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It might be too late for Victor, but Bambi!You didn't like the Indiana Jones films?!
Frisco Kid?His brilliantly understated cameo as Col.G.Lucas[get it?:)] in Apocalypse Now?
Frantic was entertaining as hell.
True, he had a crappy streak lately, but haven't we all?
'cept he still gets paid...The unusual movie was The Mosquito Coast.
I'd like to hear your opinions.
Follow Ups:
Dmitry,Sorry to break into the thread, but I didn't know how else to contact you.
Apropos of the matter we discussed:
Gary Weyman
818-986-3616-who I don;t know personally, but is said to be by my attorney thorough, experienced, and organized. Not inexpensive, but not more than anyone else. I believe his office is in Encino, just west along the 101 freeway from Studio City maybe 5 miles. Please have your friend say that he was recommended by Fred Bien, attorney in Van Nuys.
If your friend needs another name, let me know.
Now for site compliance: Films content: "celluloid".
Cheers and good luck to your friend,
Bam
-We now return to our originally scheduled programming.
thank you.
hopefully he won't call him.
if you know what i mean.
s
Witness yes, but I'm not sure about Blade Runner. Sure it has cult status, but not only was it not very well received but, as I recall, Ford is on record saying that that film remains one of the worst if not the worst of his experiences as an actor (I don't know about now, but then I think Scott, like Kubrick, wasn't much of an actor's director, treating the actors as props to be manipulated in the frame more than as interested creative agents expecting to ply their craft). Take away the awful narration of the original theatrical release (i.e., watch the director's cut) and, for the actor who needs lines to feel like he's acting, he really wasn't given much to do.Whatever Ford thinks about Blade Runner, in the least Scott used him well.
I think Witness cemented what began with Raiders.
I for one agree with your comments. The second Indiana Jones film is terrible but I don't think one can blame Ford.I believe his first speaking part was in American Graffitti, a film that only gets better as it ages.
Frantic was one most of the terrible failure ever, but that was Polansky fault.
How can you like this film?
The Raider is fun and has Bambi so well said I agree 100% with his toughts..and that do not happen evrey day.
Frantic a good film?
Dim you bring me in rage.....
--Frantic a good film?The word was *entertaining*!
But perhaps not to a Parisian...
I am Nicois...
No, it was the beginning of the end of Mr. Polansky.
Frantic was just one of the worst film ever.
Did you know Frederic Bergeon while in Nice? He's probably a couple of years older. Played for Monaco's teenage team. He went into the military young. His father was a dentist.
Who is this guy? Which team ? Nice has 400.000 habitants...
--Who is this guy?
Frederic BergeonWhich team ?
Monaco35 years ago.
A painter
A poet
A singer
There is still some sadist listed in Monaco for a Dental labor....
35 years ago were you there?
Why did we not meet us?
A colonel parachutiste
--Frantic was just one of the worst film ever.I don't think so. It was not a masterpiece, but it was entertaining.
However, there are other French films that qualify for the honor of being worst ever.
Like Merci pour le chocolat. Or La Femme Nikita...
I enjoyed watching it.But there have been of course many bad French films... Vénus beauté (institut) for instance was a complete trash.
La Femme Nikita with Parillaut? No I did not found it that bad..it had his charm..the remake was awful!
Merci pour... I don´t know it...
See, you have your shit, I have mine.
But I'm always willing to experiment!
Yes, but your shit is BIGGER than mine..( hehe )
So do I. The day you won´t..you are dead.
A bigger shit for a bigger man ...they say.
Size do not matter cow boy....
Dmitry,I liked the first Indiana Jones movie more than I allowed myself to tell my friends- in Los Angeles one has to be careful to display taste and mastery in two realms: cars and movies. The cars must be expensive and foreign and the movies must by either foreign and/or black and white. Wise people that want to get ahead will have a white, expensive foreign car and wear all black. At parties, you'd better say "Goddard", "Bergman", "Lang" and "Welles" and not "Spielberg" or Lucas." Thoe latter two you talk about at work and then only with colurful jargon, "The B.O. has legs!" for example.
"Raiders" was just one of the movies that displayed a finely wrought affection for the old movie serials-plenty of humour, just enough suspension of disbelief/fantasy, and strong characters. The Karen Black character was the only women in the three films that really worked and had "chemistry" with Ford.
The first sequel "Temple" was just dull, the female lead was annoying, and the second, a shameless, almost exact copy of the first- stop the Nazis getting Holy relic with powers again- without the freshness and wit of the first- though Connery ws fun.
I'm glad you mentioned Ford's brief appearance in "Apocalyse Now" as I agree he is overlooked in that strong- if brief- role. His nervousness in suggesting the "termination" of Col Kurtz put across a lot in a few sentences. I had forgotten he was "Col. G. Lucas"- very good.***
Aside: I don't care at all for "Redux" which I think subtracted large portions of the inwardness, focus, and poetry away from the original version- which had such intensity.
I am probably on a similar frequency to Victor regarding Ford- a stiff and somewhat emotionally remote actor, but can be good in "regular guy in extraordinary circumstances" roles.
Sorry, I have never seen "Mosquito Coast" all the way through, but I liked the atmosphere of obsession and control. But, I need to see the ending! Do you recommend sticking it out?
Cheers,
Bam
*** I like these kinds of details thrown in to amuse the movie enthusiasts. In "American Graffiti" the license plate of Millner's bright yellow hot rod is "THX 1138".
I saw a theatrical presentation when this was first released and I own the DVD and have watched it several times. I disagree with your comments and find that, despite the additional 50 minutes, the film is tighter and has a superior narrative flow.Of course, I liked the longer Cinema Paradiso as well...
Secondly, I find the third Indiana Jones film the best of the three although I agree with you on the (lack of) chemistry between Ford and the female lead. It is reminiscent of a similar lack in On Her Majesty's Secret Service between the wonderful Diana Rigg and the wooden non-actor George Lazenby (although I like that film for the action parts).
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