Talk About Movies: Part 4
Somehow threads merged, so here's part 4 of our ongoing movie discussion.
I like watching movies with vintage footage of Las Vegas. I had lived there for many years. But since movie editors don't necessarily know a place, sometimes you'll see a scene where a character is driving down a street next to a certain group of casinos and then a split second later be driving past casinos in a completely different place and your mind goes, no.
This happens a lot in movies and TV shows shot in Vancouver. Not a nitpick it's jarring when you know where a street leads to and they end up somewhere completely different.
I like watching movies with vintage footage of Las Vegas. I had lived there for many years. But since movie editors don't necessarily know a place, sometimes you'll see a scene where a character is driving down a street next to a certain group of casinos and then a split second later be driving past casinos in a completely different place and your mind goes, no.
Its especially bad when they go back and forth a few times between the strip and downtown.
Harry Callahan knew every shortcut in San Francisco.
Jason Bournes can glance at a map for three seconds and know every street in Rome. This defies logic. Who has maps anymore?
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Subliminally hearing in the background a snippet at a shopping mall or during a movie or sports broadcast not the same as a HEARING a song IMO.
NBA writer David Aldridge claimed ten years ago to have never heard a Stones song, which of course is impossible because you can Start Me Up.
I like watching movies with vintage footage of Las Vegas. I had lived there for many years. But since movie editors don't necessarily know a place, sometimes you'll see a scene where a character is driving down a street next to a certain group of casinos and then a split second later be driving past casinos in a completely different place and your mind goes, no.
This happens a
I’m sure people in Alaska scream all the time “that’s not Alaska!” at the screens. The geographic version of a chessboard set up wrong.
Speaking of which, a Jaws marathon was on 7/4, and during the water skier scene in 2 I was yeah that emerald green water ain’t near New York. What a beautiful day that was down Florida ways.
Citizen Kane playing in theaters tonight. It'll be the first time I see it on a cinema size screen since around 1979 or 80,
Fathom Events:
i don't like horror in general
really hate gore - films like saw etc are just uncomfortable to watch and i'd rather pass
but i think i'm missing out of a new developing genre
am thinking of giving weapons a shot
i don't like horror in general
really hate gore - films like saw etc are just uncomfortable to watch and i'd rather pass
but i think i'm missing out of a new developing genre
am thinking of giving weapons a shot
Weapons is very mild/not gore at all. More of a psychological thriller than horror, tbh.
Citizen Kane playing in theaters tonight. It'll be the first time I see it on a cinema size screen since around 1979 or 80,
Fathom Events:
Thanks for posting this. I never would have known about it if I didn't stumble upon this post.
First time seeing it in a theater and many years since I watched it at all. It sure has a lot of references to The Simpsons.
I've always had a very high opinion of Citizen Kane, but it was better than I remembered. Some of it sinks in more as an older person, though obviously Welles was only 24. The visual poetry is still gorgeous and you can see how Scorsese, Spielberg and others learned from it. Leonard Maltin gave a little intro and the fact that this film introduced so many significant actors and also Bernard Herman made me think of Pulp Fiction as one of the handful that had such a broad and long term cultural impact. It's also a rich story with wonderful characters and little snippets of wisdom. Evocative without being didactic about subjects like the meaning of life and how little bits of chance can determine so much. Several laughs as well. One of the high points of American culture.
There are no superlatives too extreme. The value of seeing it on a cinema size screen cannot be overstated.
The range of audience member ages was from early 20s well into the 70s.
Found it culturally/politically relevant to where we are now. The word floating in my head was "prescient."
While exiting, MrsSaint, who'd never seen it on a big screen, simply stated, "you haven't seen that movie until you see it in a theater."
Personal favorite aspect of Fathom Events screenings... they run on-time. If the ticket says 6:30, the film starts at 6:30.
Citizen Kane had a cult following where I went to high school in the 1960s. This is remarkable because we had no concept of classic cinema, but we knew that TV stations played old black and white movies late at night because the were cheap to rent, and whenever Kane came on, we'd try to find a home with cool or missing parents where we could watch it.
Relatedly, the elite gang at school was called 'Rosebud'. I assumed this was done as a provocation to other gangs, but for all I know, it was done as a tribute to Orson Wells.
Fortunately, here in Newport the one local theater shows plenty of revivals. I've seen The Third Man, The Lodger (accompanied by a live score improvised by a local musician), and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.
Such a treat to see those on the big screen.
And the theater also has many local breweries and vineyards giving out free drinks.
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Citizen Kane had a cult following where I went to high school in the 1960s. This is remarkable because we had no concept of classic cinema, but we knew that TV stations played old black and white movies late at night because the were cheap to rent, and whenever Kane came on, we'd try to find a home with cool or missing parents where we could watch it.Relatedly, the elite gang a
I think we are both old enough to remember when TV stations needed to fill air time. I saw A Matter of Life and Death, The Red Shoes, and even Peeping Tom first on TV.
Also saw a number of Bergman films, which helped to secure my nerd status.
And then there were the Saturday afternoon Sci-Fi movies.
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You're not alone.
Citizen Kane is awesome!!!!!!!!!! Lawrence of Arabia? I never got it. It's beautifully shot but it also long and boring as ****. Remembering seeing it in the theater when I was a kid and I fell asleep. Rewatching as an adult (at least twice) I wanted to fall asleep. I just don't get the allure?
