Ask my opinion on films

[Trevor]

Kenneth Pinyan's final movie, I don't remember what it is called.

That would be Zoo, I think, I had to google that name.

Never seen it: don't want to either. 

Nope the one BEFORE that. . .

After seeing how Kenneth Pinyan died, I'm scared to do a search anywhere. 

[Kaseykockroach]

Nightbeast (1982)?

Okay, who's the girl in your avatar?

Denise Milani.


Night of the Creeps?

[Trevor]

Nightbeast (1982)?

Okay, who's the girl in your avatar?

Denise Milani.


Night of the Creeps?

That was the film made about me in my worst moods, wasn't it? 

[The Burgomaster]

COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN (1982)

[ulthar]

Trevor, I would enjoy hearing your opinion about American remakes of other nation's films, such as

THE RING (2002) vs. RINGU (1998)

or

LET ME IN (2008) vs. LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (2008)

Not only about the movies themselves, but from your perspective, what do you think of the process of Americanization of these (well done originally) films?

[tracy]

How about that American classic,Casablanca?

Loved it: the only time I refused to watch it was when one of our local broadcasters screened it. In color! 

As a film archivist, I HATE colourizing films, but it can happen if the film's color is fading (which does happen).

I'm with you on coloring B&W films,Trevor. I remember when we rented a copy of "Yankee Doodle Dandy" that had been "improved" with color....the front characters were in color but the background was still in B&W! We turned off all of the color and watched it the way it was meant to be.

[The Burgomaster]

How about that American classic,Casablanca?

Loved it: the only time I refused to watch it was when one of our local broadcasters screened it. In color! 

As a film archivist, I HATE colourizing films, but it can happen if the film's color is fading (which does happen).

I'm with you on coloring B&W films,Trevor. I remember when we rented a copy of "Yankee Doodle Dandy" that had been "improved" with color....the front characters were in color but the background was still in B&W! We turned off all of the color and watched it the way it was meant to be.

In the 1980s I bought a colorized VHS tape of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (I know, I know, I apologize!)  I think I watched in in color once.  After that, I always turned down the color on my TV and watched it in glorious B&W.

[Trevor]

COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN (1982)

Otherwise known as "How The Hell Do We Fit This Title On The Marquee Board Outside?" 

I haven't seen this one, unfortunately.

[Trevor]

Trevor, I would enjoy hearing your opinion about American remakes of other nation's films, such as

THE RING (2002) vs. RINGU (1998)

or

LET ME IN (2008) vs. LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (2008)

Not only about the movies themselves, but from your perspective, what do you think of the process of Americanization of these (well done originally) films?

In short, I detest remakes: I would hate it if anyone made a remake of a SA film. I prefer the originals to remakes anytime, even if I have to read subtitles. RINGU and LET THE RIGHT ONE IN are far better IMO than the remakes.

[Trevor]

How about that American classic,Casablanca?

Loved it: the only time I refused to watch it was when one of our local broadcasters screened it. In color! 

As a film archivist, I HATE colourizing films, but it can happen if the film's color is fading (which does happen).

I'm with you on coloring B&W films,Trevor. I remember when we rented a copy of "Yankee Doodle Dandy" that had been "improved" with color....the front characters were in color but the background was still in B&W! We turned off all of the color and watched it the way it was meant to be.

In the 1980s I bought a colorized VHS tape of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (I know, I know, I apologize!)  I think I watched in in color once.  After that, I always turned down the color on my TV and watched it in glorious B&W.

The only film IMO that looks OK when it was colourised was the 1951 version of what I always like to call Julius Squeezer: that looked good.

Orson Welles was once quoted as saying "Keep Ted Turner and his crayons away from my films!" 

[RCMerchant]

What are your favorite silent films?

[Trevor]

What are your favorite silent films?

Those kinds of films that get much better when you put the sound off. 

I once projected D W Griffith's Intolerance for film students when I started to work here: that cinema organ music nearly drove me nuts, so the next time I screened it without sound and told the lecturer that we had a problem with the speakers. Blessed silence and a good film too.

My favourite silent films are Napoleon by Abel Gance and the local silent films De Voortrekkers [The Pathfinders] and Symbol Of Sacrifice. 

[JaseSF]

Have you seen Nosferatu (1922)?

[Trevor]

Have you seen Nosferatu (1922)?

Yes I have: very creepy indeed. Max Schreck was the absolute business as Nosferatu. 

[JaseSF]

I had a conversation once with a person about scary movies and she said she found the original Nosferatu film from 1922 to be the creepiest and most unsettling thing she'd ever watched and said she could never bring herself to rewatch it again. Pretty cool praise I felt for a movie so very old. Few did creepy so well as the German Expressionists.