Youtube now has a mostly passable auto-gen English translation. Definitely not picking up some of the lyrics. I found Google Translate in camera mode worked for 90% of the on-screen text.
Combined, I got enough of the subversive (under? it didn't seem that subtle!)current, for sure!
Bonus: a great, probably not-at-all-authorized soundtrack feat. The Beatles.
"What's wrong with doing something old?
Something tried and true
Well, how about a minstrel show?
Does that appeal to you?"
No. No, it does not. Ironically, the movie is too long; the dreadful finale and the glurgy wartime propaganda with the British refugee kids could easily have been ditched. Also, Mickey Rooney is manic here even by his standards. That said, the ol' Mickey & Judy magic shines in earlier musical moments such as "How About You," "Hoe Down," and, in particular, a medley where the two stars impersonate a handful of real-life vaudeville performers.
A gem of a later-day Popeye cartoon, possibly the best to include the nephews.
The nephews - three this time, maybe Poopeye is sitting this one out - basically run a series of Home Alone traps on Popeye to give Olive time to finish his cake (itself a good visual gag).
Also, amongst the policemen you can find Alan Hale Jr. (The Skipper on Gilligan's Island) and, if you don't blink at the wrong time, a quick walk on by Stafford Repp (Chief O'Hara in the OG Batman series).
Section of the saga focused on the Battle of Borodino. In fact, very focused - 20 minutes of battlefield preparation, 30 of battle, and 10 of aftermath taking the majority of the runtime. The war scenes are glorious, unfathomably large-scale productions of the sort that just aren't (and, for the horses' sake, shouldn't be) done anymore.
The 90s professionalism of this video doesn't really obscure the fact that this falls into the same vanity trap as a "Good Day, Mr. Kubrick" or "Impossible Is Nothing".
Also: the least explicable 8.0+ I have ever seen on IMDB.
Nbats, while I love (maybe even prefer) the classic Super 8 look of your link, I should note that the soundtrack is a bit too anachronistic to be the original (even slow motion running to Chariots of Fire is a year too early). I thinkthis is the original, sans the Russian overdubbing, of course.
On the whole, I actually think this one is pretty good. These official Olympic films' primarily interest me as time capsules - snapshots of this intersection of sport, national identities, technology, and fashion over more than a century. The musical and editing choices are certainly atypical for this subgenre, but in context of the just pre-MTV 80s it is pretty apropos.
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Movie comment on Suna no onna
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Amazing. Also amazed this one flew so far under my radar given all the lists, checks, and favorites this has.Movie comment on Believe It or Not #6
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Did they ever do a second take in these? He is not always a magnetic speaker.Movie comment on The Moon's Milk
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Watchable at https://vimeo.com/348641658. Narration by Tom Waits.Movie comment on My Favorite Blonde
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Really solid Hope flick, his deadpan way of delivering some real corn-ball material is growing on me.Movie comment on Napoli che canta
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Interesting city symphony for Naples. Directed by Roberto Roberti, father of Sergio Leone!Movie comment on Coffea Arábiga
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Youtube now has a mostly passable auto-gen English translation. Definitely not picking up some of the lyrics. I found Google Translate in camera mode worked for 90% of the on-screen text.Combined, I got enough of the subversive (under? it didn't seem that subtle!)current, for sure!
Bonus: a great, probably not-at-all-authorized soundtrack feat. The Beatles.
Movie comment on For No Good Reason
Qwijybo
You're not kidding, that is one aggressive "check out my mixtape" of a soundtrack.Movie comment on Alligator II: The Mutation
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Highlight of the movie is Joey Balogna. Not actually his name.Movie comment on Babes on Broadway
Qwijybo
"What's wrong with doing something old?Something tried and true
Well, how about a minstrel show?
Does that appeal to you?"
No. No, it does not. Ironically, the movie is too long; the dreadful finale and the glurgy wartime propaganda with the British refugee kids could easily have been ditched. Also, Mickey Rooney is manic here even by his standards. That said, the ol' Mickey & Judy magic shines in earlier musical moments such as "How About You," "Hoe Down," and, in particular, a medley where the two stars impersonate a handful of real-life vaudeville performers.
Movie comment on Popeye's Mirthday
Qwijybo
A gem of a later-day Popeye cartoon, possibly the best to include the nephews.The nephews - three this time, maybe Poopeye is sitting this one out - basically run a series of Home Alone traps on Popeye to give Olive time to finish his cake (itself a good visual gag).
Movie comment on The Green Slime
Qwijybo
Love the theme song. The movie stinks.Movie comment on Hoshi no koe
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Impressive that this was done on a G4, though that gives a uniquely dated feel to the animation. It's like Neon Genesis Evangelion, except it's good.Movie comment on Gay Camp Classics Vol. 1
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Consists of three films from the "Gay Girls Riding Club": Always on Sunday, What REALLY Happened to Baby Jane, and Spy on the Fly.Agent 0069, indeed..
Movie comment on Gay Camp Classics Vol. 2
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Consists of two films: All About Alice and Les Boys.Movie comment on The Killer Is Loose
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Also, amongst the policemen you can find Alan Hale Jr. (The Skipper on Gilligan's Island) and, if you don't blink at the wrong time, a quick walk on by Stafford Repp (Chief O'Hara in the OG Batman series).Movie comment on Voyna i mir III: 1812 god
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Section of the saga focused on the Battle of Borodino. In fact, very focused - 20 minutes of battlefield preparation, 30 of battle, and 10 of aftermath taking the majority of the runtime. The war scenes are glorious, unfathomably large-scale productions of the sort that just aren't (and, for the horses' sake, shouldn't be) done anymore.Movie comment on It Came from Kuchar
Qwijybo
On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwZoUX3CxXEMovie comment on Goofy Movies Number Three
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Nice spoof of James FitzPatrick's TravelTalks in the last segment.Movie comment on Description d'un combat
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Translation of the narration available here: https://chrismarker.org/chris-marker/chris-marker-description-struggle-1960/Movie comment on Narayama bushikô
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The sets are phenomenal.Movie comment on A Long Island Skunk Farm
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a.k.a. "A Connecticut Skunk Farm," somehow.https://www.eastman.org/connecticut-skunk-farm
Movie comment on Das Ornament des verliebten Herzens
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https://www.eastman.org/das-ornament-des-verliebten-herzensLotte Reiniger's first film!
Movie comment on Impasse
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Available via the Yale Film Archive's Vimeo channel here: https://vimeo.com/480011233Movie comment on Douglas Coupland: Close Personal Friend
Qwijybo
The 90s professionalism of this video doesn't really obscure the fact that this falls into the same vanity trap as a "Good Day, Mr. Kubrick" or "Impossible Is Nothing".Also: the least explicable 8.0+ I have ever seen on IMDB.
Movie comment on Olympic Spirit
Qwijybo
"Your bottler of Coca-Cola presents..."Nbats, while I love (maybe even prefer) the classic Super 8 look of your link, I should note that the soundtrack is a bit too anachronistic to be the original (even slow motion running to Chariots of Fire is a year too early). I think this is the original, sans the Russian overdubbing, of course.
On the whole, I actually think this one is pretty good. These official Olympic films' primarily interest me as time capsules - snapshots of this intersection of sport, national identities, technology, and fashion over more than a century. The musical and editing choices are certainly atypical for this subgenre, but in context of the just pre-MTV 80s it is pretty apropos.
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