tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post114465089200482323..comments2024-02-23T05:17:08.682-05:00Comments on The Film Freak Central Blog: Notes from the TrenchesBill Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14011398543859221282noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1145137776723299312006-04-15T17:49:00.000-04:002006-04-15T17:49:00.000-04:00On April 10th you wrote:Last few days have been a ...On April 10th you wrote:<BR/><BR/>Last few days have been a flurry of activity punctuated by long nights tossing and turning and thinking of my father who passed away about a month to the day before our first was born two-and-a-half years ago – why is “guilt” a major player again?<BR/>-------<BR/>Since you asked and maybe its only a rhetorical question, my thoughts are this: my roommates and I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1144912206940092262006-04-13T03:10:00.000-04:002006-04-13T03:10:00.000-04:00Congratulations to your whole fmaily, Walter!Congratulations to your whole fmaily, Walter!Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09780573311870868638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1144869171330233282006-04-12T15:12:00.000-04:002006-04-12T15:12:00.000-04:00"From the archives" goes from Birth to Million Dol..."From the archives" goes from <I>Birth</I> to <I>Million Dollar Baby</I> to <I>The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly</I>? Hmmmmmmmmm...James Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964207789326645793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1144866744891440122006-04-12T14:32:00.000-04:002006-04-12T14:32:00.000-04:00Congrats, Walter. I look forward to hearing about ...Congrats, Walter. I look forward to hearing about your son's first experience at the movies.<BR/><BR/>Speaking of Roy Orbison, I always get chills during the "Blue Bayou" scene with the wall of televisions in <I>The Man Who Fell to Earth</I>.Andrew Bemishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06097037829531087694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1144820487138242642006-04-12T01:41:00.000-04:002006-04-12T01:41:00.000-04:00Belatedly, again: congratulations, Walter, and bes...Belatedly, again: congratulations, Walter, and best wishes for the new addition.<BR/><BR/>-Travistmhooverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08519230948522808921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1144790309804378882006-04-11T17:18:00.000-04:002006-04-11T17:18:00.000-04:00Ack, how embarrassing. I used to know that movie i...Ack, how embarrassing. I used to know that movie inside-out.Bill Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011398543859221282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1144789775052621502006-04-11T17:09:00.000-04:002006-04-11T17:09:00.000-04:00Hmmm, I always thought the music in that sequence ...<I>Hmmm, I always thought the music in that sequence was non-diegetic.</I><BR/><BR/>I just cued up the scene and the music is clearly playing in the background behind the dialogue and the sound effects. Yeah, I'll put my vote in for ambiant, technically speaking, although the song seems particularly attuned to Ray Liotta's "you-gotta-be-kiddin-me" gape when Joe Pesci tells him he doesn't want to Alex Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13028946403342782184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1144788148218479622006-04-11T16:42:00.000-04:002006-04-11T16:42:00.000-04:00I always found it funny to think of a bunch of mob...<I>I always found it funny to think of a bunch of mobsters sitting in an after-hours bar listening to hippie-dippy Donovan, but it does make a nice sequence.</I><BR/><BR/>Hmmm, I always thought the music in that sequence was non-diegetic.Bill Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011398543859221282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1144782557258261592006-04-11T15:09:00.000-04:002006-04-11T15:09:00.000-04:00Oh, duh ... and congratulations to Walter, wife an...Oh, duh ... and congratulations to Walter, wife and family. Great news. A new geek joins the ranks!Jefferson Robbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356665406917571985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1144782457191642122006-04-11T15:07:00.000-04:002006-04-11T15:07:00.000-04:00Alex Jackson said...I wonder if we can go back to ...<I>Alex Jackson said...<BR/>I wonder if we can go back to the classics. Goodfellas anybody? The Billy Bats murder to Atlantis and the Layla montage?</I><BR/><BR/>I always found it funny to think of a bunch of mobsters sitting in an after-hours bar listening to hippie-dippy Donovan, but it does make a nice sequence.<BR/><BR/>I like the supernatural force chasing Ash into his windmill, and then Jefferson Robbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356665406917571985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1144764770614365562006-04-11T10:12:00.000-04:002006-04-11T10:12:00.000-04:00Not that the "In Dreams" sequence is overrated but...Not that the "In Dreams" sequence is overrated but I personally prefer the first kiss at the party with "Mysteries of Love". <BR/><BR/>Oh shit, and speaking of Orbison how could I leave out the ending of <I>Gummo</I>?!Alex Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13028946403342782184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1144764040891820542006-04-11T10:00:00.000-04:002006-04-11T10:00:00.000-04:00Congrats to you and your wife, Walter.Congrats to you and your wife, Walter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1144747512093776932006-04-11T05:25:00.000-04:002006-04-11T05:25:00.000-04:00For my money, there is no greater 10-minute stretc...For my money, there is no greater 10-minute stretch of film than the "In Dreams" sequence from <I>Blue Velvet</I>; I put that on sometimes the way I'll just listen to one track of a prog-rock album.<BR/><BR/>I've also seen the opening sequences of <I>The Godfather</I>, <I>Raiders of the Lost Ark</I>, and <I>Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid</I> dozens of times each independent of the movies Bill Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011398543859221282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1144733109591442472006-04-11T01:25:00.000-04:002006-04-11T01:25:00.000-04:00Speaking of Shaun of the Dead I love that part in ...Speaking of <I>Shaun of the Dead</I> I love that part in the new <I>Dawn of the Dead</I> where the zombie is chasing Sarah Polley and then get distracted and veers off. <BR/><BR/>Have to admit that I can't think of many great individual shot sequences unless entire Kubrick films count as shot sequences. I swear to God, camera, actors, and a pair of scissors. Composition, mise-in-scene movement, Alex Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13028946403342782184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1144731339682365642006-04-11T00:55:00.000-04:002006-04-11T00:55:00.000-04:00I just watched The Fisher King, a largely disappoi...I just watched The Fisher King, a largely disappointing and annoying movie. However, the opening scenes, where Gilliam applies his trademark panache to nothing more than a scene of Jeff Bridges hosting a radio show, is an absolute masterpiece of kinetic energy. I really felt like I was about to watch a great movie; that was not the case.<BR/><BR/>And how about that bravura sequence in Shaun of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1144727500722918642006-04-10T23:51:00.000-04:002006-04-10T23:51:00.000-04:00Ah, James Whale - what a beaut. Great reference, ...Ah, James Whale - what a beaut. Great reference, Ian - and treble the final shot of <I>TTCM</I>.Walter_Chawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14314737706201691225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1144727435932541702006-04-10T23:50:00.000-04:002006-04-10T23:50:00.000-04:00Folks - exhausted, but the stats are: 7lb 11oz, 21...Folks - exhausted, but the stats are: 7lb 11oz, 21 in. of pink, bouncing baby boy. Mommy and baby are great, big sis and Daddy are pretty good, too. Thanks for the well-wishes and, David H gets the prize for <I>Aguirre: The Wrath of God</I> - perhaps one of the best movies ever made in terms of lasting impact with all of its unspeakably beautiful opening sequence down a mountain pass ranking asWalter_Chawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14314737706201691225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1144719179401898762006-04-10T21:32:00.000-04:002006-04-10T21:32:00.000-04:00Tee hee, is it coincidence that the "From the Arch...<I>Tee hee, is it coincidence that the "From the Archives" for the day is Birth?</I><BR/><BR/>Ha, I wondered if anyone would pick up on that.Bill Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011398543859221282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1144718658392992242006-04-10T21:24:00.000-04:002006-04-10T21:24:00.000-04:00Too many favorite shots to count, but just to push...Too many favorite shots to count, but just to push people toward Walter's review of Birth, there's a wowser in that movie that follows Nicole Kidman from her late entrance to the symphony until it zooms in on her face and holds it for a minute or more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1144715592705826172006-04-10T20:33:00.000-04:002006-04-10T20:33:00.000-04:00Tee hee, is it coincidence that the "From the Arch...Tee hee, is it coincidence that the "From the Archives" for the day is Birth?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, all the best to you, your wife and the kids, new and old!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1144711957011303472006-04-10T19:32:00.000-04:002006-04-10T19:32:00.000-04:00Ditto with Joe on the ending of The Texas Chain Sa...Ditto with Joe on the ending of <I>The Texas Chain Saw Massacre</I>. The final shot of Leatherface's wretched chainsaw ballet is a simultaneously terrifying and saddening capper to the entire film.<BR/><BR/>Another: the "reveal" shot from James Whale's <I>The Invisible Man</I>; with the force in Claude Rains' voice slowly bubbling to a rage, the moment that he effortlessly pops off his prostheticAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1144692274199186282006-04-10T14:04:00.000-04:002006-04-10T14:04:00.000-04:00Best to you and yours, Walt.Favorite shot sequence...Best to you and yours, Walt.<BR/><BR/>Favorite shot sequences? I remember when I first saw <I>Jaws</I> and the whole sequence leading up to Quint shooting the barrells into the shark (including Hooper tying the homing light to one of the barrells); the music, sound, and editing, was some of the most thrilling in film I've ever seen in my life, and I first saw that in a theater over 30 years ago James Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964207789326645793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1144690474993872512006-04-10T13:34:00.000-04:002006-04-10T13:34:00.000-04:00The final scene of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (19...The final scene of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974). Bleak and beautiful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1144685272635791292006-04-10T12:07:00.000-04:002006-04-10T12:07:00.000-04:00Probably not right, but the first thing that came ...Probably not right, but the first thing that came to mind: John Boorman's <I>Excalibur</I>?jer fairallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16032172895204505671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1144677499160490362006-04-10T09:58:00.000-04:002006-04-10T09:58:00.000-04:00Best of luck to you both. Hope the dog is healthy ...Best of luck to you both. Hope the dog is healthy enough by now to greet a new family member.<BR/><BR/>PS: Looks like Aguirre to me too.Jefferson Robbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356665406917571985noreply@blogger.com