The Movie Thread

[vienna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYcw3CDbnZQ



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[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHx3lWQjNWM

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUIEOMOxIDo

[tmccarthy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLDBiSPKgKI

[Buddahaid]

Fantastic cheesey Italian scifi movie from 1967.
https://youtu.be/GMD5Cp27Xc4

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUcOgcBB_IA

[Skybird]

Have just watched "The Post" by Spileberg, about the release of the Pentagon papers 1971, proving the cheating and betraying of four (!) US presidents over the US attempt to push the US into a war that the public was notoriously lied over to.

Reminds of Reagan in South America, Bush in Iraq 2003, and Trump'S war against the media in general. Considering the general war the WH is waging since many years (that includes Bush, Clinton, Obama and Trump) against free press and "sources", a topical movie.

I have red it before somewhere, it seems to be a historical quote indeed, and I heard it being said by one of the protagonists in this movie, too: 10% of the growing war in Vietnam was about helping South Vietnam, 20% was about fighting the commies, and 70% were about delaying the confession to the public that the war was unwinnable form beginning on, and was based on lying to the public. Four presidents participated in this lie. And it was known from beginning on.

Nixon. Trump. Two psychiatrically conspicuous rabied dogs in the WH. The movie serves well as a warning reminder. Not so much about an imminent war, but a dangeorus way of how the top of the state tries to attack free media. As the film puts it in one line: "Free press must serve not the state, but the people". Without sources trusting the press to protect them, press becomes meaningless.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrXlY6gzTTM

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_T2VQgL2XY

[tmccarthy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCG2nuM3RFw

[tmccarthy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWGqGHMO294

[Eisenwurst]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz0Adk2OUAM

A much praised 1992 French/Vietnamese movie about the famous siege/battle.

A stellar cast, including descendants of veterans from both sides, and the cooperation of both countries Armed Forces.

Grim and very moving film.

[Catfish]

I have seen some of the films on that theme, but not that one. I found "The killing fields" to be very realistic, especially when it came to those POW camps and brain washing methods.

^ Will watch Dien Bien Phu today i guess :hmmm: :up:

[mapuc]

One of my movie channel is showing The Deer Hunter.

Will find a day and re-watch it again.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3GgknBgPDM&t=24s

[Eisenwurst]

I have seen some of the films on that theme, but not that one. I found "The killing fields" to be very realistic, especially when it came to those POW camps and brain washing methods.

^ Will watch Dien Bien Phu today i guess :hmmm: :up:

Good on you Kai. :up:

I very vaguely remember the radio news of that time. I remember people weeping as they listened.

[tmccarthy]

I have seen some of the films on that theme, but not that one. I found "The killing fields" to be very realistic, especially when it came to those POW camps and brain washing methods

I remember "The Killing Fields" as one of the two movies I saw, while waiting in line, where people exiting the theater from the previous showing were crying. The other was "Gallipoli".

[tmccarthy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpRVpy739Tk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U5qi9YhGmg

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7WPKBir2Z8

[tmccarthy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq_wHbdVRuk

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AEMAOC2O24

[tmccarthy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvJuJKOmZAY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6AoMU7Tsfs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-sUnxPgjKw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GajDw1NSFuw

[Eisenwurst]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDS2pbQPMUc

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqmW2lAH9c0

[tmccarthy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-tEf7gPjgc

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCXcbLJrBAU

[tmccarthy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz7xMY1AbbI

[Jimbuna]

It's all down to each individuals preferences.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGWDbCHvY0k

[Jimbuna]

One of the better parts of a real terrible movie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLyhRYJXf1U

[tmccarthy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sNzRa79zeo&t=1s

[Gerald]

https://i.imgur.com/AMDjA5S.jpg

Flash Gordon came out 40 years ago – and has gained cult status since. Its director Mike Hodges talks to Nicholas Barber about how he balanced earnest grandeur with tongue-in-cheek humour.

More like this:
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20200623-pink-flamingos-the-most-outrageous-film-ever-made

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20200618-the-rocky-horror-picture-show-the-film-thats-saved-lives

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20200714-how-showgirls-told-the-truth-about-americas-foul-misogyny

Not only did we get Lucas’s unauthorised Flash Gordon homage, Star Wars, but we also got a separate, authorised Flash Gordon film, directed by Mike Hodges, which came out 40 years ago in 1980. The two have a lot in common. In both films, an intrepid blonde hero joins rebel forces against an evil empire, a beautiful princess is tortured, and a masked villain has an all-black wardrobe. But in other respects, Flash Gordon and Star Wars are in galaxies far, far away from each other.

https://i.imgur.com/6Nbta1P.jpg
Danilo Donati, who won two Oscars for best costume design, was the designer on Flash Gordon (Credit: StudioCanal/Flash Gordon)

Designed by Danilo Donati, a regular Fellini collaborator, Flash Gordon has the dazzling colours and theatrical art-deco sets of The Wizard of Oz or a Dario Argento horror movie. (Some of the special effects would fit right into The Wizard of Oz, too.) It has glittery outfits that would be more suitable for a Eurovision-themed orgy than a space battle. It has a rock anthem by Queen which would inspire way too many people to yell “Flash! Ah-aaah!” at karaoke nights. And it has some deliciously ripe performances, most famously Brian Blessed’s booming take on Prince “Gordon’s alive?!” Vultan.

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Brian Blessed recently called the film “an absolute masterpiece”, telling SFX “the most important thing that ever happened in my life is this expression, ‘Gordon’s alive!’”.

Replacing the mysticism of Star Wars with exuberant, tongue-in-cheek fun, here was a film with the retina-frazzling brightness and swashbuckling flair promised by its title character’s name. True, Flash Gordon didn’t make anything like as much money as Star Wars did. And some of it crosses the line from knowingly cheesy to just plain cheesy. But it stands up as a pop-culture extravaganza that can be enjoyed both as a rip-roaring pulp adventure and a parody of a rip-roaring pulp adventure.

Slowburning success

Flash Gordon has been enshrined as a camp classic, beloved of such directors as Taika Waititi, who is developing an animated version, and Seth MacFarlane, who paid tribute to it in Ted and Ted 2. “It’s the overnight hit that took 40 years,” says John Walsh, the author of https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/667683/flash-gordon-the-official-story-of-the-film-by-john-walsh/ which is published by Titan Books in October. “In 1980, if you’d just seen Superman and The Empire Strikes Back, you would have been underwhelmed by the flying and the other special effects. But time has been kind to Flash Gordon. Once you stop obsessing over the technical aspects, you can see that it was meant to be quite stylised, and the energy very much comes through.”

I knew nothing about special effects, and I knew nothing about American comics. I was more into The Dandy and The Beano – Mike Hodges

What made the film unique were the personalities of its producer, Dino De Laurentiis, a legendary Italian-American movie mogul who died in 2010, and Hodges, a British director known for his moody gangland drama, Get Carter. Initially, De Laurentiis had hired Hodges’ friend Nicolas Roeg, the psychedelic visionary behind Don’t Look Now and The Man Who Fell to Earth. But he asked Hodges if he would be interested in directing the sequel – assuming there was one. “I told Dino that I was completely the wrong director,” says Hodges, speaking to BBC Culture on the phone from his home in Dorset. “I knew nothing about special effects, and I knew nothing about American comics. I was more into The Dandy and The Beano.”

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Hodges recently told Radio Times: “There’s a certain look to strip cartoon characters… You had to find an actor who had this kind of innocence. And Sam had it.”

After a year of pre-production, though, De Laurentiis fired Roeg, whose ‘mythical’ take on the character was too far from the Saturday serials he adored, and he came back to Hodges “for reasons I’ve never understood”. Four decades on, the 88-year-old Hodges is still grateful. “The BFI arranged a big screening at the British Museum in 2014,” he says. “I was just going to introduce it – Brian Blessed was there, so I really shouldn’t have bothered – but I ended up sitting and watching it all the way through. I had a great time. The way it looked on the big screen was amazing.”

This was especially satisfying, says Hodges, because when he started work on the film, he “honestly thought that it would never see the light of a projector”. Indeed, he had no idea where to begin until he was flying across the Atlantic for a meeting with De Laurentiis in New York. “It was the first time I’d been on Concorde. Once we were in the air, all the businessmen opened their briefcases and took out their computer read-outs. I took out my Bumper Fun Book of Flash Gordon Comics. They all thought I was mad, because they were working and I was reading my Bumper Fun Book, but I had to tell myself, hang on a second, I am working, actually.”

https://i.imgur.com/KcgJie6.jpg
Despite lacking the special effects of Star Wars, Flash Gordon had a flamboyant style that has lasted over time (Credit: StudioCanal/Flash Gordon)

The contents of the book were comic strips drawn by Alex Raymond, and first published in US newspapers in 1934. (Funnily enough, Flash Gordon was only created because King Features couldn’t get the rights to Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John Carter of Mars, so there’s a lot to be said for being forced to come up with your own characters.) As Hodges read these strips on Concorde, he realised that he shouldn’t try to update the material, or to make it as dark and dystopian as so much 1970s science-fiction had been. He should simply use Raymond’s dynamic drawings as his storyboards. “It was quite a logical step to use the strip cartoon as our source, in terms of the angles, the primary colours – and the comic-strip acting, as well. Once I’d realised that, it was much easier.” Even now, when we have had countless superhero blockbusters, Flash Gordon stands as the live-action comic-strip film which is the most like an actual comic strip.

At least one of its lines deserves a place in any anthology of Great Film Quotes: “Flash! Flash, I love you! But we only have 14 hours to save the Earth!”

The plot is lifted almost entirely from Flash’s 1930s escapades. Scripted by Lorenzo Semple Jr, one of the lead writers of the self-mocking 1960s Batman television series, the film begins with Ming the Merciless (Max von Sydow), a sadistic alien despot, bombarding the Earth with tidal waves, earthquakes and something called ‘hot hail’.

https://i.imgur.com/38jv1cV.jpg
Ming the Merciless is now seen as an example of anti-Chinese sentiment (Credit: StudioCanal/Flash Gordon)

Flash Gordon (Sam J Jones), a hunky American football quarterback, and Dale Arden (Melody Anderson), a travel agent, are forced to investigate by a mad scientist, Dr Hans Zarkov (Topol). Once he has packed them into his home-made rocket, they fly into space and meet Ming, his seductive daughter Princess Aura (Ornella Muti), and his Darth Vader-crossed-with-Doctor Doom henchman, Klytus (Peter Wyngarde). Semple’s screenplay “was full of corny lines – which I kind of liked”, says Hodges. But at least one of those lines deserves a place in any anthology of Great Film Quotes: “Flash! Flash, I love you! But we only have 14 hours to save the Earth!”

The next question was whether or not such lines should be played straight. “Dino wanted to make the next Star Wars,” says Walsh. “The Buster Crabbe serial is actually quite dry, and Dino wanted the film to be faithful to that. He didn’t see it as camp at all.”

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Flash Gordon has gained a cult following, inspiring figures including Taika Waititi, who said it influenced him when making Thor: Ragnarok (Credit: StudioCanal/Flash Gordon)

This led to some disagreements between the producer and his director. “Dino believed in Flash Gordon,” says Hodges, putting on an Italian accent to imitate De Laurentiis. “He’d always say, ‘Don’t forget, Flash-y Gordon, he save-y the world!’ You’d look at him and he was serious. I realised it was not possible to make it serious. It was Saturday morning cinema, so I really had to attack it from the comedic angle. When we showed the rushes, the crew would fall about laughing, but Dino didn’t understand it. He took me aside and said, ‘Mike, why they laugh?’ But he kept me on the straight and narrow. He made me take it seriously, even the comedy, so the film ended up with a balance between his belief and my cynicism.”

Game for a laugh

You can see that balance in the acting. Topol is light years over the top; Von Sydow has just the right measure of sly menace; Timothy Dalton, as the Errol Flynn-alike Prince Barin, is as grave and gruff as he would be a few years afterwards as James Bond; and Jones, a former model, US Marine and American footballer, doesn’t appear to be in on the joke. “Sam got terrible reviews,” says Hodges, “but I think unfairly because Flash is not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer, and Sam believed in the innocence and simplicity of the character. At one point we were doing a fight scene, and I didn’t know what they should do next, so my assistant director said, ‘Flash should pick up that steel bar and hit someone on the back of the head.’ Sam was outraged. He said, ‘Flash Gordon would never do anything like that!’”

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The film added an eroticism that wasn’t in other space operas, like Star Wars (Credit: StudioCanal/Flash Gordon)

As innocent as its hero might have been, the film around him is anything but. There is exposed skin everywhere you look, everyone lusts after everyone else, and there is so much phallic symbolism that Freud would need a cold shower after watching it. The most comparable mix of sex and sci-fi would be Barbarella, a 1968 De Laurentiis production, not that Hodges made the connection at the time: “I was too busy with my own film to watch other people’s.”

I spoke to my American friends about Flash Gordon, and they said that a lot of their sexual fantasies came from the comic strip – Hodges

[/QUOTE]As with the imagery and the tone of Flash Gordon, the eroticism can be traced back to Raymond’s 1930s comic strips, in which women in skimpy harem underwear and men in tiny shorts are chained up and whipped on a regular basis. “I spoke to my American friends about Flash Gordon,” explains Hodges, “and they said that a lot of their sexual fantasies came from the comic strip. They loved all those pictures of the voluptuous Princess Aura. I took that as a green light to run it at two levels, with the action angle for the younger audience, and the sexual stuff for the older audience.”[/QUOTE]

That decision may have scuppered the film’s box office prospects in conservative parts of the US. And, partly as a result of its under-performance, the sequel De Laurentiis originally talked to Hodges about was never made. But, along with its fabulous retro design, its adrenaline-pumping rock operatics, and its signature mix of earnest grandeur and winking humour, the sex in Flash Gordon helped to ensure its eventual cult status. And it’s certainly steamier than Star Wars. “I regard them as completely different,” says Hodges. “Star Wars is so bland beside the colours of Flash Gordon, I don’t see any connection between them at all.

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20200804-flash-gordon-an-erotic-sci-fi-extravaganza
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_Gordon
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/be/Flash_Gordon.png

https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=hYTYqs-ytSk

I myself saved magazines books for a long time before by Flash Gordon, and now they are left in my basement storage packed in boxes. More for a nostalgic and also a form of affection. But again today I can find joy in holding something in my hand that is from the early 1930s.

[Reece]

Not my cup of tea!! :oops:

[Jimbuna]

Not my cup of tea!! :oops:

Was quite popular back in its day.

Moved to movie thread.

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmtMIwa7vMc

[mapuc]

Saw Midway a few days ago.

It isn't a war movie like the one from 1975.

It's a portrait movie.

This is how I see it-The producers of this movie wanted to portrait some of the people who toke part in this historical battle.

Markus

[Catfish]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMCZkLBhycA&feature=emb_logo

http://bloodmachines.com/

[tmccarthy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFUa_-TFadA

[Eisenwurst]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0j78J5SeHY

A visually stunning film, haunting music, VERY attractive cast. The French Indochina "period" I find mesmerising and very seductive, even though it's set in Thailand, Hong Kong, Java, etc.

However, at least to me, it's depressing and ultimately quite sad.

I don't like hedonists....I've known a few.

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYW8Qjhx3KM

[tmccarthy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N8wkVA4_8s

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYUa4SN29RM

[Onkel Neal]

I'm just gonna leave this here and back out quietly

https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=2688785#post2688785

:arrgh!:

[tmccarthy]

I'm just gonna leave this here and back out quietly

https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=2688785#post2688785

:arrgh!:

Yeah, that'll be a no for me.

[tmccarthy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf0JD0gBDMc

[Eisenwurst]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9jGz0bafYs

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0coLXVN5eT4

[tmccarthy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80Dorc-bOTE

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQNL2x4wK1s

[tmccarthy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iur-noEd4eA

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfFYX0gNLeU

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5821rjs3o5Y

[mapuc]

This movie is a must see.
The movie have premiere on one of my movie channel next Friday(21 Aug.)
It's a Swedish movie

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9211804/

No youtube this time.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E67jk75CRWM

[mapuc]

A classic horror movie from 1975

Enjoy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NXc3HfE-wI

Markus

[Gargamel]

Ok, so I'm glad I watched Greyhound. It was an enjoyable movie. The story kept pushing along with little to no downtime. They could have completely dropped the love interest bit too, without losing any bit of the story. I think they left that in for runtime and maybe some story exposition. Couple minor technical details stood out to me, but they were minor enough to not be worth mentioning. Couple glaring things that bugged me though. Every time they showed a Uboat, it was accompanied by whale call music. Got annoying real quick. And the uboat captain calling the destroyers on the radio really bugged me. I'd rate the movie 4/5 if it wasn't for those two things, so I'll give it 3/5. Don't know if I'd watch it again, but I wouldn't be opposed to it.


I know this group is way more picky about naval movies than the rest of the human population, but is was a good well paced movie, plot and moving the story along wise. Yes there were technical things wrong, and some of the timing issues (boat position vs actions taken) were a bit off, but I tried to not let it detract from the story.



It's not meant to be a historical documentary, but a fictionalization of the battle of the Atlantic.

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpZgwHU1GcI

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWe5U9DbD0I

[mapuc]

Here's another movie to watch

Makes on think of the Classic war movie Final Countdown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVp_ieqDUKM

Markus

[Skybird]

I am surprised they dare to make just another Batman movie, after the trilogy by Christopher Nolan. Every new Batman will have to accept to get measured against the Nolan trology, and that one set a standard that is hard to top. And haven't there been enough Batman movies already...? By that trailer one week above, that new movie does not have what it takes to take on Nolan's adaptation.


Top Gun of course is complete Blödsinn. But it will be watched - for sentimental reasons. :D

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRSUt8-jn60

[tmccarthy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pAcJ0lFu94

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPnRvqi3F0U

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij2ztHOOe9s

[tmccarthy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVuV7QOAx68

[Jimbuna]

^Video unavailable.

[Moonlight]

Tsk Tsk, here you are. :up: Microsoft Edge are having problems with Youtube movies & music videos, it works in Goggle though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kusH2XxStsM

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfMkjdIc24I

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBt8WtcG8Dw

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rkiyj-IskDE

[tmccarthy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HA71tYl640

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1f_9_TGlpI

[Eisenwurst]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHt0Pb8rkXU

And a great fan made trailer.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq1K0Y-I6vg

[mapuc]

Have recently seen the worst made sci-fi movie until now.

Even though they hade some good actors in it, like Linda Hamilton.

Markus

[tmccarthy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PfaE4R4eA4

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqYeXdhW8tI

[tmccarthy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9mGSDluh9g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E_mi_xNYOk

[tmccarthy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAUeW5Dtk8U

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iyv7Ir0zlC4

[vienna]

The John Wayne The Conqueror clip reminded of another stunningly bad casting in a period film, that of Tony Curtis in 1952's Son of Ali Baba; just as Wayne was unable to modify his vocal patios to match those of his fellow actors, who wer trying to impart some sense of place, so, too, did Curtis stand out with his his pronounced New York accent; one scene had the line "yonder is the palace of my father" which Curtis delivered as more like "yonda is da palace of my fadda"; he was wide ridiculed for years afterward, as was Wayne for his 'Cowboy Conqueror'; the criticism so stung Curtis, he made decided efforts to tone down his accent in later films; he did have a bit of 'accent revenge' in the film Some Like It Hot where he parodied the posh voice style of Cary Grant:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udZgIsIKU30




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[Catfish]

Are you ready for this? Eichhörnchen will appreciate, i'm sure :hmmm:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JppwKpfOgyo

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_XTnCam1Eg

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4zZlpRde5k

[vienna]

I'll watch anything that puts Margot Robbie on a screen...




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[Cavitator]

I enjoyed all of the Alien movies. Even Ressurection.

I'm with you. I liked the whole series.

Two of my other favourites are Django Unchained and The hateful Eight. I also really like Inglorious Basterds...so three..three of my other favourites

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzoD3ZEipZM

[tmccarthy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JJ5xNOzxEg

[Eisenwurst]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGAYMLUIU34

Very nice, laid back trailer for "Vanishing Point" 1971.

Good to see a new approach to this classic. :)

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhWM40bd-ac

[tmccarthy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAfR8omt-CY

[Eisenwurst]

"Midnight in Paris"....I've seen it. A beautiful movie.

"La Belle Epoque" is always in the past...even if you're actually there.

:Kaleun_Applaud:

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xycLDen2IBo

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBOOwBQfsPg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAUVgjT8R6M

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0xwTAJROW4

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG8YoqrNMEA

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yrh8LpyEWIk

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiFcDBGXXq8

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkXEPKuRBwo

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKDzJTEkJtY

[Eisenwurst]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awEC-aLDzjs

A bit of a cult film. Sort of slipped under the radar when it was first released.

The main character, "Porco Rosso", is an Italian fighter pilot from WW1. He suffers from "Survivors Guilt".

All his mates are dead...but he's still alive.

Beautiful music and animation...and a love interest.

Set in 1920's Italy.

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSBcXVNFOmQ

[vienna]

This could be the future of major motion pictures:


Disney Reveals ‘Mulan’ Release Date For All Disney+ Subscribers After $30 Premier Access Run --

https://deadline.com/2020/09/disney-reveals-mulan-release-date-for-all-disney-plus-subscribers-after-premier-access-1234569473/


Subscribers to Disney+, who already pay about USD $7.00/mo for the service are being made to pay the extra premium to view the film on home video devices; note that Disney has made provisions to avoid the possibility of persons subscribing to watch the film and then cancelling their subs after viewing by only allowing unlimited viewing only if the subscription is not cancelled; the USD $30.00 price tag is about 2.5 to 3 times the average price of a movie theater ticket here in LA; if Disney is successful with the Mulan experiment, such 'premium' screenings on studio owned streaming services may become the norm, particularly since it cuts way down on having to deal with the 'middleman' theater chains...




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[Eisenwurst]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGzKnyhYDQI

This film got a very limited showing at Arthouse cinemas when it was first released, so hardly anyone knows about it.

I thought I'd do the decent thing and redress the balance. Subsim has a membership of nearing 200K and most probably a "readership" in the millions. The more people that know about this visually stunning, beautifully crafted masterpiece, the better.

The film makers deserve success and global recognition, which they didn't get the first time around.

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYTtVPUzym0

[tmccarthy]

"Midnight in Paris"....I've seen it. A beautiful movie.

"La Belle Epoque" is always in the past...even if you're actually there.

:Kaleun_Applaud:

More and more I've found that to be true. I've been looking back to the culture, movies and music from the years 1975-2000. It's amazing and seems like a very special time. I don't see how you could ever compare it to the years 2000-2020. But I'm sure that there are people who will and do see it otherwise.

[tmccarthy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wNYNDzKpuQ&ab_channel=MovieclipsClassicTrailers

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqk1BjkaD4A

[vienna]

More and more I've found that to be true. I've been looking back to the culture, movies and music from the years 1975-2000. It's amazing and seems like a very special time. I don't see how you could ever compare it to the years 2000-2020. But I'm sure that there are people who will and do see it otherwise.


If you want to boil down a special time to a single year, 1939 would be well in the lead:

Gone with the Wind
The Wizard of Oz
Dodge City
Wuthering Heights
Stagecoach
Drums Along the Mohawk
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Women
Another Thin Man
Dark Victory
The Rules of the Game
Ninotchka
The Little Princess
Destry Rides Again
Of Mice and Men
Union Pacific
Gunga Din
Beau Geste
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
The Four Feathers
Gulliver's Travels
Young Mr. Lincoln
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
The Man in the Iron Mask


...an impressive list, to be sure, and there were other notable films that particular year...




<O>

[Eisenwurst]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzSeTvR_sdY

"Fraulein Doktor" - A WW1 Spy Thriller movie starring Nigel Green ( the big Sgt from "Zulu" ) as the head of German Intelligence, and the lovely Suzy Kendall as the Mata Hari/Female James Bond title character.

Mustard gas attack. Here censored, but in movie, skin peels away in agony.

[tmccarthy]

https://youtu.be/8dR_PzbP73I

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6mxhiBIOlI

[mapuc]

yesterday I saw a classic movie.

It's one of these anti movies.

Starring
Willem Dafoe
Tom Berenger
Charlie Sheen

Markus

[Jimbuna]

^ Not sure if this is meant to be a quiz question but in the absence of a movie title might you be referring to Platoon?

[mapuc]

^ Not sure if this is meant to be a quiz question but in the absence of a movie title might you be referring to Platoon?

It was Platoon.

I thought by only writing some of the actors I was pretty sure you knew which movie it was.

I see it as an anti-war movie.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

In 2011, British television channel Channel 4 voted Platoon as the 6th greatest war film ever made, behind Full Metal Jacket and ahead of A Bridge Too Far.

[Eisenwurst]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pyytlc-9VVA

A great re worked trailer for this classic. The lovely Honor Blackman was always a good choice to play the Queen of the Gods. :)

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gPSf97jI2w

[Gerald]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPcrB4OC1TE

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7EWYFf54ws

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyxkjYmlzhg

[tmccarthy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqib1EaY5G8&ab_channel=TheFunFlicks

[stork100]

^ Great film this. Very moving. It's so insightful to look at these post-war Italian films and observe the society and culture, because what you see is so completely genuine. You can see and feel the pain of the nation coming through. Even the buildings still carried the visible scars from the bullets and shrapnel. Mix that with geniuses like De Sica or Rossellini and you get masterpieces like this.

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnTxB2dUGNk&t=8s

[tmccarthy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIA_Gyd2CYw&ab_channel=MrMofMs

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIfnRILh1V4

[Eisenwurst]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mJwYgHV_Og&list=PLPFfSjYmXD0fP8TnQK7_Kk3gjlcDvWTwu&index=122

An all time favourite of a lot of people. Deeply moving and highly influential.

Words are superfluous, just see it if you haven't already.

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hGt5_jAJDY

[tmccarthy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doaQC-S8de8&ab_channel=EveryFrameaPainting

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa1YCuNYZNY

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DSFFau3NbA

[Eisenwurst]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_1iT_GmHTE

Another Samurai movie. This one's a beauty too.

".....opens next week"....can't wait. :)

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBv-ukzIV_U

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfHXYKX85jE

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tqdE5hcQ9U

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz_GY9i9-cg

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60wDuQMJl2Q

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe0J4XAfJFY

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bgf2WkUJu8

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKWEwkTHGcw

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P132XyntUHE

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNtJ4HdMavo

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c0U-4Axvbw&t=400s

[mapuc]

Next week one of my movie channel have premier on this movie

The movie looks interesting, from the clips they have shown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL4McUzXfFI

Markus

[Jimbuna]

^ It's all in the mind :03:

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mXhlZQi97w

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcS79ad5jCQ

[Eisenwurst]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpUe2Qyyjgk

Flogging scene from "Damn the Defiant".

Dirk Bogarde loves his job. :arrgh!:

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_6NKvRjXAY

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsU33pKZ_N0

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeu2h0E1RBU

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COSpZpDt2CU

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk9R2TCwC4c

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzS3jGocnck

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uvd7hCzUU_E

[Catfish]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzS3jGocnck
hahah i liked that :D
but .. "Piranhadon" :har:

[tmccarthy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hZ5Ie72Awc&list=PLs-cxH-Nqj4c-SmfUJY3KpRzWh2K7M4oF&index=73&ab_channel=YouTubeMovies

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6d2_INCNE0

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vioSDDAk_Qs

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zW_VNGK138

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZYZPuFzDrY

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qfmgJ-R55o

[Eisenwurst]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ4bC55Kumw

The critics love to hate this movie....sod 'em.

It's actually quite good. :)

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtsmDe4fHmM

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVnHZ5SF1Jg

[mapuc]

Saw this movie this afternoon(recoded from earlier)
Great movie-If you like these type of movie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNxsaFCzqxc

Markus

[Eisenwurst]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ4WnV6D36M

[tmccarthy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gyf8QWoL7T0&list=PLs-cxH-Nqj4c-SmfUJY3KpRzWh2K7M4oF&index=82&ab_channel=Likeonions

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EO2IhDOSkE

[Gerald]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JORN2hkXLyM

[Eisenwurst]

2 Fan Made movie trailers for "Waterloo".

Each different, but very good in their own way. :)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNlpHpZfQyg

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXGMfrXuDNE

[stork100]

Amazingly epic film, and a brilliant performance from Rod Steiger in my opinion. They were all coming out around that time weren't they? There was Tora! Tora! Tora! released in the same year, and Battle of Britain released the year before. Unbelievable what they managed to achieve in all these films, the likes of which we could surely never see produced today.

[Eisenwurst]

Yep. Cast of 1000s with great actors always makes for a great film. No CGI then, and armed forces co operation too.

Good to see these talented fan made trailers too. I'll keep a lookout for more. :)

Hello from Sydney.:up:

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJjV15AlzeU

[Eisenwurst]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5nfWa1MP6g

A teaser for the telemovie. No spoilers. :)

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8GmzzlCp38

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-RR_vV7qDU

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWfPGIMDhNw

[tmccarthy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-tgsURVNrI&list=PLs-cxH-Nqj4c-SmfUJY3KpRzWh2K7M4oF&index=48&ab_channel=MangoPictures

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A6EezjgsxU

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgGhKKnkta8

[Gerald]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4yXBIigZbg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSe5rrDXWuM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtkFei4wRjE

[mapuc]

^ One of the Swedish actress in this movie and who also had a role in Emil From lonneberga, where she played the role as Lina and in Smultronstället has died. She was 82 years old

Read it in the Swedish news
R.I.P Maud Hansson Fissoun

Edit
Maybe posting short videoclip from this movie, was because of her death
End edit

Markus

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzanbaFpSXg

[Gerald]

^ One of the Swedish actress in this movie and who also had a role in Emil From lonneberga, where she played the role as Lina and in Smultronstället has died. She was 82 years old

Read it in the Swedish news
R.I.P Maud Hansson Fissoun

Edit
Maybe posting short videoclip from this movie, was because of her death
End edit

MarkusThanks for tell the news Markus. RIP Maud!

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q03zOoH-hGo

[Eisenwurst]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhz4Jl6nf58

One that snuck in under the radar.....so to speak.

[Gerald]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skrdyoabmgA

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDTO-6dWncM

[Gerald]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_o8vX8lGss

I've been thinking of this movie as the coronavirus pandemic unfolds. I realize this is different from the fear of nuclear war, but seeing the deserted streets of Melbourne makes me think of how quiet our cities are at present as we deal with this pandemic.

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ujEm_OhbII

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsebsYtyCTs

[Eisenwurst]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyTFkrSUQ24

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwTGVn6tllw

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNv5mHXOGXk

[tmccarthy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsXIpnMRu88&list=PLs-cxH-Nqj4c-SmfUJY3KpRzWh2K7M4oF&index=47&ab_channel=YouTubeMovies

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veztNJQyRJg

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBmwyJaCaic

[Gerald]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8Rxb-9snJQ


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U8scp5J9Is


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Blk7Vo0abY

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxrHiPPFwUo

[Gerald]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdeS1vJNgpg

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk3NhzNqAuY

[Gerald]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8g_JidtNCo&list=PLTa4aMiJP49JIKOV3JHw43BZ_OhzkiQsB

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ujd120-UuJY

[Gerald]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaa_5m3cmSc

[Eisenwurst]

Oliver Stone certainly knows his craft. A labour of love, this film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsy9f7z7NiM

And part 2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXeuxwLt0lM

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KldiQVsfJpw

[Torvald Von Mansee]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8Rxb-9snJQ


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U8scp5J9Is


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Blk7Vo0abY


Jack Reacher is supposed to be like 6'3" and 230 pounds, not a manlet like Tom Cruise.

[Gerald]

Jack Reacher is supposed to be like 6'3" and 230 pounds, not a manlet like Tom Cruise.:up:

[Gerald]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pZYU8OGO6Q

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKw0QfHerH0

[Eisenwurst]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6OoZNdAQuA

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5JlU2GyzHI

[Catfish]

In colour ! :)
and sound.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8ntQl055jI

[Eisenwurst]

In colour ! :)
and sound.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8ntQl055jI

Damn Yankees !!!!!

Nice find Catfish. :)

[Gerald]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQk-7AdDcV4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6PMZKd5uiI

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FsirRor7nU

[Gerald]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_b-zpSnoHs

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3agpmPQlbmA

[Gerald]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUy2Wx_r0_w

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyihs1kPUnw

[Gerald]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU7Ga7qTLDU

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCqDdsZY7RA

[Gerald]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CPJ-AbCsT8

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJC_AQyCejk

[Gerald]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjNe9fuqQ8o

[Eisenwurst]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLl4_uVlUD8

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnKyN3hHfu4

[Gerald]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INf4ukENbL4

[tmccarthy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKZPgGbUuX0&t=1s&ab_channel=UWRexter

[Eisenwurst]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI67dSs3dXU

A bit of a tribute to a fine actor. R.I.P.

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D3s1If5lJo

[Eisenwurst]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvp_GJ_4dow

[Catfish]

^ really have to see this one again :haha:

^^^^ and i really liked "Big trouble in little China" :up:

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5821rjs3o5Y

[Eisenwurst]

^ really have to see this one again :haha:

^^^^ and i really liked "Big trouble in little China" :up:

Good on you Kai. :up:

It's good to have a laugh.

"Big Trouble....." is a great film too. Plot, Story, Cast, everything top notch.
2 Beautiful leading ladies helps too. Just a normal Saturday night out in Chinatown. :)

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o2f9ETivas

[Gerald]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hW7QTEYyrw

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWtL6kBTZuU

[Catfish]

Did not watch it yet, so don't know whether it comes close to the author's intention. If you scroll to the end and back to the begining the advertisements will not show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NtTPK_9LCU

[Eisenwurst]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8dqWHc-R7E&feature=emb_logo

From the 1990? movie "Ironclads" An ACW spy drama starring Virginia Madsen.

Bit of a low budget film....but VERY well done. :)

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDP245bQ6Fk

[Gerald]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpvW1T7hXjo

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmegSpCcMXM

[Eisenwurst]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uqJcfY3epA

IMHO it's a shame Sid James wasn't in this one....but the regular cast carried it off well. :)

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CWzJnyl204

[Gerald]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVi_mtNQscc

[Eisenwurst]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x7eaSNMzjU

Great characters in this film..."The Long Ships". :)

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqIqZwn939s

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHwb-H-b5Q8

[tmccarthy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIKMb57LCkk&list=PLs-cxH-Nqj4fgJUdTKJc1JlGThYT7rDh8&index=35&ab_channel=MilestoneFilms

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFYCR1G2n9k

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uyvbQxH7oI