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Just got finished watching Arabian Nights.

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Permalink Reply by Rosenda on July 3, 2009 at 1:44pm

"The Women" with Norma Shearer, a young Rosalind Russell, Paulette Goddard, and Joan Crawford. LOVED IT! Those pretty cute funny silly old films with gowns dripping in floaties and sequins and nice fancy hats with the old love story and lots of gossiping in the mix. It was SO much fun and even frivolous in a way. Funny how they talk about the men but they dont' show them at all. Cause it's all about The Women.

"ELECTRIC PURGATORY" WAS AWESOME!!!!!!

Loooooved all the interviews. Right up there with the OMIGOD moments I had when watching Afropunk for the first time in early 05 at the Echo Park Film Center room, I was tripping off all the right on interesting and very direct things about the music industry and how the corporate machine sees the artists and the fans. All about the music and I REALLY liked hearing from all these Black artists from their heart about what they do and what they enjoy. GREAT.

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Permalink Reply by Madamoiselle De Sade on July 3, 2009 at 2:55pm

ha! I caught The Women twice on TCM. I really like Norma Shearer.

I almost watched Electric Purgatory but it was a bit too heavy for so late at night.

Rosenda said:

"The Women" with Norma Shearer, a young Rosalind Russell, Paulette Goddard, and Joan Crawford. LOVED IT! Those pretty cute funny silly old films with gowns dripping in floaties and sequins and nice fancy hats with the old love story and lots of gossiping in the mix. It was SO much fun and even frivolous in a way. Funny how they talk about the men but they dont' show them at all. Cause it's all about The Women.

"ELECTRIC PURGATORY" WAS AWESOME!!!!!!

Loooooved all the interviews. Right up there with the OMIGOD moments I had when watching Afropunk for the first time in early 05 at the Echo Park Film Center room, I was tripping off all the right on interesting and very direct things about the music industry and how the corporate machine sees the artists and the fans. All about the music and I REALLY liked hearing from all these Black artists from their heart about what they do and what they enjoy. GREAT.

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Permalink Reply by LesYpersound on July 5, 2009 at 11:33am

The Public Enemy (1931) ...since it was mentioned AND it's a pre-code movie w/ Cagny. it has nothing to do w/ John Dillinger, but I did likethe Chicago setting (of course). ha.

...and a bunch of Chris Marker films lately--the last one being about Tarkovsky
One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich (1984?)

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Permalink Reply by Madamoiselle De Sade on July 5, 2009 at 6:42pm

I just watched a special on Black Native Americans of Louisianna narrated by David Carridine. Pretty interesting; there's always an interesting look the 2nd degree "Natives" have- very dark skin, almost completely straight hair and very big noses. Here, 2/3 features isn't bad but back when the Dawes or Dunn Rolls were being taken you had to have lighter skin and straight hair to qualify.

It talked about "Tri-racial communities of the old south" (the Carolinas, Virginia, Alabama (?) and Louisiana), frequent interracial marriages and rampant name changing. I think it's understated how Native Americans and Natives were played off against each other by the white powers that be and this movie did a good job of telling it and what better way to tell it than to get Sitting Bull to narrate it.

I watched that old western "Cimmaron" with a cousin and it reminded me of an old joke we used to tell at Tahlequah:
"What's funnier than Indians [politically incorrect, I know but here it's the term native americans use for themselves] in movies?"

"Indians watching Indians watching Indians in movies."

Cimmaron was/is an actual place of importance but it was mostly black back in the late 1880s and early 20th century.
And blue eyed Indians are annoying.

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Permalink Reply by Jeffrey L. Wilson on July 5, 2009 at 9:41pm

I just finished watching Troll 2. Again.

For those not in the know, Troll 2 just may take the cake as the worst movie ever made. The acting? Disgraceful. Plot? Barely there. Monster FX? Horrid. Entertaining? DEAR GOD, YES.

Troll 2 is one of those flicks so awful, it leaves you amazed. Jason X was my previous bad movie king, but this one for the ages.

The chances of catching it on cable is slim, but check it out on Hulu.com with some beer and some friends.

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Permalink Reply by X-D-D-M*9 on July 7, 2009 at 12:40pm

Mlle d. Sade said:

I just watched a special on Black Native Americans of Louisianna narrated by David Carridine. Pretty interesting

What's the name of this of this special /documentary?

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Permalink Reply by Madamoiselle De Sade on July 7, 2009 at 2:56pm

No idea, it was on the local college feed so it was probably part of a classroom series.

Daoud said:

Mlle d. Sade said:
I just watched a special on Black Native Americans of Louisianna narrated by David Carridine. Pretty interesting

What's the name of this of this special /documentary?

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Permalink Reply by X-D-D-M*9 on July 7, 2009 at 5:32pm

OK, thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Nadia C on July 9, 2009 at 4:21pm

Evil Dead...And Evil Dead II
Oh yeah...And The Last Dragon
First two were awesome....I'd actually already seen Evil Dead, and i've seen Army of Darkness...But I didn't remember from the first couple of scenes. Last one good for kicks.

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Permalink Reply by X-D-D-M*9 on July 10, 2009 at 12:33pm

^^^ "...catch a bullet in his teeth?! N!**@ pleez!" Sho Nuff!

= MOOG--- Documentary about Bob Moog, the inventor of the eletronic keyboard synthesizer. Great materail showing him meeting DJ Spooky, the great Bernie Worrell, Rick Wakeman, Money Mark and many others who compose on the Moog. The extras with NIN are good too.

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Permalink Reply by BlaqJeff on July 10, 2009 at 3:23pm

Daoud said:

^^^ "...catch a bullet in his teeth?! N!**@ pleez!" Sho Nuff!

= MOOG--- Documentary about Bob Moog, the inventor of the eletronic keyboard synthesizer. Great materail showing him meeting DJ Spooky, the great Bernie Worrell, Rick Wakeman, Money Mark and many others who compose on the Moog. The extras with NIN are good too.

I saw that doc about a year or two ago. Very interesting.

Just got back from watching "Bruno". Not quite as good as "Borat", but there were some hilariously horrible moments. Can't wait for the unrated version on DVD.