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From: hafner@ifi.unizh.ch (Michel Hafner)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: colorization killer (was Ted Turner et al)
Date: 19 Aug 92 09:59:28 GMT
Organization: University of Zurich, Department of Computer Science

In article <1992Aug18.212002.29044@wri.com> andre@rurutu.wri.com (Andre Kuzniarek) writes:
>Colorization also seems to add blurred blobs when there's a lot of action,  
>kind of like the digital scanner can't keep up or something. These might  
>show up in black & white, appearing like smudges. I never bothered to mess  
>with it, because like everyone says, the contrast is all goofed up anyway.

That has nothing to do with the scanner. This is an artefact generated by the
colorizing software which seems to be unable to correctly assign colors when
objects get smeared and overlap each other during rapid movement. This is in-
deed not an easy problem to solve, I guess.
								M.H.
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From: roberto@erg.sri.com (Roberto Desimone)
Subject: Movie title request
Originator: roberto@maple.erg.sri.com
Organization: SRI International, Menlo Park, CA
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 17:57:11 GMT

I'm trying to remember the name of a movie I saw on TV in the UK back in
the late 70s. I don't think the movie was made-for-TV. I think it was a
Hammer production, mostly British cast, including the singer Peter Skellern.

The story was set in the 1920s involving a steamship crossing the Atlantic
and encountering a storm, near the Bermuda triangle. The ship ran aground
on an island populated by 16th century Cornish-folk. The island was always 
shrouded in mist, and there was a lot of marshland on the island. The 
inhabitants made use of some weird contraptions to walk on marshland, and 
worshipped some weird deity. The island seemed to be trapped in time, but
was occasionally visited by ships like the steamship. Eventually, after some 
human sacrifices and a lot of argy-bargy the crew and passengers of the 
steamship decided they had to escape the island. 

It was a strange film. The background music was 1970s, and very "Skellern".
Most of the non-star cast were extras in other Hammer films, including a
voluptuous brunette who appeared frequently (in the late 70s) in British
adverts (including one for an after shave called "Hai Karate" - I think!).

Does this ring a bell? I thought there's bound to be someone on the net
who would know.

Roberto
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From: ziauddin@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (Tasneem Ziauddin)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: REBECCA
Date: 12 Aug 92 17:54:04 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

I have a copy of the book with a picture on the cover of a scene from a BBC
adaptation that was shown on Mystery.  Jeremy Brett, who plays Sherlock
Holmes, played Maxim de Winter in this adaptation.  Has anyone seen this
version of the story?  How does it compare to the original (which, by the
way, is one of my favorite films)?  When was it shown?  Will it ever be
shown again?

Thanks,

Tasneem
From: rod@cats.ucsc.edu (Rodrick Su)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Sarah Boyd in `Old Enough'
Date: 21 Aug 1992 01:25:30 GMT
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	After consulting with the actress list, and comes up empty, I
will now address the question to the rest of the net.  Specifically, I'd
like to know, what happened to the actress Sarah Boyd, who appeared in
the movie `Old Enough'.  She was excellent in this movie, which I
believe was made through grant money.  This movie is also a good example
of how much good that can be achieve with low budget.
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From: kuehnel@Physik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Hans Kuehnel)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Question: Frankenstein, the true story?
Date: 13 Aug 92 08:55:34 GMT
Organization: Leibniz-Rechenzentrum, Muenchen (Germany)

Hello everybody, 

please excuse my ingnorance, but: What is the name of the novel/tale
behind the Frankenstein movies? And is there a true story behind this
novel? Where did the real Frankenstein live, where did he die?
Was he german? What was his profession?
Any help is appreciated (mail it to kuehnel@physik.tu-muenchen.de) 
I'll summarize answers to the list 
 
Regards, 
 
--Hans (K"uhnel, +49-89-3209-3766)
From: gbradley@uks197.Berkeley.EDU (Gary Bradley)
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Subject: Re: What was Godzilla's name in japanese?
Date: 21 Aug 92 12:15:38 GMT
Reply-To: gbradley@uks197.Berkeley.EDU (Gary Bradley)

In article <1610@sousa.ltn.dec.com>, rodal@reznor.cmw.ltn.dec.com (A
Software Hooligan) writes:
|>
|>Anybody know? I want to name a project after that famous creature that
|>ate Tokyo, but I want it to know the japanese pronounciation of Godzilla?
|>
|>

   It is GOJIRA.
          
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From: ma91ajc@brunel.ac.uk (Alistair J Coffin)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Van Damme and AWOL
Date: 19 Aug 92 12:21:18 GMT
Organization: Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK
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 Sounds like the same thing to me, though the other name is familiar. Perhaps
 they thought that A.W.O.L. was too difficult to understand for swedes???
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From: mwasserm@diana.cair.du.edu (MARC Y. WASSERMAN)
Subject: Re: Death Becomes Her
Organization: University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 23:14:05 GMT

In article <Bsq1qs.tM@chinet.chi.il.us> katefans@chinet.chi.il.us (Chris'n'Vickie of Chicago) writes:
>In article <92220.161816BROSE@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> BROSE@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU writes:
>>This is a MUST SEE movie - you'll laugh until you cry.
>>Special effects are great and the acting isn't too
>>bad either - of course you must understand and like
>>black comedy to appreciate...
>>
>>Comments welcome.
>
>I stayed away from rec.arts.movies for the past couple of weeks and
>after we saw this movie Friday night I checked to see what people
>were saying about it. I was suprised to find no comments at all until
>this one (our system deletes articles pretty fast though) and I 
>*absolutely* agree with you! It's one of the funniest movies I've
>seen in a long time. I love black comedy (_Brazil_ is my favorite 
(Some deletion)
>Believe me folks, this movie is truly *SICK* (not gross though)
>and it proves that big names and big budgets *can* indeed make
>a film with a bizarre, twisted, sense of humor.
>
>It's wonderful, and I can't wait to see it again!

While I agree "Death Becomes Her" was not a bad movie, it wasn't
the best in the world.  Yeah, it had some funny bits.  The thing
that bothered me most...

was that the method of their "immortality" was never quite
explained.  It seemed almost thatthey were concentrating on
the special effects and not on the plot as much as times.
yes, it is bizarre.  Yes, it can be funny at times.  But
I wish it had been better explained (for instance, what
rules do their bodies come under?  How much damage cazn
they take before dying or can they never die even if
disintegrated or something)  True, it's a fantasy
and I shouldn't worry about the details.  But I do.

Marc Wasseman
mwasserm@diana.cair.du.edu

>Vickie
>
>


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From: alanj@ibmpcug.co.uk (Alan Jay)
Subject: Re: THE HAIRDRESSER'S HUSBAND
Organization: The IBM PC User Group, UK.
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 12:51:01 GMT

In article <1992Aug10.015930.10394@microsoft.com> frankm@microsoft.com (Frank R.A.J. Maloney) writes:
>THE HAIRDRESSER'S HUSBAND (LE MARI DE LA COIFFEUSE) is a
>French film directed by Patrice Leconte, from a screenplay by
>Leconte and Claude Kotz. It stars Jean Rochefort and Anna
>Galiena. Not rated; contains adult subject matter. English
>subtitles.

At last years London Film Festival Leconte was interviewed
after the screening the fist qusetion from the audience was
about the idea and origins of the swimming trunks with the 
pom-poms [sorry cherrys :-) see below].  Leconte corrected 
the questioner about them being pom-poms and told us that they
were his trunks from his childhood...

Great movie.

ALan
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From: 6500topo@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Rabid Rat)
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Subject: Lawnower Man, anyone???
Date: 21 Aug 92 23:29:29 GMT
Distribution: rec

Can anybody please e-mail me one of the many LAWNMOWER MAN reviews I've
seen around (but missed!) earlier this year???


Thanx!

Paolo

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From: maureenw@sco.COM (Maureen Wilkes)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: RAISING CAIN
Date: 14 Aug 92 19:09:54 GMT
Organization: SCO Canada, Inc.

In article <1992Aug11.155133.14399@ccu.umanitoba.ca> ummorea0@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Gene Moreau) writes:
>
>All I can really say about this movies is:  P.U., what a stinker.
>Don't waster your money.
>

Could you elaborate, please?
From: mjs4@po.CWRU.Edu (M. J. Sanz)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Shining Through
Date: 12 Aug 92 17:58:15 GMT
Reply-To: mjs4@po.CWRU.Edu (M. J. Sanz)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)


In a previous article, hafner@ifi.unizh.ch (Michel Hafner) says:
>
>It would be a lot better if they hadn't insisted that Melanie Griffith sports
>a Berlin butcher accent while she in reality sounded like an American trying
>vainly to sound German-like. The whole concept was stupid. Even Meryl Streep
>couldn't have done it flawlessly. John Gielgud, by the way, gives one of his
>worst performances. His German English is even worse than Griffith's English
>German. The best accent in the movie came from Joely Richardson.

well, i can't stand meryl streep, so i won't comment on that. but
seriously, i speak german, and even though griffith's accent was
horrifying, it still didn't ruin the movie for me.  it was stupid - i'll
agree with you there - without a doubt the biggest flaw of the movie -
but on the other hand, it gave me a good laugh (along with a cringe).  I
just suspended disbelief in order to enjoy the film - and it worked.
Besides, i'm such a big melanie griffith fan that i'm willing to forgive
such errors.

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From: fwilliam@lab5.smcm.edu (Frank Williams)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: What is Arnie doing ??
Date: 17 Aug 92 17:34:00 GMT

In article <Bt4rBr.592@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>  
uhschreg@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Ulrich Schreglmann) writes:
> pilgrim@daimi.aau.dk (Jakob G}rdsted) writes:
> 
> >Arnold Schwarzenegger(boy I guess that name suits him;
> >Schwarzenegger is a 'suitable' name for this 'type')
> 
> Why? Is it simply onomatopoeic, or does it mean something in English?
> (Or Danish?)
> (Like "Schwartz" and "Egg", what do I know?)
> 
> What do you think of "Schreglmann"? Should I do bodybuilding? :-)
> 
> 
> Schwarzenegger means "black plowman" in German.  Fitting since it would  
require massive amounts of strength to plow a field with you pulling it.  
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From: reiher@ficus.cs.ucla.edu (Peter Reiher)
Subject: Re: With cuts restored:  The Frankenstein Academy of Film.
Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 15:28:14 GMT

Someone else's posting reminded me of one I am ashamed I forgot about
the first time through - the granddaddy of modern film restoration,
Abel Gance's "Napoleon".

"Napoleon" was shot as a silent film, in France, at great expense.
Gance was something of a visionary about film technology - he used
an early widescreen format for the ending sequences of the film that's
very impressive.  Also, convinced that sound was just around the corner,
and not wanting his film to disappear into obscurity, he wrote a complete
script, with genuine dialog, and had his actors speak it, even though
he was shooting silent.  Then he saved the script.  A few years later,
when sound had come in, he reassembled all of the original actors he could,
recorded the dialog, and dubbed it into the silent print - voila!  A sound
version of "Napoleon".  (Unfortunately, a sound version of a drastically
cut "Napoleon".)

Despite Gance's excellent powers of technological prediction, "Napoleon"
had a hard life.  It was a long film, over three hours, and, as the
years went by, more and more of it got whittled away.  Despite Gance's
sound version, the fact that it came out near the end of the silent
period limited its distribution.  By the 60's, the only circulating
print was a silent version at a little over 2 hours.  By this time,
Gance was nearly a forgotten figure in world cinema.

Enter Kevin Brownlow, one of the finest writers of film history.  (Anyone
with any interest in film should read "The Parade's Gone By", at least.)
He had seen bits and pieces of "Napoleon" as a lad, and decided that he
wanted to see the whole thing.  He devoted years and years to putting
it back together.  Eventually, he tracked down all the lost footage,
including the widescreen sequences.  At the Telluride Film Festival,
"Napoleon" was shown again in its full length silent version, with wide
screen sequences, outdoors, with a full orchestra and a new score,
with the aged Gance watching from his hotel balcony.  This was probably
the defining moment in film restoration - a film few people had even
heard of was revealed to be a lost masterpiece in a most dramatic setting.
It made people realize what might have been lost, and what might still be
out there waiting to be rediscovered.  If you enjoyed the restored versions 
of "Lawrence of Arabia", or "Spartacus", or "A Star Is Born", you indirectly 
owe thanks to Brownlow and "Napoleon".

By the way, if you ever get a chance to see the restored version in a 
theater, "Napoleon" is a great film.

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From: darrell.crone@ozonehole.new-orleans.la.us (Darrell Crone) 
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Question: Frankenstei
Date: 17 Aug 92 18:03:00 GMT
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Reply-To: darrell.crone@ozonehole.new-orleans.la.us (Darrell Crone) 

To: pilgrim@daimi.aau.dk

>please excuse my ingnorance, but: What is the name of the novel/tale
>behind the Frankenstein movies? And is there a true story behind this
>novel? Where did the real Frankenstein live, where did he die?
>Was he german? What was his profession?

Frankenstein was written by the Author Mary Shelly. No this is not a
true story....It was written in the 1800's I beleive...

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From: reiher@ficus.cs.ucla.edu (Peter Reiher)
Subject: Re: Manon of the Spring (was something really stupid)
Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 92 16:05:04 GMT

In article <1992Aug14.035500.511@syacus.acus.oz.au> steven@syacus.acus.oz.au (Steven Malikoff) writes:
>gbradley@uks197.Berkeley.EDU (Gary Bradley) writes:
>:    Am I right in thinking this film is the same as "Manon des Sources",
>: the sequel to "Jean
>: de Florette"? Is this an American thing? To refer and I suppose release
>: foreign films with the titles translated into English?
>
>Yes it is the sequel. In Oz, it was released with the French Title. Maybe
>in the US things have to be repackaged to gain acceptance. I hear that
>the (pretty good) Oz film 'The Year My Voice Broke' will be re-shot in
>the US, with US actors! ...I think that's going TOO far. Why do
>our movies have such poor acceptance overseas?

Some Australian films have done quite well in the U.S.  (Especially
"The Road Warrior", but also some others - "Galipolli", "The Man From
Snowy River", "The Last Wave", etc.)  "The Year My Voice Broke"
suffered in U.S. release by being about the fifth film concerning a
boy coming of age that was released in a six month period.  One reviewer
referred to this film as "The Year My Mind Went" - he didn't like the
film that much, but I bet he would have been a lot more favorable had
he not seen so much of the theme in a short period of time.  He had to
see the film, but audiences who'd already seen three or four similarly
themed films over the course of a few months didn't have to, and exercised
their option to miss it.

I have heard Australian directors state that the past three to five
years has not been a strong period for Australian film.  Many of the
established directors went to the U.S., and the "next wave" of filmmakers
wasn't quite established.  Of course, that's an oversimplification -
Paul Cox went on making fine films, the woman who directed "Sweetie"
became known in the U.S., and so on.  It just wasn't like the early
80's, when it seemed that some of the best films being made were coming
out of Australia, each one with a new, exciting director.

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From: bailey@emunix.emich.edu (Grand Moff Tarkin)
Subject: Re: Best War Movies?
Organization: Detroit Institue of Criminal Arts and Sciences
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 00:18:16 GMT

Even though it's not a war film but a revolution film,
one cannot forget Dr. Zhivago for some of it's battle 
scenes.
Especially the village scene where somebody asks a villager
about who attacked the village.

"Were they white or red soldiers?"--Man on the train.
"Soldiers"--villager.

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Subject: Re: rasputin
Date: 19 Aug 92 15:36:18 GMT
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In article <Bt6qzG.DEx@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> gfowler@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (george h. fowler) writes:

>     Eisenstein never made an Ivan the terrible III, so that film won't
>turn up either.

He shot a few scenes if I remember rightly.  They turned up on BBC TV
some years ago.  Apparently Eisenstein and Nicolai Cherkassov had an
interview with Stalin to try to pursuade him to permit them to
carry on.  Without success.

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From: Montague_Kevin @Tandem.com (Kevvy Kev)
Subject: Re: Firght Night (was re: Dracula)
Organization: In Effect Enterprises
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 22:03:41 GMT

In article <170srtINN30e@network.ucsd.edu>, mmaxwell@ucsd.edu writes:
> 
> In article <2713@nlsun1.oracle.nl> gbradley@uks197.Berkeley.EDU (Gary Bradley)
> writes:
> (snip)
> >   Now this is much more evidence that it will be faithful. Few films
> >remember that vampires can transform into wolves as well as bats (I hope
> >you were just exagerating when you said "werewolf", which of course
> >would be veering away from the novel). I was really pleased when one of
> >the vampires became a wolf in "Fright Night" for the same reason -
> >excellent little film that!
> 
> I agree.  A friend and i saw it in the theatre as part of
> a double bill (with "Return of the Living Dead") and
> was pleasantly surprised at how well done it was, given the truly
> stupid title of "Fright Night."  The sequel, however has little
> to recommend it.

Um. . .

There are actually two issues here, and they are common to all adaptations of
Stoker's work.  Stoker certainly struck gold with his novel, but he was in 
fact anything but faithful to vampire lore.  In point of fact a vampire has
no ability to change into a wolf or for that matter a bat.  These are elements 
that were tacked on by Stoker to fit the mood and sensibilities of the time
and genre; in this respect the novel confuses several eastern European 
superstitions/legends (Stoker never visited Transylvania, he only researched 
it and its mythologies).  So: someone trying to make a movie from Stoker's 
novel has to decide how to be faithful to (1) the novel (2) vampire legends. 
Kind of caught between a rock and a hard place. 
Fright Night was even more ridiculous with that "as long as we kill the head
vampire before sunup she'll revert back to normal" business.  This is pure 
Hollywood. The reason the movie worked for me was that the writers clearly 
did this on purpose. . .Peter Vincent even has a line in the film, "Why 
shouldn't it work. . .so far everything else has been just like in the movies!" 
Good stuff.
For the record, I saw the trailer and outtakes stuff on the film this past 
weekend at the con.  It looks GREAT. . .one of the few movies I'd wait in 
line opening day for.

Kevvy Kev
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From: jjonsson@alexandria.lib.utah.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: REVIEW: DELICATESSEN
Keywords: author=K.Johnson
Date: 21 Aug 92 00:07:13 GMT
Article-I.D.: alexandr.jjonsson.92
Organization: Marriott Library, University of Utah


>P.s. You can take a peek at Britain by watching _Brazil_ ;-).

>Hyunsuk Seung
>hseung@anat3d1.anatomy.upenn.edu

Except that Brazil is more about America than Britain. ;-)


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