tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post8458710599285948315..comments2024-03-27T11:18:53.456-07:00Comments on Temple of the Seven Golden Camels: Some Hidden Film Gems, and Some Guy Named Burt Lancaster...Who Knew?!?mark kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11953166248647413142noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-73418255125604303022010-10-01T23:12:12.115-07:002010-10-01T23:12:12.115-07:00Well... round about every blog posts online don...Well... round about every blog posts online don't have much originality as I found on yours.. Just keep updating much useful information so that reader like me would come back over and over again.How to seduce a womanhttp://www.themodernman.com/how_to_seduce_a_woman.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-43361218557336329322010-07-12T22:20:41.863-07:002010-07-12T22:20:41.863-07:00Tomasville- Good input, thanks for the thought, ma...Tomasville- Good input, thanks for the thought, makes a lot of sense.<br /><br />Sam-I know, that's the benefit of music, it keeps you in your seat. I know exactly what you mean. I also agree with your #1 and 2. Very true.<br /><br />Steve m- I love Wild Bunch; I've never seen Hombre, I should check it out. Ronin is good as well, as I remember it...<br /><br />Mark - thanks for the recommendations, I will check them out!<br /><br />Matt J - I've always wanted to see it, it's not available for streaming, but I should bite the bullet and get the DVD from Netflix I suppose.<br /><br />Steve - I didn't know any of that about Cooper and Wayne; that's funny. I am totally shocked at how much Burt L. is not remembered very much anymore. It's odd.<br /><br />Sarah - wow, thanks for the great list! Some of those are on my list to recommend. "The Killing" is one of my all time favorites...with one of my favorite lines:<br /><br />"There's not enough blood left in him to keep a chicken alive."<br /><br />I have a Roku and I love it. For $99 it was a great buy.<br /><br />Steve - Great! Glad you liked it. It's a lot of pressure recommending movies....!mark kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11953166248647413142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-22521339309720084902010-07-11T23:09:32.494-07:002010-07-11T23:09:32.494-07:00Mark, I've just watched Vera Cruz and it was c...Mark, I've just watched Vera Cruz and it was capital!<br /><br />The Killers and The Killing from Sarah's list are both fantastic movies too, especially the latter (which seems to have been an influence on Tarantino).Steve mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-69865360390694478062010-07-11T14:30:24.015-07:002010-07-11T14:30:24.015-07:00Available to stream:
The Killing (fantastic early...Available to stream:<br /><br />The Killing (fantastic early Kubrick)<br />Gilda (Glenn Ford Rita Hayworth)<br />Posse<br />One Eyed Jacks<br />I Confess (Hitchcock)<br />Paths of Glory<br />East of Eden<br />The Strange Love of Martha Ivers<br />Bunny Lake is Missing<br />King Rat<br />Film Noir Collection: DOA<br />Thieves Highway (good, though no longer watch instantly)<br />Dead Reckoning<br />Night and the City<br />Fawlty Towers<br />Alfred Hitchcock Presents<br />All About Eve<br />His Girl Friday<br />Strait-Jacket (with Joan Crawford is hilarious camp)<br />The Guns of Navarone<br />Bullit<br />Columbo<br />Yes, Minister (great brit comedy, though not everyone's cup of tea)<br /><br />Not streaming but a good Lancaster movie: The Killers<br /><br />Roku is definitely worth the purchase to stream videos directly onto your tv if you like the "watch instantly" selection.Sarahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-51908104948485761302010-07-11T14:29:54.062-07:002010-07-11T14:29:54.062-07:00Mr. K:
Yeah, Vera Cruz isn't vividly remember...Mr. K:<br /><br />Yeah, <i>Vera Cruz</i> isn't vividly remembered today, but it was one of the big money-makers in the year of its release.<br /><br />Lancaster's company produced it, and they paid Cooper a fortune to make the picture (big back-end, if a Lancaster bio I read is accurate.)<br /><br />Gary Cooper was filming the picture in Mexico when he won the Academy Award for "High Noon." Legend has it that Cooper asked John Wayne to accept the Oscar for him if he won, which Wayne did. Legend also has it that Cooper KNEW Wayne hated "High Noon" (which is true), and that Cooper asked the Duke to go up and accept because he wanted to rub his nose in it (the legend).<br /><br />Burt Lancaster was one of the BIG stars of the 1950s, but he has (unfortunately) faded from many memories. But he made interesting films to almost the end of his life.Steve Huletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-56146651455485922542010-07-09T16:27:01.554-07:002010-07-09T16:27:01.554-07:00'The Sweet Smell of Success' directed by S...'The Sweet Smell of Success' directed by Sandy Mckendrick-Lancaster at his best.Matt Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06691360081537045523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-38966016497579783532010-07-09T05:10:35.785-07:002010-07-09T05:10:35.785-07:00Vera Cruz is directed by Robert Aldrich, a directo...Vera Cruz is directed by Robert Aldrich, a director who was extremely cynical. Many of his other '50s films are worth seeing, such as Kiss Me Deadly and Attack! Attack! has Jack Palance, Lee Marvin and Eddie Albert and is an emotionally exhausting war movie.Mark Mayersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00065971589878678848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-85396769790405479992010-07-09T00:02:09.236-07:002010-07-09T00:02:09.236-07:00I'll check out the westerns you've mention...I'll check out the westerns you've mentioned when I'm not drawing, Mark. Just finished watching Wild Bunch and Hombre; and if memory serves, John Frankenheimer's Ronin is rather good.steve mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-48306386028456420012010-07-08T14:28:52.739-07:002010-07-08T14:28:52.739-07:00I listen to music while I'm working, but I fin...I listen to music while I'm working, but I find one of two things happen:<br />1-My work suffers a little as I listen<br />2-I tune out and don't really listen at all.<br /><br />So I think you're right, my brain needs that part for music listening to really work effectively. Unfortunately for me, if I don't have music on I get antsy and start wandering around the office. So I take the small hit in effectiveness for the sake of productivity. I admire people like you who can just turn it off and focus.Sam Nielsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14202942576576063110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-36634627302516559262010-07-07T19:21:07.862-07:002010-07-07T19:21:07.862-07:00I can see how animating to dialogue can cross you ...I can see how animating to dialogue can cross you up...years of my life were spent plugging and unplugging ipod to computer. But, since moving to games, I find that animating physics based shots (falls, deaths, etc)is kind no holds barred when listening (movies or music). Where I find music (soundtracks in particular) comes in handy is getting a feel for a characters weight and attitude in non-dialogue shots. For example, I had to do a move set for a heavy weapons guy and found as much bass drum soundtracks as I could. Helped quite a bit...not so much for timing but the specific sound I thought of when I thought of this character.<br /><br />Anyway, I love your site. Your posts are uber-inspiring!tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04112812003674804576noreply@blogger.com