http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Sat, 5 Mar 2005 10:22:27 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/03/03/185122.php#comment-125520 matt, i know how these things go. Sometimes a man needs to fork out for whats worth forking out for. ie, i recently purchased several hard-to-find Kirsten Dunst pictures from off of such an auction site. Some may fling scorn at us, scornfully. Sod them. We know some things are worth more than money, limbs and so on. dbcooper, i am awed by your reverence for this most wonderful of sequels. And what of Tom Savini's performance? flinging that cape around him like there's no tomorow. Do you have the wonderful Anchor Bay dvd? i presume it's available in the US, it's just been issued here in the United UK. Wonderful. Don't fuck with Wood'n Head, i would advise. 125520@blogcritics.org Sat, 5 Mar 2005 10:22:27 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/03/03/185122.php#comment-125510 I will not go into the greatness of "Double Indemnity" nor Duke's unique examination of said film. I will say that "Creepshow 2" is an excellent horror film, and the final segment dealing with the hitchhiker is one of the best such segments ever put on film. I am a member of the "Creepshow 2" cult, and we recite lines from that segment. The power of Lois Chiles reigns supreme. You folks may wax poetic about Barbara's sunglassed stroll through a 40s supermarket. I say partake in the power of Lois Chiles' greatness. Drink from her cup. Fred MacMurray you say? BAH! Give me the undead hitchhiker any day of the week. 125510@blogcritics.org Sat, 5 Mar 2005 06:21:11 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/03/03/185122.php#comment-125448 I bought my copy of the out of print Double Indemnity on evay for (gulp) $45.00. I don't feel any remorse. Even when it becomes worthless after an inevitable reissue. 125448@blogcritics.org Fri, 4 Mar 2005 23:47:37 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/03/03/185122.php#comment-125010 hey folks glad you found this critique de cinema to be enlightening and so on. First off, with regards the DVD, at this page right here; http://www.mondoirlando.com/double_indemnity.html on my own site, i link to the REGION 2 DVD, which i thought was already out, but turns out it's not, it's being released this april. Hopefully it'll have an abundance of extras, the lieks of that alternate ending discussed up above, for example. Even if it's got nothing, though, it'll still be a must-own. HW, i didn't know the sordid details of Chandler's part in it all (although i knew he co-wrote). there's something really rather disgusting about that whole set-up. 125010@blogcritics.org Fri, 4 Mar 2005 11:00:56 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/03/03/185122.php#comment-124976 If there is indeed a reissue, I wonder if the original ending is still in existence and would be added as an extra to the package. The original ending featured Edward G. Robinson watching Fred MacMurray's execution. 124976@blogcritics.org Fri, 4 Mar 2005 09:05:01 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/03/03/185122.php#comment-124938 As you can tell from the link, this movie is out of print. In fact, I called the video store just the other day and they told me the same thing -- that the only way to get a copy is to buy it used. I prefer to wait for a fabulous re-issue package; one is definitely in order. This movie just defines film noir, and I love seeing Barbara Stanwyck shopping in her sunglasses; it just looks so weird. 124938@blogcritics.org Fri, 4 Mar 2005 04:10:31 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/03/03/185122.php#comment-124936 ROTFL! Jesus...(wipes tears from eyes...) you're the master, Duke. I love you, man. Not in a motherfucking faggotly-assed way, either... 124936@blogcritics.org Fri, 4 Mar 2005 04:02:22 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/03/03/185122.php#comment-124919 Glad to see your going through the classics, Duke. And with the style a mofo like me can only dream of. 124919@blogcritics.org Fri, 4 Mar 2005 03:16:34 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/03/03/185122.php#comment-124854 This has always been one of my favorite Billy Wilder directed movies,"Stalag 17" being the all time fave.You can't beat those German bastards when it comes to the visual aesthetics. You were fully in appreciation of this film's dialogue and I don't blame you at all. It was done largely by Mr. Raymond Chandler who was on a major drunk at the time of writing this. He had full help from the studio to pull this off. Being fully aware of big Ray's penchant for drink, the studio watched out for him & shuttled him back and forth from home to studio in a limo. He wrote great stuff while drunk and the studio execs knew this.Rather than trying to stop him they found it easier to put him on a sort of "controlled" drunk so he could knock this screenplay off.It worked like mad, although giving Chandler(a raving lush) his booze was about like giving Krispy Kreme doughnuts to diabetics. Chandler also has an un-credited,non-spoken cameo in the film. One of the many great things that make this film really stand out to me is the out of character casting of MacMurray as a slimeball and Barbara Stanwyck as the femme fatale. Both pull off their parts with ease and aplomb. Genius film. 124854@blogcritics.org Thu, 3 Mar 2005 20:58:46 EST