Many thanks for the link! That one sure does look fantastic.
I don't rent movies or watch them on the net- TCM is my main source now, and I collect dvd's.
Many thanks for the link! That one sure does look fantastic.
I don't rent movies or watch them on the net- TCM is my main source now, and I collect dvd's.
"Set the controls for the heart of the Sun" - Pink Floyd
5 films tonite in tribute to Ray Harryhausen, genuis animator.
His work is among the first I ever saw: Clash of the Titans, when I was six years old.
I HAD to have the toys, more than Star Wars!
"Set the controls for the heart of the Sun" - Pink Floyd
This a great fantasy film, even though it's melodramatic in extremis.
Ray Harryhausen (born today in 1920!) did the stop-motion effects, and if you can suspend disbelief, you'll have a great time.
Capt. Sinbad (a very handsome and white Kerwin Mathews) must rescue his "shrunken" princess Parisa (a gorgeous Kathryn Grant) from baddies and fantastic creatures.
There's a genie in a lamp, a Cyclops, giant two-headed bird, a Dragon-dino-lizard and a sword fight against a skeleton.
What more do you need?
Just a big bucket of hot-buttered popcorn, Kids!
Last edited by Johann; 06-29-2020 at 11:30 PM.
"Set the controls for the heart of the Sun" - Pink Floyd
DON'T LOOK BACK.
B.D. SAN FRANCISCO PRESS CONFERENCE STILL
YOu forgot to note the filmmaker: D.A. Pennebaker, who made MONTEREY POP and other iconic music films. An important documentary filmmaker, one of the most important American documentary filmmakers.
This is a chance to see Bob Dylan becoming Bob Dylan, his early stardom. A great film I've watched numerous times. And I saw it when it first came out.
Joan Baez was there too, and their romance was going sour.
Bob's mocking interrogation of the Time magazine correspondent is valid. He is channeling a kind of East Coast aggression and intelligence. But, at other times, like the long San Francisco press conference, show him being charming.
The trailer, opening, with the famous tossed down lyrics cards, and Allen Ginsberg in the background looking like a disputative rabbi. It was not the last time Ginsberg would follow Bob around on a tour. He was there in the seventies as you see in Netflix offering ROLLING THUNDER REVIEW: A BOB DYLAN STORY BY MARTIN SCORSESE.
DON'T LOOK BACK TRAILER
We're lucky to have the 1965 hour-long San Francisco press conference. I think we have Ralph Gleason to thank for that. He also made some precious films of Colttrane and other greats performing. Maybe by 1967 the talking to the press had gone sour.
Last edited by Chris Knipp; 06-29-2020 at 10:33 PM.
Monterey Pop is Pennebaker's best work, but I don't want to give him too much credit, hence no mention of him.
He strikes me as an opportunistic filmmaker, sensing history and pouncing.
Don't Look Back was chosen for preservation for the National film registry, and it should be.
England criticized Bob as an anarchist because "He offers no Solutions".
Your points are well taken Chris, and I could've said more about it.
"Set the controls for the heart of the Sun" - Pink Floyd
This is what I call Sci-Fi!
How this movie isn't more recognized than The Day The Earth Stood Still or Forbidden Planet is beyond me.
The military, scientists and doctors are all fighting U.F.O's here, and what B-movie glory it is...
Washington monuments are destroyed here (with animator Ray Harryhausen's help!) and the movie could've been called
WORLD WAR THREE because of it.
Melodramtic, ambitious and somewhat cheesy, it's still a watchable and thought-provoking flick.
The aliens are mysterious masters of magnetism and physics, and they try diplomacy before attacking earth.
See it.
Kubrick no doubt saw this, as I saw elements from it incorporated into Dr. Strangelove and 2001: A Space Odyssey.
"Set the controls for the heart of the Sun" - Pink Floyd
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