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Forum: Specific Movie Threads 2 hours ago
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The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
Posted By Captain Quint
I went and had a look at my Blog, and I nominated...

I went and had a look at my Blog, and I nominated a lot that year, a lot of actors as well. I usually try to keep it to 10 and under but couldn't do that for 1957, and wound up with 14...

The...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 hours ago
Replies: 84,656
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Captain Quint
102480 Melody (1971) Directed by Waris...

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Melody (1971)
Directed by Waris Hussein, story and screenplay by Alan Parker

Years back, Wes Anderson spoke about a movie that inspired his Moonrise Kingdom, but I later forgot the title,...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 5 hours ago
Replies: 10
Parasite (2019) vs. High and Low (1963).
Posted By Captain Quint
Re: Parasite (2019) vs. High and Low (1963).

Parasite - and this is after several viewings, Joon-ho movies always get stronger with re-viewings, and it might be because of the nuance, that there's more going on than I thought on a first pass....
Forum: Specific Movie Threads 19 hours ago
Replies: 12
The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
Posted By Captain Quint
Yes, and the imagery alone makes it worthwhile -...

Yes, and the imagery alone makes it worthwhile - Mikhail Kalatozov and his cinematographer Sergei Urusevsky, who collaborated on another visual winner, Soy Cuba, simply takes the breath from your...
Forum: The Television & Music Forum 20 hours ago
Replies: 19,745
What are you listening to while you're MoFoin' it?
Posted By Captain Quint
First.... 102458 And it was kicking my...

First....

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And it was kicking my tail in such an enjoyable way, I decided I needed more later career Alice and popped on another

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And cripes I dug this even more. Yeah, the 2...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 21 hours ago
Replies: 28
Best year based on best 3 films of the year
Posted By Captain Quint
Re: Best year based on best 3 films of the year

Nice - I used to consider '63 a little thin, but when I dug deeper, I found a lot of goodies - better year than I thought in my younger days.

Looking at my lists, I have
1. 8˝
2. Le Mépris...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 day ago
Replies: 36,343
Movie You're Watching Tonight
Posted By Captain Quint
102449 Doing my winter tire changeovers, and...

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Doing my winter tire changeovers, and the garage is next to the library, so I walked over and picked up a book and this DVD for tonight. Even if it's only fair as a film, I love Jessie...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 day ago
Replies: 84,656
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Captain Quint
Blonde Fever (1944) - Mary Astor's a plus, Philip...

Blonde Fever (1944) - Mary Astor's a plus, Philip Dorn's a minus, and the movie, a screwball rom-com, would have been a forgettable trifle, if not for it being Gloria Grahame's feature debut.
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What was the last DVD you bought and why?
Posted By Captain Quint
I don't buy as many discs as I used to, the last...

I don't buy as many discs as I used to, the last two I picked up was during a Kino sale - I bought Breezy because I like Eastwood, and I haven't seen the movie in decades, plus, the commentary track...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 day ago
Replies: 91
Noirvember 2024 - a seedy dive to hang out and drink rot gut gin...
Posted By Captain Quint
102420 Howard Duff plays an ambitious dirt...

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Howard Duff plays an ambitious dirt bag photographer, who'll stop at nothing to further his career and get everything he wants, money, women, fame. At the opening scene when he was taking a...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
Replies: 32
Ranking the best films of the (20)10s
Posted By Captain Quint
Not sure how I'd rank them 1 to whatever, so here...

Not sure how I'd rank them 1 to whatever, so here are my personal top 5s by year

2019
Parasite, I Lost My Body, No. 7 Cherry Lane, The Irishman, The Lighthouse

2018
If Beale Street Could...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
Replies: 91
Noirvember 2024 - a seedy dive to hang out and drink rot gut gin...
Posted By Captain Quint
Re: Noirvember 2024 - a seedy dive to hang out and drink rot gut gin..

They had me at NO ADs!

Haven't seen Blonde Ice or Hold Back Tomorrow

The Long Haul, with Victor Mature and Diana Dors sounds promising, and I have some movie pals who enjoyed Shakedown and...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
Replies: 28
Best year based on best 3 films of the year
Posted By Captain Quint
Re: Best year based on best 3 films of the year

The late 20s were loaded at the top.

1927 - Metropolis, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, and Napoleon

1928 - The Passion of Joan of Arc, The Wind, and the Last Command (or The Crowd, Steamboat...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
Replies: 28
Best year based on best 3 films of the year
Posted By Captain Quint
Re: Best year based on best 3 films of the year

Yeah, 1954 - the quality at the top... My favorite movie overall and Kazan's best (Waterfront), my favorite Kurosawa (7 Samurai), Mizoguchi (Sansho), Naruse (Sound of the Mountain), my second...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
Replies: 91
Noirvember 2024 - a seedy dive to hang out and drink rot gut gin...
Posted By Captain Quint
Re: Noirvember 2024 - a seedy dive to hang out and drink rot gut gin..

Oh, I can't stress enough how much I loved what he did. In that moment he was like... "Charles Laughton, hold my beer."
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
Replies: 91
Noirvember 2024 - a seedy dive to hang out and drink rot gut gin...
Posted By Captain Quint
Re: Noirvember 2024 - a seedy dive to hang out and drink rot gut gin..

Oh yeah, Kiss of Death, another winning noir - and Richard Widmark gives one of the great scenery chewing performances - a real scene stealer who delivers so much menace (like when he threatens...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 days ago
Replies: 84,656
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Captain Quint
Re: Rate The Last Movie You Saw

Just chiming in to say I adore both The Host (#3 on my Joon-ho list) and Sideways (also third, but on the Payne list of course... it would be rather strange if I put it on Joon-hos. lol)

Me, I was...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 days ago
Replies: 91
Noirvember 2024 - a seedy dive to hang out and drink rot gut gin...
Posted By Captain Quint
102353 Always had a bit of a thing for...

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Always had a bit of a thing for Marsha Hunt - she was in a nice little noir called Raw Deal that's worth checking out (edit, oh, and I see you mentioned seeing it, Citizen Rules). She was...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 days ago
Replies: 32
Top Ten Comedies of the '70s
Posted By Captain Quint
Re: Top Ten Comedies of the '70s

Using Letterboxd filters for help

1. Young Frankenstein
2. Annie Hall
3. Amarcord
4. Life of Brian
5. The Phantom of Liberty
6. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
7. Harold and Maude
8....
Forum: General Movie Discussion 4 days ago
Replies: 84,656
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Captain Quint
Hmm, I normally don't grade fragments - but of...

Hmm, I normally don't grade fragments - but of what I saw, a 3, maybe 3.5

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Fighting Friends (1929)
After whipping up a new signature, I began to wonder about directors with a lot of lost...
Forum: The Television & Music Forum 4 days ago
Replies: 577
Your Favorite Song Lyrics
Posted By Captain Quint
Re: Your Favorite Song Lyrics

Working Class Hero, by John Lennon

As soon as you're born, they make you feel small
By giving you no time instead of it all
'Til the pain is so big you feel nothing at all
A working class hero...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 5 days ago
Replies: 91
Noirvember 2024 - a seedy dive to hang out and drink rot gut gin...
Posted By Captain Quint
Re: Noirvember 2024 - a seedy dive to hang out and drink rot gut gin..

Oh yeah, Killers, one Siodmak's finest, one of noirs upper echelon - and Ava leaves an impression - (my favorite bit of acting from her might be in The Night of the Iguana)
Forum: General Movie Discussion 5 days ago
Replies: 91
Noirvember 2024 - a seedy dive to hang out and drink rot gut gin...
Posted By Captain Quint
102317 Black Tuesday (1954) Death row prison...

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Black Tuesday (1954)
Death row prison Noir. A brutal, violent tale, with some philosophical discourses (though I don't have much sympathy for murderers, nobody made you do what you did, so,...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 5 days ago
Replies: 74
Favorite Movie By Country
Posted By Captain Quint
In 2019 I started a Letterboxd project called...

In 2019 I started a Letterboxd project called "Turning the Map Green" - if you're not a member or a pro member you might not know what that is, basically you have a map in your all-time stats that...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 5 days ago
Replies: 62
Top Ten Comedies of the '80s
Posted By Captain Quint
To help me remember, I went to Letterboxd used...

To help me remember, I went to Letterboxd used the comedy, then 80s filter, and it was included among the others.

I see IMDB has it listed under Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller - so others out...

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