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IT'S DECEMBER
« on: December 01, 2020, 12:52:56 AM »
Well, you've read the notes, the notes were December-like, and now it is time for you to post until the December cows come home.
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« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2020, 12:53:52 AM »
And the word of the day is: BENEFICENCE!
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« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2020, 01:27:16 AM »
Topic of the Day:  I've only seen 8½ and Nights of Cabiria...and not all the way through. ::) But what I saw, I really did enjoy!
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Voldemort is basically a middle school girl: he has a locket, a diary, a tiara, a ring, and is completely obsessed with a teenage boy.

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« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2020, 01:53:21 AM »
I'm outta here.

Have a good day, all!
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Voldemort is basically a middle school girl: he has a locket, a diary, a tiara, a ring, and is completely obsessed with a teenage boy.

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« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2020, 04:05:09 AM »
Good morning, all!
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« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2020, 04:06:41 AM »
I have no idea what will turn up on today's agenda beyond my usual bouts of picking up after the cats.
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« Reply #6 on: December 01, 2020, 04:07:04 AM »
DR Matthew, are you unpacked?
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« Reply #7 on: December 01, 2020, 04:07:56 AM »
DR Jrand70, I hope your dental crises are soon behind you.
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« Reply #8 on: December 01, 2020, 04:08:31 AM »
DR vixmom, have you recovered from your holiday?
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« Reply #9 on: December 01, 2020, 04:09:29 AM »
A Christmas Gift From Bob is now available from Amazon.co.uk as a Region 2 DVD.
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« Reply #10 on: December 01, 2020, 04:41:41 AM »
Today is World AIDS Day. Light a candle, say a prayer for those you miss.
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« Reply #11 on: December 01, 2020, 05:33:45 AM »
Good morning, all.
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« Reply #12 on: December 01, 2020, 05:34:06 AM »
Thanks for the reminder, Elmore.
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« Reply #13 on: December 01, 2020, 05:36:13 AM »
I can't think of anything to say.
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I just come here for the novelty coffee mugs and their trenchant commentary on the little ironies of everyday life.

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« Reply #14 on: December 01, 2020, 05:36:22 AM »
And I just said it.
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« Reply #15 on: December 01, 2020, 05:36:38 AM »
Glad to hear that bk's Thing went well.
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« Reply #16 on: December 01, 2020, 05:42:32 AM »
TOD:

Fellini is a director who seemed to start believing his own press too much for his own good. His early films are extraordinary. Some of his later films are pure crap (City of Women, Satyricon, Casanova). Only Amarcord and Intervista among the later flicks work for me without over irritating me.

I have half of the contents of this Fellini set already, so I held off buying it. Nice to know White Sheik is in such good condition.
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« Reply #17 on: December 01, 2020, 05:42:58 AM »
Quote from: singdaw on December 01, 2020, 05:36:38 AM
Glad to hear that bk's Thing went well.

Excellent news.
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« Reply #18 on: December 01, 2020, 05:56:52 AM »
Congrats to MR BK & Co on getting the project in the can.

IMPORTANT ENVELOPE VIBES CONTINUE.
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.....you're alone.....and the feeling of loneliness is overpowering.

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« Reply #19 on: December 01, 2020, 05:58:20 AM »
Thank you DR ELMORE - I have pretty much decided to do the project in TWO sections.....   I need to check with my sister to see if she is traveling to Baltimore/Point of Rocks this year, because she will be taking me and picking me up on the day of the B I G push.....or....uh.....pull as the case may be.
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« Reply #20 on: December 01, 2020, 05:58:52 AM »
TOD:

I shall have to see the lists of the other DRs - I know some Fellini films.....but I can't say that one or the other is a favorite.
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« Reply #21 on: December 01, 2020, 06:04:20 AM »
Quote from: singdaw on December 01, 2020, 05:36:38 AM
Glad to hear that bk's Thing went well.

Ditto!
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« Reply #22 on: December 01, 2020, 06:09:43 AM »
I haven't seen that many Fellini films:
La Strada, which bored me in college; I should watch it again.
Cabiria, which I like more than Sweet Charity, but I miss Cy Coleman
La Dolce Vita, which I thought of as Nashville in Rome
Juliet of the Spirits, great color and fantastic Nino Rota score
Satyricon, which I compare to Kubrick's The Shining, since both films missed the good points of their source material
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« Reply #23 on: December 01, 2020, 06:14:11 AM »
Since watching The Court Jester, I've been on a Mildred Natwick movie kick.  Last night I watched 30 minutes of Barefoot in the Park, which I hadn't seen since its first release. Hated it. I couldn't believe Redford's character would ever marry such a flake as Jane Fonda's young bride, and her rather complete apathy toward his first court case infuriated me.  Then I thought about what an ass he was, letting this flake rent such a pathetic apartment, and it was over for me.
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« Reply #24 on: December 01, 2020, 06:21:26 AM »
Good morning, all.
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« Reply #25 on: December 01, 2020, 06:33:36 AM »
I've watched very little Fellini in comparison with other "foreign films" that I've seen many times over since college. For whatever reason, the Italian style in general had less of an appeal to me than others.

I still have a few Fellini films on Criterion laserdiscs, like Satyricon, that I never completed watching! I've watched 8 1/2 and La Dolce Vita, but not in some years now. I enjoyed Toby Dammit in the Spirits of the Dead trilogy. Shockingly, scandalously, I have never seen Cabiria. That and every other failing will be rectified when I get the Criterion set, which at this point will probably be during their next crash sale in February or March. I do have some of the individual Blu-ray releases that I'll make an effort to ketchup on in the meantime.
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« Reply #26 on: December 01, 2020, 06:34:22 AM »
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« Reply #27 on: December 01, 2020, 06:35:11 AM »
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« Reply #28 on: December 01, 2020, 06:57:59 AM »
By the bye, we put off the cutting of a tree till this coming weekend. Thanksgiving weekend has been the tradition, but we have twice before deviated due to schedules and whatnot, and it turned out that there was a lot going on here last week. We'll go up to the tree farm on Saturday, set the tree up to "relax" overnight, and decorate it Sunday evening.
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« Reply #29 on: December 01, 2020, 07:00:41 AM »
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

In case there are still several people in the United States of America who haven't noticed, it's "Giving Tuesday"!

My standard PayPal address may be used, thank you in advance.
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