On TCM the weekend of 01.20.06 !!!!
I finally get to see this movie !!!
Early Saturday morning, January 21, 2006 @ 1:30 am CST on TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES
what time is that in california?
shareMy biggest complaint about the viewing is that it'll likely be the English dubbed version in letterbox. Still, worth checking out for anyone who is yet to see the masterpiece.
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No, I beg to differ. When they originally screened 'The conformist' back in July during TCM imports it was infact dubbed. I actually stayed up till 2am hoping that it wasn't the same dubbed version I taped off cinemax a year earlier. The only difference was the letterbox and the added silent scene.
sharethis is being shown presently here in st. louis on the big screen in one of our finest art cinema houses - saw it yesterday
it was magnificent.
hey one-eyed-jack - are you named for the brando movie of that name?
that is my favorite brando film - the one he fired kubrick off, then directed himself (the only one)
what a great, lazy bastard he was
Yeah, No doubt that One Eyed Jacks is a fantastic film! In fact I purchased a spanish 3 sheet poster a few years ago and I cherish it.
Karl Malden is the oldest living great character actors still around.
It ended up being subbed this time XD. That's the only way it should've been presented really. I love you TCM! :)
shareI've always found that TCM, more than any other channel probably, gives films the treatment that they deserve. That's saying a lot, especially considering that it's a basic cable channel, and the pathetic fashion in which most basic cable networks broadcast their films. From what i've seen, TCM generally will do the following:
- broadcast the best available cut of the film
- show the film uncut
- include the original dialogue track
- show the film in its proper aspect ratio
- include a relatively informative introduction
- show the film without advertisements or interruptions
When compared with something like AMC (I guess Jaws the revenge is now considered a classic), TCM is like the Cannes film festival.
My only complaint with TCM is that they have a severe lack of variety in their selection of films. I would say 80% of their content are Hollywood films of the 30's, 40's, and 50's. They show a minimal amount of foreign films, and I’ve yet to see anything by Bunuel or Bresson, though they have shown Blow-up, Passion Of Joan Of Ark, and The Soldiers by Godard.
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You forgot the intros and outros by Robert Osborne (aka God's gift to film trivia)
Also, if it weren't for TCM, we wouldn't be able to see any films from the 30s, 40s, and 50s. They're the only channel that will air those. This is the only way I got to see The Yellow Rolls Royce and The Lost Squadron (films that are not available on dvd or vhs).
Do The Mussolini! Headkick!
I mentioned intros :p
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>>>>My only complaint with TCM is that they have a severe lack of variety in their selection of films. I would say 80% of their content are Hollywood films of the 30's, 40's, and 50's.
That's probably in large part because Turner can show the RKO library, the pre-1948 Warner Brothers library, and the pre-1986 MGM library without having to pay to show them. It's 'free' programming that they already own, without having to buy the TV rights from another studio.
I was wondering about that Dance of the Blind scene that was cut--I saw the dubbed version on TCM where the scene was cut. Then I watched the subtitled version and the entire scene was left out. I thought maybe TCM censored it, perhaps because Bertolucci is a Marxist and the scene was pro-communist or something. But from reading people's posts it sounds like it was nothing to do with that--it was just left out for technological reasons and the scene isn't that important anyways.
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