Sexy_Singer
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Day 9: Meet John Doe
Can't get anymore salt of the earth than this.
Can't get anymore salt of the earth than this.
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Oh, wow. I βlove film noir. Gotta find this.Day 9: A holiday movie with an everyman, blue-collar, salt-of-the-earth type of guy as the lead
Christmas Noir.
Phillip Marlow, a blue collar, salt of the earth gumshoe, is hired to find the wife of a publisher who ran off to Mexico not long before Christmas. It gets complicated from there.
This one was interesting in two ways. The first one, this film was shot as a POV film. They wanted to mimic Chandler's first-person narration style, so the only time you see Robert Montgomery as Phillip Marlow is when he breaks the fourth wall as a narrator at the start of the movie, or when he sees himself reflected in mirrors and the like. The second interesting thing was moving the novel's mid-summer timeframe to Christmas, which gave Montgomery, who also directed, a chance to contrast the grim events of the story with the brightness of the season. Moving it to Christmastime was a better experiment than the "camera as the character" experiment. And Montgomery was a little unsubstantial as Marlow, even if you saw him only rarely.
Read the book. It isn't a Christmas book, but it works considerably better as a story.
The Lady in the Lake (1947)
I liked this movie a lot more than I expected to.Day 9: A holiday movie with an everyman, (blue-collar) salt-of-the-earth type of guy as the lead
I love Paul Giamatti.
The Holdovers (2023)
I'll allow it.Just checking in for tomorrow's prompt and I have a question for @lavendersilk, will it count if I attempt to contact Alistair Sim via sΓ©ance? Because I'd give it a go! I happen to be wearing my ouija board sweatshirt anyway![]()
Will sit this one out. Neither really applies.Day 10: A holiday movie that has an actor/writer/director who you or a family member has made contact with
Since this prompt may not work for everyone, here is an alternative. Please, only do one.
Day 10: A holiday movie that you have a tree ornament or home decor of
Firstly, how do you know?Well she's dead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Part of me wants to take them off "ignore" just to see what instigated that. Part of me reminds the other part why we have an "ignore" there in the first place...Firstly, how do you know?
Secondly, if she is, that's a proper cunty thing to say
Thirdly, people here are having a nude time being happy, avd enjoying life harmlessly. You are bringing nothing but nastiness. Please feel free to fuck off.
Fourthly, fuck further off
I bet he dies in it...View attachment 2442332
This looks fucking terrible.
But it was the first one I saw with Sean Bean who I filmed with and sang at a wake in 2017