Truly, “if my thought dreams could be seen, they’d put my head in a guillotine” as regards the Unsupreme “Court’ and the Scummy Six. After a week like this, there was only one movie I could think of to watch, and fortunately it was for sale on at Warner Brothers for a whole $8, permanent ownership of the digitally restored director’s cut. All 2 hours and 25 minutes of greatness.
Great movie choice with WILD BUNCH. That's how we're feeling. As for your head in a guillotine. let's wait for the supremacists' next decision, and then think about our next move together.
To be honest, I was thinking of watching “Mr.Smith goes to Washington”. I want the anesthetic of a feel good movie where bad people try to kill themselves and perseverance pays off.
I'm not so sure...comparing Capra's pretty sunny view of our government, "Mr. Smith" could end up being pretty depressing.
there really are so few really great movies about government.
but another excellent choice for this weekend is "Young Mr. Lincoln," which, even though I have issues with John Ford, is a masterpiece with Henry Fonda's sensational, heartbreaking performance. in fact, when I was thinking about it earlier in the week, I realized that Ford directed Fonda's best performances, even if they ended up not speaking after the "Mr. Roberts" disaster. Fonda once referred to Ford as " a son of a bitch who happens to be a genius."
but you already knew that...
and now I must retire to consider how else to fill this long weekend. I just looked up and "Run Silent, Run Deep" is on TCM.
Have a great time in the air, TC. Last week The Guy and I went to the Detroit River to try to see Selfridge AFB's flyover of A-10 Thunderbolts as they finished a counterclockwise flyover of the Lower Peninsula and headed back to base. But we could only hear them because of the wildfire haze our kindly Canadian neighbors shared with us. The fishermen also complained that nothing was biting. And Channel 7's TV crew shrugged and departed the scene.
I've lived near air bases most of my life: Grosse Ile Naval Air, long deactivated (Don't miss the old sound-barrier blasts.); Kincheloe, outside Sault Ste. Marie; Wurtsmith AFB in Oscoda, where Conniie Coletta is now refitting defunct AF jets for commercial use. For decades the B-52s at Wurtsmith were on alert , loaded with nuclear bombs. During the USAF re-alignment in the '90.s, Wurtsmith was closed. K.I. Sawyer in Marquette, UP, is down too. All we have left in MI is Detroit TACOM/Selfridge where the A-10s are based and it's on political shaky ground.
I worry about the lack of bases here now because MI is a key water source for the Midwest, and the climate scientists are saying that over the long haul the most livable part of the US will be the Upper Midwest. The water must be protected. But I guess we'll have to depend on the various screwball militias across the state to get the job done. Lord, help us.
Thanks for letting me vent a personal anxiety here, and enjoy your day in the the wild blue yonder.
I think we've already talked about our mutual love for this movie, which I watch at least once a year. ditto for "McCabe and Mrs. Miller," which is one of the most beautiful studio-made American movies ever made; some days, I think it's the MOST beautiful. I saw an uncut print in London in 1969 (all that stuff about how Deke Thornton was captured and put in his terrible position) and a few weeks late went to see it again in NYC and all that stuff was MISSING. when it was finally restored, folks got to see how a great movie was actually even BETTER. I've owned every boxed set ever released and the one thing I regret about the restored version is how that last long walk the guys take to meet their fates. one of the supplementary docs shows the whole thing, and, while I understand why it probably had to be curtailed, I'd still have loved to see the whole thing. what's brilliant is how all those poor schmucks in Mapache's camp are just doing whatever their usual things are while these not-so-nice guys we've come to love are marching to the violent death they've chosen for themselves, unapologetically. just describing it makes my pulse get stronger. and the walk is preceded by that fabulous four-word exchange that says everything: "Let's go," followed by "Why not?"
as for the exchange between Pike and Dutch, it really does pose a dilemma and one of the many aspects of the movie's greatness is that it's never settled. I find myself going back-and-forth over which side I agree with and I'm pretty sure that Peckinpah wanted it that way.
I also have an abiding love for "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid," but for completely different reasons. it gladdened my heart when I read David Thomson (my current favorite writer on film) say pretty much the same thing.
and last week I re-watched "Only Angels Have Wings" and realized that on every level Hawks thought it should count, it's pretty much perfect.
I think I've come to pretty much accept Thomson's take on Cary Grant, which is the very extreme view that CG id, finally, the most consequential of movie stars.
jeez, after this past week, it feels fabulous to do a whole post that's just about MOVIES.
Joyce Vance tackles some angles on the phony wedding case that I haven't seen elsewhere
"Although the state certainly could have tried to contact Stewart and figured this out, lawyers are obligated to make sure that everything they file in court is truthful and accurate. That burden was on Smith’s lawyers and it appears that they failed to me it. Harvard Law professor emeritus Laurence Tribe had some thoughts about how the Court should handle the situation."
She quotes Laurence Tribe: "It was a phony controversy, cooked up just to pitch a curveball that only a trump-stacked court would have swung at."
"There is no indication, at least at this moment, that the Court will consider taking any steps to hold the lawyers accountable or consider whether the case was properly in front of them."
"There is no indication, at least at this moment, that the Court will consider taking any steps to hold the lawyers accountable or consider whether the case was properly in front of them."
They could vacate their decision on a phony case, but don't hold your breath.
Hunter was mentioned in the Doc. Henry Wilson was known for picking out "cute boys" like Rock and Tab (along with Roger Moore and Doug McClure...really). Tab Hunter (real name, Art Gelien), was 'sacrificed' to keep Hudson's true nature secret. Although, even as a teenager in the 1970s, I knew he was gay.
I was hearing it in the early sixties from a few people I knew (parents' friends), who'd tried (pretty unsuccessfully) to become screenwriters. one of them was named Speed Lambkin....if you want a few nasty laughs, his famous house can be found if you google him. his sister stayed in Hollywood and became a dialect coach for southern accents. first she married Harry Brown (author of the "Walk in the Sun" novel), then ended up married to some kind of English lord...she was universally despised by her old friends for her lifelong stated desire to become as rich as possible.
I'm experiencing lots of BIG FEELINGS which i will spare you from hearing!! But, how can i get/order this film?? I'm in amerika for 2 months and would really like to see it! xx's
and oh yeah...that miserable putz Zaslav is featured a LOT in those HBO puff pieces. he seems like a prick. and he just made the news AGAIN by firing the top staff at TCM, then making a lot of noise about how "it's a treasure" and he's going to "make it great." it's already pretty good and, as many others have already said, firing the top people seems like a truly fucked up way to accomplish whatever it is he wants to accomplish. I'm sensing LOTS of merch and high-ticket items.
it's a bargain because you get it for nothing with most decent cable tiers. I'm not sure if anyone pays for the streaming service, since it's free with my ridiculously overpriced cable service.
My "celebratory" feeling is somewhat lacking after someone in this neighborhood played with fireworks for close to THREE hours last night - from before 10PM to about 12:30. Unsure if there is still a burn ban here presently - its still dry. I'm surrounded by trees & woods up back. So not feeling all that sharp today. I hope & pray they used all that crap up last night, but afraid it was only the FIRST of July. Do I sound like a bitchy old woman?
there are worse things than being a "bitchy old man." I say this after having been one last week when I told some kids who were chinning on a low-hanging branch of the tree outside my window and it was obvious a slightly bigger kid could have torn it off the tree. it reminded of a lady in my apartment complex when I was about four or five sticking her head out the window and yelling "hey! that tree has feelings too!"
Maggie, your bitchiness is for a good reason, especially near dry woods. Stupid, selfish people feel entitled to have their way and shoot off firecrackers and fireworks, no matter how it affects other people (especially those with PTSD), pets and wildlife.
I watched the Rock Hudson documentary on Max. Very good, but an almost rote biography. Except when Maupin and Linda Evans spoke. Also, as if we didn't already know, the Reagan's total douchebagness.
The documentaries TCM's been showing are uneven, but the Tab Hunter documentary is very good, as is the one on Raoul Walsh - I actually learned some new stuff from that one.
yes, they're very good. as opposed, say, to the four-hour publicity machine on Warner Bros. now on display on HBO/Max. they dispense with the great, very interesting first 60 years of the studio in one hour and by the end of the second hour, the comic book superheroes have already arrived. TCM's two available Warner Bros. docs are actually NOT commercials, especially when they deal with what a prick Jack Warner was.
Yes, those two TCM docs on Warners and Warner were good. I have to say I wish we had Jack Warner to deal with nowadays. he might have bveen a misogynist asshole, but he knew how to make movies, unlike Reality-TV Boy David Zaslav. If Warner's was serious about solving their debt problem, they'd announce they were going to hang Zaslav at the front gate next Saturday and the public was invited at $20/person. It would be like what Sinatra said to Rita Hayworth (I believe) when she commented about the enormous crowd at the funeral of Harry Cohn (the King of Poverty Row, he ran Columbia back in the day): "Give the people what they want..."
I heard the Harry Cohn funeral story, but when I heard it (or, more properly, read it), the who said it was that extremely rich Beverley Hills rabbi...I think his name was Magnin. and he was supposed to have been playing golf.
I just checked (the digital realm does have a few things to recommend it, I suppose) and the rabbi WAS Magnin (aka "Rabbi to the Stars").
Great movie choice with WILD BUNCH. That's how we're feeling. As for your head in a guillotine. let's wait for the supremacists' next decision, and then think about our next move together.
Sounds like a plan, Fern.
Oh, to fly, too! Please take us with you in spirit, Tom.
If all goes as planned, there will be "Airplane Porn!" next week. :-)
Ugh! Please book me on another flight called 'Sexy Love 😘!'
To be honest, I was thinking of watching “Mr.Smith goes to Washington”. I want the anesthetic of a feel good movie where bad people try to kill themselves and perseverance pays off.
That's a good choice too.
I'm not so sure...comparing Capra's pretty sunny view of our government, "Mr. Smith" could end up being pretty depressing.
there really are so few really great movies about government.
but another excellent choice for this weekend is "Young Mr. Lincoln," which, even though I have issues with John Ford, is a masterpiece with Henry Fonda's sensational, heartbreaking performance. in fact, when I was thinking about it earlier in the week, I realized that Ford directed Fonda's best performances, even if they ended up not speaking after the "Mr. Roberts" disaster. Fonda once referred to Ford as " a son of a bitch who happens to be a genius."
but you already knew that...
and now I must retire to consider how else to fill this long weekend. I just looked up and "Run Silent, Run Deep" is on TCM.
I've never done a "watch party," but...
I think, a better solution is THEIR heads in a guillotine.
And I really think we should be able to be relieved of the 3 appointed by the criminal ex president.
Happy 4th to you and your feline family. May the weekend be good to us all! Thank you TC for all your work on making the current events meaningful.
Thanks, Betty.
Have a great time in the air, TC. Last week The Guy and I went to the Detroit River to try to see Selfridge AFB's flyover of A-10 Thunderbolts as they finished a counterclockwise flyover of the Lower Peninsula and headed back to base. But we could only hear them because of the wildfire haze our kindly Canadian neighbors shared with us. The fishermen also complained that nothing was biting. And Channel 7's TV crew shrugged and departed the scene.
I've lived near air bases most of my life: Grosse Ile Naval Air, long deactivated (Don't miss the old sound-barrier blasts.); Kincheloe, outside Sault Ste. Marie; Wurtsmith AFB in Oscoda, where Conniie Coletta is now refitting defunct AF jets for commercial use. For decades the B-52s at Wurtsmith were on alert , loaded with nuclear bombs. During the USAF re-alignment in the '90.s, Wurtsmith was closed. K.I. Sawyer in Marquette, UP, is down too. All we have left in MI is Detroit TACOM/Selfridge where the A-10s are based and it's on political shaky ground.
I worry about the lack of bases here now because MI is a key water source for the Midwest, and the climate scientists are saying that over the long haul the most livable part of the US will be the Upper Midwest. The water must be protected. But I guess we'll have to depend on the various screwball militias across the state to get the job done. Lord, help us.
Thanks for letting me vent a personal anxiety here, and enjoy your day in the the wild blue yonder.
One hell of a fourth…. Lions in the living room, can’t wait
I think we've already talked about our mutual love for this movie, which I watch at least once a year. ditto for "McCabe and Mrs. Miller," which is one of the most beautiful studio-made American movies ever made; some days, I think it's the MOST beautiful. I saw an uncut print in London in 1969 (all that stuff about how Deke Thornton was captured and put in his terrible position) and a few weeks late went to see it again in NYC and all that stuff was MISSING. when it was finally restored, folks got to see how a great movie was actually even BETTER. I've owned every boxed set ever released and the one thing I regret about the restored version is how that last long walk the guys take to meet their fates. one of the supplementary docs shows the whole thing, and, while I understand why it probably had to be curtailed, I'd still have loved to see the whole thing. what's brilliant is how all those poor schmucks in Mapache's camp are just doing whatever their usual things are while these not-so-nice guys we've come to love are marching to the violent death they've chosen for themselves, unapologetically. just describing it makes my pulse get stronger. and the walk is preceded by that fabulous four-word exchange that says everything: "Let's go," followed by "Why not?"
as for the exchange between Pike and Dutch, it really does pose a dilemma and one of the many aspects of the movie's greatness is that it's never settled. I find myself going back-and-forth over which side I agree with and I'm pretty sure that Peckinpah wanted it that way.
I also have an abiding love for "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid," but for completely different reasons. it gladdened my heart when I read David Thomson (my current favorite writer on film) say pretty much the same thing.
and last week I re-watched "Only Angels Have Wings" and realized that on every level Hawks thought it should count, it's pretty much perfect.
I think I've come to pretty much accept Thomson's take on Cary Grant, which is the very extreme view that CG id, finally, the most consequential of movie stars.
jeez, after this past week, it feels fabulous to do a whole post that's just about MOVIES.
Oh how my husband and I weep for our adopted country! This is not the same place anymore! I'll be one of the ones on a rooftop screaming, too!
Joyce Vance tackles some angles on the phony wedding case that I haven't seen elsewhere
"Although the state certainly could have tried to contact Stewart and figured this out, lawyers are obligated to make sure that everything they file in court is truthful and accurate. That burden was on Smith’s lawyers and it appears that they failed to me it. Harvard Law professor emeritus Laurence Tribe had some thoughts about how the Court should handle the situation."
She quotes Laurence Tribe: "It was a phony controversy, cooked up just to pitch a curveball that only a trump-stacked court would have swung at."
"There is no indication, at least at this moment, that the Court will consider taking any steps to hold the lawyers accountable or consider whether the case was properly in front of them."
"There is no indication, at least at this moment, that the Court will consider taking any steps to hold the lawyers accountable or consider whether the case was properly in front of them."
They could vacate their decision on a phony case, but don't hold your breath.
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/enough-with-the-court
Yeah, that really enrages me.
Have a great flight and enjoy your barbecue Tom! Happy 4th!
Hunter was mentioned in the Doc. Henry Wilson was known for picking out "cute boys" like Rock and Tab (along with Roger Moore and Doug McClure...really). Tab Hunter (real name, Art Gelien), was 'sacrificed' to keep Hudson's true nature secret. Although, even as a teenager in the 1970s, I knew he was gay.
The Hunter documentary goes into that a lot deeper.
I was hearing it in the early sixties from a few people I knew (parents' friends), who'd tried (pretty unsuccessfully) to become screenwriters. one of them was named Speed Lambkin....if you want a few nasty laughs, his famous house can be found if you google him. his sister stayed in Hollywood and became a dialect coach for southern accents. first she married Harry Brown (author of the "Walk in the Sun" novel), then ended up married to some kind of English lord...she was universally despised by her old friends for her lifelong stated desire to become as rich as possible.
So ... a cliff hanger for the 4th. Perfect. To quote my favorite squirrel "Fly right and keep your tail in the sun." Rocky and Bullwinkle.
I'm experiencing lots of BIG FEELINGS which i will spare you from hearing!! But, how can i get/order this film?? I'm in amerika for 2 months and would really like to see it! xx's
It was on a channel I get with DirectTV. You might also go to Turner Classic Movies website and look up the DVDs they have for sale.
I had no idea they sold DVDS...
and oh yeah...that miserable putz Zaslav is featured a LOT in those HBO puff pieces. he seems like a prick. and he just made the news AGAIN by firing the top staff at TCM, then making a lot of noise about how "it's a treasure" and he's going to "make it great." it's already pretty good and, as many others have already said, firing the top people seems like a truly fucked up way to accomplish whatever it is he wants to accomplish. I'm sensing LOTS of merch and high-ticket items.
Our subscription is already a great bargain but oh goody! Can't wait! Have a wonderful flight and weekend!
it's a bargain because you get it for nothing with most decent cable tiers. I'm not sure if anyone pays for the streaming service, since it's free with my ridiculously overpriced cable service.
My "celebratory" feeling is somewhat lacking after someone in this neighborhood played with fireworks for close to THREE hours last night - from before 10PM to about 12:30. Unsure if there is still a burn ban here presently - its still dry. I'm surrounded by trees & woods up back. So not feeling all that sharp today. I hope & pray they used all that crap up last night, but afraid it was only the FIRST of July. Do I sound like a bitchy old woman?
Only if I sound like a "bitchy old man" to the same problem.
I'm thinking I'm not the only one in my neighborhood that feels this way either.
there are worse things than being a "bitchy old man." I say this after having been one last week when I told some kids who were chinning on a low-hanging branch of the tree outside my window and it was obvious a slightly bigger kid could have torn it off the tree. it reminded of a lady in my apartment complex when I was about four or five sticking her head out the window and yelling "hey! that tree has feelings too!"
Maggie, your bitchiness is for a good reason, especially near dry woods. Stupid, selfish people feel entitled to have their way and shoot off firecrackers and fireworks, no matter how it affects other people (especially those with PTSD), pets and wildlife.
Thanks, Mim I appreciate it.
I watched the Rock Hudson documentary on Max. Very good, but an almost rote biography. Except when Maupin and Linda Evans spoke. Also, as if we didn't already know, the Reagan's total douchebagness.
The documentaries TCM's been showing are uneven, but the Tab Hunter documentary is very good, as is the one on Raoul Walsh - I actually learned some new stuff from that one.
yes, they're very good. as opposed, say, to the four-hour publicity machine on Warner Bros. now on display on HBO/Max. they dispense with the great, very interesting first 60 years of the studio in one hour and by the end of the second hour, the comic book superheroes have already arrived. TCM's two available Warner Bros. docs are actually NOT commercials, especially when they deal with what a prick Jack Warner was.
Yes, those two TCM docs on Warners and Warner were good. I have to say I wish we had Jack Warner to deal with nowadays. he might have bveen a misogynist asshole, but he knew how to make movies, unlike Reality-TV Boy David Zaslav. If Warner's was serious about solving their debt problem, they'd announce they were going to hang Zaslav at the front gate next Saturday and the public was invited at $20/person. It would be like what Sinatra said to Rita Hayworth (I believe) when she commented about the enormous crowd at the funeral of Harry Cohn (the King of Poverty Row, he ran Columbia back in the day): "Give the people what they want..."
I heard the Harry Cohn funeral story, but when I heard it (or, more properly, read it), the who said it was that extremely rich Beverley Hills rabbi...I think his name was Magnin. and he was supposed to have been playing golf.
I just checked (the digital realm does have a few things to recommend it, I suppose) and the rabbi WAS Magnin (aka "Rabbi to the Stars").