Passages

A subforum to discuss film culture and criticism.
Post Reply
Message
Author
User avatar
Ribs
Joined: Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:14 pm

Re: Passages

#6526 Post by Ribs » Tue May 23, 2017 11:29 am

Always and forever the best James Bond. Totally heartbroken.

User avatar
hearthesilence
Joined: Fri Mar 04, 2005 4:22 am
Location: NYC

Re: Passages

#6527 Post by hearthesilence » Tue May 23, 2017 11:56 am

I'm not much of a Bond fan any more - I even have a hard time enjoying my "favorite" Bond films in their entirety - but Moore was a wonderful human being for the way he devoted his post-Bond life to UNICEF, very much a class act.

britcom68

Re: Passages

#6528 Post by britcom68 » Tue May 23, 2017 12:32 pm

The NYTimes obit for Dina Merrill mentions that her family owned Mar-a-Lago and the estate was sold to the Trumps in 1985. (Ivanka apparently uses the same bedroom as Ms Merrill used as a child.) It is frustrating that the Times would begin their obit for Ms Merrill with this as the lead, the very first sentence no less. No doubt they are trying to get this trending as much as possible from any tie-in, no matter how tenuous, with President Trump but still, it hardly merits being the very first thing a person should read into her life if this was the first introduction a person had to her life and legacy.

User avatar
djproject
Joined: Sat Oct 09, 2010 3:41 pm
Location: Framingham, MA
Contact:

Passages

#6529 Post by djproject » Tue May 23, 2017 7:35 pm

Lisa Spoonauer, who played Caitlin Bree in Clerks.

vidussoni
Joined: Mon Jul 07, 2014 1:51 pm

Re: Passages

#6530 Post by vidussoni » Tue May 23, 2017 9:05 pm

Moore was my favorite Bond. He was an all-around classy guy. His coffee table book Bond on Bond is also a fun read.

RIP, 007.

User avatar
hearthesilence
Joined: Fri Mar 04, 2005 4:22 am
Location: NYC

Re: Passages

#6531 Post by hearthesilence » Wed May 24, 2017 12:54 am


calculus entrophy
Joined: Sun Sep 21, 2014 11:32 am

Re: Passages

#6532 Post by calculus entrophy » Wed May 24, 2017 12:39 pm

My favorite guilty Roger Moore pleasure is.....The Persuaders. Adventurous, open and willing viewers should muster the courage to make it through this whole series if they enjoy some deep Roger Moore seventies kitsch. And John Barry's theme quite grows on you like an unwelcome rash.

The key is to pretend Tony Curtis is not actually on screen - Roger is the star here, really putting his full focus on the outfits.

And if you can ignore the directing, the plots, the writing, and the acting, its excellent.

User avatar
Ribs
Joined: Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:14 pm

Re: Passages

#6533 Post by Ribs » Wed May 24, 2017 3:13 pm

The most interesting thing about the Persuaders to me is that it does have some, in the scheme of things, high-profile directors for being a TV production. CC entrants Roy Ward Baker and Basil Dearden, for two. It's a total blast, and I cherish Network's BD of it (and look forward to the inevitability of a Saint collection on BD sometime in the near future).

calculus entrophy
Joined: Sun Sep 21, 2014 11:32 am

Re: Passages

#6534 Post by calculus entrophy » Wed May 24, 2017 3:28 pm

Ribs wrote:The most interesting thing about the Persuaders to me is that it does have some, in the scheme of things, high-profile directors for being a TV production. CC entrants Roy Ward Baker and Basil Dearden, for two. It's a total blast, and I cherish Network's BD of it (and look forward to the inevitability of a Saint collection on BD sometime in the near future).
Point taken, glad to hear from other fans :)

User avatar
dadaistnun
Joined: Thu Nov 04, 2004 8:31 am

Re: Passages

#6535 Post by dadaistnun » Fri May 26, 2017 8:44 am

Denis Johnson
What a loss. Angels, Jesus' Son, Tree of Smoke, Train Dreams...

flyonthewall2983
Joined: Mon Jun 27, 2005 3:31 pm
Location: Indiana
Contact:

Passages

#6536 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Sat May 27, 2017 3:36 pm

Gregg Allman


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

User avatar
FrauBlucher
Joined: Mon Jul 15, 2013 8:28 pm
Location: Greenwich Village

Re: Passages

#6537 Post by FrauBlucher » Sat May 27, 2017 8:10 pm

Every year the Allman Bros Band would play extended dates at NY's Beacon Theater and every year I say I want to go. Of course, I never did. And now I really regret not going. Sigh.

flyonthewall2983
Joined: Mon Jun 27, 2005 3:31 pm
Location: Indiana
Contact:

Re: Passages

#6538 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Sat May 27, 2017 8:22 pm

I watched him live in 2013 with his solo band. Probably the most enjoyable experience of live music I've had. I sat about 10-15 feet from his Hammond organ and his voice and chops had not left him at all. Despite going through several well-known health issues over the last several years.

Sad as it was that they retired in 2014 it seems less sad looking back that the surviving members (as well as newer but vital members like Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks) decided to call it a day and walk away from it as opposed to being halted by Gregg or Butch Trucks' death this year.

Fortunately Gregg recorded one last album over the last few years, so there is still some new music to look forward to. It will be a bittersweet affair knowing its his last, but if it holds up to his last record Low Country Blues it will be quite good.

User avatar
mfunk9786
Under Chris' Protection
Joined: Fri May 16, 2008 4:43 pm
Location: Philadelphia, PA

Re: Passages

#6539 Post by mfunk9786 » Thu Jun 08, 2017 3:42 pm

Peter Sallis discussion moved here

flyonthewall2983
Joined: Mon Jun 27, 2005 3:31 pm
Location: Indiana
Contact:

Re: Passages

#6540 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Fri Jun 09, 2017 11:01 am


User avatar
Ribs
Joined: Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:14 pm

Re: Passages

#6541 Post by Ribs » Sat Jun 10, 2017 11:25 am

Adam West

A lot like Roger Moore, in many ways he will always be the only real Batman.

User avatar
Gregor Samsa
Joined: Sun Aug 06, 2006 4:41 am

Re: Passages

#6542 Post by Gregor Samsa » Sat Jun 10, 2017 12:37 pm


User avatar
bearcuborg
Joined: Fri Sep 14, 2007 2:30 am
Location: Philadelphia via Chicago

Re: Passages

#6543 Post by bearcuborg » Sat Jun 10, 2017 2:50 pm

Loved his cameo in Badasssss. And of course, his work in Family Guy.


That episode where he dares himself to watch Garbage Paul Kids in the dark...lol

User avatar
djproject
Joined: Sat Oct 09, 2010 3:41 pm
Location: Framingham, MA
Contact:

Re: Passages

#6544 Post by djproject » Sat Jun 10, 2017 8:22 pm

Sam Panopoulos, inventor of the Hawaiian pizza option.

User avatar
dadaistnun
Joined: Thu Nov 04, 2004 8:31 am

Re: Passages

#6545 Post by dadaistnun » Sat Jun 10, 2017 8:40 pm

flyonthewall2983 wrote:Glenne Headly
Always dug her in anything I saw her in, though since I've been on a Lynch kick of late, I'd like to recommend her performance in the Hotel Room segment "Tricks " as a stoned prostitute who suddenly realizes what a fucked up psychological maelstrom she has entered with Harry Dean Stanton and Freddie Jones.

User avatar
cdnchris
Site Admin
Joined: Tue Nov 02, 2004 2:45 pm
Location: Washington
Contact:

Re: Passages

#6546 Post by cdnchris » Sat Jun 10, 2017 10:32 pm

djproject wrote:Sam Panopoulos, inventor of the Hawaiian pizza option.
I actually had no idea the inventor of Hawaiian pizza was Canadian. Makes sense.

User avatar
MichaelB
Joined: Fri Aug 11, 2006 6:20 pm
Location: Worthing
Contact:

Re: Passages

#6547 Post by MichaelB » Sun Jun 11, 2017 7:53 am

Peter Bondanella, whose book A History of Italian Cinema remains my favourite single-volume survey of the subject at least three decades after I first read it.

User avatar
Rayon Vert
Green is the Rayest Color
Joined: Wed Jan 08, 2014 10:52 pm
Location: Canada
Contact:

Re: Passages

#6548 Post by Rayon Vert » Sun Jun 11, 2017 1:07 pm

Yeah a terrific book I've read a few times and that's really helped guide my exploration of Italian cinema.

User avatar
hearthesilence
Joined: Fri Mar 04, 2005 4:22 am
Location: NYC

Re: Passages

#6549 Post by hearthesilence » Tue Jun 13, 2017 9:32 pm


User avatar
Rayon Vert
Green is the Rayest Color
Joined: Wed Jan 08, 2014 10:52 pm
Location: Canada
Contact:

Re: Passages

#6550 Post by Rayon Vert » Tue Jun 13, 2017 10:33 pm

Unfortunate, I don't think that was expected. Still waiting for a decent release of A Degree of Murder.

Post Reply