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Re: Movies You Just Watched Discussion, Part III
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"Two Seconds" (1932: John Allen (Edward G. Robinson), a riveter working on a skyscraper, falls for Shirley Day (Vivienne Osborne), a gold-digging taxi dancer, who gets him drunk and tricks him into marriage. This causes a falling out with Allen's co-worker, best pal and roomie, Bud Clark (Preston Foster). They have a fight on a girder, and Clark falls to his death, plunging Allen into grief, depression and psychosis. He murders two-timing Shirley and gets the chair ("two seconds" refers to his last consciousness before Riding the Lightning). This may sound corny in the pre-Code style, but the movie is powerful, with yet another great performance by Robinson, possibly the most underrated actor in Hollywood history. Osborne and Foster are excellent, and the supporting cast includes Guy Kibbee as a genial bookie, and J. Carol Naish, Eternal Movie-Italian, as Shirley's lover. Really good.
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.
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Re: Movies You Just Watched Discussion, Part III
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"Two Seconds" (1932: John Allen (Edward G. Robinson), a riveter working on a skyscraper, falls for Shirley Day (Vivienne Osborne), a gold-digging taxi dancer, who gets him drunk and tricks him into marriage. This causes a falling out with Allen's co-worker, best pal and roomie, Bud Clark (Preston Foster). They have a fight on a girder, and Clark falls to his death, plunging Allen into grief, depression and psychosis. He murders two-timing Shirley and gets the chair ("two seconds" refers to his last consciousness before Riding the Lightning). This may sound corny in the pre-Code style, but the movie is powerful, with yet another great performance by Robinson, possibly the most underrated actor in Hollywood history. Osborne and Foster are excellent, and the supporting cast includes Guy Kibbee as a genial bookie, and J. Carol Naish, Eternal Movie-Italian, as Shirley's lover. Really good. Great flick, I always felt the same way about EGR, he has done more outstanding movies where he was not playing a gangster.
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Re: Movies You Just Watched Discussion, Part III
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Great flick, I always felt the same way about EGR, he has done more outstanding movies where he was not playing a gangster.
Yes, indeed. Alas, "Little Caesar" stereotyped him forever. But, his "Caesar" is a choir boy compared to his Johnny Rocco in "Key Largo."
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Re: Movies You Just Watched Discussion, Part III
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MATA HARI (1931)
I only watched this because there was a throwaway line from the original SUSPIRIA, describing a fellow student as, "Mata Hari is filing her report." I saw this available in the Filmstruck library, read the description and added it to my watchlist. I finally made the time to sit down and watch it this morning and I was rather impressed. For those who have never seen or heard of the film, it follows Mata Hari (played by Greta Garbo) an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I. Garbo gives a mesmerizing performance, as like many of the men in the film, I seemed to have been hypnotized and infatuated by her. This was my first exposure to her work and I have a feeling the rest might be difficult to track down. She also gave up acting after World War II, feeling the world had changed perhaps forever and she retired. Like the Mata Hari character, Garbo craved her privacy and for the rest of her life, perpetuated the Garbo mystique. 6.5/10
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Re: Movies You Just Watched Discussion, Part III
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MATA HARI (1931)
I only watched this because there was a throwaway line from the original SUSPIRIA, describing a fellow student as, "Mata Hari is filing her report." I saw this available in the Filmstruck library, read the description and added it to my watchlist. I finally made the time to sit down and watch it this morning and I was rather impressed. For those who have never seen or heard of the film, it follows Mata Hari (played by Greta Garbo) an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I. Garbo gives a mesmerizing performance, as like many of the men in the film, I seemed to have been hypnotized and infatuated by her. This was my first exposure to her work and I have a feeling the rest might be difficult to track down. She also gave up acting after World War II, feeling the world had changed perhaps forever and she retired. Like the Mata Hari character, Garbo craved her privacy and for the rest of her life, perpetuated the Garbo mystique. 6.5/10 Wow, 6.5..... while reading your review I was hoping you were going to rate and found it surprising you were only offering 6.5 Great Film
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Re: Movies You Just Watched Discussion, Part III
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10/25/18 01:25 PM
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MATA HARI (1931)
I only watched this because there was a throwaway line from the original SUSPIRIA, describing a fellow student as, "Mata Hari is filing her report." I saw this available in the Filmstruck library, read the description and added it to my watchlist. I finally made the time to sit down and watch it this morning and I was rather impressed. For those who have never seen or heard of the film, it follows Mata Hari (played by Greta Garbo) an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I. Garbo gives a mesmerizing performance, as like many of the men in the film, I seemed to have been hypnotized and infatuated by her. This was my first exposure to her work and I have a feeling the rest might be difficult to track down. She also gave up acting after World War II, feeling the world had changed perhaps forever and she retired. Like the Mata Hari character, Garbo craved her privacy and for the rest of her life, perpetuated the Garbo mystique. 6.5/10 Wow, 6.5..... while reading your review I was hoping you were going to rate and found it surprising you were only offering 6.5 Great Film Honestly, I think a 6.5 is pretty solid. I'd definitely watch it again I'd say that much. I haven't seen enough of them but for some reason, films made during the 1930's seem to surprise me at how well done they are (KING KONG, THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME, MATA HARI, etc.). Or maybe I'm just watching quality flicks
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Re: Movies You Just Watched Discussion, Part III
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Great flick, I always felt the same way about EGR, he has done more outstanding movies where he was not playing a gangster.
Yes, indeed. Alas, "Little Caesar" stereotyped him forever. But, his "Caesar" is a choir boy compared to his Johnny Rocco in "Key Largo." I won't watch a movie just because a certain actor is in it. However, Edward G. comes quite close to being an actor whose every film is a gem for me. I haven't seen the movie you cited, but I've seen plenty of others of his. His delivery, like Rod Steiger's and a few others, is so unique.
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Re: Movies You Just Watched Discussion, Part III
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11/04/18 09:55 PM
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SUSPIRIA (2018)
I'll start off by saying this: I was against this film when I heard it was announced originally. The original film is one of my favorites of all-time and I'm sick and tired of the remakes/never-ending sequels that Hollywood continues to flush out. In saying that, once I saw the trailers for this film, I become intrigued and even excited. However, after watching it this past weekend, I am completely disappointed. So many things that made the original such a classic were nowhere in this version. And while I understand director Luca Guadagnino wanted to make this his own film (which I do appreciate), it just didn't work for me. Definitely too long and the third act was a series of "what-the-F*CK-was that" moments. Dakota Johnson did a really good job as the new Susie Bannion, who comes to us from an Amish Ohio farm as opposed to a New York girl as we saw in the original with Jessica Harper. But the star of the show is definitely Tilda Swinton who plays 3 roles in the film. The RAF (Red Army Faction) backdrop during the film is distracting and not needed at all in my opinion. Rumors are director Luca Guadagnino wants to make a trilogy out of this (similar to original director Dario Argento's MOTHERS trilogy) and again, while I was originally excited about this possibility before seeing the film, after viewing it, I'm less than ecstatic about the prospect. 5/10
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