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  1. Atomic Age

    Non-hat wearing people in the Golden Era

    I think you can safely say that before the 60's, hats were like cigarettes. At the high water mark around 65% of American's smoked. You could probably say about the same thing of hat wearing. Well thats still a fairly large number of people not smoking and not wearing hats. Interesting the...
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    Film Noir?

    Yep. Also in Kansas City Confidential, his buddy who runs the coffee shop says that Joe Rolfe saved his life on Iwo Jima. In Dead Reckoning, Bogart and his buddy are just being released from the Army at the end of the war. Somewhere in the Night and The Crooked Way both have protagonists...
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    Film Noir?

    Interesting, but the fact is that more than half of the protagonists in Films Noir, identify themselves as war veterans. Part of the make up of the film noir movement, was veterans coming back from the war, and finding that home had changed, and they didn't fit in anymore. Often in film noir...
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    Remakes

    I agree and I think a good example is L.A. Confidential. That film threw out whole subplots from the book, and streamlined the story to its essential elements. Even so I think they were very successful in translating the spirit of the book to the screen. The author has said as much himself...
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    Television Noir

    I believe that all of the episodes originated on HBO, but I'm not sure why the 3 year delay between the first and second seasons. However it was VERY unusual in 1983 for a non big 3 network to order a TV series. Remember that Fox, the 4th network was still 3 years away when this show...
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    Television Noir

    I was really impressed with Philip Marlowe: Private Eye. I believe it was the first original show done for HBO, and it had a fairly small budget. Also, interestingly many of the episodes were directed by Peter Hunt, who edited most of the early Bond films and directed On Her Majesty's...
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    Remakes

    I didn't completely disagree with you. I think your assessment of The Thing is right on. I don't think its unfortunate that movies are about entertainment. That is what they are. And to be honest its not always easy to directly translate a novel to the screen. A novel has a very different...
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    Remakes

    I don't think the 2005 King Kong holds a candle to the 33 version. I watched it once, it was harmless and I'll probably never watch it again. The fact that the 33 Kong got no awards just goes to show you the irrelevance of the Academy Awards. I mean really how many people have even heard of...
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    Bad repro looks

    Directors rarely leave the editing up to someone else, unless they have been fired from the film. The director is normally in the editing room with the Editor every day. In fact he was probably contractually obligated to the studio to deliver a first cut of the film. The only thing I was...
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    Television Noir

    This show is all the more remarkable for having been filmed in England, and only second unit stuff being shot in LA. Doug
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    Bad repro looks

    How do you get "called back" on a movie you're directing? LOL But I understand what you mean. Doug
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    Colorizing Old Movies

    There is an excellent book on Technicolor called Glorious Technicolor: The Movies' Magic Rainbow. If anyone is interested in early color cinematography I recommend it. I was aware of the Pathechrome process, but I'd never seen any examples of it. I knew it was not a true color photography...
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    Television Noir

    I used to watch Perry Mason with my mom as a kid. I always liked it, but I was a weird kid. Private Eye was an interesting show and its a shame it didn't make it. Very cool title sequence with a great theme by Joe Jackson. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie"...
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    Film Noir?

    You nailed it right on the head. Muller seems like someone you'd want to sit down and watch a movie with. Some of these guys can be really dry but Muller is just lots of fun. Have you heard the commentaries he has done with James Ellroy on Crime Wave and The Lineup? The two guys together is just...
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    Film Noir?

    Eddie Muller is a very cool guy and in my opinion does the best commentaries on movies. He has also written some very good novels. Doug
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    What's your alltime favorite movie?

    My favorite film is Raiders of the Lost Ark. However my favorite actor is Robert Mitchum.
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    Remakes

    OH I didn't think you were. I was just ribbing you! :) Doug
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    Remakes

    I agree. I own it on HDDVD and it still looks fantastic! Doug
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    Remakes

    With very rare exceptions I tend to agree with you there. Doug
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    Bad repro looks

    To be fair, an actor in Hollywood makes his or her living based on the way they look. Back in the 50's and 60's, an actor might make 6 or 7 films a year, and doing a period hair cut could seriously effect their ability to make a living. So its not to surprising that you see contemporary styles...

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