas (one of my all-time favorite movie) also glorifies the mob.
All of the characters were portrayed as rich and powerful able to get tables in
the best resteraunts while the other "poor shnooks" waited on line.  The only
difference between GoodFellas and The Godfather movie was the Goodfellas
portrayed the lower element of the mob, whereas the Godfather was the "capo di
tutti capo" or, "the head of all heads" there was nobody with more power than
him.
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Date:         Sun, 8 Nov 1992 08:58:00 EST
From:         SCLERC@BGSUOPIE.BITNET
Subject:      Re: Certificates?

>>From: "(The Dominator)" <u0f98@SEQ1.KEELE.AC.UK>
>>
>>On video the certificates are :
>>      U       Uc      PG      15      18
>>          Universal
>>         (especially
>>        for children)
>
>Yes, I was puzzled as to why there is U and Uc.  The only films with
>a U certificate nowadays are for children anyway.
>
>>So U is the same as G in America, 12 is like a PG-13, and films that are
>>15 or 18 here I guess are R in America. Sounds like the whole thing is
>
>Isn't R in the States restricted to over 21s?  They have NC-17, too
>Sue told me all this once upon a not so long ago, but I've forgotten
>already.
>               Liam.
                ====-

        No one else has answered this yet? OK, R is no one under 17
admitted without an adult, NC-17 is no one under 17 at all. NC-17 was
introduced for movies like _Henry and June_ that would have earned an
X (no one under 18) under the old ratings. Many local newspapers and
TV stations refuse to carry ads for X-rated movies, and a lot of
video store owners refusing to stock "adult" films. I think this is
why films are sometimes cut to get R ratings.

        BTW, I am deeply wounded you didn't memorize every precious
syllable the first time, Liam...

                                        Sue

sclerc@opie.bgsu.edu
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From:         Sandra Ballasch <CADSANTS@UIAMVS.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Election night

Re Dana Carvey -

The last report I saw was that he had decided to renew his contract
after all.  I think he decided that it was not yet time to give up
his "day" job.
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Subject:      Peeping Tom

Jeff,
  Peeping Tom is also in the Movies Unlimited catalog, and special-order
shops like Critics' Choice will order it.  I've seen the VHS version --
it's OK but I will await the Criterion disc with glee.
Jim Thompson
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Date:         Sun, 8 Nov 1992 20:25:21 G+3
From:         UGAS 02-6400000-4801 <MES1014@SAKAAU01.BITNET>

Hi , my name is mohamed ugas calling from king abdul aziz university.
could you please povide me the available information you have, whether it is fo
rum or magazine.  thank you very much. mohamed ugas
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Date: 12 Nov 92 20:37:24 GMT
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I heard that there was a "National Sneak Preview" this Saturday, anybody
else hear about this?  USAToday gave _Aladdin_ 4 stars.

-scott
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From:         Rolando Recometa <$W$LB4P@LUCCPUA.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Miller's Goodfellas

You may have misunderstood me. I agree with you. The Godfathers
(just I and II, not III) and Goodfellas are different in form and
style. The former is mythical and its storytelling more classical. The
latter is more realistic and done in a documentary style. They're both
great films. And now that you mentioned it, the long version of Once
Upon a Time in America ranks up there. As for Bugsy, I liked it. It's
stylish and well-acted. I didn't like its glamorization of gangsters.
I also had problems with Warren Beatty's performance.
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From:         HLC2@PSUADMIN.BITNET
Subject:      Interview with the Vampire

In response to the question, I heard back in '88 that Interview was to be made
into a movie, but have since heard nothing. For fun, a friend and I decided to
cast the movie; Rutger Hauer was unanimously chosen to play Lestat. The odd
thing, we later found out, is that Anne Rice supposedly created Lestat
specifically with Hauer in mind. Who knows? It would be interesting, but my
fears are that some of the magic would be lost in transition from page to
screen. (To me, some things are better left to the imagination.)

Heather
<HLC2@PSUADMIN>
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