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Enough dialogue?
Wouldn't there be ...
Romance tacked on
And he smells like fish?
Needs to take on father roles now
Heather Mitchell shout out
Zac Efron - miscast
Stern interviewed Biden Friday morning, April 26, 2024
Stern interviewed President Biden Friday morning, April 26, 2024.
We'll know that America has gotten Trump out of its system when a day goes by and he's not trending on movie chat.org.
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Apparently, all it takes is a bathroom deodorizing spay under clothed underarms and the hope for some ass at a Christmas party.
I never saw La Dolce Vita (or any Fellini movies, for that matter). Not that I'm avoiding it/them, it's more like delaying gratification by waiting to open a meaningful gift.
I seem to recall seeing Le Boucher. Did that star Stephane Audran? I have such a hazy memory of it because I had to have seen it in the '90's or early 2000's. But I wonder if it had to do with a serial killer and perhaps a kidnapped child?
Yes, I am jealous of your moviechat buddy. Hitchcock was a marketing genius when it came to Psycho. I think he mandated that theaters not allow patrons to enter the theater late to create buzz and eliminate outside distractions from the plot/viewing experience. There were so many firsts. The first time a toilet was shown on film. That shower scene. If I'm not mistaken, the first time a serial killer was shown on film (save Peter Lorre in M, but that's not quite the same thing). But, surely, the first time dissociative identity disorder was depicted on film. That scene where Martin Balsam bites it. That had to have broken records of on screen violence at the time. I also wonder if a corpse/skeleton was ever depicted so graphically like toward the end of Psycho. I could well see how a 1960 audience member would run out of the theater or at least into he bathroom. Certainly not today, but they must not have seen anything like this before.
This is the correct answer.
I'm with you, SandyR. I thought she was very attractive and not a bad actress in the least. Nice husky voice to counteract Veronica Cartwright's higher-pitched voice.
It's okay that PersistentViewer was underwhelmed by Psycho, letess. Perhaps with repeat viewings, s/he will come to appreciate it. However, Psycho, perhaps more than any other film, has been the victim of overhype. When you constantly hear the plaudits of critics who appraised the film and fans who were fortunate enough see it in theaters in 1960, it's practically impossible for the film to live up to the expectations PersistentViewer et. al. have created in their imaginations.
What can I say about such a person? Nothing critical. Vertigo is a fantastic film and one that I think PersistentViewer will appreciate. I acknowledge that film appreciation is an art form, but I don't think it serves anyone well to be elitist about cinema. There's room for everyone's opinion when it comes to film commentary. It's never too late to join the table. I also think that Roger Corman has his place in the movie business. Though not all hits, I think he brought something to the art form that was unique and pioneering. He made The Baby (1973), right?
Yes, I felt the same way: "I wanted to like it." It seemed like an old school movie in an old school, no less. A throw-back to the movies of my youth and teen years before superheroes and action franchises ruled the day. Sadly, I just couldn't get into it, and I found myself looking at the bottom of my computer screen seeing how many more minutes remained. Never a good sign of your overall enjoyment of a film when you find yourself doing that!
Perhaps the litigation that seems to be fomenting concerning the film's authorship will cause the 'making of' The Holdovers better than the film itself.
I agree with you, JoWilli. It was a pretty boring, and predictable film.
Not exactly responsive your question, I'll admit, but I thought the mother not only looked like Donna Mills, she had character and storyline similar to Abby (the role Mills made famous) in the early seasons of Knots Landing.
Sidney Lumet's 12 Angry Men was from 1957, and it is a movie that - no matter when you see it - you'll be talking about it. It is timeless.
Your complaint is what most critics love about Psycho. The fact that we're led to believe this is a story about a troubled woman's theft/embezzlement and her get-away when in fact this is just a device to get her into that motel and within the maniacal clutches of Norman Bates. After talking-to Norman and (erroneously) considering him to be an odd yet well-intentioned person, she was all set to return to Phoenix, return the money and face the music. However, someone else had other plans for her after she innocently broke bread with Norman and engaged in simple conversation. Then the focus changes. The stolen money was the Maguffin. The story switches and becomes something much scarier than whether a thief will get away with the money.
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