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Denny:

Thanks for those comments.  On both the Brandt book and the Godfather films.

Concerning the latter, thank God the third one killed off the cycle--I hope.

 

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5 hours ago, Joseph McBride said:

Billy Wilder said that THE GODFATHER PART II is one of the five best movies

ever made in America. I agree with him.

I concur. Did Wilder name the four other best movies? Do you have your own list of the five best?

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23 hours ago, Douglas Caddy said:

Did Wilder name the four other best movies?

I think the other four were Billy Wilder movies. (Some Like It Hot, Sunset Boulevard, The Apartment, and Double Indemnity.)

(My favorite Billy Wilder quote: "He has Van Gogh's ear for music.")

 

 

 

 

 

 

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On ‎11‎/‎6‎/‎2019 at 8:28 AM, James DiEugenio said:

It cost me 15 bucks to see this, plus 17 bucks to park.  I also sprained my quadricep because the balcony at The Egyptian was so dark.

To say it was not worth it is an understatement. 

What follows is a combination review of the silly book by Charles Brandt and the elephantine movie produced by DeNIro and Scorsese.  Oh my aching back.

https://kennedysandking.com/articles/part-1-charles-brandt-s-i-heard-you-paint-houses

When I  grew up in Hollywood in the 1940's war years and a few years thereafter the Egyptian was one of our neighborhood theaters. Our residence was on Gramercy Place, three blocks west of Western Avenue. It was a wide block that ran from Hollywood Blvd. to Franklin Avenue. We lived across the street from the Hollywood Beverly Christian Church which we attended as did Ronald Reagan and his mother.

If we wanted to see a movie we would walk down Hollywood  Blvd. to the Pantages Theater that was close to Hollywood and Vine. On Vine was the Brown Derby where the stars had lunch and across from that was the Hollywood Broadway Department Store. Not too further down was the Egyptian and a bit further was Graumann's Chinese Theater. In those days going to a movie at one of these was no big deal. Soon thereafter they became Hollywood Blvd. icons.

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The Egyptian is one of the great old movie palaces.

the multiplexes started to put these places out of business in the seventies.

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Not truly grand in the classic sense but still classic.  Where we drove 20 miles from the suburbs to see Deliverance, also, a midnight showing of Jimi Hendrix Rainbow bridge.  The latter rather weird to me, but I wasn't stoned.

http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/12909

Opened in 1947 it flooded in 1949.  But recovered until 1999.  Didn't find any pictures of the interior.

https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=ey1J97Hb&id=FC530F05385FA770C9692E58A094346C5986F119&thid=OIP.ey1J97HbV5yEvp2NQmahigHaFd&mediaurl=https%3a%2f%2fs-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com%2f736x%2f05%2f16%2f82%2f051682d091d2c64eed8b214e0f64192b.jpg&exph=377&expw=512&q=seventh+street+theater+fort+worth&simid=608053062148754921&selectedIndex=6&qpvt=seventh+street+theater+fort+worth&ajaxhist=0

Now about four blocks away is a multi screen Movie Tavern.  Trendy area.  Burgers and beer are fine before or after a show.  Never been to such but I'd think eating, being waited on (would you like another?) would be a distraction from what I pay money to watch.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Fort+Worth,+TX+76107/@32.751185,-97.3606221,17z/data=!3m1!5s0x864e73e766f4672b:0xef822e58f3024910!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x864e73ddf5e208a1:0x35905097d819baa8!2sMovie+Tavern+West+7th!8m2!3d32.7503774!4d-97.3581545!3m4!1s0x864e73e77c7af607:0x178a6e061306a59f!8m2!3d32.7505031!4d-97.3596364

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That left out the balcony.

But it is part of American Cinematique.  And it really is that nice inside. Even nicer than the Seventh Street one in Fort Worth.

 

 

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1 hour ago, Douglas Caddy said:

Golden Globe nominations released today: The nominees for best drama film are: “The Irishman”; “Marriage Story”; “1917”; “Joker”; “The Two Popes.”

The safe bet:

Marty for Best Director

Marriage Story for Best Drama Film (Outside chance for Joker: the uproar over promoting gun violence would last only two days)

Don't forget, this is a press-originated award ceremony, and the entertainment press can be and has been bribed.  Watch for DiCaprio's lock-in for Best Actor - Comedy. 

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I expressed earlier my mild amazement about a three-and-a-half hour movie shown in a theater with no intermission. I wondered if I was alone in questioning this, so I went to Google, and no, I am not alone.

https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6498483/long-movies-give-us-a-break/

I don't have Netflix, and I wouldn't pay to see to this movie in a theater and experience the discomfort. So I'll just have to miss "The Irishman" aka "I Heard You Have No Intermission." I don't feel any loss.

 

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1 minute ago, Ron Ecker said:

I expressed earlier my mild amazement about a three-and-a-half hour movie shown in a theater with no intermission. I wondered if I was alone in questioning this, so I went to Google, and no, I am not alone.

https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6498483/long-movies-give-us-a-break/

I don't have Netflix, and I wouldn't pay to see to this movie in a theater and experience the discomfort. So I'll just have to miss "The Irishman" aka "I Heard You Have No Intermission." I don't feel any loss.

 

What movie was that again?  Oliver Stone's JFK?

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4 minutes ago, David Andrews said:

What movie was that again?  Oliver Stone's JFK?

I don't recall JFK being three and a half hours long, but I do remember at least one sequence that could have been left on the cutting room floor.

 

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