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From: bole@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu (Greg Bole)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Most Embarassing Movie
Date: 2 Sep 92 18:50:03 GMT
Organization: HHMI/Human Genetics, Univ of Pa.

In article <12060063@hpmwdjs1.sr.hp.com>, smorrow@hpmwtd.sr.hp.com 
(Steve Morrow) writes:

>     Mr. Frost.  I can understand Kathy Baker wanting a major role and
>     maybe expecting one next to Jeff Goldblum, but someones idea of a
>     thriller/chiller turned into a yawner/sleeper; I was really
>     disappointed and embarressed for Goldblum.  This movie should have
>     been called Mr. Tossed, as in my cookies.

I agree...BUT the first ten minutes were *riviting*, and it had some neat 
FX.  Like the chess board and the molton silver.

And it was interesting to see Mr.Goldbloom with suck wild hair.  :^)

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From: bd@fluent@dartmouth.EDU (Brice Dowaliby)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Showtime
Date: 30 Aug 92 16:51:58 GMT
Reply-To: bd%fluent@dartmouth.EDU
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Organization: Fluent Inc., Lebanon NH


a0s5108@titan.ucc.umass.edu (Neal and Mara Priestly) write:

>Either you trimmed it out our I failed to explicitly note it:  I very 
>politely give the patron the time, but it seems the only way to point
>out the clock to many of the increasingly rude and slothful persons
>resident to this ADI without them causing a scene.

This is IMO at variance with what you posted earlier:

>I have taken to making a point of turning completely in place and checking
>the clock I bought for the express purpose of being HUGE AND NOTICABLE.

When you talk about "making a point of turning completely and checking the
clock" in my mind's eye I see a person sighing out loud and turning, in
body language and attitude saying something like "what, are you too stupid
to tell the time, or just too asleep to notice this big clock".

I admit that my distress at the service I get in many places might have
led me to read too much into your answer.

By the way, I worked for seven years in retail bnookstore situation, and
had on the register (facing the clerk, not the customer) a little sign that
said "Despite the adage, the customer isn't always right" so I know
how frustrating dealing with the public can be, but that is part of the
job and rudeness in dealing with the public really ticks me off.  They
are not always right, but they have the right to expect courteous help,
even when they are wrong.  (When they are rude and obnoxious it's
another story).


>My complaint with the general public is that they have been so coddled
>for so long that they have forgotten that service industry employees
>are people too.  We are not omnicient slaves who's only existance is
>filled with a burning need to serve thier wildest and most unreasonable
>whims.

Yeah, but you were talking about customers who want to know when the movie
they're paying good money to see is going to start.  Hardly an unreasonable
request, is it?  It's not like they're asking you to go down the street and
get them a burger, or something.

>The regular patrons of my theatre find our service regularly beyond the
>call, and above the standards of most places.

If this is true (and I have no reason to think it isn't) then you are
to be thanked and congratulated.
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From: le01167@portal.lasc.lockheed.com (Ron Nadel (x2025))
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Best shots wanted
Date: 26 Aug 92 15:20:16 GMT
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In article <1992Aug25.194911.24208@midway.uchicago.edu>, gre2@midway.uchicago.edu writes...

>	The Third Man: The closing shot.

Actually, this movie may have 100 great shots with those crazy camera 
angles combined and that zither constantly in the background, but my 
favorite is when Harry Lime (what a great name!) steps out of the shadows 
for the first time!

Ron
From: otto@jybox.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Aliens 3 and stuff
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 92 02:55:03 EDT
Organization: Jyvaskyla Electronic Mailbox

<U38956@uicvm.uic.edu> writes:

> The thing that got me the most is that in the future year of 2470 or whatever
> year it was, we have all this high technology--so high we can travel through
> the voids of space and hypersleep, etc--yet we are still SO DUMB that
> we still where glasses (you'd think someone could've found a REAL corrective
> measure for this age-old problem) AND we still use the friggin' english
> system of measurement rather than SI!  (At the end, they say that they would
> pour so many TONS of liquid metal on the alien).

Ha!  The "ton" is 1000kg=1Mg in SI countries.  Makes perfect sense, is even
pretty close to the peculiar US usage of "ton".

PS. What if these ex-convicts couldn't afford / didn't have the necessary
medical facilities even this simple corrective surgery ?

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From: kfree@fatcity.cts.com (Kenneth Freeman)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Films with no females
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 21:20:44 PDT
Organization: Fat City Software, San Diego, California

otto@jybox.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela) writes:

> <RXK110@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
> 
> > John Carpenter's : THE THING was completely (and thankfully) devoid of wome
> 
> Yes, I think the inflatable doll seen in some of the publicity shots finally
> ended up on the cutting room floor ;-)
> 
No women, but a woman, who occasionally brought in some coffee
and gave one dandy vegetable-cooking tip. "Anyone want some coffee?"
"No, but you can come in."

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From: teshima@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (A. Lani Teshima)
Subject: Re: Most Embarassing Movie
Organization: University of Hawaii
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 06:21:45 GMT

In article <1992Sep2.132227.5770@exu.ericsson.se> ebupaf@ebu.ericsson.se writes:
>Well, almost everybody's embarassing movie at least had
>some movement on the screen. Has anyone ever seen
>"The Whales of August"? Four old biddies sit in a room
>talking. I watched about 10 minutes, and rewound the tape.
>It was sort of like a slow moving "Driving Miss Daisy".
>By the way, have you heard of the sequel? "Watching Miss
>Daisy Pick Some Flowers"?

Actually, I heard on Saturday Night Live that the sequel was going to
be called "Piledriving Miss Daisy," and it was going to star Arnold
Schwarzenegger or somebody strong like that. :)



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From: das@voodoo.boeing.com (Deb Schwartz)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Dracula
Date: 28 Aug 92 20:19:41 GMT
Organization: Yet Another Graphics Project, Bellevue, WA

In article <philip.714978859@labtam> philip@labtam.labtam.oz.au (Philip Stephens) writes:
>braca2@cspyr1.cs.adfa.oz.au (BRAY CHRISTOPHER) writes:
>
>>Query: Lucy, played by Winona Ryder.
>
>>I may sound dumb, but what other films has this lucky lass been in?
>>Intrigued, so I can see if she fits my image of lucy.
>
>She has been in:
>
>  Beetlejuice			(the weird girl in black)
>  Edward Scissorhands 		(love interest to Edward)
>  Heathers			(played Veronica)
>  Night on Earth		(first taxi driver segment)
>  Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael	(thought she was Roxy's daughter)
>
And she did a great job as Cher's older daughter in Mermaids.
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From: rod@cats.ucsc.edu (Rodrick Su)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: A good shot
Date: 25 Aug 92 18:28:23 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Tigana Restoration Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: am.ucsc.edu



	I'd agree with the guy who said that most of the shots offered by
	the net has been scene.  So here goes a modest shot.

Robocop, the first fight between Robocop and ED, Robocop has been tossed
around, and we have a close up to Robocop's face, there we see that his visor
have been broken, and we see for the first time, his left eyes, as he is
looking at ED to load up more weapon.

White Heat, the final shot on the train, as Cagney burned up in flame.

Homicide, the final scene. Randolph's killing.  


And now for some sequences:
House of Games: After the first encounter between Dr. Ford and Mike, Mike
plays with a coin.

Things Change: the final scene, where we are first lead to believe that the
old man had gotten his boat, but only to find out that old man only manages
to get himself and the flukey out of the racket.

Miller's Crossing:  The attack on one of Leo's den.  Police cars lined up
outside of the club, and hailing the club with bullet until someone comes out
with white flag, one detective shot Leo's man indiscrimately, and was met
with another hail of bullets.

Blood Simple: The burial sequence.  The sequence where the detective
desperately tries to free himself of the knife, with him shooting six shot
through the wall.

Raising Arizona:  The Daddy is going to get some diapers scene.
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From: jmarlan@titan.nmt.edu (Jon Marlan)
Subject: Re: Wayne's World quotes
Organization: New Mexico Tech
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 00:26:13 GMT


In article <1992Aug29.234319.5347@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> bf911@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (David J Mulligan Jr) writes:
>
>In a previous article, u910779@bruny.cc.utas.edu.au (Rob Torok) says:
                                                  ^^
                                                  ||

>>Usually I can't stand having movie quotes written up at length, but since this
>>movie has such quotable lines, and it wont be on video here for *months*, I
>>would appreciate a listing.
>
>Really?  Won't beon video for months?  I wasin a Video Connection just 
>yesterday.  I walked in the door, and right there, where you can't miss
>it, is a big cardboard cutout with Wayne and Garth, Wayne saying "$14.99",
>Garth saying "Excellent!".  In between the two where a lot of video tapes
>that I thought were WAYNE'S WORLD.  I didn't really take a concentrated
>look, but I'm pretty sure it was WAYNE'S WORLD.

"Wayne's World" IS available on videocassette here in the U.S.  It may 
be a different story in the "Land Down Under", though.  

Jon   

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From: fehr@ms.uky.edu (Jeff Davis)
Subject: Re: sex in movies
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 13:50:28 GMT
Organization: The Gizmonic Institute

>
>The problem is that the only such scene actually mentioned was
>one from "Doc Hollywood" which I haven't seen.  This one example
>has been ballooned into the assertion that the whole movie
>industry is awash with out of context sex scenes.  Those who are
>arguing this point rarely come up with actual examples, but
>rather rely on the amount of sex of any kind in movies.  In my
>opinion what they are really talking about is that they wish
>there was less sex in movies altogether.  

Well, yes. Let us not dissemble any longer. I wish there was less
on-screen sex in the movies. Explicit sexual scenes break down
the aesthetic distance which the movie should have established.
Take a realtive modest sex scene in the movie LA Story where Steve
Martin simply holds the (clothed) breast of Sara Jessica Parker. That is
a real hand holding a real breast. For a moment we are not watching
a character in a story, we are watching two human beings with
families, longings, histories etc. For a moment, the movie stops
and reality intrudes. Real marriages have foundered upon the
sexual conduct which actors and actresses have depicted for
the screen.

The poet Robert Frost in the early part of this century posed the 
question this way: "Prude or puke.  Choose." I'd choose prude since, 
even absent any moral issues, the tension makes for more focused, 
craftier art. 
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From: mwjoosen@cs.ruu.nl (Maarten Joosen)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Hal Hartley's American Playhouse
Date: 1 Sep 92 15:14:47 GMT
Organization: Utrecht University, Dept. of Computer Science

In <17uth7INNeuo@agate.berkeley.edu> peterme@ocf.berkeley.edu (Peter Merholz) writes:

>I have heard that Hal Hartley made a film that was shown on American
>Playhouse. Is it available for rent? Or is short films available for 
>rent?
>
>Does anyone know what he's been up to recently?
>(It's so unfortunate that his movies are not distributed with respect
>so that they could make money and he could make more movies...)
>
His films are: The Unbelievable Truth, Trust, and Simple Man (premiere
Cannes last year).
Also he has made 6 short films. I forgot the titles but, I will look them up.

I'm a very big fan, and hope that somebody out there knows the way to get some
scripts. I believe Hal Hartley is the big thing in the 90s.

Bye Maarten Joosen
mwjoosen@cs.ruu.nl




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From: andre@rurutu.wri.com (Andre Kuzniarek)
Subject: Re: erotic movies
Organization: Wolfram Research, Inc.
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 21:49:56 GMT

I guess you could add "Two Moon Junction" and "9 1/2 Weeks" to the list.  
Neither are particularly good, nor totally explicit, but eroticism is the  
main theme in both and they boast "real" production values.

AK

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From: pedlow@ysidro.uchicago.edu (Steven Pedlow)
Subject: Elvis movies
Organization: Department of Statistics
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 21:31:48 GMT

    I am looking for a list of all movies that Elvis was in.  A
reference book hint would also be helpful!  Thanks!

                Steven

P.S.  That's Elvis Presley  :)

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From: kaufman@eecs.nwu.edu (Michael L. Kaufman)
Subject: Re: Film with the least actors
Organization: EECS Department, Northwestern University
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 23:22:51 GMT

In article <1992Sep2.110419.743@calmasd.prime.com> wwr@calmasd.prime.com writes:
>> What about the Muppet Movies, and The Dark Crystal?  No actors.
>	Dark Crystal w/David Bowie & Jennifer Connely?  That Dark Crystal?  I
>think Dave & Jennifer will feel slightly insulted.

Mostly they will be insulted that you can't remember the name of their film,
which was in fact _Labyrinth_. _Dark Crystal_ was the muppet filled film.

Michael


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From: esa@acpub.duke.edu (EMILY ANGERER)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Most Embarassing Movie
Date: 4 Sep 92 00:26:37 GMT
Organization: Duke University; Durham, N.C.

gfritz@sage.cc.purdue.edu ("Happy Fun Ball") writes:

>In article <5041@news.duke.edu> esa@acpub.duke.edu (EMILY ANGERER) writes:
>>Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, although Cool World came pretty close.  I paid
>>full price for both.  Yuck.
>>
>>-Emily

>Well since you brought up _this_ one...  I think any of the Earnest movies
>easily rank under Pee-Wee.  I must admit that every time I think about that

Okay, okay -- I didn't consider the "Earnest" movies in my most
embarassing list.  For once, I went by my instinct and did NOT go to see
those.  I hated the commercials with him, I hated the previews, so I
just didn't think I could handle a full-length feature.  Earnest is
easily as annoying as Pee-Wee, if not more so.  

-Emily
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From: smith@panther.adelphi.edu (Jim Smith)
Subject: Re: erotic movies
Organization: Adelphi University Swirbul Library
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 15:37:46 GMT

In article <31AUG199209345924@venus.lerc.nasa.gov> edsum02@venus.lerc.nasa.gov (Cassondra Pope) writes:

>In article <21572@nntp_server.ems.cdc.com>, you@ems.cdc.com writes...
>>In article <1992Aug27.1489.27273@channel1>, eric.walker@channel1.com (eric walker) writes:
>>|> 
>>|>      It's a well-known fact that sex and mainstream movies really
>>|> don't mix well.  Hollywood would much rather show blood, guts, guns
>>|> and gore in their movies because this stuff isn't as "controversial"
>>|> as heavy sexual content.  As Robert Preston said in "Victor/Victoria:"
>>|> "You can kill them but you can't kiss them."
>>|>      I've been wanting to find a few good examples of genuine
>>|> eroticism in movies, but this genre seems to be non-existent. 
>>|>  ....
>>|>      Any suggestions?
>> 
>>Yes, one from Penthouse "Caligula" and another that might not
>>be on video "Can Hermonous Merkin forget ... and find true happiness"
>>Funny movie though today it might be only R rated was in 1971 XXX.

>Henry & June
>The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

>Cass

Has someone mentioned yet _In The Realm Of The Senses_?

Jim
smith1.franklin@panther.adelphi.edu
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From: gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com (gilbert.m.stewart)
Subject: Re: Woody Allen / Mia Farrow
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 21:31:36 GMT

In article <1992Aug24.105647.20333@ms.uky.edu> fehr@ms.uky.edu (Jeff Davis) writes:

>I think that people who adopt are saints.  

You are entitled to your opinion, but this is the type of generalization
that Mia's lawyer may be counting on.  Consider that people often
adopt because they want more children.  And then even assuming they
love the children they end up with, which I would assume is generally
the case, I wouldn't necessarily call everyone in that situation
a saint.

GMS
From: tdbear@tandon.com (Tom Barrett)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: sex in movies
Date: 31 Aug 92 18:22:36 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Tandon Corporation, Moorpark, CA

In article <1992Aug28.183840.20156@asl.dl.nec.com> clee@ssdsun.asl.dl.nec.com (Christina Lee) writes:
>>Too explicit for what?  And not really called for, in what way?
>I don't thing having a woman bouncing up and down on a guy is called for.
>Nor is having a naked woman straddling a naked guy on a chair.  I think
>that is too explicit.

And disgusting, too!  Now if the woman was replaced by another
naked man... then the sparks would *really* fly.  In fact, all
it would take is just showing him staddling and then cut to
another scene.

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From: eric@spr.usask.ca (Eric Neufeld)
Subject: Lonesome Dove Question
Organization: University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 22:52:51 GMT

Excuse me if I've made a double posting.  A friend is curious about the
inscription:

Uva uvam vivendo varia fit.

on Gus's sign.  Any historiocial trivia would be appreciated!


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From: ahummel@ems.cdc.com (H. Austin Hummel)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: sex in movies
Date: 27 Aug 92 12:36:34 GMT
Reply-To: you@ems.cdc.com
Distribution: usa
Organization: Empros Systems International, a division of CDC

In article <1992Aug26.195424.4530@asl.dl.nec.com>, clee@aslws01.asl.dl.nec.com (Christina Lee) writes:
|> 
|> does anyone out there think that the sex scenes in certain
|> movies are getting too explicit and not really called for?
|> A number of movies come to mind:
|> Boomerang
|> Single White Female
|> Basic Instinct
|> 
|> It really hit home when I realized that a woman had brought in 
|> a little girl (2-4 yrs old) to SWF.  

Yes, The addition of sex screens are made only to get the R rating
because, IMHO most are not needed to get the story accross. and
generally deminish the overall picture.
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From: rlwilliams@gallua.gallaudet.edu
Subject: Re: Least men in movie!
Organization: Gallaudet University
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 17:28:14 GMT

In article <1992Aug28.152758.11246@ifi.unizh.ch>, hafner@ifi.unizh.ch (Michel Hafner) writes:
> Which movie has the least men in the cast?
> 
> "The Women" by George Cukor: Zero! 
> 								M.H.
====

there are others... The Trojan Women, I believe has zero men...
From: rcbi27@muvms3.bitnet (DBRUM)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Why the title Notorious?
Date: 3 Sep 92 18:56:59 GMT
Organization: Marshall University

In article <7961@lee.SEAS.UCLA.EDU>, kwilliam@mott.seas.ucla.edu (William Kuan) writes:
> 	I am wondering why Hitchcock's Notorious is titled Notorious?
> Anybody know?

*Because*, goddamnit, just *because*!

(sorry folks, couldn't resist :-)

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From: clee@aslws01.asl.dl.nec.com (Christina Lee)
Subject: sex in movies
Organization: NEC America, Inc. Irving, Texas
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 19:54:24 GMT


does anyone out there think that the sex scenes in certain
movies are getting too explicit and not really called for?
A number of movies come to mind:
Boomerang
Single White Female
Basic Instinct

It really hit home when I realized that a woman had brought in 
a little girl (2-4 yrs old) to SWF.  

no flames, please.

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