Movie/film suggestions.


 

While this is of course a forum for the discussion of all things audio/hi-fi and music, pretty much all of us are also lovers of movies, the enjoyment of which is effected by the reproduction of the sound they contain (with the exception of silent movies wink).

I've been focused on David Lynch movies since his death, but with current events so much a part of our lives at the moment, I plan on re-watching a movie I’ve seen only once, and years ago. That movie is:

The Madness Of King George. Apropos, no?

 

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Being a Steve Carell fan I wanted to see Vice for his portrayal of Donald Rumsfield (with Christian Bale as Dick Cheney). I found it to be an interesting/entertaining movie.

I also enjoyed The Wrestler with Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei.

And speaking of Mickey Rourke, I can just about watch Body Heat (William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Ted Danson) just for his (Rourke’s) classic lines:

"I got a serious question for you: What the f*** are you doing? This is not s*** for you to be messin’ with. Are you ready to hear something? I want you to see if this sounds familiar: any time you try a decent crime, you got fifty ways you’re gonna f*** up. If you think of twenty-five of them, then you’re a genius -- and you ain’t no genius. You remember who told me that?"

and

"I hope you know what you’re doin’. You better be pretty damn sure about it, cause if you ain’t sure, don’t do it. Of course, that’s my recommendation anyway -- don’t do it. I tell you, counselor, this arson -- this is serious crime."

And I thought it was a nice touch when, in the movie The Counselor, McCarthy uses that when Brad Pitt is advising Michael Fassbender,

Westray: "Maybe I should tell you what Mickey Rourke told what’s-his-face? That’s my recommendation anyway, Counselor. Don’t do it."

The Counselor: "Because arson is a serious crime?"

Westray: "Yeah, and so is this."

And there were a lot of other reasons that I liked Body Heat.

 

"Rancho Deluxe" 

The great Jeff Daniels.....among others 

I think you're mixing him up with the great Jeff Bridges.

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As far as Cary Grant, Clooney, Eastwood, Pitt and that sort, they're more craftsmen than artists, and more movie stars than actors.

Babette's Feast...is on Turner Classic Movies today at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time