Topic: THE WHOLE DAMN FOOT IN THE WATER (Read 3728 times)

John G. · « **Reply #30 on:** July 18, 2020, 08:35:31 AM »

I must get up.

John G. · « **Reply #31 on:** July 18, 2020, 08:35:40 AM »

bk · « **Reply #32 on:** July 18, 2020, 09:02:14 AM »

I'm up, I'm up - six hours of sleep, and must now away.

John G. · « **Reply #33 on:** July 18, 2020, 09:06:17 AM »

It's already too hot to do anything.

John G. · « **Reply #34 on:** July 18, 2020, 09:15:15 AM »

TOD:

Rififi
Purple Noon
Coup de Torchon
Inside Man
North by Northwest (though, as Druxy said, all of Hitchcock's thriller fit)
The Manchurian Candidate
Peeping Tom
Wages of Fear
The French Connection
M
Chinatown
The Third Man
Old Boy

John G. · « **Reply #35 on:** July 18, 2020, 09:15:54 AM »

I may have to watch a thriller or two later today. I've got Purple Noon and M both waiting to be watched.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #36 on:** July 18, 2020, 11:02:52 AM »

TOD:

North by Northwest
Psycho
Foreign Correspondent

"The Unlocked Window" episode of The AH Hour.

Purple Noon is a good choice.
Don't Look In the Basement
Homicidal

....to start with....

Druxy · « **Reply #37 on:** July 18, 2020, 12:01:35 PM »

We just watched Orson Welles' THE STRANGER, which he directed and co-starred with Edward G. Robinson and Loretta Young.

We watched it again because I was talking to somebody who thought it was a lousy thriller.

I disagreed, so I put on my DVD, and I still think it's excellent.

You?

KevinH · « **Reply #38 on:** July 18, 2020, 12:09:18 PM »

Good afternoon!

Jane · « **Reply #39 on:** July 18, 2020, 12:18:25 PM »

Quote from: Laura on July 18, 2020, 07:35:17 AM

Four-mile walk done. I'm in for the night.

Sleep well.

Jane · « **Reply #40 on:** July 18, 2020, 12:24:14 PM »

Quote from: Druxy on July 18, 2020, 12:01:35 PM

We just watched Orson Welles' THE STRANGER, which he directed and co-starred with Edward G. Robinson and Loretta Young.

We watched it again because I was talking to somebody who thought it was a lousy thriller.

I disagreed, so I put on my DVD, and I still think it's excellent.

You?

I agree with you.

John G. · « **Reply #41 on:** July 18, 2020, 12:52:39 PM »

Quote from: Druxy on July 18, 2020, 12:01:35 PM

We just watched Orson Welles' THE STRANGER, which he directed and co-starred with Edward G. Robinson and Loretta Young.

We watched it again because I was talking to somebody who thought it was a lousy thriller.

I disagreed, so I put on my DVD, and I still think it's excellent.

You?

It's been a long time. Don't remember much about it. Good reason to revisit it.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #42 on:** July 18, 2020, 12:55:06 PM »

Quote from: Jane on July 18, 2020, 12:24:14 PM

Quote from: Druxy on July 18, 2020, 12:01:35 PM
We just watched Orson Welles' THE STRANGER, which he directed and co-starred with Edward G. Robinson and Loretta Young.

We watched it again because I was talking to somebody who thought it was a lousy thriller.

I disagreed, so I put on my DVD, and I still think it's excellent.

You?

I agree with you.

Yes! I have heard the criticism that it’s sub-par in some way, but I love it.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #43 on:** July 18, 2020, 01:02:32 PM »

In the last issue of Gramophone, there was an article on Rachmaninoff's "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini." They wrote highly about Leonard Pennario's recording with Arthur Fiedler and The Boston Pops. I'm listening to it at the moment. So beautiful!

John G. · « **Reply #44 on:** July 18, 2020, 01:04:35 PM »

There was an obituary in the Washington Post for a classical music composer named Marga Richter. Had never heard her work before. Thank goodness for YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stMlu1iqAd8

bk · « **Reply #45 on:** July 18, 2020, 01:12:44 PM »

Back from driving around, picking up packages, Gelson's, and I'm now relaxing, having finished finessing the commentary. In about an hour I have about ninety minutes' worth of work to do and do it I shall.

John G. · « **Reply #46 on:** July 18, 2020, 02:30:21 PM »

I was hot, but not too hot when I watered earlier. Only 95. I might be able to walk later.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #47 on:** July 18, 2020, 03:34:18 PM »

DR DRUXY I enjoy THE STRANGER as well...it is a unique entertainment. It's one of my favorite Loretta Young performances.

Jennifer · « **Reply #48 on:** July 18, 2020, 04:34:47 PM »

I finally got to see Hamilton on Disney Plus. I loved it. I highly recommend watching it with the subtitles. I really enjoyed having the lyrics.

John G. · « **Reply #49 on:** July 18, 2020, 04:37:54 PM »

Starting to watch a recent thriller, Dark Waters. It's about the attorneys who went up against DuPont. And it's a decent flick but one with too many irritating qualities to make it as effective as it should be.

It starts with telling us what the film is based on, so there's no suspense about the outcome. Then it was film in a dark and grainy way that makes it look like a 1970s PBS documentary, just to give us its creds. Characters are forsaken for caricatures.

Most of the actors are fine, including Mark Ruffalo in the lead, but to what end?

I seem to recall BK had some problems with the picture. I just forgot what. Guess I'll look it up.

John G. · « **Reply #50 on:** July 18, 2020, 04:42:28 PM »

BK had no problems with the picture. In fact, he loved it. So, go know.

Make up your own mind.

bk · « **Reply #51 on:** July 18, 2020, 04:47:49 PM »

I do remember really liking Dark Waters - a director I like, I think. Don't remember much about it, however. I may still have the screener here somewhere.

bk · « **Reply #52 on:** July 18, 2020, 04:48:30 PM »

Finished with all the work I had to do, so that's nice. Eating tuna sandwiches while pondering why in HELL we're still on page two.

John G. · « **Reply #53 on:** July 18, 2020, 05:00:18 PM »

Quote from: bk on July 18, 2020, 04:47:49 PM

I do remember really liking Dark Waters - a director I like, I think. Don't remember much about it, however. I may still have the screener here somewhere.

Yup. Todd Haynes.

John G. · « **Reply #54 on:** July 18, 2020, 05:16:51 PM »

Very interesting side story from the movie: I won't use Teflon because it can kill the bird. Seems it's doing a lot of things to others as well.

John G. · « **Reply #55 on:** July 18, 2020, 06:01:51 PM »

Very funny that the West Virginia setting in the movie was actually filmed in Hamilton, Ohio, not far from Elmore's and Ginny's Middletown.

Jane · « **Reply #56 on:** July 18, 2020, 06:44:02 PM »

Quote from: John G. on July 18, 2020, 05:16:51 PM

Very interesting side story from the movie: I won't use Teflon because it can kill the bird. Seems it's doing a lot of things to others as well.

I feel concerned I cooked with it when the kids were young.

John G. · « **Reply #57 on:** July 18, 2020, 07:04:42 PM »

I managed to get 45 minutes of walking in before the heat took over.

John G. · « **Reply #58 on:** July 18, 2020, 07:07:27 PM »

I didn't feel like doing much today and it looks like I didn't.

John G. · « **Reply #59 on:** July 18, 2020, 07:07:36 PM »

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