AMC's Mad Men website lets you make a cartoon of yourself and inserts you into a scene. Here I am with Joan and Peggy, starting the day with a nice martini.
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AMC's Mad Men website lets you make a cartoon of yourself and inserts you into a scene. Here I am with Joan and Peggy, starting the day with a nice martini.
A Mid-Summer Afternoon's Quiz
Dennis Cozzalio over at Sergio Leone & the Infield Fly Rule has posted another movie quiz for your time-wasting pleasure. Check it out. My answers are below:
1) Second-favorite Stanley Kubrick film.
2001: A Space Odyssey
2) Most significant/important/interesting trend in movies over the past decade, for good or evil.
DVDs and the internet making so many films available for so many people regardless of where they live.
3) Bronco Billy (Clint Eastwood) or Buffalo Bill Cody (Paul Newman)?
Wild Bill Hickok (Keith Carradine).
4) Best Film of 1949.
The Third Man over Late Spring.
5) Joseph Tura (Jack Benny) or Oscar Jaffe (John Barrymore)?
Oscar Jaffe
6) Has the hand-held shaky-cam directorial style become a visual cliché?
Yes.
7) What was the first foreign-language film you ever saw?
I really don't remember, it might have been The Seventh Seal if Dances With Wolves or The Gods Must Be Crazy don't count.
8) Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) or Mr. Moto (Peter Lorre)?
Lorre.
9) Favorite World War II drama (1950-1970).
The Great Escape over Cranes Are Flying. EDIT: Unless Hiroshima, mon amour counts.
10) Favorite animal movie star.
Bugs Bunny.
11) Who or whatever is to blame, name an irresponsible moment in cinema.
The elevation of Birth Of A Nation to a status far beyond its actual achievements.
12) Best Film of 1969.
A Touch Of Zen easily over Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid.
13) Name the last movie you saw theatrically, and also on DVD or Blu-ray.
Harry Potter VI, Made In USA, Zulu
14) Second-favorite Robert Altman film.
Nashville
15) What is your favorite independent outlet for reading about movies, either online or in print?
davekehr.com
16) Who wins? Angela Mao or Meiko Kaji? (Thanks, Peter!)
Cheng Pei-pei.
17) Mona Lisa Vito (Marisa Tomei) or Olive Neal (Jennifer Tilly)?
Mona Lisa could fix my car.
18) Favorite movie that features a carnival setting or sequence.
Sunrise: A Song Of Two Humans
19) Best use of high-definition video on the big screen to date.
Still Life, I think.
20) Favorite movie that is equal parts genre film and a deconstruction or consideration of that same genre.
Singin' In the Rain
21) Best Film of 1979.
Manhattan over Apocalypse Now
22) Most realistic and/or sincere depiction of small-town life in the movies.
Jacques Tourneur's Stars In My Crown comes to mind.
23) Best horror movie creature (non-giant division).
Max Schreck in Nosferatu, A Symphony Of Horror
24) Second-favorite Francis Ford Coppola film.
The Godfather, Part II
25) Name a one-off movie that could have produced a franchise you would have wanted to see.
The Sword Of Doom or Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon probably shouldn't count, since they're based on longer works. But they're my pick anyway.
26) Favorite sequence from a Brian De Palma film.
The end credits.
27) Favorite moment in three-strip Technicolor.
Kathleen Byron freaking out at the end of Black Narcissus.
28) Favorite Alan Smithee film. (Thanks, Peter!)
A Burns For All Seasons
29) Crash Davis (Kevin Costner) or Morris Buttermaker (Walter Matthau)?
Crash.
30) Best post-Crimes and Misdemeanors Woody Allen film.
Sweet And Lowdown over Mighty Aphrodite.
31) Best Film of 1999.
Eyes Wide Shut over Magnolia and The Matrix.
32) Favorite movie tag line.
"The smart one isn't wearing any pants" - See Spot Run
33) Favorite B-movie western.
The Quick & The Dead
34) Overall, the author best served by movie adaptations of her or his work.
Daphne DuMaurier
35) Susan Vance (Katharine Hepburn) or Irene Bullock (Carole Lombard)?
Susan!
36) Favorite musical cameo in a non-musical movie.
The "Le Marseillaise" scene in Casablanca.
37) Bruno (the character, if you haven’t seen the movie, or the film, if you have): subversive satire or purveyor of stereotyping?
Not-especially-subversive satire.
38) Five film folks, living or deceased, you would love to meet. (Thanks, Rick!)
1. Orson Welles
2. John Ford
3. Yasujiro Ozu
4. Alfred Hitchcock
5. Jean Renoir
1) Second-favorite Stanley Kubrick film.
2001: A Space Odyssey
2) Most significant/important/interesting trend in movies over the past decade, for good or evil.
DVDs and the internet making so many films available for so many people regardless of where they live.
3) Bronco Billy (Clint Eastwood) or Buffalo Bill Cody (Paul Newman)?Wild Bill Hickok (Keith Carradine).
4) Best Film of 1949.
The Third Man over Late Spring.
5) Joseph Tura (Jack Benny) or Oscar Jaffe (John Barrymore)?
Oscar Jaffe
6) Has the hand-held shaky-cam directorial style become a visual cliché?
Yes.
7) What was the first foreign-language film you ever saw?
I really don't remember, it might have been The Seventh Seal if Dances With Wolves or The Gods Must Be Crazy don't count.
8) Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) or Mr. Moto (Peter Lorre)?
Lorre.
9) Favorite World War II drama (1950-1970).
The Great Escape over Cranes Are Flying. EDIT: Unless Hiroshima, mon amour counts.
10) Favorite animal movie star.Bugs Bunny.
11) Who or whatever is to blame, name an irresponsible moment in cinema.
The elevation of Birth Of A Nation to a status far beyond its actual achievements.
12) Best Film of 1969.
A Touch Of Zen easily over Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid.
13) Name the last movie you saw theatrically, and also on DVD or Blu-ray.
Harry Potter VI, Made In USA, Zulu
14) Second-favorite Robert Altman film.
Nashville
15) What is your favorite independent outlet for reading about movies, either online or in print?
davekehr.com
16) Who wins? Angela Mao or Meiko Kaji? (Thanks, Peter!)
Cheng Pei-pei.
17) Mona Lisa Vito (Marisa Tomei) or Olive Neal (Jennifer Tilly)?
Mona Lisa could fix my car.
18) Favorite movie that features a carnival setting or sequence.
Sunrise: A Song Of Two Humans
19) Best use of high-definition video on the big screen to date.
Still Life, I think.
20) Favorite movie that is equal parts genre film and a deconstruction or consideration of that same genre.
Singin' In the Rain
21) Best Film of 1979.
Manhattan over Apocalypse Now
22) Most realistic and/or sincere depiction of small-town life in the movies.
Jacques Tourneur's Stars In My Crown comes to mind.
23) Best horror movie creature (non-giant division).
Max Schreck in Nosferatu, A Symphony Of Horror
24) Second-favorite Francis Ford Coppola film.
The Godfather, Part II
25) Name a one-off movie that could have produced a franchise you would have wanted to see.
The Sword Of Doom or Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon probably shouldn't count, since they're based on longer works. But they're my pick anyway.
26) Favorite sequence from a Brian De Palma film.
The end credits.
27) Favorite moment in three-strip Technicolor.
Kathleen Byron freaking out at the end of Black Narcissus.
28) Favorite Alan Smithee film. (Thanks, Peter!)
A Burns For All Seasons
29) Crash Davis (Kevin Costner) or Morris Buttermaker (Walter Matthau)?
Crash.
30) Best post-Crimes and Misdemeanors Woody Allen film.
Sweet And Lowdown over Mighty Aphrodite.
31) Best Film of 1999.
Eyes Wide Shut over Magnolia and The Matrix.
32) Favorite movie tag line.
"The smart one isn't wearing any pants" - See Spot Run
33) Favorite B-movie western.
The Quick & The Dead
34) Overall, the author best served by movie adaptations of her or his work.
Daphne DuMaurier
35) Susan Vance (Katharine Hepburn) or Irene Bullock (Carole Lombard)?
Susan!
36) Favorite musical cameo in a non-musical movie.
The "Le Marseillaise" scene in Casablanca.
37) Bruno (the character, if you haven’t seen the movie, or the film, if you have): subversive satire or purveyor of stereotyping?
Not-especially-subversive satire.
38) Five film folks, living or deceased, you would love to meet. (Thanks, Rick!)
1. Orson Welles
2. John Ford
3. Yasujiro Ozu
4. Alfred Hitchcock
5. Jean Renoir