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In Reply to: Wearing my "Video Sucker" hat today... seeking likeminded suckers for weekend fun posted by Victor Khomenko on November 27, 2003 at 08:22:31:

"The Passenger." The latter has some great shots of Barcelona, especially of a Gaudi masterpiece. In this earlier work, one can also see the "unspoiled" Jack (Nicholson, of course) before his eyebrows ran away with him. Maria Schneider is also fresh and appealing, just having finished her first course of Marlon in "Last Tango..."

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Re: I don't think you'd be disappointed in "The Sheltering Sky," or - Victor Khomenko 10:17:17 11/27/03 (9)
The Passenger has been one of my favorite films since it came out, and I have it on tape. We talked about it here, but I don't see it on DVD.
- Definite agreement on "The Passenger." - tinear 10:52:51 11/27/03 (8)
  "The Sheltering Sky," I appreciate more and more each viewing, though I find more to fault in Winger's performance each time, too.
  If you want to really go back aways, try "L'Atalante."
  - Re: The Sheltering Sky - rico 19:23:00 11/27/03 (0)
    I love the early reference to Star Wars and the wonderful tracking shots.
  - L'Atalante is another one of my favorites - Victor Khomenko 11:00:57 11/27/03 (6)
    Jean Vigo died at 29... such a loss. Of four films he made I saw two - that one and Zero for Conduct.
    I bet you didn't know Georgy Daneliya made essentially a remake of L'Atalante, called Fortuna... not too bad either, but set in the bandit Russia of the nineties.
    Well, maybe a "remake" is too strong a word, but you will definitely recall the Vigo's film when watching the Fortuna.
    Of course there's no Michel Simon in Fortuna.
    - Thanks for the Russian film tip: when - tinear 00:40:43 11/28/03 (1)
      we move back to civilization, I'll find it.
      - Finding it would be easy, just $10 or so... - Victor Khomenko 07:18:00 11/28/03 (0)
        
        In Reply to: Thanks for the Russian film tip: when posted by tinear on November 28, 2003 at 00:40:43:
        
        ...but understanding the Georgian-accented Russian?
    - Add "The Night of the Hunter" to your batch (if you haven�t)... - orejones 11:13:22 11/27/03 (3)
      Laughton was really good at dircting..., and that may easily be the best role Mitchum ever played.
      An eerie, poetic film indeed.
      Regards
      BF
      - Sorry, orelhoes, but Mitchum was scarier (because the character - tinear 00:35:57 11/28/03 (0)
        
        In Reply to: Add "The Night of the Hunter" to your batch (if you haven�t)... posted by orejones on November 27, 2003 at 11:13:22:
        
        was more believable) in "Cape Fear." (The original, of course, with a fabulous Gregory Peck performance and with Polly Bergen looking good enough to eat [Mitchum came close...]).
      - Re: With Lillian Gish, Too (nt) - rico 19:24:41 11/27/03 (0)
        
        In Reply to: Add "The Night of the Hunter" to your batch (if you haven�t)... posted by orejones on November 27, 2003 at 11:13:22:
        
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      - I know that one quite well, but it is not one of my favorites. (nt) - Victor Khomenko 11:23:37 11/27/03 (0)
        
        In Reply to: Add "The Night of the Hunter" to your batch (if you haven�t)... posted by orejones on November 27, 2003 at 11:13:22:
        
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