Stay in Touch
Get sneak previews of special offers & upcoming events delivered to your inbox.
Sign in
01-28-2020 04:13 PM
Wow, @MarnieRez3 , no, I sure hadn't heard that! That is so interesting, and with that cast, whoa! It'll be fascinating to see how it tracks with the novel-- I actually had to read it for a course, and it is EXTREMELY dark, especially for the period in which it was written. Thanks for tipping us off-- will be looking for the advance reviews on that one...
Weaving film noir dialogue into a novel, especially a mystery novel, is a great literary device. Sounds like a good read!
01-28-2020 05:07 PM
@Oznell ,
"hello to the popcorn munchies' group, too. Well, at least for us".
We have over (4) great movie stations, now.
All of this came as a surprise; (not knowing) around until the last of November, '19.
One has 0 commercials, as does TCM.
The other two with very insignificant 30 second commercials.
I have no idea; we pay a reasonable ( I agreed to) high premium to keep.
1.) The TCM viewing:
2.) National news.
The only TV anything I am interested in.
My sweetie loves these movies. It's the gift that keeps on giving 24 hours a day. I love that man!
Great title for one of the archives, i.e., film noir............. ... `` could be?
01-28-2020 05:23 PM
@Oznell wrote:------" to fully sit down and savor sometimes, not just "listen" while you multi-task!
>>>> ???? How? With multi- anything.
Does placing popcorn in mouth, chewing it 10 times, then swallowing. Does that 'count' as, also, for multi -TASKing?
inquiring minds want to know, or wonder.
01-28-2020 06:27 PM
Re: your popcorn question, I'd say, sure, @NAES1 -- takes skill and good counting ability!
Wow, 4 good movie channels-- that's super. You and movie-loving hubby are all set!
01-28-2020 06:39 PM
I have Comcast also and lost TCM. I am still p&ssed. I loved watching the movies on Saturday evenings where the backstory was discussed.
Would any of you consider Shadow of a Doubt, starring Joseph Cotten, as black noir? I've seen it a few times and once attended a class where a local movie director discussed the movie, what we should look for, etc. Very interesting.
01-28-2020 08:01 PM
Oh, yeah, @roeroe1005 , "Shadow of a Doubt" is definitely one of my top favorite noirs. And that scene in the restaurant booth, in which Joseph Cotten lays bare his nihilistic view of the world to his appalled neice, Teresa Wright, that's one of the most devastating scenes in all of film noir, I think!
01-28-2020 09:18 PM
01-28-2020 09:29 PM
01-28-2020 09:55 PM
'Shadow of a Doubt'
''ONE of the _best_ movies, ever'' !
I definitely agree with Oznell-
...........................also, one of my top 10 favorites.
Each time, I always noticed something I missed before.
Suspense, mystery, riveting, fascinating - total innocence of what a perfect hometown neighborhood was.
Suspicious alarms going off throughout the movie . No one else had touched on this due to the foolish nature of an infatuation, so in honor, of a family member, their heads were in the clouds~!
Did anyone know that Joseph Cotton had a home grown spoken southern accent so mentally powerful, he was refused acting roles?
He had to have a course of drive, while compelled with departing from any accent evidence from any known southern pitch.
Cotton had to take continuous pressured coach voice lessons, for over a year, to develop a ( exclusive ) new intonation so that he could report in .....
` before he could have any serious character roles in grand old Hollywood to work.
There was not one actor in this movie that I thought miscast.
@roeroe1005 ~ definitely a film noir, plus~~
01-28-2020 09:59 PM
@MarnieRez3 wrote:
@Oznell
I can't belive you read the book Nightmare Alley. After reading your post, I reserved it at my library!
It sounds so good...I've never seen the Tyrone Power movie and never read the book.
From Wikipedia....
"Nightmare Alley is a novel by William Lindsay Gresham published in 1946. It is a study of the lowest depths of showbiz and its sleazy inhabitants – the dark, shadowy world of a second rate carnival filled with hustlers, scheming grifters, and Machiavellian femmes fatales."
Sounds great! Thanks, friend. 💜
I believe that was yesteray's real news !
I am sure of it.
sign me, NAES.
Get sneak previews of special offers & upcoming events delivered to your inbox.
*You're signing up to receive QVC promotional email.
Find recent orders, do a return or exchange, create a Wish List & more.
Privacy StatementGeneral Terms of Use
QVC is not responsible for the availability, content, security, policies, or practices of the above referenced third-party linked sites nor liable for statements, claims, opinions, or representations contained therein. QVC's Privacy Statement does not apply to these third-party web sites.
© 1995-2024 QVC, Inc. All rights reserved. | QVC, Q and the Q logo are registered service marks of ER Marks, Inc. 888-345-5788