Raw Deal

I thought this was a very good movie.  This deadly love triangle gives an extreme example of what love can make you do.

Raw Deal (Anthony Mann, 1948) The Big Heat

Nosferatu (1922) - Trailer

Example of German Expressionism which had an influence on Film Noir

The Lady Eve (8/10) Movie CLIP - Not Over a Sofa! (1941) HD

The Lady Eve (1/10) Movie CLIP - She Knows His Type (1941) HD

Love this scene!

I thought these two pictures were interesting, the first is a still from the movie and the second is the restored boat located in Key West and is used for tours.  It is located at tone of the hotels.

I saw this and thought I'd pass it along...an interesting list of film's. How many have YOU seen?
I scored 18.

http://www.listchallenges.com/100-greatest-film-noirs?ref=share

Bob

Classic Western SHANE in 3 minutes

Behind de Scenes from 1971 on the GOD FATHER - Interesting

We spoke on the Mafia movies and the differences that cultures bring to the realities of each one of us. This is a very interesting behind the scenes of a timeless movie!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQFrnnueZ2c

The Family - Official Trailer (HD) Robert De Niro

Do you like mafia movies?

This weekend my husband and I went to the opening of The Family. 

As we were waiting in line to get in,  a person leaving the theater looked at me and said "interesting one"  Yes at the end we thought the same... If you can, it is best to wait for the DVD.

Popcorn and soda in hand we sat in the theater looking forward to the start. I thought that the trailer scenes were slightly different from the movie, and yes they seemed funnier. I liked the daughter's character and the bond the brother and her show. Yes there are some nice scenes, gunfight, bodies being disposed of and funny moments,  but to my disappointment it was not what I expected.

I also loved the chemistry of DeNiro and Pfeiffer together. According to an interview Michelle Pfeiffer did on TV, they had previously never filmed a scene together, although they worked in some movies together. Interesting fact...

Yes...I am a sucker for Mafia movies! My Netflix account says so....


  

Low Down Yankee Liar - Shane (7/8) Movie CLIP (1953) HD

There are two scenes I found most riveting and emotional. However, this line made the movie! "You're a Lowdown Yankee Liar" I had to replay this scene three times! Shane, our hero, with his calm cool disposition manages to blow away the bad guys within seconds. What a climax! All is won until one of the bad guys hiding upstairs tries to sneak in a shot, yet just in the knick of time, the young Joey, yells, "Shane, watch out"! Taking a mere bullet to the shoulder, Shane kills the last surviving bad guy as he plummets to his death from the balcony above.

The little boy, Joey, always in admiration of Shane, shows a child's innocent love for his hero. Shane represents honor. In his travels trying to get away from his old life, this is his first opportunity to try to change and become an honest man. However, in standing for honor, he finds it necessary to take this battle in his own hands to stand up for what is right, and in doing so, he must revert back to a lifestyle that he tried to leave behind. Shane acknowledges in the next scene that no one can change their badge no matter how bad they want to, giving an encouraging speech to the young Joey just before he rides off into the mountains. With little Joey calling for his hero Shane to come back. What a fantastic emotional ending to a classic Western film!

Grapes of Wrath

I am a little late posting about this, but since I missed the class discussion about this film, I will talk about it here.

I enjoyed Grapes of Wrath. It was a depressing look at poverty and how people were treated during the great depression. The family this film follows would have been just as happy not having much other than their land and each other, but instead are forced off of their own property. I can not imagine how hard it was on those families moving from campsite to campsite begging for work.

I remember after my grandmother passed away, we found some strange items in her house that she had saved. They were all neatly organized because she was meticulous like that, but it was really bizarre. I asked my mom why grandma would have saved every pill bottle from the last several years or plastic bags, newspapers, and such. My mom explained that many people of her age (who were alive during the depression) still save everything because as children, they had to. It blew my mind. Although my grandmother's family did not struggle like the family depicted in this film, hers, like most families, went through their own tough times.

I think this film represented the time period well. Although it was sad and infuriating at times because of the way they were treated, I enjoyed this movie. Check out the trailer below. It is much different than the trailers we see today.

Double Indemnity - Trailer (1944)

Trailer from 1944. This movie showcases the acting and beauty of Barbara Stanwyck, and the drama, suspense that this film noir brings to the screen! I was glad to see at the end that the salesman cared for Lola and asked her boyfriend to  go to her. IT showed his kind heart and his moment of redemption. I liked also the portrayal of Fred MacMurray, and especially Edward G. Robinson, his intuition, the little man inside him, was difficult to fool!

Great movie!

"I made him an offer he can't refuse" The Godfather Behind the scenes 1971

We spoke briefly about the Mafia/Organized Crime movies and the differences that cultures bring to the realities of each one of the films. This is a very interesting behind the scenes of a timeless movie from the original actors' point of view. After watching I had to go to Netflix and see it again (probably my 1200 time!!!)

Enjoy!

James Cagney in "White Heat"

The story goes that Cagney was so into this scene that when it came time to punch the prison guards, he actually knocked one of them out.

The End of the Universal Frankenstein Series

By the mid-1940s the Universal Monsters were relegated to mash-ups with 5 (count 'em 5) horrors for the price of one.  In 1948 the final stake was driven into the heart of the franchise with "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein."  This last one is actually a pretty good comedy with high production values; a fitting, if unlikely, close to the series of 8 films featuring the Frankenstein Monster.

Bride of Frankenstein

I am not a fan of horror movies, but I found this movie to be more entertaining than frightening.  I could watch more of the earlier horror movies before all the special effects and props.