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[Member-167298]

Is One-Eyed Jacks the film that Joe Pesci is watching in Jimmy Hollywood?

Yes, I love Jimmy Hollywood. Feel free to judge me.

[Scottie]

Any idea why Dreams or One-Eyed Jacks aren't available to rent on Amazon? They also aren't available on FilmStruck.

[Member-222782]

Anyone having trouble getting B&N's site to load? I get to the main page and when I click to sign in all I get is the spinning circle.

[alvarez468]

Originally Posted by cine74

Anyone having trouble getting B&N's site to load? I get to the main page and when I click to sign in all I get is the spinning circle.

Seems to be working for me.I was able to sign in.

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[MeMynonsense]

Originally Posted by octagon

Oh! Something of a sleeper for 'awesome black-and-white movies'...I watched Advise and Consent recently. Now, I'd seen it before including at a local revival theater a few years back so I went into it knowing it was a damn good movie. But I don't think I ever really noticed how freaking awesome it looks. It looks great overall but some of the night exteriors are just breathtaking.

That Otto Preminger fellow really knew his stuff.

(Including how to make two-and-a-half hours feel a lot shorter)

That last bit is so true!
There’s absolutely no logical explanation to this but the 160 min Anatomy of a Murder happens to be my most watched blu, criterion or otherwise.
It invariably is the movie I turn to when I have a good 2-3 hrs to kill and I’m not in the mood to venture into something new. To some extent Mann’s The Insider also falls in the same category. I love these films inspite because of their leisurely runtimes.

Anatomy is especially both gripping and amusing in equal dozes. Preminger’s direction in those long scenes is so restrained - the camera seldom moves, there are no snappy edits or frenetic cuts and the legal proceedings are so organically shot while capturing the energy of a controversial trial in the 50’s. There is never a dull moment or a sequence that drags.

Have seen Advise & Consent just the one time and remember liking it quite a bit. The mouth-watering ensemble was the biggest draw going in but I was also fascinated with the inner political workings. Unsurprisingly, it was a Laughton show through and through.

I also saw Preminger’s final movie The Human Factor a while back. It has an intriguing premise as most Graham Greene adaptions do and revolves around a mole hunt in the foreign office of the British secret service. Stocked with British veterans like Richard Attenborough, John Gielgud, Robert Morley etc. the film is an extremely serviceable espionage thriller that woefully breaks down towards the end of the second act but for a 2 hour movie it never gets tedious. It most certainly is nowhere near some of his fantastic noirs of the 40’s/50’s but is well-crafted and is well worth the indulgence.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by PrestonXI

Is One-Eyed Jacks the film that Joe Pesci is watching in Jimmy Hollywood?

Yes, I love Jimmy Hollywood. Feel free to judge me.

Yes, it is. I've never seen Jimmy Hollywood, but here's how I found the answer: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110197/...f_=tt_ql_trv_6 (it's down in the "Features" section).

[Hoke Moseley]

Originally Posted by iScottie

Any idea why Dreams or One-Eyed Jacks aren't available to rent on Amazon? They also aren't available on FilmStruck.

One-Eyed Jacks was available on Prime up until recently. Sometimes certain titles go straight from Prime to "currently unavailable." Not sure if it'll be back any time soon.

[blu-bry]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

The first movie that I ever saw starring Joan Bennet was a 1981 television movie called This House Possessed. She plays this mysterious old lady who warns the couple about the house that they just bought, telling them, "You shouldn't have come." I saw that movie back when it first aired on television, and I've never forgotten it. There's one scene where an automatic gate closes on a vehicle, killing the poor person inside.

I have fond memories of seeing Joan Bennett on T.V. every day after school, when she was the Collins family matriarch in the original Dark Shadows. Oddly, one thing I always notice about Bennett and Gloria Graham is how they both wear their lipstick well over the top of their top lip to give the illusion of fuller lips, I guess.

[KyleW]

Anyone know if criterion will be able to license Lion in Winter for bluray?


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[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by KyleW

Anyone know if criterion will be able to license Lion in Winter for bluray?


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This is what IMDB lists:

Rialto Pictures (2016) (USA) (all media) (Reissue)


There's an excellent chance, imo.

[KyleW]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

This is what IMDB lists:



Rialto Pictures (2016) (USA) (all media) (Reissue)





There's an excellent chance, imo.

Crossing my fingers then!


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[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by cine74

Anyone having trouble getting B&N's site to load? I get to the main page and when I click to sign in all I get is the spinning circle.

Yep.

I got my orders, but I can't log in or track them. No clue.

[Rich Pure Doom]

Hey guys, any thoughts on The Long Day Closes?

[Blu Titan]

Originally Posted by Rich Pure Doom

Hey guys, any thoughts on The Long Day Closes?

If you ever in need of a sleeping pill .

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by Rich Pure Doom

Hey guys, any thoughts on The Long Day Closes?

It's a film about love for film, specifically the escapist aspect of it.

It was much better than I expected, but once was enough for me.

[Rich Pure Doom]

Originally Posted by Blu Titan

If you ever in need of a sleeping pill .

I'm 40 minutes into the film and I can relate. I'm gonna get somethin' to eat and then go to bed. I generally have a strong dislike for movies ABOUT nostalgia or trying to instill a feeling of nostalgia. This is coming from a guy who feels nostalgia for just about everything from my childhood. It's mine though, and I'm not interested in being sold somebody else's. It's for this reason I can't stand the schlock that is Cinema Paradiso. Hopefully this improves but it's not looking promising.

On a positive note, I watched Watership Down earlier and absolutely loved it.

[pedromvu]

Originally Posted by Rich Pure Doom

I'm 40 minutes into the film and I can relate. I'm gonna get somethin' to eat and then go to bed. I generally have a strong dislike for movies ABOUT nostalgia or trying to instill a feeling of nostalgia. This is coming from a guy who feels nostalgia for just about everything from my childhood. It's mine though, and I'm not interested in being sold somebody else's. It's for this reason I can't stand the schlock that is Cinema Paradiso. Hopefully this improves but it's not looking promising.

On a positive note, I watched Watership Down earlier and absolutely loved it.

It will pretty much keep the same, so probably not for you, I on the other hand fell in love with it like with Cinema Paradiso

[Samantha]

Hope everyone has a safe and happy Thanksgiving.
My Criterion shipment from B&N came Wednesday, but I didn't get a chance to look at them other than to make sure it was the 4 I ordered. Hope everyone gets the ones they wanted. I got:

Paris, Texas (a fave, haven't seen in years)
La haine (a blind buy but I think it's the type of film I like)
Revanche (another blind buy but someone on hear gave a description so
looks like my kind of film)
Homicide (another blind buy but I'm crazy about Mamet)

[Sifox211]

Originally Posted by Rich Pure Doom

Hey guys, any thoughts on The Long Day Closes?

Originally Posted by Rich Pure Doom

I'm 40 minutes into the film and I can relate.

[Show spoiler] I'm gonna get somethin' to eat and then go to bed. I generally have a strong dislike for movies ABOUT nostalgia or trying to instill a feeling of nostalgia. This is coming from a guy who feels nostalgia for just about everything from my childhood. It's mine though, and I'm not interested in being sold somebody else's. It's for this reason I can't stand the schlock that is Cinema Paradiso. Hopefully this improves but it's not looking promising.

On a positive note, I watched Watership Down earlier and absolutely loved it.

I'm not sure if I've seen this, but I have seen two of this director's other films in the cinema (Distant Voices, Still Lives, waaaay back on release and more recently Sunset Song).

I love nostalgia and Malickian type films and these should've been right up my street but they left me cold. Maybe it's just this director?

In Sunset Song...

[Show spoiler]I found the domestic violence and heavy handed social commentary jarring and a bit hard to take whilst the supposedly poetic elements felt forced... and I grew up in the Howe!

[Scottie]

Happy Thanksgiving to my favorite lot on the forums.

For those who don't celebrate, have a pleasant day!