Stolen from David's blog.
There's a spoiler for Edward Scissorhands.
What film made you angry, either while watching it or in thinking about it afterward?
The Spanish Prisoner.
Favorite sidekick
Kurt Russell in Big Trouble In Little China.
One of your favorite movie lines
"Prepare the gorilla!" - Night of the Bloody Apes
William Holden or Burt Lancaster?
Burt Lancaster.
Describe a perfect moment in a movie
"Happy New Year!" in When Harry Met Sally. (I doubt anyone else gets this.)
Favorite John Ford movie
The Man Who Shot Libery Valance.
inverse of a question from the last quiz: What film artist (director, actor, screenwriter, whatever) has the least-deserved good reputation, artistically speaking. And who would you replace him/her with on that pedestal?
Jim Carrey should be replaced by Bruce Campbell.
Barbara Stanwyck or Ida Lupino?
Ida Lupino. Fer sure.
Showgirls-- yes or no?
Yes. Yes! YES!!
Most exotic or otherwise unusual place in which you ever saw a movie
In a graveyard. Not terribly exotic.
Favorite Robert Altman movie
Popeye.
Best argument for allowing rock stars to participate in the making of movies
Purple Rain.
Describe a transcendent moment in a film (a moment when you realized a film that just seemed routine or merely interesting before had become become something much more)
When Vincent Price dies towards the end of Edward Scissorhands. My opinion of the whole movie changed retrospectively because of that scene.
Gina Gershon or Jennifer Tilly?
Gina Gershon.
Favorite Frank Capra movie
Arsenic and Old Lace.
The scene you most wish you could have witnessed being filmed
John Cassavettes punching Ronald Reagan in The Killers.
Robert Ryan or Richard Widmark?
Robert Ryan.
Name a movie that inspired you to walk out before it was finished
Liquid Sky.
Favorite political movie
Patu.
Your favorite movie poster/one-sheet, or the one you'd most like to own
Frankenhooker.
Jeff Bridges or Jeff Goldblum?
Goldblum, for The Fly and Buckaroo Banzai.
Favorite Ken Russell movie
Crimes of Passion.
Accepting the conventional wisdom that 1970-1975 marked a golden age of American filmmaking in which artistic ambition and popular acceptance were not mutually exclusive, what for you was this golden age's high point? (Could be a movie, a trend, the emergence of a star, whatever)
Behind the Green Door.
Grace Kelly or Ava Gardner?
DEFINITELY Grace Kelly! I went to Dial M For Murder just to see her in 3D.
With total disregard for whether it would ever actually be considered, even in this age of movie recycling, what film exists that you feel might actually warrant a sequel, or would produce a sequel you'd actually be interested in seeing?
Friday the 13th Part 12.
Posted by pearce at May 17, 2006 3:02 PMDude, you totally changed all your answers.
The internets KNOWS.
Posted by: morgue at May 18, 2006 10:20 PMDon't exaggerate!
I didn't change The Spanish Prisoner, Burt Lancaster, Ida Lupino, Arsenic and Old Lace, or Crimes of Passion.
Posted by: Pearce at May 19, 2006 9:59 AMDon't exaggerate!
I didn't change The Spanish Prisoner, Burt Lancaster, Ida Lupino, Arsenic and Old Lace, or Crimes of Passion.
Posted by: Pearce at May 19, 2006 10:06 AMIn your heart, you did.
Posted by: morgue at May 19, 2006 11:12 AMIn my heart of hearts, I would never be unfaithful to Arsenic and Old Lace.
But I would cheat on Grace Kelly with Ava Gardner.
Posted by: Pearce at May 19, 2006 11:34 AMI watched 'High Society' last night, Grace's last film role.
She was wretchedly skinny. But pretty. If she wished to consume crackers whilst sharing a bed with me, I would not have felt that transgression to be sufficient reason to turn her out.
High Society isn't her best look. That was right before she became Princess Grace.
Check out Rear Window. Alfred Hitchcock's idea of replacing the old black man from the original story with Grace Kelly was inspired.
INSPIRED.
But she looked BEST in 3D. And even when she was skinny, her face was incredibly gorgeous.
POW!
Posted by: Pearce at May 19, 2006 4:06 PMTesticular
Posted by: Pearce at May 23, 2006 11:15 AM