]Yes, I've been turned into a newt... Got Better?

Kali, I saw that Wallace and Grommit about sheep the other day and really loved it! Has Leslie Howard been mentioned here? Above all 'Pimpernel Smith', the film I fore many years considered to contain the best LOOK ever. Does anybody remember. The professor and the girl are looking at the photo he always carries with him, a picture of the perfect woman, Aphrodite ! Then suddenly, he tears it appart and the girl quite startles "Why did you do that?-"Oh she has gone so dim lately, hm, just marble...and he looks at her.Oohh.His eyes.

Ann2, I remember seeing "Pimpernil Smith" and loving it, but haven't seen it for years. I'll have to see if I can rent it somewhere and rewatch it. I also liked Leslie Howard - remember "Intermezzo" with Ingrid Bergman in her first movie?? Of course, you should in Sweden!;-)

I would like to add my favorites: Anne of Green Gables Anne of Avonlea Sarah, Plain and Tall Skylark (sequel to above) American President Bridges of Madison County Little Women (June Allison, Elizabeth Taylor version) Meet Me in St. Louis Wizard Of Oz (My daughter just said "No one ever gets tired of watching it) Nell (Liam Neeson - shoved to 2nd place after P&P 2) The Good Earth (a very oldie) Funny Girl That's all I can think of for now...... Linda In Georgia

Blues Brothers and Monty Python; yes indeed. I also really enjoyed a couple of Python 'spin-offs'; "Yellowbeard" and "A Fish Called Wanda". They both had a really strong woman character, which the early Python lacked. Mrs Beard (Madeline Kahn) in particular; hysterically funny, super cool...

I don't know if anyone put this up yet so I will. Pythonline http://www.pythonline.com I just happen to be shopping at Walmart and found a Yahoo! mag.Fill with many useful sites. There also is a great interview with Robin Williams. He loves the internet. http://www.yil.com this is the complete list of the tear-out sheet from the mag. I hope they work.

thanks Donna, I think I'll just pop over to Python to take a look now...

Ah yes...Leslie Howard...Ashley Wilkes. Sigh. Folks, I'm so glad there are other Blues Brothers fans out there...maybe you guys will understand my strange affection for Elwood? ;)

Kali: maybe you guys will understand my strange affection for Elwood? ;) I am trying my dear...;-) Rrrrrubber Biiiiiiscuit!

No, just some dry white toast, please...;)

]maybe you guys will understand my strange affection for Elwood? ;) Elwood I can comprehend. Jake, now there I think Princess Leia had a point ;-)

No kidding...she should've given him the bazooka treatment whilst she had him groveling in the mud... So, you also have a soft spot for Elwood? ;)

Has anyone seen "Shine" yet? I just got back from seeing it - fantastic acting and cinemaphotography, and, of course, beautiful music. Another intense film where I'd happily have strangled the father if he'd still been alive by the end!;-)

//Ah yes...Leslie Howard...Ashley Wilkes. Sigh. // Kali, you surprise me! I would never have guessed you were an 'Ashley woman' More inclined to Rhett I thought. //Folks, I'm so glad there are other Blues Brothers fans ..// This film I taped two days ago. Shall enjoy it more, now I know that you think highly of it.

I guess I'm both, Ann2...I need someone like Rhett to beat me over the head with reality every once in awhile, but Ashley is such a dear...;) And the Blues Brothers is such fun! It will grow on you, even if it is incredibly silly.

Teh Golden Globes are on tonight with some movie awards.

Did you hear when they announced the Best Movie "English Patient" that the Director thanked Colin????? (He thanked others too...I only remember Colin). Linda In Ga.

I know Linda. I was happy that he mentioned his name,too.

I must add my favorite comedy; ''The Court Jester'' with Danny Kaye. Once you see this movie, you'll recognise that every ''sword'' film since has stolen something from this little gem.

Oh Mari! "The pellet with the poison is in the vessel with the pestle, the flagon with the dragon is the brew that is true!" LOL! One of my favorites too! :-)

The vessel with the pestle has the pellet with the poison; the flagon with the dragon has the brew that is true! And I cannot believe that nobody (myself included) has yet mentioned Fantasia!

] Fantasia! and also Allegro non Troppo !

Fantasia. I can't tell you how many times I have watched it, in bits and pieces, with my 2 year old. That and Babe are her 2 videos that I really like.

But ladies, dont't forget, that before they broke the chalice with the picture of the palace, it was the Flagon with the dragon had the pellet with the poison, and the chalice from the palace had the brew that is true!

Oooh, Fantasia! The "night on Bald Mountain" segment is my favorite...the animation is a sharp visual conception of the piece (I love Mussorgsky!). I'm also in love with the "Ave Maria"segment, which is juxtaposed to it.

Kali, Night on Bald Mountain is very disturbing! Scary and violent. I think it is beautifully done, though, and the Ave Maria is a great antidote.

Yes, my kids (aged 2, 4-1/2, 4-1/2) will make me promise to skip this part before they agree to a viewing of this video.

I think it's supposed to be disturbing, Jane! ;-P But that's why it's so enthralling...it's stimulating, magnetic, and seamless. Perfectly and symmetrically horrible! Mari, I'm certain that it will become their favorite part in ten years! ;)

Mari, you made my day. ROTFLOL re 120 and 124... talk about watching Errol Flynn in a different light... Mentionned the Wallace and Gromit trilogy which my 2 1/2 asks for almost every night, sometimes instead of her bedtime story. Nobody ever mention my fav US python-like : This is Spinal Tap. Stonehenge replica with dwarfs dancing around it is absolutely hilarious.

Fantasia... how could I forget it? I am waiting for the Fantasia II, although I fear it will be too computer-generated, because that is what bothers Disney cartoons nowadays (IMHO). I think they'd forgotten the story and concentrated too much on the visual side (although that would be an advantage in case of Fantasia). And one of the best things in Fantasia is its hand-made feeling... ah, those fairies, dancing hippos and daemons! Another excellent cartoon is Don Bluth's (former chief animator in Disney, but got out) classic "The Secret of NIMH", which is based on the story"Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert O'Brien. An excellent example of a Disney-style cartoon that doesn't put on the brakes - it is really scary at times (I love the Owl). I recommend both the book and the movie to everyone. Couldn't remember any links, but try Yahoo or Alta Vista or... BTW, I heard (not confirmed info) that the world's critics (or some critics association) selected the "Secret of NIMH" as the best cartoon movie in the 80's.

Favorite movies(too many to name, but as usual I'll try): above all Casablanca, GWTW, anything with Cary Grant(especially His Girl Friday and Bringing Up Baby with Katherine Hepburn), Vertigo, Now Voyager, The Maltese Falcon, The Razor's Edge, Laura, Midnight, Gaslight, Roman Holiday, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Sabrina(anything then with Audrey Hepburn), Hard Day's Night, Age of Innocence, the Sea Hawk, the Heiress, A Man and a Woman, Umbrellas of Cherburg, Cyrano, Top Hat, The Bandwagon, Singing in the Rain Rebecca, Citizen Kane, the Third Man, Summertime, the lady Eve.....

Cassandra, a lot of my favorites are there too! ;-) Re A Hard Day's Night..are you a big Beatles fan? I got the Anthology videos for Xmas and am having a great time going through them...Eight Days a Week! ;-)

I LOVE His Girl Friday...Roz is a goddess! --- I'm also fond of Kate Hepburn...faves are Morning Glory ("My stage name is Lovelace, Eva Lovelace...") and Stage Door...lots of great young actresses in that one!

Cheryl-I absolutley adore the Beatles-I saw the anthology on TV. Fantastic. And, I was lucky enough to see Paul in concert a few years ago. And, yes with Linda.a Actually, I have an even sronger connection to the Beatles. My Mother was supposed to marry Ringo. She sent him a box of candy and a lipstick-covered offer of marriage, but according to her-it got lost in the mail. That would have been interesting-Cassandra Star. And-I read that you love MGM musicals, too. I'm a complete fanatic-Singing in the R in, the Bandwagon, Gigi-I can watch them for hours.

I love HIS Girl Friday-ROZ is a Goddess! Kali-I'm starting to think that we were separated at birth. I love RR! Have you seen her in the Women? And Kate Hepburn, one of my idols. I really enjoyed her autobiography. I love all of those movies you listed. Stage Door-Yes great cast, KH, Ginger Rogers, Lucy, and even a young Anne Miller. Have you seen Alice Adams or Summertime?(great shots of Venice in that one)

Oh Cass! A kindred spirit! Did you know that there is almost 5 hours more of the Anthology in the videos that was not shown on TV? Yes indeedy! I saw Paul in concert too, yes, we are on a first name basis, and it was wonderful...a life-long dream! *sigh* MGM musicals-- the BEST! ;-)

Oh Cass! A kindred spirit! Did you know that there is almost 5 hours more of the Anthology in the videos that was not shown on TV? Yes indeedy! I saw Paul in concert too, yes, we are on a first name basis, and it was wonderful...a life-long dream! *sigh* MGM musicals-- the BEST! ;-)

I hate when that happens! :-(

Oh Sister! I'm going to have to rush out and buy the video set. You can never have too much of John, George, Paul & Ringo! And, do you like Help? That's really a showcase for DAD, I mean Ringo. And-Yes MGM musicals are the BEST. THAT's Entertainment!!!!They don't make em' like that anymore. TO have danced with Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly. Sigh.

Cass: TO have danced with Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly. Sigh. And now they are making Fred dance with a vaccuum! Sacriledge! Blasphemy!

Forrest Gump started this treand.

How about that "Groundhog Day". Everytime I try to rent it is gone.

Donna, I love Groundhog Day as well...perhaps the time of year has something to do with the scarcity of the video? ;-)

Cheryl - are you still around? Why aren't you reading???

I did Sister dear! Check your mailbox! ;-)

Donna, is it happening to you? are you going to videostore at the same day and time over and over an over again?

Oh my! That must be it. Oh my! That must be it, be it, be it,be it, be it (echo)

What about the Astaire/Rogers pictures? Any other fanatics out there? I have them all except The Story of Vernon & Irene Castle, and some books about them. Also some of Fred's solo flicks, like Royal Wedding, though he & Ginger were utterly perfecto together whatever he said about it himself. My top fave at the moment is Swing Time, and the highlight of that is the "Never Gonna Dance" sequence. That is what entertainment in heaven will be like.

Anne3, I LOVE the Fred and Ginger movies! I have so many favorite dances that that it is hard to narrow them down, but I shall just mention the "Pick myself up, dust myself off, start all over again" dance in Swing Time, the "Isn't it a lovely day to be caught in the rain" from Top Hat, the "They Can't take that away from me" from The Barkley's of Broadway... My favorite solo Fred dance is "Stepping out" in Easter Parade...for the moment, anyway! ;-)

And what about the "Night and Day" number in The Gay Divorcee? I love the end, when he gently lowers her down and she gazes up at him in speechless wonder . . . "who is this man I've been dancing with, who suddenly turned into a god . . ."

After watching and enjoying Valmont this month, a movie I had previously avoided because I had not enjoyed Dangerous Liaisons at all, I decided to rewatch the Glen Close-John Malkivich movie. Last night, I saw Dangerous Liaisons through 'new eyes'. It is a powerful movie. The maliciousness of the central characters and the ending death and destruction had really caught me by surprize the first time. Maybe I was expecting romantic comedy. Valmont was more fun and would be more pleasant to 'rewatch' - prettier, sweeter, less obsessed by revenge and destruction - but I believe Dangerous Liaisons was the be ter movie.

I'm partial to the "Drum Crazy" number from Easter Parade.

Anne, Cheryl-I absolutely adore Fred Astaire. I too have all of his movies and many books about his art and life. My dance teacher used to call me Ginger, because that's all I talked about. FRed, Fred, Fred!!! You can imagine how much I enjoyed that one. It's hard picking my favorite Astaire dance-but I guess I love Night and Day from the Gay Divorcee-the chase-surrender aspects. The moment she slaps him and he staggers, spinning in the dance. Sigh. Oh, but I also love the playful Isn't it a wonderful day to be caught in the rain, Smoke gets in your Eyes, Change Partners, and the exhuberant-They all Laughed from Shall we Dance when he lifts her onto the piano, lifts her down and spins her around, before ever so gently and gracefully depositing her back there. I also love Gene Kelly. I wanted to be Leslie Caron, gliding with him along the Seine in An American in Paris.

I love Astaire's and Kelly's smoothness. But I have a liking for the stiff springy raucous dancing style of Cagney as George M. Cohan or Brenner as The King. I saw part of the King and I last night and marveled at the way Yul hopped around as if on tight coiled springs in "Shall We Dance?" Some of you have mentioned you saw him in the role on stage in his later years. Could he still bounce?

Amy-I love Cagney too-the Cohan strut-Wow! And who didn't want to be Deborah Kerr, being spun around and around by Brenner in the King and I? Have any of you seen the movie Love Me or Leave me, with Doris day and Cagney? I really like that one-it has some great dramatic scenes and one of the few movies that, for me, successfully re-creates the 1920s era. Great songs too! Just to get back to Astaire-Do you also like some of his later, non-Rogers films, namely the Bandwagon and Funny Face? I really love FF-It has everything Astaire, Hepburn, Paris and Gershwin!

#151 I believe Dangerous Liaisons was the better movie. I agree, even though I did enjoy Valmont also. They're just very different. Someone else mentioned Late for Dinner. Excellent movie I highly recommend. Funny and very loving.

Cass: Just to get back to Astaire-Do you also like some of his later, non-Rogers films Of his Non-Rogers films, I think that Bandwagon is my favorite...I love the dance in Central Park with Cyd Charis...what a romantic dance and Cyd is a Goddess! Easter Parade is my other fave non-Ginger...I'm with Ann as to being very fond of the Drum Crazy number, and it's just plain funny! When Fred is auditioning Judy Garland...LOL! I like Funny Face, but not as well...Audrey Hepburn is lovely to look at, but she can't sing or dance! :-(

Ok, now on to my other idol...Gene Kelly! :-) My favorite is (of course!) Singing in the Rain...fave dance is Moses Supposes with Donald O'Conner, they just look like they're having so much fun! I'm also very fond of the Gotta Dance sequence, especially the part with the Goddess Cyd...the sexiest dance ever! (Of course that the actual Singin in the Rain number is a fave goes without saying, right?) I also like Summer Stock, the dance with the newspaper...and everything in An American in Paris...as Amy said, the Our Love is Here to Stay dance is so lovely! *sigh* And also everything else that Gene ever did! :-)

"I also like Summer Stock, the dance with the newspaper" Oh Yes!!!!! What that man could do with a piece of newspaper and a squeeky floor!

I love Yule in The King and I...and I ADORE the Beatles...but everybody knew that already...;)

I love Yule in The King and I...and I ADORE the Beatles...but everybody knew that already...;) Oh yeah...and I saw Evita and I liked it. Forgive me...

Regarding Yul Brenner, he had an important pulminary disease (emphysema I think) and had a lot of difficulty breathing. He convinced the producers he was capable of doing it and felt strongly in doing the dance sequence himself. So when came time to film the dance, he would take a needed brake to inhale oxygen (from bottle and mask) between takes. You could never have guessed it by watching him hop around, would you... saw that on Biography

Cheryl-I agree that Audrey is no Ginger Rogers. Still, I think she held her own with him in the Funny Face dance when he spins her around the chair. It's simple, but elegant-doesn't push her capabilities too far. I love the movie-two of my favorite stars together. And Oh sister-the dancing in the dark dance from the Bandwagon. YES!Yes! Fred in that white suit and those beige and white shoes. And-Cyd looking ever so lovely in that simple white dress. My favorite moment is when the music builds and he lifts her off the bench and the very end-when they spin up the stairs. Pure Astaire! I also like the Girl Hunt Ballet-Cyd in that red sequined dress-she is magnificent. Oh-and I also love Easter Parade. The look on Judy's face when he dips her ever so gently and then hollers-lunch. That's priceless. Love Drum crazy-too-but my fav Astaire solo has to be Fancy Free from Top Hat when he wakes Ginger up.

] It's simple, but elegant-doesn't push her capabilities too far __ I adore Audrey, but you have to admit she was lucky so many people thought she was so great they bent over backward to accomodate her shortcomings. Like Moon River, written for her for Breakfast at Tiffany's, especially for her one-octave range? Hey, I should add BatT to the fave movies thread. Holly Golightly is a fellow ladie eccentric.

I forgot Gene Kelly-As I said, I've dreamt about being Leslie Caron, dancing along the Seine to Our Love is Here To say. And the Ameican in Paris Ballet-Breathtaking. I also love On the Town(especially the dance on the Empire State Building) and of course Singing in the Rain. I like his Fit as a Fiddle with Donald and of course Good Morning. My absolute fav-the romantic, whimsical you were meant for me with Debbie Reynolds. Gene's really at his best here. Sigh. Have any of you seen Roman Holiday with Hepburn and drop-dead goregeous Greg Peck( I don't know why but Jeremy reminds me of a young Gregoru Peck). It's every bit as a romantic as an Astaire/Kelly movie. I love the end-the tears in her eyes when she looks back at Peck.

Speaking of Leslie Caron, how about the movie Gigi? It's one of my favorites.

I love reading all your posts, and agree with them. I have a difficult time deciding which is my favorite between FA and GK, and loved all the movies everyone has mentioned. And Roman Holiday--oh yes, one of my all time favorite movies. I can rewatch that over and over again. Just love it. Also Gigi, but Roman Holiday is still No. 1 with me.

Susan-Gigi is another of my all-time favorite films.(and yes-I am a movie-maniac) The scene that I remember most fondly is Louis Joudan's Rex-Harrison like rendition of the title song set in the Tuileries Garden. And-then it's replayed again when Gaston decides to marry her-all of those wonderful, atmospheric shots of Paris at night. I like the line too-Bad table manners have broken up more households than infedelity.

Yes, Cassandra, I love that Garden scene also; he's finally become aware how much he loves her. I enjoyed the entire soundtrack and just thought Leslie Caron was delightful. I got the biggest kick out of her "education."

moved from topic 167 HAMLET Wed, Feb 5, 1997 (09:33) | Laura McCarthy (LauraMM) Everyone must see this movie. It is incredible. Kenneth Branagh, I think outdoes himself everytime.

I just caught part of the recent "Othello" w/ Branagh as Iago. Very intense, very good in that part as well.

[an interrupted submission -- drat!!] I meant to add that this was on cable tv tonight (Wed), and Branagh was looking ever so fine.

kathleen: and Branagh was looking ever so fine. Hie thee over to the Branagh Drooling Topic! ;-)

You can rent Othello.

Not enough can be said about Hamlet. It was most certainly a mesmerizing movie. You're barely conscious of the passage of 4 hours. Close-ups make you feel as thought you're in the middle of the action, not more than 5 inches away. You can see and feel every twitch, wince, freckle and fear. Branagh's eyes frequently fill with tears;at first, there is nothing more than a feeling of tears and then, just an impression of tears, slowly they build, as does his emotions, and then you are in the midst of a te pest. All parts were wonderfully cast and scenes painstakingly set.

I thought the soliloquy was interesting. It almost wasn't a soliloquy. It seemed almost intentionally aimed at Claudius, who was hiding behind the mirror. It was quite interesting. Usually you see that scene only from Hamlet's perspective, here you saw it more from Claudius'. There was the standing question throughout: Did Hamlet know he was talking to his Uncle, or was it, from his standpoint, a pure soliloquy?

Ladies, I am dying to see this movie, but the hassle of getting (and paying) for a baby-sitter usually limits my movie theater experiences to three or four times a year. Since the end is no secret to me, please discuss all the best scenes freely; I prefer to have you excite my anticipation. I am finally going to see TEP with one of my sisters and my mom tonight! Hurrah!

I cannot wait for Hamlet to get here! I am all anticipation...tell me more about it! ;-)

Mari, how I know the feeling, good on you dear. Just cannot bring myself to trust a 13-14 year old (at 15 they don't babysit anymore cause to busy doing other stuff) of which you know practically zilch

Does anyone like Grease with John Travolta? Grease had a big impact on my life-I can't count the number of times I've seen it. My sister and I acted it out and played the record continuously. We would alternate between Rizzo and Sandy.

I have to watch it at least once a year. Pure magic.

I saw Grease 5 times in the theatre, and still have the album somewhere, gathering dust. My friends and I would "perform" the musical in the basement. Yeah, I guess you could say it affected me.... :-)

HELP! Anybody! Pleaase, HELP! While i was tring to come up with a chicken-house-robbery-justification, I suddenly remembered an old movie my mom and I used to watch (my dateless Sat. nights). I think it was Anthony Hopkins(or not) playing a younger man having a fling with a married, neglected lady (why do I want to say Ingrid Bergman?). Things move along, the man finds out (or gets suspicious or warned or...), resolves to mend his ways, Mrs. breaks it off with the young guy (this is where the crying comes in - so verry hard to break ff this wonderful, loving relationship), things get much better for Mr. and Mrs., then ends when hubby sinks back into old ways. So beautiful in its symmetry. I came to the conclusion that it has precious little to do with the chicken theives, but can anybody relieve my suffering and fill in the blanks?

I can think oof two justifications for it. for one thing, it gave Mr. Woodhouse his great "First six hens and now Miss Taylor" line. For another, it avoided the necessity of throwing in a brand new circumstance (the hen house robbery) after the central couple have come to their agreement to marry. This way poultry house robberies were old news and needed little attention to distract from the upcoming weddings.

The irony at the end would be if it were Mr. Knightley's chichens that were being taken. Also, it ended as it started.

Donna, where have you been? And what are you doing up so late? I have not talked to you in ages, dear.

Oh, I have been here. To much coffee today,Amy.

I sort of liked that movie "Fargo" that came out a while back. Interesting for the triple metaphores. (1)The centrifugal forces that pull people apart, such as the greed that motivated the staged kidnapping and how it rapidly flew out of control, coupled with the (2) centripetal forces pulling people together, such as in the case of the pregnant sheriff investigating the case and the closeness of her family. All this set against (3) a blank, white, souless universe, totally indifferent to whatever good or or whatever evil takes place in it. Kind of depressing and the violenc is shocking. Nevertheless it was riveting. Got my attention. It was supposedly based on a true story. Anyone know if the true story was ever published?

"It was supposedly based on a true story. Anyone know if the true story was ever published?" Actually, I heard Michael Medved, the critic on some TV show saying that Fargo wasn't actually based on any real events - he was using the film as an illustration to a point he was making about the blurring of truth by the entertainment industry. I was surprised by that, to say the least! I also enjoyed Fargo - I just love those Cohen brothers! Raising Arizona is one of my favorite movies of all time. It's sort of a flip side of Fargo: set in a hot, arid landscape, involves a kidnapping, but has a redemptive message at the end.....

Raizing Arizona, the song still rings in my mind : on a lighter side, no dark violence which is now so common aka Trainspotting

If Fargo is based on a true story, it is only in the sense that someone might have been murdered once in Brainerd. I live in Minneapolis (where much of Fargo was filmed), and the papers all did stories on how the movie is not based on a true story.

I liked Fargo very much...yah, sure, you betcha...;-)

I also liked Fargo, but one aspect of it bothered me a lot. I felt that we were being asked to laugh at a lot of good people for no reason other than they talked funny and were always friendly. I read somewhere that the Coen brothers grew up in Minnesota and hated it for its banality, and I couldn't help thinking that they were getting their own back with Fargo.

I saw Fargo in a Minneapolis theater, and we probably laughed harder than people in other parts of the country. The Coen brothers did grow up a few miles from where I am right now, in Saint Louis Park, MN (Minneapolis suburb).

Anne3: I felt that we were being asked to laugh at a lot of good people for no reason other than they talked funny... Speaking as a southerner, I totally understand that statement! Still, I never felt that the laughter was mean-spirited (or at least mine wasn't); it seemed almost a necessary ingredient in such a dark film. Johanne - Speaking of Raising Arizona music, I had the Ode to Joy as the recessional at my wedding (not the main theme, but the kazoo music that plays intermittently in the film) because I love it so much! Well, and because I figured I'd need a laugh to break up those wedding day jitters......

As usual I'm a day late and a dollar short! Ditto to almost all of the above (except the Groundhog Day stuff...it left me stangely unaffected). I know I will be incapable of making an actual list of my "favorites" since I'm an indiscriminate addict, but I was absolutely blown away by Wings of Desire--saw it years ago (88) in London, all alone, no one to share it with, wandered around in a daze afterwards. On the other hand, the movie Arthur has the best lines for quoting in day to day situations (I cra k myself up all the time that way). So you have my two extremes, I guess. Of course my list always starts with Born Free because it was made near where I was born. Let me think some more and get back to you (of course, there's no one here anymore, you all went to another party somewhere else!)

That's ok, we'll start a new party. And the other partygoers know they're welcome here anytime.

Hey! You're here! I thought I was all alone! So, I spent most of last night making notes about all the TV stuff I wanted to say (see my voluminous comments in that conference, topic "favorite shows"); maybe I'll try to sort out some thoughts for this section tonight. In the meantime, I meant to mention Peter Greenaway as the most amazingly painterly moviemaker ever--at the same time I saw WoD in London, I was also totally blown away by Drowning By Numbers--Whew!! Now thhat's a rich and satisfying vie ing experience. He can be grossout at times (CookThiefWifeLover has some unwatchable portions) but visually, they are so rich you almost can't even take it in. So I wanted to introduce a possible topic: Amazing Movie Moments--NOT really cool scenes that make thhe movie special, or great dialogue or a line thhat is eminently quotable (do I have to many rules here?) but those millimicor seconds on the screen that just blow you away. I have three off the top of my head: (1) Brideshead Revisited--the blo de guy has demanded that Ben Cross (?)(Jeremy Irons? this was a long time ago and my memory is poor) race to his side to aid and succor, but when Ben/Jeremy shows up it turns out the injury in question was grossly exaggerated...and the look of mingled exasperation and adoration that Ben/Jeremy shoots down just makes my heart explode just to think of it (2) Broadcast News--when Albert Brooks reveals his love for Holly Hunter, her flinch in response punches me in the gut every time I remember it (3) All hat Jazz--one of the dream sequences, Anne Reinking does this amazing leap (ok, let's call it a grande jete, shall we), doffs her top hat and blows a kiss, well, I wish I could freeze frame that into a poster. Anyone else have any?

Hey, this could be a new *topic*. Should I create it in the movie conference? Or would you like to create it?

If I try to create it, we'll have computers crashing from here to Zanzibar. I am having terrible trouble with my ("my"???it belongs to the dept!)computer today but I could sure try next week, or you could go right ahead with my blessing...do you have any movie moments (ONSCREEN I mean, this IS a G-rated show!)? The Sony theatre near me starts its movies with a great collection of clips that illustrate their various "rules" ie, no smoking is accompanied by Frankenstein lighting his thumb and Inspector Cl useau throwing a bomb to his sidekick, etc. It's so entertaining--do they have that at all the Sony's?