This looks very Italian to me.
Fine, I will throw La Dolca Vita out, though I don’t think that is right.
You are correct…it’s not right.
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Well, that’s George Sanders and was that a clue about Italy? So, Journey to Italy?
Yes it is Journey to Italy!
One of my favorites of the Rossellinis I’ve seen. A couple goes to visit an Italian villa they’ve inhereted intending to sell it. Once they’re alone with no people around, realize they barely know each other. Bergman and Sanders have pretty convincing chemistry as the couple. It’s a slow and subtle film that some may find frustrating, but it’s worth the effort, I think.
Your go, @Jason_Levine!
The Pride of the Yankees?
Correct! When I was a kid, a few (ahem!) years ago, this was my favorite baseball movie, but It has long since been surpassed by other films. Its biggest problem is its star. Gary Cooper is fine in the dramatic scenes, but it’s painfully clear that he did not play baseball growing up. The movie makers solved the problem of Lou Gehrig being left-handed and Cooper being right-handed by putting backwards lettering on Cooper’s uniform and reversing the image, but there was nothing they could do about the fact that Cooper looked like he did not know how to swing a baseball bat. To be fair, just about every actor, with the exception of Kevin Costner, who has portrayed a baseball player has not looked very comfortable playing the game.
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60:60 Q: What is the best sceen portrayal of Babe Ruth? A: The Babe as himself in this movie. The film was made seven years after the Babe retired from playing, so he looks and acts pretty much as you would have expected him to act as a player, The few other attempts to portray Babe Ruth on film by actors such as William Bendix and John Goodman have been egregious.
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100:100 How ALS came to be called Lou Gehrig’s disease
120:120 He’s about to tell you that he considers himself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth.
Over to you, Crispy!
I’ve never liked Gary Cooper as an actor much. He plays every character the same way.
I dunno. I love him in High Noon, but maybe that’s because the role fits him so well.
tomchick
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I wouldn’t have known Gary Cooper from Adam when I first watched High Noon a few years ago. I spent the first part of the movie thinking, “This guy is Gary Cooper? What’s the big deal?”
Of course, then it turns out that guy isn’t just NOT Gary Cooper, he’s not even the lead. He’s just there so Gary Cooper can take over from him. At which point I was, all, like, “Ah, so that’s Gary Cooper. Now I see it.”
-Tom
Maybe. Will Cain is a fascinating character, as written, and Zinneman’s direction is so good.
Unfortunately, Cooper mostly just delivers lines, but I rarely buy a Cooper character. He never seems able to overcome his natural laconicism.
Mileage will vary, of course.
I don’t really care about baseball movies, but I do remember really liking The Pride of the Yankees. It’s a sad story. It gets ya. High Noon’s good too, I think. Been a while.
New 2020:
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How have we not already done Edge of Seventeen???
-Tom
Yep.
That’s what I said (to myself).
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6060 gives us a peak at Nadine’s signature jacket:
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Nadine had an awkward night, but now it’s time for @Nightgaunt to give us an awkward frame!
About once a year I happen to step in here right when a film I might know (and all the rest of you definitely know!) gets posted! Good timing, crispy! And great movie! Probably my favorite coming-of-age movie.
Ever since watching Black Narcissus a few months ago, I said to myself “THAT’S going to be my frame game movie if I ever get a turn!” but turns out it was used quite a long time ago.
So here’s something else.
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