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dark_crystal · 07-07-2010, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Jet

To be honest, I haven't seen Gentleman's Agreement for some time, but I do have it. So it's hard for me to comment on production. I do know that Elia Kazan won as best director. I'm guessing what you're seeing is Kazan's gritty realism, which was his signature such as On The Waterfront. and Streetcar Named Desire.

I'm more taken with its antisemetic theme in post-war and the lengths Philip Greene goes through to prove antisemitisim and bigotry in the United States. Highly-sensitive stuff after the liberation of the Nazi death camps just a couple of years earlier.

The woman who plays Greene's mother (I forget her name, I think its Anne Revere) was later black-balled in the MacArthy hearings on communism in 1952; it ruined her career. Kazan, on the other hand, was a witness and basically lost respect and freinds in Hollywood after snitching on them.

See ya at the movies.

I remember when he got the 1999 Lifetime Achievement Oscar how half the audience wouldn't stand up!

always2late · 07-08-2010, 06:22 AM

Watching "Nora Prentiss" on TCM

Jet · 07-09-2010, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by dark_crystal

I remember when he got the 1999 Lifetime Achievement Oscar how half the audience wouldn't stand up!

I remember that, too. But I'm turned off when actors use the awards as a venue for expressing their political views. I didn't like it when George C. Scott did it or when Marlon Brando did it by having an Native American pick up his Oscar with a political message. I don't think the awards are the time or place. Just my .02
I thought the Oscars this year were pretty good despite one uncomfortable moment when that woman (Best Documentary or something) started to rant on stage.

dark_crystal · 07-09-2010, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Jet

I remember that, too. But I'm turned off when actors use the awards as a venue for expressing their political views. I didn't like it when George C. Scott did it or when Marlon Brando did it by having an Native American pick up his Oscar with a political message. I don't think the awards are the time or place. Just my .02
I thought the Oscars this year were pretty good despite one uncomfortable moment when that woman (Best Documentary or something) started to rant on stage.

Yeah it's pretty cheap when they do that...but politicizing awards shows doesn't irk me near as much as actors and other celebrities discussing spirituality...Madonna and Kabbalah, Sting and Tantra, etc, etc...i don't like it b/c they are always so smug about it and it just seems so elitist- like, "well sure you had an epiphany! you have bazillions of dollars to pay the best teachers and make the ultimate pilgrimage and the luxury of immersing yourself completely- the average person has no hope of approaching that level of opportunity, so how bout you just don't mention it?"

dark_crystal · 07-12-2010, 05:05 PM

The Thin Man- what the heck was i doing when i originally saw this? i can't believe i said "all i remember is the martinis" (although i think i was only like nineteen).

I have an extremely extensive (and kinda expensive) education in aesthetics and criticsim, but the only technical notes i made were regarding the super-tight shots of MacCauley putting Wynant into a taxi and Nora being "walked" by Asta (obviously due to the physical limitations of the production and budget), and the evocative super-long shadow cast by Wynant as we walks away from Julia's apartment (the last time we see him alive)

Shortly after that Nick and Nora pretty much charmed the critic panties right off me and all my notes are of the "OMG five martinis!" and "Gilbert is so cute!" variety lol (love Gilbert "I have a mother fixation but it's slight" "can i see the body? i've never seen a dead body" plus the public library is his alibi! WIN)

LOVE the face Nick makes when Norah walks in on him comforting Dorothy and him shooting the Christmas tree from between his slippers

Oh wait there's one more technical note "no long shots ever lol"

i see from the literature that the film was shot in twelve days and that this was considered extravagant at the time. Really a remarkable achievement.

Are the sequels as good?

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dark_crystal Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: jenny Preferred Pronoun?: babygirl Relationship Status: First Lady of the United SMH Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 5,445 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,532 Thanked 26,553 Times in 4,688 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	The Thin Man- what the heck was i doing when i originally saw this? i can't believe i said "all i remember is the martinis" (although i think i was only like nineteen). I have an extremely extensive (and kinda expensive) education in aesthetics and criticsim, but the only technical notes i made were regarding the super-tight shots of MacCauley putting Wynant into a taxi and Nora being "walked" by Asta (obviously due to the physical limitations of the production and budget), and the evocative super-long shadow cast by Wynant as we walks away from Julia's apartment (the last time we see him alive) Shortly after that Nick and Nora pretty much charmed the critic panties right off me and all my notes are of the "OMG five martinis!" and "Gilbert is so cute!" variety lol (love Gilbert "I have a mother fixation but it's slight" "can i see the body? i've never seen a dead body" plus the public library is his alibi! WIN) LOVE the face Nick makes when Norah walks in on him comforting Dorothy and him shooting the Christmas tree from between his slippers Oh wait there's one more technical note "no long shots ever lol" i see from the literature that the film was shot in twelve days and that this was considered extravagant at the time. Really a remarkable achievement. Are the sequels as good?