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BaftaBaby 
"Always entranced by cinema."
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 Posted - 03/05/2007 : 18:11:04
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Originally posted by ChocolateLady
I just remembered that Hard Day's Night is supposed to be about the Beatles' going on TV. There are lots of cameras there, plus the scene when Ringo goes out and takes pictures by the water. Would that be included?
This is a very interesting suggestion, CL ... and though it's not strictly within my own defined parameters, I shall graciously accept! Thank you!!! Although the film really is about how early fame shapes the Fab Four, so much of it has to do with media exposure via cameras that I think we can award it honorary membership!
Good work, girl!
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Whippersnapper. 
"A fourword thinking guy."
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Posted - 03/05/2007 : 19:31:23
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
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Originally posted by Whippersnapper
And don't forget The Bad And The Beautiful.
Good call, Whippy ... I'll add it tomorrow!
Ta v'ry much!
Ooh goody!
Also "Nineteen Eighty-Four" is a MUST.
And what about "La Dolce Vita"??
and "Notting Hill".
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 03/05/2007 : 19:50:55
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Originally posted by Whippersnapper
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
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Originally posted by Whippersnapper
And don't forget The Bad And The Beautiful.
Good call, Whippy ... I'll add it tomorrow!
Ta v'ry much!
yep, yep, and yep! They'll go in tomorrow.
Now, who's gonna be brave enough to tackle this ginormous acc?  
Ooh goody!
Also "Nineteen Eighty-Four" is a MUST.
And what about "La Dolce Vita"??
and "Notting Hill".
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Whippersnapper.
"A fourword thinking guy."
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Posted - 03/05/2007 : 22:06:09
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Would now be a good time to mention "White Hunter, Black Heart"? 
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ChocolateLady 
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 03/06/2007 : 08:03:51
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| And what about your own Eskimo Nell? |
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 03/06/2007 : 08:13:09
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Originally posted by ChocolateLady
And what about your own Eskimo Nell?
That one was waiting to be added to the fwfr db ... which it now has been - thank you, benj! so it will be added along with the above. |
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 03/06/2007 : 09:15:50
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Originally posted by Whippersnapper
And what about "La Dolce Vita"??
Whipper ... I know I said I'd add this, but have been re-thinking and just did a bit of checking. Marcello plays a gossip columnist and he's not making a film, nor is a film being made about him -- unless I'm really mis-remembering. I think Fellini's main themes involve the anomie engendered by a the trivialization of a culture and how the antidote lies beneath that froth in the 'fountain' of real human connection.
I can see the case for 8�, which is already on the list ... but remind me of the camera-connection for this. Please.
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Whippersnapper.
"A fourword thinking guy."
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Posted - 03/06/2007 : 11:39:49
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
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Originally posted by Whippersnapper
And what about "La Dolce Vita"??
Whipper ... I know I said I'd add this, but have been re-thinking and just did a bit of checking. Marcello plays a gossip columnist and he's not making a film, nor is a film being made about him -- unless I'm really mis-remembering. I think Fellini's main themes involve the anomie engendered by a the trivialization of a culture and how the antidote lies beneath that froth in the 'fountain' of real human connection.
I can see the case for 8�, which is already on the list ... but remind me of the camera-connection for this. Please.
I take it you mean the case for LDV, as the case for Eight And A Half is undeniable.
OK, so like Neptune, I'm gonna try a three-pronged attack:
1. Paperazzo et al. They were so noticeable at the time that the character Paperazzo's name became THE word for a photographer who chases after the rich and famous to take menaningless or intrusive photographs. This in itself would be qualification enough, but...
2. The whole Anita Ekberg thing ( ), US movie star. A movie star playing a movie star.
3. The long episode where two small kids obviously invent an apparition of the Virgin. A vital part of the perpetuation of the ridiculous is the film crews.
In conclusion, the depiction of the creation of vacuous, vicarious or specious, in the form of photography, filming and stardom, are critical to the film's central theme of superficiality and meaningless.
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 03/21/2007 : 12:08:57
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| Have you added Inland Empire? |
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 03/21/2007 : 12:19:48
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Originally posted by Salopian
Have you added Inland Empire?
I have now!
Thanks, Sal!
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Shiv 
"What a Wonderful World"
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Posted - 03/21/2007 : 13:06:01
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| Autofocus, about Bob Crane? His obsession with pornography (film and photo) and his involvement in it is the core of the film. |
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 03/21/2007 : 14:47:36
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Originally posted by Shiv
Autofocus, about Bob Crane? His obsession with pornography (film and photo) and his involvement in it is the core of the film.
Oh, yes! I really liked that film too ... Kinnear was excellent, imho!
It's added -- thanks, Shiv.
Now -- at 81 films, is anyone gonna develop dis picture?  
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lemmycaution
"Long mired in film"
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Posted - 03/21/2007 : 20:55:20
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Hellzapoppin'
A great film. Slapstick meets Pirandello.
Would also qualify for Salopian's fourth wall accolade, the precise title of which escapes me. |
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Shiv
"What a Wonderful World"
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Posted - 03/21/2007 : 21:56:51
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
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Originally posted by Shiv
Autofocus, about Bob Crane? His obsession with pornography (film and photo) and his involvement in it is the core of the film.
Oh, yes! I really liked that film too ... Kinnear was excellent, imho!
I think he is a great actor. As he is getting older he is getting better acting roles. Too funny and cute in his youth or something
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Now -- at 81 films, is anyone gonna develop dis picture?
I find accolades over about 10 movies far too daunting just at the moment |
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 03/22/2007 : 10:52:03
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Originally posted by lemmycaution
Hellzapoppin'
A great film. Slapstick meets Pirandello.
Ooh, yes! Many thanks, Lem ... 'tis in! I remember going to see it when I was a kid and laughing till my sides literally ached! There used to be a row of movie theaters lining each side of 42nd Street in NYC, each one devoted to a different genre; re-runs that played over and over all day long -- this was way before they became soft porn houses. One showed only westerns 24 hours a day, another only thrillers, and one showed only comedies. That was where I saw Chick and Ole, and the Marx Bros, and lotsa Chaplin. My comedy kindergarten!
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Accolade help sought please!
