Allison is having an affair with her houseboy Anacelo (Zorro David) after she slices off her own nipples after a disappointing pregnancy. Private Williams (Robert Forster) is a young recruit who likes to ride naked on horseback. The Major is driven to insane jealousy when he discovers Williams would rather be with Leonora than with him.
Liz has one great line: "Normal? You call that normal? She cut off her nipples with the garden shears!"
...I smell an interview coming on!!
I also think he's just terrible in TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON ..
And did rock bottom hit back?
Southern gothic hits rock bottom...
IIRC, there was indeed scuttlebutt (what is the etymology of that word, I wonder?)
Nothing Brando related but I thought all of you would appreciate this. http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,,1369643,00.html (http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,,1369643,00.html)
It has me slightly miffed.
I'm a little amazed at the number of Dear Readers who have not seen The Godfather and The Godfather Part II. I mention them not as Marlon Brando films per se, but rather as two of the best films ever made.Horses and Courses. I am more amazed that there are so many who are not Brando fans. I would't bother with The Godfather films again or his "mannered" performances. "Emperor's New Clothes" to me.
Hope all dear readers will have the patience to read my poor English and will understand it.
Re: Guys and Dolls remake. IIRC, there was indeed scuttlebutt (what is the etymology of that word, I wonder?) about a remake, starring Vin Diesel. No joke. At least no intentional joke.
Well, since you ask: (Source: dictionary.com)
"Scuttlebutt" apparently takes its source from nautical usage. A "scuttlebutt" was a drinking cask on a ship ("butt" being an old term for "cask," dontcha know?), and I guess that the tradition of gossiping 'round the water cooler is older than we thought.
scuttlebutt \SKUHT-l-buht\, noun:
1. (Nautical)
a. A drinking fountain on a ship.
b. A cask on a ship that contains the day's supply of drinking water.
2. Gossip; rumor.
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Scuttlebutt comes from scuttle, "a small opening" + butt, "a large cask" -- that is, a small hole cut into a cask or barrel to allow individual cups of water to be drawn out. The modern equivalent is the office water cooler, also a source of refreshment and gossip.
If Val Kilmer can play Moses, I think Vin Diesel can handle Sky Masterson. I think....
Thank you all for many warm welcomes.
Hope all dear readers will have the patience to read my poor English and will understand it.
If the billboards can be believed, actually Val Kilmer IS Moses.
An ode to America
by Cornel Nistorescu
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Why are Americans so united? They don't resemble one another even if you paint them! They speak all the languages of the world and form an astonishing mixture of civilizations. Some of them are nearly extinct, others are incompatible with one another, and in matters of religious beliefs, not even God can count how many they are. Still, the American tragedy turned three hundred million people into a hand put on the heart. Nobody rushed to accuse the White House, the army, the secret services that they are only a bunch of losers. Nobody rushed to empty their bank accounts. Nobody rushed on the streets nearby to gape about. The Americans volunteered to donate blood and to give a helping hand. After the first moments of panic, they raised the flag on the smoking ruins, putting on T-shirts, caps and ties in the colours of the national flag. They placed flags on buildings and cars as if in every place and on every car a minister or the president was passing. On every occasion they started singing their traditional song: "God Bless America!".
Silent as a rock, I watched the charity concert broadcast on Saturday once, twice, three times, on different tv channels. There were Clint Eastwood, Willie Nelson, Robert de Niro, Julia Roberts, Cassius Clay, Jack Nicholson, Bruce Springsteen, Silvester Stalone, James Wood, and many others whom no film or producers could ever bring together. The American's solidarity spirit turned them into a choir. Actually, choir is not the word. What you could hear was the heavy artillery of the American soul. What neither George W. Bush, nor Bill Clinton, nor Colin Powell could say without facing the risk of stumbling over words and sounds, was being heard in a great and unmistakable way in this charity concert. I don't know how it happened that all this obsessive singing of America didn't sound croaky, nationalist, or ostentatious! It made you green with envy because you weren't able to sing for your country without running the risk of being considered chauvinist, ridiculous, or suspected of who-knows-what mean interests. I watched the live broadcast and the rerun of its rerun for hours listening to the story of the guy who went down one hundred floors with a woman in a wheelchair without knowing who she was, or of the Californian hockey player, who fought with the terrorists and prevented the plane from hitting a target that would have killed other hundreds or thousands of people. How on earth were they able to sacrifice for their fellow humans? Imperceptibly, with every word and musical note, the memory of some turned into a modern myth of tragic heroes. And with every phone call, millions and millions of dollars were put in a collection aimed at rewarding not a man or a family, but a spirit which nothing can buy.
What on earth can unite the Americans in such a way? Their land? Their galloping history? Their economic power? Money? I tried for hours to find an answer, humming songs and murmuring phrases which risk of sounding like commonplaces. I thought things over, but I reached only one conclusion.
Only freedom can work such miracles!
Note:
"An Ode to America" is a leading article written by Cornel Nistorescu, manager of "Evenimentul Zilei" newspaper, and published in the 24-th september issue.
This leading article is spreading worldwide, retransmitted by hundreds of thousands of readers on the Internet. In addition, the article is also distributed by the US Forces Command Public Affairs Office.
I have a question for anyone here (even though it is not an Ask Question day): I have just a regular 27” television and probably will have for the foreseeable future. When I buy a DVD (in this case Harry Potter) should I buy the Widescreen version or the Full screen version, and why?
...27 inches is more than big enough...
I like Hisaka's English - even in person I had no trouble understanding anything she or her friend said, although I think I confused them a few times.
OH, by the way, the cast included some very cute male actors, one of whom I have already managed to track down...I smell an interview coming on!!
(I can just hear DR Elmore3003 now!)
I have a question for anyone here (even though it is not an Ask Question day): I have just a regular 27” television and probably will have for the foreseeable future. When I buy a DVD (in this case Harry Potter) should I buy the Widescreen version or the Full screen version, and why?
Feel free to question us when we don't make any sense. :D
Michael Caine is doing Bounty commercials now?
Hmmm, I guess I just disagreed with DR Elmore too. :)
Btw, does anybody else's dvd have buttons to turn the widescreen into fullscreen? Mine makes the people look funny!
Btw, does anybody else's dvd have buttons to turn the widescreen into fullscreen? Mine makes the people look funny!
..it stretches and distorts...
Can the English-as-a-first language speakers do that too? ;)In America they haven't used it for years.
Speaking of Miss Walker, we were watching the Cinderella kinescope telecast last night (it was on here last night, though I know in a great many markets it was on Sunday night)....
It got me to thinking that there seems to be this whole little sub-category of women who we think of primarily as comediennes who have great vocal chops (and somehow we have forgotten that fact): Misses Ballard and Ghostley to name two. Miss Walker. Miss Martha Raye. To some degree, Miss Burnett. Am I missing others?
My feet are both two giant blisters. It's so bad I might not even be able to take them OFF :(
DRJANE - I have Betty's interview on tape - if you still have a VCR, I can make you a copy this weekend.
Speaking of Miss Walker, we were watching the Cinderella kinescope telecast last night (it was on here last night, though I know in a great many markets it was on Sunday night)....
It got me to thinking that there seems to be this whole little sub-category of women who we think of primarily as comediennes who have great vocal chops (and somehow we have forgotten that fact): Misses Ballard and Ghostley to name two. Miss Walker. Miss Martha Raye. To some degree, Miss Burnett. Am I missing others? I am sure I am. Why do you think we forget that they sang, too? Why do we think they are "just" funny? Because "comedy is hard?...." Is it because there are no more variety shows for them to showcase those talents as well? Or because we just expect them to be only funny?
It got me to thinking that there seems to be this whole little sub-category of women who we think of primarily as comediennes who have great vocal chops (and somehow we have forgotten that fact): Misses Ballard and Ghostley to name two. Miss Walker. Miss Martha Raye. To some degree, Miss Burnett. Am I missing others?
Let's see: I can think of Betty Hutton, Dorothy Loudon, and Fanny Brice, off the bat. No matter what anyone thinks of her later singing, Ethel Merman was a fantastic singer in the 30s. I need to think more about the other parts of your question, DRStuart.
Excellent observation, Dear Brother.
How about another intriguing category of comic-persons (how's that for PC!) we always expect to laugh at, and then we find them in deadly serious roles doing a bang-up job: Art Carney - (Harry and Tonto), Jackie Gleason - (Soldier in the Rain) , Red Buttons - (Sayonara), Mary Tyler Moore - (Ordinary People), Mickey Rooney (Requiem for a Heavyweight).
Just had a very sweet call from our very own Michele Pawk. I must tell you, dear readers, I sent out many invites, both regular and e-mail, to all the people I've worked with over the years, and Michele, of all of the people who were no-shows, is the only one who had the courtesy to call me and tell me she was out of town and sorry she missed it. Frankly, I just don't understand people sometimes - how much work did I have to give folks, how many albums did I have to put people on, how many recording careers did I have to give before people learn to have loyalty or at least graciousness. It does take me aback sometimes and sometimes it even takes me afront.
Still no one has mentioned one of the Brando movies I listed as a favorite. His first, THE MEN, directed by Fred Zinnemann, written by Carl Foreman, score by Dimitri Tiomkin. Co-starring the lovely Teresa Wright. Surely people have seen it...?
Speaking of Miss Walker, we were watching the Cinderella kinescope telecast last night (it was on here last night, though I know in a great many markets it was on Sunday night)....
It got me to thinking that there seems to be this whole little sub-category of women who we think of primarily as comediennes who have great vocal chops (and somehow we have forgotten that fact): Misses Ballard and Ghostley to name two. Miss Walker. Miss Martha Raye. To some degree, Miss Burnett. Am I missing others? I am sure I am. Why do you think we forget that they sang, too? Why do we think they are "just" funny? Because "comedy is hard?...." Is it because there are no more variety shows for them to showcase those talents as well? Or because we just expect them to be only funny?
Frankly, I just don't understand people sometimes - how much work did I have to give folks, how many albums did I have to put people on, how many recording careers did I have to give before people learn to have loyalty or at least graciousness. It does take me aback sometimes and sometimes it even takes me afront.
DR RLP - did you order the Mickey Mouse Club tinbox set.....if so, how is it?
Just had a very sweet call from our very own Michele Pawk. I must tell you, dear readers, I sent out many invites, both regular and e-mail, to all the people I've worked with over the years, and Michele, of all of the people who were no-shows, is the only one who had the courtesy to call me and tell me she was out of town and sorry she missed it. Frankly, I just don't understand people sometimes - how much work did I have to give folks, how many albums did I have to put people on, how many recording careers did I have to give before people learn to have loyalty or at least graciousness. It does take me aback sometimes and sometimes it even takes me afront.
Suppose you were reading a mystery novel, let's say it's WRITER'S BLOCK, and someone other than the author randomly removed up to 40 % of the novel. . .would you still want to read that novel?
That's how I feel about widescreen and full frame, for the latter, someone has removed about 40% of the picture . . .
Would you consider this as a true reproduction of Da Vinci's THE LAST SUPPER?
(http://www.hhes.net.nz/H0088817.jpg)
I'm a little amazed at the number of Dear Readers who have not seen The Godfather and The Godfather Part II. I mention them not as Marlon Brando films per se, but rather as two of the best films ever made.I'm one of those who hasn't seen any of the Godfather films, and you may have helped pinpoint the reason why. Not only am I not attracted to Mafia-themed films, but I'm not attracted to Brando films. Never cared for him. So the combination of Brando and Mafia isn't going to be high on my must-see list.
O'Toole in "The Ruling Class" was beyond brilliant. But....O'Toole is my favorite actor of all time.
I'm one of those who hasn't seen any of the Godfather films, and you may have helped pinpoint the reason why. Not only am I not attracted to Mafia-themed films, but I'm not attracted to Brando films. Never cared for him. So the combination of Brando and Mafia isn't going to be high on my must-see list.
On the other hand, I did enjoy Teahouse, but that's hardly standard Brando, is it?
Michael Caine is doing Bounty commercials now?
It got me to thinking that there seems to be this whole little sub-category of women who we think of primarily as comediennes who have great vocal chops (and somehow we have forgotten that fact): Misses Ballard and Ghostley to name two. Miss Walker. Miss Martha Raye. To some degree, Miss Burnett. Am I missing others? I am sure I am.Add Tracey Ullman, who had a couple of Billboard hits in '84: "They Don't Know" and "Breakaway."
How about another intriguing category of comic-persons (how's that for PC!) we always expect to laugh at, and then we find them in deadly serious roles doing a bang-up job: Art Carney - (Harry and Tonto) ... Red Buttons - (Sayonara) ...Comedy is hard, winning an Oscar (and getting the big paychecks later) makes it all easy.
Just had a very sweet call from our very own Michele Pawk. I must tell you, dear readers, I sent out many invites, both regular and e-mail, to all the people I've worked with over the years, and Michele, of all of the people who were no-shows, is the only one who had the courtesy to call me and tell me she was out of town and sorry she missed it. Frankly, I just don't understand people sometimes - how much work did I have to give folks, how many albums did I have to put people on, how many recording careers did I have to give before people learn to have loyalty or at least graciousness. It does take me aback sometimes and sometimes it even takes me afront.
I officially HATE new winter boots!!!
My feet are both two giant blisters. It's so bad I might not even be able to take them OFF :(
DR TCB - if you even consider buying a full screen dvd. . .well. . .you'll have me to reckon with. ;)
I recommend these films for their craft. The writing, direction, acting, cinematography, score, editing and scenic design all come together as an organic whole in these two pictures far more successfully than in most any other film I've seen.So, I should watch these films to admire them, but not for any sense of enjoyment?
Jane
HHW God
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Danise you need to be more verbal and plan something yourself. Call a friend and say it is your birthday “let’s do something”. Maybe your friends will be busy but it’s worth a try. I have even treated a friend to lunch just so we could go out together (she couldn’t afford to pay). I make sure I have plans if I want to do something.
TCB
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Quote from: Danise on Yesterday at 05:20:03pm
Thanks Panni. That was in the past because I had very nice birthday right here on HHW.
And don't you ever forget it, Danise. Every day in my prayers I make sure that I:
Thank God for my Friends.
Thank God for my Family.
And I thank God for my Friends that have become my Family.
MBarnum
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JMK, I am beginning to think that BK is skipping our posts! He has still not answered our Portland questions from today or yesterday.
Re: the Godfather filmsSo, I should watch these films to admire them, but not for any sense of enjoyment?
Still no one has mentioned one of the Brando movies I listed as a favorite. His first, THE MEN, directed by Fred Zinnemann, written by Carl Foreman, score by Dimitri Tiomkin. Co-starring the lovely Teresa Wright. Surely people have seen it...?
I do hope we get some call-ins from dear readers on the radio show this evening. Maybe Hisaka will call in all the way from Japan. Perhaps I'll play a Japanese show tune tonight.
Bruce can I get a recording of your radio show?
Bruce can I get a recording of your radio show?
Promises.......... promises.
There is, SWW, the additional pleasure of watching both a young Al Pacino and a young James Caan.Neither of whom have ever been a turn-on for me. That's horseracing.
S. Woody, how can you possibly know if you'll get enjoyment or not - in order to get enjoyment or not you'd actually have to watch the Godfather movies, which I, too, recommend. I'm not a huge fan of the genre, but these films transcend the gangster genre. They're wondefully written, directed and acted, with brilliant photography by Gordon Willis and wonderful scores by Nino Rota.As I stated earlier, it's not just the genre I don't enjoy, it's also Brando. For that matter, I don't enjoy Cahn or Pacino much, either. That doesn't knock the acting out of the ballpark for me; it's a strike-out.
...I have a big meeting with the right coast tomorrow for which I need to have all my ducks in a row story-wise. (Yes - I'm writing a script about duck hunting.)Does this mean you're writing this story...wait for it...blind?
BTW - On my way home from borrowing some popcorn (I ran out and who wants to go to the supermarket this time of night with millions of frenzied post-work Christmas-crazed shoppers) - anyway, on my way home, I decided that I needed something sweet. I dropped in to a local bakery/restaurant. They had a slew of interestingly flavored bagels. Usually I abhor sweet bagels, but this time I was willing to give them a taste. This is a place that usually has samples sitting on the counter. I asked if there were any samples available of the cinammon crunch bagels. The young clerk said, "Samples? No. I'll just give you a bagel. If you like it, you'll buy one next time. If you don't like it, I'll give you another flavor."I've had something similar happen to me, several years ago. I'd been stopping on my way from the bus stop to work to get a cup 'o joe at Starbucks, but was faced with increasing lines and, sadly, increasing rudeness from the staff. One morning, I simply skipped out of the line and headed on in to work. There was, however, an independent coffee joint enroute, so I went in there. Chris, the javameister, noticed my grumpiness and got me to tell my tale of woe. He told me that that day's cup was on the house, because if I liked it, I'd be back.
And he did. And I did like it. And next time I WILL buy one. Now THAT'S good customer PR!
Congrats, Matt H!
Tonight, for example, fueled by popcorn and hot chocolate, I'll be pulling as much of an all-nighter as I can manage.
Rose Marie, too, in a sense.
As I stated earlier, it's not just the genre I don't enjoy, it's also Brando. For that matter, I don't enjoy Cahn or Pacino much, either. That doesn't knock the acting out of the ballpark for me; it's a strike-out.
Let's put in a parallel here. Suppose someone had told you that this most magnificent film had come out, and that you had to see it, and if you didn't there was something wrong with you. It's a daring film starring a singer in his first dramatic film role, semi-autobiographical but very important.
Would you still have wanted to see 8 Mile?
Me neither.
DR TCB did you ever write that letter to Stephen Sondheim and get a response?
You miss my point, TCB. The desire to see something has to be there. Regardless of the reviews on 8 Mile (and there were plenty of good reviews as well as negative), I simply had no desire to watch or hear it. Back when I was in college, which is when the original Godfather was released, people were telling me I had to see it, but I still had no desire, and still don't.Yes![/size][/font][/color]
.........but instead they told me it was a poorly made film by that homophobic snot of a rap singer.
What is a JULIA doll?
You miss my point, TCB. The desire to see something has to be there. Regardless of the reviews on 8 Mile (and there were plenty of good reviews as well as negative), I simply had no desire to watch or hear it. Back when I was in college, which is when the original Godfather was released, people were telling me I had to see it, but I still had no desire, and still don't.
Another analogy refers back to my high school days. The "popular" crowd insisted that everyone listen to certain music, dress in certain styles, watch certain shows. I may not have had the best self-image back then, but I knew my own tastes didn't match theirs. Some of the songs they liked I liked, but others I didn't. The same was with clothes and shows. My desires were different from theirs.
This followed into my twenties and thirties, as I entered adulthood and the gay community. At the time, in the Los Angeles area, "everyone" who was gay centered their lives in West Hollywood. But I wasn't interested in West Hollywood and gravitated to the Silverlake area instead, and later to Long Beach. I knew myself well enough to follow my own instincts.
Is my life the less for not having watched The Godfather? I don't think so, not really. The iconography has been pervasive enough that I know something about the film, so that when it is mentioned I know what is being referred to in a conversation. DR Noel has told us he has not watched any of the LOTR films, which is his choice. I daresay he's heard quite enough about the films to be in a similar position to mine on The Godfather.
The reverse is also true. I seriously doubt that many here are familiar with Mike Oldfield's recording career. That doesn't make them lesser people in my frame of mind, simply because I happen to enjoy his works a great deal. And I doubt Bollywood films would be to everyone's tastes, but I don't think any less of MBarnum because of his enjoyment of them.
That's part of the nature of horseracing.
LOL! Julia is from the old JULIA TV show...and one of Mattel's Barbies from the late 60s. I am searching for one UNDER $20.00!! But no luck so far.
Now, now, boys - no fighting in the schoolyard!
Bah Humbug!
I don't have any Dutch musicals, but I do have Rent in Icelandic! ;D