tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post7463803156230662973..comments2024-03-23T21:46:50.843-04:00Comments on the passionate moviegoer: cinema obscura: George Sidney's "Pepe" (1960)joe baltakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11467420961490314339noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-10102979224330745232017-11-09T02:11:41.442-05:002017-11-09T02:11:41.442-05:00Boy, now you've taken me back: Duane Eddy'...Boy, now you've taken me back: Duane Eddy's cover of "Pepe" was one of the very first 45s I ever bought with my own money. Never did see the movie, though, until that Egyptian screening.mike schlesingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15824197221204862706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-75311665851680361402017-11-08T13:58:02.965-05:002017-11-08T13:58:02.965-05:00Joyce! I love “Pepe,” too, although I’d never say...Joyce! I love “Pepe,” too, although I’d never say it’s a good movie. Maybe it is on its own terms. That said, I still have the soundtrack album. -J<br /><br />joe baltakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11467420961490314339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-51471871355212366992017-11-08T13:46:20.118-05:002017-11-08T13:46:20.118-05:00I LOVE Pepe! Saw it in the movies and can still si...I LOVE Pepe! Saw it in the movies and can still sing the song. ..Who has a heart as happy as Pepe!<br /><br />Joycenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-1654439531155805322017-11-07T19:48:22.564-05:002017-11-07T19:48:22.564-05:00Wow, Mike, I love your contrarian stance. It has n...Wow, Mike, I love your contrarian stance. It has never occurred to me that the film weakest link is, ironically, the star that it was built around. Makes sense. Or could it be the way the role was written? Either way, the performance is in question. joe baltakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11467420961490314339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-24218017174784133282017-11-07T18:57:57.803-05:002017-11-07T18:57:57.803-05:00Sony would like to restore PEPE to its roadshow le...Sony would like to restore PEPE to its roadshow length, but all their elements are of the truncated version, and that single uncut print is in too rough shape to use to fill in the gaps. I was at that screening, too; my feeling is that Cantinflas is the problem, and that everything else is pretty darn good.mike schlesingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15824197221204862706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-60083749630668684792017-11-07T18:36:10.481-05:002017-11-07T18:36:10.481-05:00Hi. I'm one of those nerds who has been longin...Hi. I'm one of those nerds who has been longing to see "Pepe" uncut, even though, as you say,it ain't very good. I hope, some day, Turner manages to get the long version from Columbia. Thanks for printing that neat still!!! Tim K.noreply@blogger.com