tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post6415367442286313555..comments2024-03-19T21:14:01.007-07:00Comments on The Compass Rose: Sunset Boulevard - Cinema as SeductionCurtis Favillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-11544320384631266802009-04-26T11:34:00.000-07:002009-04-26T11:34:00.000-07:00maybe Blanche duBois
(Vivian Leigh) can get-ch...maybe Blanche duBois<br /><br /><br />(Vivian Leigh) can get-chew a copy? maybe from Jessica Tandy?<br /><br />there is something magical about reading plays or scripts<br /><br /> even (growing up) watching <br />live radio plays<br /><br />when early tv was live... do you recall a live on tv production of Streetcar w Brando! I think it was on in early 50's<br /> maybe just a scene out of on The Ed Sullivan Show... I certainly saw Brando live on tv doing "it" and still buy white tee shirts pre-sweatied up...Ed Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-91767609779360801812009-04-26T11:09:00.000-07:002009-04-26T11:09:00.000-07:00Ed:
I've never seen the screenplay in print, but ...Ed:<br /><br />I've never seen the screenplay in print, but it would certainly repay one's reading, I'm sure.<br /><br />The old noir scripts were filled with bitter humor and great repartee. <br /><br />They don't make'em like they used to!Curtis Favillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-11033895577783269272009-04-26T10:05:00.000-07:002009-04-26T10:05:00.000-07:00Tim Dirks does a terrific job here:
http://www.fi...Tim Dirks does a terrific job here:<br /><br />http://www.filmsite.org/suns.html<br /><br />one of the truly great lines in the movie:<br /><br />Norma (pissed) says: I AM big. It's the pictures that got small."<br /><br />and Joe's reply is priceless.<br /><br />this is also a very funny movie sort-of.Ed Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-34752154402707505142009-04-25T12:01:00.000-07:002009-04-25T12:01:00.000-07:00every frame precise in it s point of view
http:/...every frame precise in it s point of view<br /><br />http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043014/mediaindex<br /><br />most of these film-makers got out of Germany in the nick of time<br /><br /> went to Hollywood made movies told stories one frame at a time <br /> there are some early Peter Lorre things just beautiful<br /><br /><br />one should could learn technique from The (Golden Age of) Movies....<br /> and right their poems one word at a time..<br /><br />wow... I can just hear in my mind and see in my mind's ey the swell of sound (music) and images of some of the flicks Holden was in...<br /><br /><br />hulu has some of these masterpieces on their site for free!<br /><br />I rue the day when that greedy guy what's his name bought up all of the old movies what the hell is his name?<br /><br />married Jane Fonda both she AND her dad made some terrific movies..<br /> the ox bow incident<br /> the grapes of wrath<br /><br />etc<br /><br /><br />EdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com