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Movie Quote of the Day – Mermaids, 1990 (dir. Richard Benjamin)
Charlotte Flax: [voice over] Oh, I’m going to hell for sure. Here he is, talking about his dead mother and I can’t help wishing his hands were unbuttoning my dress!
Movie Quote of the Day – The Bride of Frankenstein, 1935 (dir. James Whale)
The Monster: We belong dead!
Movie Quote of the Day – The Little Foxes, 1941 (dir. William Wyler)
Regina Giddens: I hope you die. I hope you die soon. I’ll be waiting for you to die.
Movie Quote of the Day – Napoleon Dynamite, 2004 (dir. Jared Hess)
Kid on the Bus: What are you gonna do today, Napoleon?
Napoleon Dynamite: Whatever I feel like I wanna do. Gosh!
Movie Quote of the Day – Sweet Bird of Youth, 1962 (dir. Richard Brooks)
Chance Wayne: I like you. You are a nice monster.
Alexandra Del Lago: [laughs] I was born a monster. And you?
Blu-ray 3D Conversion Virtual Roundtable
This morning I sat in on a virtual roundtable hosted by the Blu-ray Disc Association’s chairperson Andy Parsons. He sat down with Ian Harvey who is the Senior Vice President, Advanced Technology for Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment about the technology behind converting a film to Blu-ray 3D. The film in question was Fox’s recently re-released i,Robot. Below is a transcript of the chat. Well, most of the chat. I forgot to turn on my recorder and missed most of Parsons’s opening greeting. Also, I took some screencaps so you could figure out what they’re talking about, but a few of the things he’s talking about I didn’t manage to cap, so it might be a little confusing. Whoops.
Movie Quote of the Day – In & Out, 1997 (dir. Frank Oz)
Emily: Does anybody here know how many times I had to watch Funny Lady?
Howard: It was a sequel. She was under contract.
Emily: Fuck Barbra Streisand, and you!
Coming To The TCM Vault Collection: Joan Crawford in the Fifties
I just got this press release in the mail and am SO excited for this new DVD set. Three of them are films never before available on DVD and all four of them are newly remastered. After the cut I’ve included all the details, including special features.
Movie Quote of the Day – Westworld, 1973 (dir. Michael Crichton)
Peter Martin: You talk too much.
Robot Gunslinger: You say something, boy?
Peter Martin: I said you talk too much.
Robot Gunslinger: Try to make me shut up.
Oscar Vault Monday – Love Story, 1970 (dir. Arthur Hiller)
Often cited as one of the films that started the “Paramount Renaissance” in the 1970s, Love Story was nothing short of a phenomenon when it was released. Erich Segal, who wrote the screenplay, was asked by Paramount to write a novelization of the film in to create pre-publicity; it became a best seller. I have a sort of love/hate relationship with this film. Mostly this is because I think it is really poorly written. I hate the characters. I don’t think they are really developed at all. But, I love the art direction and the cinematography and most of the performances. As I was watching it, I felt like it was this perfectly crafted film wasted on a mediocre screenplay and that just feels like a shame to me. Love Story was nominated for seven Academy Awards, winning one: Best Original Score (won), Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor John Marley, Best Actor Ryan O’Neal, Best Actress in a Leading Role Ali MacGraw, Best Director and Best Picture. The other films nominated for Best Picture that year were: Airport, Five Easy Pieces, MASH and winner Patton.
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