@slimfern posted:The B&W version is
Yep. I waited years for that 
You can't remake a game changer 
@velvet donkey posted:You never told us The Day The Earth Stood Still was on the other day. Luckily I caught it, Stone cold classic.
B+
I spotted it on the day it was shown. I agree that "The Day the Earth Stood Still" is regarded as a classic amongst science fiction films mainly because it's the first American film attempt at making a serious sf film. And it's underlying message is just as relevant now as it was then,
Whether Slim would want to see it, I don't know. (edit to say she mentioned some time ago that she had seen it before)
@velvet donkey posted:Yep. I waited years for that
You can't remake a game changer
The Keanu Reeves remake was not well received, I've never seen that 
@El Loro posted:I spotted it on the day it was shown. I agree that "The Day the Earth Stood Still" is regarded as a classic amongst science fiction films mainly because it's the first American film attempt at making a serious sf film. And it's underlying message is just as relevant now as it was then,
Whether Slim would want to see it, I don't know. (edit to say she mentioned some time ago that she had seen it before)
No worries and correct 
Get with the programme though 
@velvet donkey posted:Yep. I waited years for that
You can't remake a game changer
@El Loro posted:I spotted it on the day it was shown. I agree that "The Day the Earth Stood Still" is regarded as a classic amongst science fiction films mainly because it's the first American film attempt at making a serious sf film. And it's underlying message is just as relevant now as it was then,
Whether Slim would want to see it, I don't know. (edit to say she mentioned some time ago that she had seen it before)
I've seen both versions.... 
The remake was awful
You're right Velvet...why spoil a classic 
Talking Picture tv channel has Neil Jordan's "Company of Wolves" this evening, not a film I've ever seen.
Based on Angela Carter's short story of that name which was her take on Little Red Riding Hood.
When it was first shown on television my parents told me beforehand that they were going to watch it. I warned them that it was an 18 certificate film. They ignored my warning and watched it.
Afterwards they told me that they should have heeded my warning.
It's a very gruesome film, particularly the scene where the man removes his skin and turns into a wolf.
night EL slim moonsieee velvet
@slimfern posted:Lovely and sunny here at present El
Chilly though....
I think it's sunny in quite a lot of places though the fog is still here. Outside temperature is 0.2° as a result.
Years ago I was driving back home and it was foggy. There was one road where the fog was so thick that it was like those pea soupers
@El Loro posted:I think it's sunny in quite a lot of places though the fog is still here. Outside temperature is 0.2° as a result.
Years ago I was driving back home and it was foggy. There was one road where the fog was so thick that it was like those pea soupers
Hi El , Slim and Moonie I am ancient enough to remember the pea soupers in the 195Os .
I can remember one so thick that the school bus had to stop halfway home , and we all had to walk the rest of the way , It was so disorientating that I can remember vividly not being able to walk in a straight line âĶ.we would walk a few paces and then find ourselves on the other side of the road !
@Baz posted:Hi El , Slim and Moonie
Hi Baz
They brought in the clean acts of 1956 and 68 to reduced the risk of smogs - fogs made worse by air pollution. The smog in London of 1952,
The one I experienced wasn't smog, just fog and it wasn't as thick as the one you had back then
@El Loro posted:Hi Baz
They brought in the clean acts of 1956 and 68 to reduced the risk of smogs - fogs made worse by air pollution. The smog in London of 1952,
The one I experienced wasn't smog, just fog and it wasn't as thick as the one you had back then
Yes, I lived near London , and this would have been about 1958âĶ..
@Baz posted:Yes, I lived near London , and this would have been about 1958âĶ..
Did you get one of these
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV-OKmq6_UM
@El Loro posted:Did you get one of these
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV-OKmq6_UM
I wishâĶ.we had to make do with a scarf around our mouths etc .
@El Loro posted:Did you get one of these
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV-OKmq6_UM
omg
night EL slim velvet bazzy
@slimfern one film of some interest on the Talking Pictures tv channel is "The Flying Scotsman" (1929) on Thursday afternoon at 15.10. A retiring engine driver's final run is at risk from a vengeful stoker who was recently dismissed.
The film was released as a silent film in 1929. Hitchcock's "Blackmail" was the first British talkie which was released later in 1929. "The Flying Scotsman" then had sound added and was re-released in 1930.
The train sequences were made on the actual "The Flying Scotsman".
There's a scene with some of the characters clinging to the outside of the train whilst it's moving. There were no special effects used and those were the actual actors. As a result the owners of the train forbid any future films to be made on the train.
The three actors listed in the programme guide are, as shown on imdb, Gordon Harker, Alec Hurley (the stoker) and Pauline Johnson (the retiring engineer's daughter), There's no evidence that Harker was in the film.
The retiring engineer was played by Moore Marriott who generally played characters must older than he actually was - he was 43 at the time the film was made. He's best known for his comedy films with Will Hay.
The leading young man was the first credited role of none other than Ray Milland.
So, although the film isn't outstanding, it is of interest.
@slimfern posted:A reasonable hour ...I may take a look
Thank you El
As with "Blackmail", "The Flying Scotsman" is part silent, part sound. They are both important milestones in British film history.
Here's a link to a very short clip of Hitchcock carrying out a test take Anny Ondra who was the leading woman in "Blackmail".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z8mSwzSQQk
Anny Ondra was a Polish-Czech-Austrian-German-French singer and a film and stage actress,
I was a bit puzzled when I saw this BBC news item:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...cestershire-64353291
She was a bookkeeper for those businesses, not an accountant.
@El Loro posted:As with "Blackmail", "The Flying Scotsman" is part silent, part sound. They are both important milestones in British film history.
Here's a link to a very short clip of Hitchcock carrying out a test take Anny Ondra who was the leading woman in "Blackmail".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z8mSwzSQQk
Anny Ondra was a Polish-Czech-Austrian-German-French singer and a film and stage actress,
Don't think I've seen Mr Hitchcock looking so young....and with hair!
You can see why he had a reputation with the ladies can't you
@El Loro posted:I was a bit puzzled when I saw this BBC news item:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...cestershire-64353291She was a bookkeeper for those businesses, not an accountant.
She was a stupid woman first and foremost El
You would think the BBC would have gotten it right 
@slimfern posted:She was a stupid woman first and foremost El
You would think the BBC would have gotten it right
The local news referred to her as a bookkeeper.
Anyone can call themselves an accountant which is a bit irritating for those who have a recognised accountancy qualification.
Yell (was Yellow Pages) does at least recognise that in their listings Accountants (qualified) Accounting Services (others).
@El Loro posted:The local news referred to her as a bookkeeper.
Anyone can call themselves an accountant which is a bit irritating for those who have a recognised accountancy qualification.
Yell (was Yellow Pages) does at least recognise that in their listings Accountants (qualified) Accounting Services (others).
Yes, I'd probably be a bit miffed too after all the studying an accountant has to do to be qualified El
night EL slim
@El Loro posted:Re foggy films, I see that Film4 has "Footsteps in the Fog" today
One of those coincidences again El
It's a bit of a sinister film if I remember rightly 
@El Loro posted:Re foggy films, I see that Film4 has "Footsteps in the Fog" today
Afternoon El and Slim Hope you are having a good day . I actually like that filmâĶ.Iâve seen it a couple of times .
@Baz posted:Afternoon El and Slim
Not too bad a day here, Baz and I hope yours is OK
It's certainly one of the more watchable Victorian melodramas of that era, a masterpiece compared to anything with Tod Slaughter in, noted for his barnstorming over-the-top scene-chewing portrayals of villains
@El Loro posted:Not too bad a day here, Baz and I hope yours is OK
It's certainly one of the more watchable Victorian melodramas of that era, a masterpiece compared to anything with Tod Slaughter in, noted for his barnstorming over-the-top scene-chewing portrayals of villains
Yes, that one , and the one with Ingrid Bergman , whose title escapes me right now , are great Victorian melodramas imo