Chuck Nessa Posted May 25 Report Share Posted May 25 3 hours ago, mikeweil said: Can you recommend it? You can watch an episode HERE> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted May 25 Report Share Posted May 25 3 hours ago, mikeweil said: Can you recommend it? John Cassavetes and Elmer Bernstein. What more do you need to know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted May 25 Report Share Posted May 25 4 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said: John Cassavetes and Elmer Bernstein. What more do you need to know? The piano player whom Cassavetes replaces in the opening sequence is John Williams (I can't remember which John Williams) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Duckworth Posted May 25 Report Share Posted May 25 Not the kind of thing I usually watch, but it was strongly recommended by my older son. I liked it quite a bit even though there are some (what I take to be) action movie cliches that I do not care for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted May 26 Report Share Posted May 26 11 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said: You can watch an episode HERE> Thanks. Looks like a nice retro viewing session with all those jazz musicians on the set. I put it on my amazon wish list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted May 26 Report Share Posted May 26 21 hours ago, medjuck said: The piano player whom Cassavetes replaces in the opening sequence is John Williams (I can't remember which John Williams) It was the future film composer, who IIRC also appears in Peter Gunn during the scene's at Mother's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 26 Report Share Posted May 26 So, John Towner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted May 26 Report Share Posted May 26 42 minutes ago, JSngry said: So, John Towner? He dropped Towner at around 1957, so he was John - or Johnny - Williams by the time of Staccato. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Dryden Posted May 26 Report Share Posted May 26 A mediocre World War Il film with issues. One character announces himself on the radio as Major General Bradley while wearing a helmet with four stars. Later Eric Roberts plays a Navy lieutenant giving a rousing speech to his men while a fifty star American flag is in the background. I guess all the budget was spent on the computer-generated battle scenes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 Interview With The Vampire - season 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Referentzhunter Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 We are currently working our way through Criterion's Hollywood Crack-Up collection: Hollywood Crack-Up: The Decade American Cinema Lost Its Mind "What happened to America in the 1960s? Amid the stream of social upheavals, a wave of films emerged depicting mental illness, madness, extreme emotional states, and chilling violence—jarring transmissions from a new generation of Hollywood iconoclasts that seemed to evoke the very breakdown of the studio system itself..." https://www.criterionchannel.com/hollywood-crack-up-the-decade-american-cinema-lost-its-mind So far, we have watched Pressure Point (Hubert Cornfield), Targets (Peter Bogdanovich), and Pretty Poison (Noel Black). Many of the others we have seen previously, but it has been years. I think we will revisit John Frankenheimer's Seconds next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Dryden Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 (edited) On 5/25/2024 at 12:43 AM, Chuck Nessa said: About to work my way through the 27 episodes. I used to own that DVD set but I sold it. The writing went downhill as the series progressed and the musicians in the bar scenes tended to be more anonymous players than the early episodes. Perhaps the oddest change was the replacement of the opening sequence and theme music with a silly shot of a wide-eyed Johnny Staccato running around the empty streets and shooting his gun. Edited May 27 by Ken Dryden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 Mildly off-topic, but while we're talking about Staccato, I love this track from Elmer Bernstein's "soundtrack" album on Capitol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted May 28 Report Share Posted May 28 Ripley - Netflix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted May 28 Report Share Posted May 28 2 hours ago, jlhoots said: Ripley - Netflix I enjoyed that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Referentzhunter Posted May 31 Report Share Posted May 31 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted June 3 Report Share Posted June 3 (edited) Gunn, the 1967 movie. Apparently on the racy side of YouTube’s viewing standards. Edited June 3 by ghost of miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted June 3 Report Share Posted June 3 13 minutes ago, ghost of miles said: Gunn, the 1967 movie. Apparently on the racy side of YouTube’s viewing standards. Did I just hear Plas Johnson on Varitone?!?!?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted June 3 Report Share Posted June 3 On 5/31/2024 at 5:03 PM, Referentzhunter said: As good as it gets .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Referentzhunter Posted June 4 Report Share Posted June 4 On 6/3/2024 at 9:37 AM, soulpope said: As good as it gets .... Fantastic ! The chemistry and the spontaneity. Memorabel moment for me: The scene (the Psychiatrist) were he want to catch the girl (did't pay) and appears at the outside of the wrong window on a winterday in the evening, confronted with the psychiatrist again, falls backwards, leaving the psychiatrist completely baffled, shaking his head. He has got it all under control ! If you have watched it as many times as i did (therapeutic basis) you discover how many times microphones/shadow appear in tv image. probably about 8-10 times over two seasons. Not that it bothers me one bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Modal Posted June 4 Report Share Posted June 4 Dune 2 Despite the efforts of everyone involved the story is corny af and they can't save that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted June 6 Report Share Posted June 6 A Man In Full - Jeff Daniels (Netflix) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted June 6 Report Share Posted June 6 2 hours ago, jlhoots said: A Man In Full - Jeff Daniels (Netflix) 👍👌 .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted Friday at 02:41 AM Report Share Posted Friday at 02:41 AM Presumed Innocent - Apple+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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