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darkness2918 · 02-15-2016, 07:04 AM

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Magnificent Obsession
Big Clock
Midnight Cowboy
Written in the Wind
After Hours
Lady Eve
Easy Rider
Last Picture Show
Hard 8
Lost Highway

any of the above would make me happy

Id love Lost Highway also.

Nuck Horris · 02-15-2016, 11:55 AM

Looks like they're phasing out the edition of Burdens of Dreams with the book. The standalone DVD comes out March 15th.

jshaide · 02-15-2016, 03:50 PM

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And speaking of Dunst and Melancholia, the fact that not only has she not won, but she has never even been nominated for an Oscar in the 22 years since Interview With a Vampire is utterly ridiculous. She's given some killer performances in that time. Ugh. I love watching the Oscars, I really do. But sometimes I get so ... OK, I'll stop.

She is pretty amazing in the second season of FARGO (which is mighty terrific on the whole, and I highly recommend). How she lost the Golden Globe to Lady Gaga is a terrible and awful joke.

AaronJ · 02-15-2016, 03:55 PM

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She is pretty amazing in the second season of FARGO (which is mighty terrific on the whole, and I highly recommend). How she lost the Golden Globe to Lady Gaga is a terrible and awful joke.

Well I haven't seen "Fargo" even though I keep meaning to go on a binge. And I've already made clear how much I admire the Kirsten's work. But I will say this: Lady Gaga was fairly stunning on AHS.

I had never really thought much of her, or, rather, about her. I sort of knew her schtick and so on, but didn't listen to her music or read about her very often. But I was pretty amazed at what she proved able to do on AHS.

Oh, and even though I didn't watch the game, I did see her sing the National Anthem before the Super Bowl and she just killed it.

jshaide · 02-15-2016, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by AaronJ

Well I haven't seen "Fargo" even though I keep meaning to go on a binge. And I've already made clear how much I admire the Kirsten's work. But I will say this: Lady Gaga was fairly stunning on AHS.

I had never really thought much of her, or, rather, about her. I sort of knew her schtick and so on, but didn't listen to her music or read about her very often. But I was pretty amazed at what she proved able to do on AHS.

Oh, and even though I didn't watch the game, I did see her sing the National Anthem before the Super Bowl and she just killed it.

Oh, I thought she was fairly dreadful on a dreadful season of AHS.

AaronJ · 02-15-2016, 04:08 PM

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Oh, I thought she was fairly dreadful on a dreadful season of AHS.

Eh, different strokes.

I thought she fit the mood perfectly.

But your post did remind me that I MUST get around to FINALLY seeing "Fargo."

buffetfroid · 02-15-2016, 04:13 PM

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Walter Huston (Kongo, Dodsworth, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Furies)

And don't forget, released by Criterion, The Devil and Daniel Webster!

Haven't seen anyone mention noir regular Elisha Cook Jr.

A more recent favorite of mine is J.T. Walsh.

Also, Walter Brennan. Does he count as a character actor?

AaronJ · 02-15-2016, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by buffetfroid

And don't forget, released by Criterion, The Devil and Daniel Webster!

Haven't seen anyone mention noir regular Elisha Cook Jr.

A more recent favorite of mine is J.T. Walsh.

Also, Walter Brennan. Does he count as a character actor?

Oh man, J.T. Walsh ... no kidding.

mja345 · 02-15-2016, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by buffetfroid

And don't forget, released by Criterion, The Devil and Daniel Webster!

Haven't seen anyone mention noir regular Elisha Cook Jr.

A more recent favorite of mine is J.T. Walsh.

Also, Walter Brennan. Does he count as a character actor?

JT Walsh was great. I remember he died very suddenly and pretty young of a heart attack. I was a kid who was obsessed with movies when Walsh died and I had just seen him in "Breakdown". How about another Walsh, M. Emmet? M. Emmet Walsh is great at playing dirtbags. Ned Beatty has to be in the discussion for best modern character actors as well. The speech he gives in "Network" is brilliantly done. Charles Durning also has to be at the top of the list.

Interestingly, the movies in the 80s and 90s that had a lot of great character actors were action movies. You had a fairly wooden lead like Arnie, Stallone, Lundgren, Van Damme, Seagal surrounded by a lot of great character actors. Guys William Forsythe, Henry Silva, Powers Boothe, Lance Henriksen, Keith David, Gary Busey, William Sadler, etc.. Powers Boothe is probably one of my favorite modern character actors. He's incredible in films like "Southern Comfort", "Extreme Prejudice" and "Tombstone".

mja345 · 02-15-2016, 04:50 PM

On the topic of great film noir character actors, "Kiss Me Deadly" features several of them. Paul Stewart, Jack Elam and Wesley Addy. Neville Brand was another great character actor from that era. The underrated film noir "Kansas City Confidential" features Preston Foster, Jack Elam, Lee Van Cleef and Neville Brand as the four villains. Can't beat that group.

belcherman · 02-15-2016, 04:54 PM

Getting back to Criterion, check out Riot in Cell Block 11, a movie cast entirely with great character actors: Neville Brand, Leo Gordon, Emile Meyer, Frank Faylen and a host of others, including the ubiquitous voice actor Paul Frees.

What are the chances of an announcement today?

AaronJ · 02-15-2016, 05:35 PM

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Getting back to Criterion, check out Riot in Cell Block 11, a movie cast entirely with great character actors: Neville Brand, Leo Gordon, Emile Meyer, Frank Faylen and a host of others, including the ubiquitous voice actor Paul Frees.

What are the chances of an announcement today?

Pretty much zilch.

ChromeJob · 02-15-2016, 06:08 PM

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Thelma Ritter (All About Eve, The Mating Season, Pickup on South Street, Pillow Talk)

... Rear Window. She has some of the best one-liners in the film.

"Is, um, what you want something that you can talk about?"

AaronJ · 02-15-2016, 06:16 PM

I was looking at my limited collection of Criterion Blus, and then looking at my list of films from last year which I've seen (only 20 so far -- I know, sad). And I was thinking, well, they released Two Days, One Night soon after its release. So, are there any of those 20 films that I'd really like to see Criterion release sometime soon?

I came up with two titles:

Phoenix

Macbeth

Granted, along with Carol, those were the two that I rated most highly. And Phoenix is already announced. So, does anyone think there's a snowball's chance in the bad place that they would release Macbeth?

Polaroid · 02-15-2016, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by AaronJ

I was looking at my limited collection of Criterion Blus, and then looking at my list of films from last year which I've seen (only 20 so far -- I know, sad). And I was thinking, well, they released Two Days, One Night soon after its release. So, are there any of those 20 films that I'd really like to see Criterion release sometime soon?

I came up with two titles:

Phoenix

Macbeth

Granted, along with Carol, those were the two that I rated most highly. And Phoenix is already announced. So, does anyone think there's a snowball's chance in the bad place that they would release Macbeth?

Those titled are listed o there as having a bluray release already so guess not! unless I am wrong...

AaronJ · 02-15-2016, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Polaroid

Those titled are listed o there as having a bluray release already so guess not! unless I am wrong...

I knew Criterion was releasing Phoenix. But somehow I missed the Starz/Anchor Bay release of Macbeth.

Oh well.

I guess that the other A+ title I saw from last year, Taylor Swift: The 1989 Tour is probably not happening either, eh?

ShellOilJunior · 02-15-2016, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Polaroid

Those titled are listed o there as having a bluray release already so guess not! unless I am wrong...

I guess that rules this one out:
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Shark...lu-ray/149792/

hoytereden · 02-15-2016, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by buffetfroid

And don't forget, released by Criterion, The Devil and Daniel Webster!

Haven't seen anyone mention noir regular Elisha Cook Jr.

A more recent favorite of mine is J.T. Walsh.

Also, Walter Brennan. Does he count as a character actor?

It's a contradiction but I'd say Walter Brennan was the superstar of character actors. He won 3 Oscars and if you watch The Westerner he's the star, even though Gary Cooper gets top billing.

filmmusic · 02-15-2016, 06:54 PM

I wish today was announcement day..

I KEEL YOU · 02-15-2016, 06:59 PM

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I wish today was announcement day..

Nope. Thanks to these guys:

02-15-2016, 04:50 PM	#143670
mja345 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jun 2015 4K collection:1166 Blu-ray collection:12350 DVD collection:266	On the topic of great film noir character actors, "Kiss Me Deadly" features several of them. Paul Stewart, Jack Elam and Wesley Addy. Neville Brand was another great character actor from that era. The underrated film noir "Kansas City Confidential" features Preston Foster, Jack Elam, Lee Van Cleef and Neville Brand as the four villains. Can't beat that group. Last edited by mja345; 02-15-2016 at 04:58 PM.

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02-15-2016, 11:55 AM	#143662
Nuck Horris Special Member Top contributor Member since:Dec 2015 Location:Valkenvania 4K collection:18 Blu-ray collection:924 DVD collection:487 Digital collection:126 Trading Score:21	Looks like they're phasing out the edition of Burdens of Dreams with the book. The standalone DVD comes out March 15th.

02-15-2016, 04:54 PM	#143671
belcherman Blu-ray Samurai Member since:May 2013 Location:Eastern CT 4K collection:2 Blu-ray collection:1956 DVD collection:85 Digital collection:249 iTunes collection:2 Prime collection:1	Getting back to Criterion, check out Riot in Cell Block 11, a movie cast entirely with great character actors: Neville Brand, Leo Gordon, Emile Meyer, Frank Faylen and a host of others, including the ubiquitous voice actor Paul Frees. What are the chances of an announcement today?

02-15-2016, 06:16 PM	#143674
AaronJ Banned Member since:Jul 2013 Location:Michigan 4K collection:47 Blu-ray collection:624 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:1	I was looking at my limited collection of Criterion Blus, and then looking at my list of films from last year which I've seen (only 20 so far -- I know, sad). And I was thinking, well, they released Two Days, One Night soon after its release. So, are there any of those 20 films that I'd really like to see Criterion release sometime soon? I came up with two titles: Phoenix Macbeth Granted, along with Carol, those were the two that I rated most highly. And Phoenix is already announced. So, does anyone think there's a snowball's chance in the bad place that they would release Macbeth?

02-15-2016, 06:54 PM	#143679
filmmusic Banned Top contributor Member since:Sep 2010 Trading Score:5	I wish today was announcement day..

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