Not much into horror as a genre so I probably wonāt watch it. However, one of the best cult classics in the that genre is āAmerican Werewolf in Londonā which has a different type of intensity that lends to the story line and cinematic quality. Zombies and gore is pretty much over done to the point its become a cliche. No thank you, that stuff I find boring.
I thought exactly the same way.I only went to the show because I was bored: I have never regretted watching that movie, it has been one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. A few years later, I watched the sequel, very disappointing! Try to find the dubbed English version.
One of my very favorite movies of all timeāIt has to be tied with at least 5 other movies as my third favorite Movieāis once again showing on Turner Classic Movies.
It is also IMO the number one pathetic failure of the Academy Awards history, not to give Natalie Wood the best actress Oscar. Itās shameful!. All the other nominees were very good, BUT Natalie Wood, who was probably playing herself more then āacting,ā (and not considered the greatest dramatic actress) takes the prize IMO of the greatest performance of all timeāof whether actor or actress. The movie is mind-blowing every time I watch it. (seen it a hundred times)
Here is the list of 1963 Nominees
WINNER
SOPHIA LOREN
Two Women
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1963 NOMINEES
AUDREY HEPBURN
Breakfast at Tiffanyās,
PIPER LAURIE
The Hustler,
GERALDINE PAGE
Summer and Smoke,
NATALIE WOOD
Splendor in the Grass,
The Screenwriter Playwright, William Inge also wrote another top movie in my list, āPicnicā
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George Orwellās ā1984
Complete (1:47:30)
December 1954 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
Peter Cushing, AndrƩ Morell, Yvonne Mitchell, Donald Pleasence
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That movie was GREAT!
Seen that a number of times. I prefer the Edmond Obrien one. Here is a colorized version
Best version IMOā¦ I saw this so many times that year
Itās a masterpiece.
I like the b@w but I also like the colorized
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I actually like the version with John Hurt the best. However, the many versions of it have their own artistic appeal.
Honestly I am so imprinted by this Edmund Obrien Version, seeing it so young, so many times. It was a revelation. I am imprinted by it and although Iāve tried to watch the later version, I just canāt watch it. This one is just too incredible and captures the brutal surrealism, gut-wrenching punch of the of the book.
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The book was better though.
The book is of course phenomenal. I read it very young. I have vivid memories of it. The movie played on āMillion Dollar Movieā in NY on Channel 9, every night for a week, and 6 months later for another week, in about '57 or '58. The Room 101 was incredible.
The Movie āFalling Downā has become sort of a cult classic favorite.
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Great film in the documentary genre. Also very eye opening when it comes to insulated power and Central Banks
Directed by Michael Oswald
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I was wondering if you finished the āLeftoversā and what your thoughts were.
I am rewatching it again and just finished Season 1. I picked up on some things that I missed the first go around.
Yes I saw the whole thing in like 3 days when you mentioned it. Iām sure I commented on it.
It kept my interest. It reminded me of a couple of Stephen King series, especially the Dome series, or the Standā¦i.e., ensemble characters ā¦ bizarre, events, Like those, the writing feels arbitrary at times, with TV production values. It felt like a story that been done numerous times and it was a reboot. I wasnāt bored though.
What specifically are you referring to? As what previous story lines are similar?
Did you see the Dome series or the Stand? Or read the Stand?
The religious ideation is forced and a bit kooky. I ended up liking the ending although convoluted.
There was another one it reminded me of but I donāt remember the name. The ending had felt tacked onā¦like this one.
Jumping around in timeā¦and end up with Wyatt Earp or someone cheating death. Some shows evoke similar feelings. A Twilight Zone formula.
There was a Good Sci-Fi āLuciferās Hammerā Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle. Ensemble Cast, similar feelingsā¦Also did you read āInfernoā by them? A sci-fi Danteās Inferno. Both of those were entertaining stories.
Something about similar writer strategies writing ensemble,stories about apocalyptic-relligiosoā¦
Also did you ever get to see āThe Rapture?ā
Look like Larry Nivenās huge āRingworldā Series is being put together by the Games of Thrones people with MGM and Amazon.
Itās about time. Itās about time Hollywood goes back to the REAL writers and stop playing Sci-fi writers.
Nada to all, meaning I didnāt read āThe Standā or see the movie. In fact none of these I have seen before. Maybe you were prejudiced and comparing. The reason I say that, last night I watched Troy for about the 20th time! (Snicker) anyway, I read the Robert Graves complete Greek Mythology collection (which BTW is the best) and was disappointed with some of the inaccuracies in the story. Such as Thetas and how Ajax died. My point is, would I be as disappointed not knowing the stories before seeing the movie?
Getting back to āThe Leftoversā I found some really compelling moments in the first season. Like my favourite the dog coming back and Noraās moment with the baby. Or when Kevin was confessing to Father Matt in the diner.
Lastly and I didnāt make the connection with Patty the first time I watched it, but it was her who orchestrated the stoning of her colleague and the reason she wanted to die was because the guilt was too much to bear. Hence the name āGuilty Remnantā was an interesting irony, at least for me it was.
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I think the writers and producers have the limitation of not knowing if their show will have a Season 2,3,4 etc. And they have to start making it up as they go along. They start with a interesting idea, like āLostā and donāt know where they want it to go and it starts getting convoluted. and episodic. Like āLostā.
I watched very little of Lost.
I remember Season 1 of The Leftovers was too sadistic.
Shows written by a committee of writers and have different directors most episodes sometime annoys me for that reason
Its not that I was comparing The Leftover with anything as I was watching it. Iām sensitive to āOld Hatā stories and Hollywood stealing from writers especially the greatest genre writers without giving them their due. Same feeling I got from much of Stephen Kingā¦essentially a pulp writer that began repeating himself as he churned out books.
Entertaining but still derivative pulp
Re: Robert Graves, did you ever read Apuleius? The Metamorphosis/Golden Ass, God of Socrates/Defense of Magic/ Cupid and Psyche? (in the archaic translations?