tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post6448263494734681891..comments2024-01-21T11:18:54.087-05:00Comments on Lost in the Movies: Remembering the Movies, Feb. 4 - 10Joel Bockohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post-72979690601730328822011-02-06T23:34:31.301-05:002011-02-06T23:34:31.301-05:00Of course, the beloved highlight here is Chaplin&#...Of course, the beloved highlight here is Chaplin's CITY LIGHTS, one of the greatest of all American movies and one that was seemingly made for fond reflection. I agree with JPK in that I also was unaware that the film was released that early in 1930, but at that early date Oscars were not on studio's minds just two years after they were created. Nice seeing LITTLE MURDERS, JEW FUSS and particularly MOTHER, JOAN OF THE AANGELS, a film that bears some similarities to Vlacil's THE DEVIL'S TRAP, which I saw this weekend.Sam Julianonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post-34908894609242425522011-02-05T08:41:49.272-05:002011-02-05T08:41:49.272-05:00Ah, what a great week this is as far as film histo...Ah, what a great week this is as far as film history goes. If not for anything, the fact that two of Chaplin's most revered films released this week, albeit many years ago, is enough to support my claim! Great work as always!!!Shubhajithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040495040897333606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post-43824416166895375202011-02-04T21:37:46.480-05:002011-02-04T21:37:46.480-05:00As I said in my intro, particulrly this week some ...As I said in my intro, particulrly this week some of the dates are compromises - City Lights premiered in January but IMDb lists its "U.S. release date" (without a city) as February. I'm not sure what that means at a time when road shows were the form of distribution but perhaps someone else can explain.<br /><br />I've not had the dubious honor of seeing Jud Suss, but I was interested to read that aesthetically it's accomplished as I had always been under the impression that its style was as crude as its politics.Joel Bockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post-44397660466542933972011-02-04T11:34:59.730-05:002011-02-04T11:34:59.730-05:00It's interesting to watch the way your project...It's interesting to watch the way your project lays against the template of our contemporary sense of film release schedules. If most of your January titles tended to fit my current preconceptions, though not always exactly, this one already offers up some real surprises. I consider February now to be more or less "January, Jr.," with the U.S. industry depending on Oscar nominations for most of its revenue lifeblood. I never would have guessed that City Lights, absolutely one of my favorite movies ever, was a February release. Although now that I think of it (probably too much) maybe it makes sense in terms of Valentine's Day? Except that wasn't quite the Hallmark holiday 80 years ago that we know it as now, so there's that too. On another tip entirely, the two images associated with Jud Suss (which I don't know at all) make my skin crawl. The quote you found from David Cairns is a nice tonic.Jeff Pikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17148737647138431543noreply@blogger.com