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[ChasSmith]

I think I'll watch an anthology tonight.     

[ChasSmith]

Or portmanteau, if that is the more correct word.

[Jane]

Someone at IF/THEN has a great sense of humor!

I love it!

[elmore3003]

Re: DEAD OF NIGHT

While they may not be in the same tier as DoN, I have an affection for the Amicus Productions movies that were made in the 1960s and 1970s, particularly "Dr. Terror's House of Horrors" with Peter Cushing and a very young looking Donald Sutherland, and "Torture Garden" with Burgess Meredith, Peter Cushing and Jack Palance as a collector of Poe (!).  If you haven't seen these movies, they are well worth a look-see.  The other Amicus movies that are "worthy" portmanteaux are the ones that were based on "Tales From The Crypt" (1972) and "Vault of Horror" (1973) stories and are so-titled.  True popcorn flicks!

I love the Amicus anthologies!

They're loads of fun!  Another one that is fun is non-Amicus but very much in their vein, and which you may have seen, is "Tales That Witness Madness" with Jack Hawkins.

I do not know this one, and I just added it t my Amazon wish list.

[Jrand74]

Good news about Rob's new job!  Congrats!

[Jrand74]

I love all of the anthologies mentioned today...especially

TRILOGY OF TERROR
DOCTOR TERROR'S HOUSE OF HORRORS

[ArnoldMBrockman]

And the word of the day is: COCKALORUM!

And The Song Of The Day Is:  BRING ME MY BRIDE

[Dan M]

Another anthology movie I enjoy as a guilty pleasure is "Amazon Women on the Moon" from 1987, while it has lots of problems as it doesn't really hang together, some of its bits are worth seeing.  There are many now-known stars and some great cameos, among them Forrest J. Ackerman and Russ Meyer.

[ChasSmith]

I owe y'all some recent photos and stuff.  There will be more later, but here are scans of the front cover and listings page from the 14-page program book of the retrospective at LACMA in 1973:

[Dan M]

If you've never seen a Mario Bava horror movie, I highly recommend his portmanteau film, "Black Sabbath", which is comprised of three effective stories.  One of the stories stars Boris Karloff.

[Dan M]

"O. Henry's Full House" is a good anthology too.  The soundtrack was just issued on Kritzerland!

[ChasSmith]

If you've never seen a Mario Bava horror movie, I highly recommend his portmanteau film, "Black Sabbath", which is comprised of three effective stories.  One of the stories stars Boris Karloff.

Yes!  Love it!

[Jane]

And I am home from physical therapy; it did not go well tpday, and I'm rather depressed about it.

I understand how you feel, but please remember there are bound to be days like that and next time will be better.

[Jane]

At my last eye exam (in recent weeks), not only did my prescription change (requiring expensive new progressive lenses), but I also learned that I will have to have cataract surgery, most likely sooner rather than later. The conventional wisdom had been that you should put it off as long as possible, but apparently that may be changing.


At least it is now a conventional, outpatient procedure.

Keith's was progressing so fast it would have been a pain, and expensive, to keep changing his glasses so he did the surgery earlier than later.

[Dan M]

I'm wondering if there are schools of thought on portmanteaux in that there are some, like "Dead of Night", in which each story has its own director, and others, like "Black Sabbath", where there is only one director for the whole kit and kaboodle.  Is the multi-story, multi-director portmanteau a "truer" portmanteau than one that has only one director?

[MBarnum]

Oh, I loved ASYLUM! Been many years since I have seen it!

[bk]

Never heard of A Void, but I'd like any book that didn't have the letter E.  I don't know that I'd want to do something like that, although my book Writer's Block is filled with wordplay and strange turns of plot, rather like a Chinese Box.

[bk]

Picked up the framed art, which looks faboo (oobaf, spelled backwards), had a great lunch with friend Marshall Harvey and Henry Stanny, picked up a package (a Blu-ray of season one of House of Cards) and am now home and relaxing.  I think right now I'll watch Frozen, which I had no idea was The Snow Queen - almost FIVE years ago they were auditioning down the hall from me for a workshop of The Snow Queen, as if it was going to be a stage show.  Now we know why they had it and that it was for Frozen.  I've read a few things about this film, which I know was a huge hit with the same market as Wicked - tween girls - and it gives me some cause to feel I'm not going to love it.  They make the person who should be the villain, not a villain, but a misunderstood, unhappy girl - rather like - Elphaba in Wicked.  I remember a time when Disney movies had real villains - scary villains.

[elmore3003]

Oh, I loved ASYLUM! Been many years since I have seen it!

Most likely less than the time you were in one.

[Dan M]

Bruce, you may have seen my earlier post whether the portmanteau movie crafted by multiple directors is a "truer" portmanteau as opposed to the single director version.  I'm thinking of "Dead of Night" or "Spirits of the Dead" vs. "Black Sabbath", etc.  Or, is my question moot or even (perish the thought) silly?

[elmore3003]

Picked up the framed art, which looks faboo (oobaf, spelled backwards), had a great lunch with friend Marshall Harvey and Henry Stanny, picked up a package (a Blu-ray of season one of House of Cards) and am now home and relaxing.  I think right now I'll watch Frozen, which I had no idea was The Snow Queen - almost FIVE years ago they were auditioning down the hall from me for a workshop of The Snow Queen, as if it was going to be a stage show.  Now we know why they had it and that it was for Frozen.  I've read a few things about this film, which I know was a huge hit with the same market as Wicked - tween girls - and it gives me some cause to feel I'm not going to love it.  They make the person who should be the villain, not a villain, but a misunderstood, unhappy girl - rather like - Elphaba in Wicked.  I remember a time when Disney movies had real villains - scary villains.

Andersen "The Snow Queen" is one of the most glorious and heartbreaking things ever written, and like "The Little Mermaid," Disney screwsit up.

[George]

Playbill.com is reporting that the NY Phil Sweeney Todd will be filmed and broadcast for "Live from Lincoln Center:"
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/188382-NY-Philharmonic-Sweeney-Todd-With-Emma-Thompson-and-Bryn-Terfel-Will-Be-Filmed-for-Live-from-Lincoln-Center?tsrc=hph

Hoo and Ray!  I really want to see this!

I'm count on you, DR George, for a DVD!

Remind me when it's broadcast to start a list.

[Dan M]

Andersen "The Snow Queen" is one of the most glorious and heartbreaking things ever written, and like "The Little Mermaid," Disney screwsit up.

Yes, they do not want to scare the kiddies too much ("they can't handle it") and replace villains with moral equivalence, and in turn, schmaltzify and mushify the whole meaning of what was once a beautiful story that, once upon a time, had a real point to it.

[George]

Playbill.com is reporting that the NY Phil Sweeney Todd will be filmed and broadcast for "Live from Lincoln Center:"
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/188382-NY-Philharmonic-Sweeney-Todd-With-Emma-Thompson-and-Bryn-Terfel-Will-Be-Filmed-for-Live-from-Lincoln-Center?tsrc=hph

Hoo and Ray!  I really want to see this!

I'm count on you, DR George, for a DVD!

Oooh, are we putting in requests already? I'd love one.

See my post above.

[George]

Picked up the framed art, which looks faboo (oobaf, spelled backwards), had a great lunch with friend Marshall Harvey and Henry Stanny, picked up a package (a Blu-ray of season one of House of Cards) and am now home and relaxing.  I think right now I'll watch Frozen, which I had no idea was The Snow Queen - almost FIVE years ago they were auditioning down the hall from me for a workshop of The Snow Queen, as if it was going to be a stage show.  Now we know why they had it and that it was for Frozen.  I've read a few things about this film, which I know was a huge hit with the same market as Wicked - tween girls - and it gives me some cause to feel I'm not going to love it.  They make the person who should be the villain, not a villain, but a misunderstood, unhappy girl - rather like - Elphaba in Wicked.  I remember a time when Disney movies had real villains - scary villains.

Andersen "The Snow Queen" is one of the most glorious and heartbreaking things ever written, and like "The Little Mermaid," Disney screwsit up.

Except that it's not really a Disney-fied version of "The Snow Queen," at all.  The story is completely different.  It's now billed as "inspired by 'The Snow Queen'."

[vixmom]

Yesterday Chas posted"Vixmom, it just happens that I carry a li'l memory around with me about the February 1993 bombing of the WTC.  It was a day I took off work to drive friends and self out to a then-new CompUSA store near a large mall -- was it Hempstead?  Valley Stream?  I forget, but I guess it had to be out toward Vixville USA.  Anyhoo, the bombing had happened that morning, and all day long we kept listening to WCBS (traffic and weather on the eights) and eyeing the WTC from a distance -- it was an overcast but sharp, clear day, and the skyline and twin towers were etched so beautifully, and it all looked so calm from out there on the expressways and bridges."


I remember this day as well -  I was working at my other office, one of the six people killed was a pregnant woman, she was at the same stage of pregnancy as I was at that time - and I very much identified with her  and the double loss suffered by her husband and family

[vixmom]

My Mom's favorite movie is Somewhere in Time

[vixmom]

Vixter and I went to see Frozen on Friday   the Vixter and I loved it

[vixmom]

I have to head out shortly for my church  to attend the Ash Wednesday service

[vixmom]

Today I accompanied my boss and another employee to NYC to give  presentation to a client  it went quite well


and it was a nice day out of the office -

 it was a balmy 36 degrees  - felt like Spring!