tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post8433825425862395590..comments2024-03-23T21:46:50.843-04:00Comments on the passionate moviegoer: cinema obscura: Two by Tennessee Williamsjoe baltakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11467420961490314339noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-45465952967671784292008-05-12T01:01:00.000-04:002008-05-12T01:01:00.000-04:00You can vote for both of these films to be release...You can vote for both of these films to be released on DVD on the Turner Classic Movies page. Just look up the films and on the right hand side you'll see the option to vote for their release. <BR/><BR/>I own a cheap-looking DVD-R of Boom! that I got on eBay awhile back, and if any film deserves a deluxe treatment on DVD, this is it, especially if they could get John Waters to do commentary on it. As for "Last of the Mobile Hotshots," I'd love to see how this film earned it's X rating back then. <BR/><BR/>To quote Waters, "The “bad” Tennessee Williams is better than most of the 'good' of his contemporaries."Roland Saint-Laurenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04729759201061456941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-73839505204171161612007-10-21T12:28:00.000-04:002007-10-21T12:28:00.000-04:00Hi, Daryl-Thanks for the tip on "Boom!'s" Sundance...Hi, Daryl-<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the tip on "Boom!'s" Sundance telecast. The cable station has also shows James Bridges' "September 30th, 1955," which I commented on here earlier:<BR/><BR/>http://thepassionatemoviegoer.blogspot.com/2007/07/cinema-obscura-james-bridges-september.html<BR/><BR/>BTW, I also wrote about Sir Carol Reed's "The Public Eye" when Sundance showed it last May. Here's the link in case you missed it:<BR/><BR/>http://thepassionatemoviegoer.blogspot.com/2007/05/vcr-alert-sir-carol-reeds-public-eye.html<BR/><BR/>I wrote about it in tandem with Brian G. Hutton's "The Pad (and How to Use It), which of course was "The Private Ear" when it played on stage with "The Public Eye." Two Peter Shaffer one-acters.joe baltakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11467420961490314339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-15072348674373022192007-10-21T12:04:00.000-04:002007-10-21T12:04:00.000-04:00BOOM (and its companion piece, SECRET CEREMONY) ha...BOOM (and its companion piece, SECRET CEREMONY) have been making their appearance on the Sundance Channel, as part of a deal that was made by MCA-Universal to lease some "obscure" titles from the 1960s and 1970s for cablecast. BOOM showed a month ago, and will be making its way back on the rotation this winter.<BR/><BR/>(BOOM is letterboxed, and the sets still look as magnificent as ever.)<BR/><BR/>Another film in this group is Carol Reed's THE PUBLIC EYE starring Mia Farrow and Topol, which just showed about a few weeks ago.Daryl Chinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13371258313590183345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-29157889447706739852007-10-16T16:20:00.000-04:002007-10-16T16:20:00.000-04:00I saw Mobile Hot Shots in a second-run theatre, pr...I saw Mobile Hot Shots in a second-run theatre, probably in 1971, when I was about 14. Not sure why they let me in, since it was an X rating (I was with my cousin, who was the same age as me). Can't say it made much of an impression, but I'd love to see it again, now that I actually have an appreciation of the talents of Lumet, Howe, Jones, Redgrave, et al.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-66720637344592047082007-10-15T11:41:00.000-04:002007-10-15T11:41:00.000-04:00I'd like to see "Boom" again, and "Mobile Hot Shot...I'd like to see "Boom" again, and "Mobile Hot Shots" for the first time. <BR/><BR/>Some celebrity names you might mention in connection with "Mobile Hot Shots" are: Gore Vidal (screenplay), James Wong Howe (cinematography), and Quincy Jones (music).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-44907173751342607472007-10-14T17:48:00.000-04:002007-10-14T17:48:00.000-04:00Joe -- A few years back, John Waters picked BOOM a...Joe -- A few years back, John Waters picked BOOM as one of his favorite films and presented it in person (with a Q & A afterwards) at the Toronto International Film Festival. I missed that screening and have been on the lookout for the film ever since.girishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05079328617099035797noreply@blogger.com