My two strengths in Japanese cinema are actually Kurosawa and Godzilla. I can't believe it's taken me this long to get to Drunken Angel, which is really amazing. Throne of Blood will follow fairly soon... You know my Shakespeare addiction. But following Drunken Angel, Naked Island and Dead End Drive-In, I am overdue for some lighter content, first.

Hey, thanks for watching! I had the advantage of living in the middle of nowhere with only one TV channel as a kid, and for some reason the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Network) decided we needed to see all 10 Fred & Ginger movies over a couple weeks. I was 9 and impressionable. Obviously, they haven't become any less exciting to me over the past 40+ years!

Sorry, I hope that wasn't an ugly spoiler. I figure the movie works on a character level so well that plot twists aren't really an issue.

@@paulthomas3247 No, I meant that as a compliment, because when I watched the third movie, I wondered if I had misremembered the brother drowning at the end of the first movie.

Australia was prolific in the 80s. I bet you never realized that Race for the Yankee Zephyr (starring Donald Pleasance and Leslie Ann-Warren) was an Ozzie film as well.

@@paulthomas3247 Oddly, I did know that one, but definitely a "just happen to have read" kind of fact.

That's for sure. But I'd known Picoli as a strong actor for years before seeing this, and sadly knew Beart mostly as a beautiful woman before she knocked me over in this. Frenhofer is a GREAT performance.

Ah, Australia. If you showed this on mainstream American TV it'd be only an hour long!

Thanks as always! I quote Grandpa from "Lost Boys": "If you read the TV Guide, you don't NEED a tv." Consider me your tv guide.

I would seriously recommend Not Quite Hollywood though, if you can find it. The first chapter on raunchy comedies gets old (but is necessary background) but the second and third sections on horror and action are fantastic. If, for nothing else, the behind the scenes stuff about The Man from Hong Kong.

Thanks for checking out another video! much appreciated!

@@michaelgarcia2973 thanks! I do love this movie for so many reasons

This is an arty one, not for everyone, but beautiful. But it's pretty short so hopefully no one will blame me for wasting their time.

I like that. But wouldn't Ringo have said "they're beautiful" instead of "it's beautiful"? Great fun theory though!

Mine too!

@@CoinOpTV LA County Library has it.

@@paulthomas3247 ‘what’s a book?’ 😂

Glad you enjoyed it!

I loved Monster House. Thought it was a perfect blend of scary and very funny.

Anyone who hates The Usual Suspects has my respect... You're sort of right about the song. It was meant to be the theme for Thunderball and they kept instrumental bits of it in the film. I have it on the Thunderball soundtrack as an extra.

Oh, and the only Bond film you maybe shouldn't have heard of is the black and white TV version of Casino Royale.

@@paulthomas3247 my old driving instructor was in the David Nivon Casino Royale. When she was younger she was very beautiful. Honestly, Usual suspects just baffles me, it really is puppy toilet and everyone I knew at the time loved it. Shark sandwich mate.

Thanks for checking it out! I am happy to see this movie has so many other fans.

For a second I thought you had typed "The Invention of More!" which would have been funny. But you got it right and my chuckle was in vain.

@@paulthomas3247 excuse my typo...my keyboard is broken. but on a serious note...i have read the invention of morel...and LYM matches the story,resnain might have the novel in mind while making the film,there is lot of similarities between the themes.

@@c.augustedupin8860 I actually really appreciate the insight. I *haven't* read the Invention of Morel, so I left that out of the video, but I've heard it's like this Marienbad with more backstory.

Thanks for watching!

Thanks for the kind words, and for watching!

My brother loves Topsy Turvey. I generally avoid "true story" films so I haven't gone there. But I grew up addicted to the Mikado & Pirates, and like Patience because I am a massive Oscar Wilde fan, as you'll notice if you keep watching my videos. (Please do! I am enjoying your commentary.)

@@paulthomas3247 I'm enjoying your videos and so happy I found them! I love Wilde, too, and was reading him by at least ten years old: "The Selfish Giant", "The Happy Prince", and could quote from the 1952 version from early on - unbeknownst to me, it was my introduction to Joan Greenwood (that and the movie version of "Tom Jones"). I'll definitely be looking for more of your content! (Also, I'd say that "Topsy Turvy" is a fun, touching, sometimes sad ride, with lots of glimpses into life in Victorian England, which is much up my alley. If you ever do want to get into "true history" films, this is a good place to start).

@@melenatorr Many thanks. I kinda threw down my manifesto about true story films in the one about 1776, Braveheart, & Lawrence of Arabia (a contender for my #1 film of all time) so if you want to look, it's out there,

Maybe not *exactly* a decade - 9 years between. this and Cinderella. But your point is well taken. There was some real genius during those 9 years that showed where the studio could go next, even if the output was messy.

I love your passion for this movie. And I love love love Katherine Hepburn. There just seems something artificial about her costuming here, which I wouldn't say about the men or even Dinah. But I love a good debate, especially with someone who loves the same movie as me.

@@paulthomas3247 I love a great debate, too, and these two movies make for some wonderful ones.

Chacun son gout. I feel like Gable saves most of the movies he's in. But yes, he's definitely cocky. That's why he was a match for Claudette Colbert, Hattie McDaniel, and Vivien Leigh. Seeing him with McDaniel and Colbert makes me happy.

@@paulthomas3247 He has marvelous moments with McDaniel. I think my favorite movie with him (including "Gone With the Wind" ... I know, more blasphemy) is "Test Pilot", with Myrna Loy (who can give him a run for his money), and Spencer Tracy, who always makes a great partner for Gable.

@@melenatorr I'd watch Myrna Loy brush her teeth or direct traffic. Sure, she did some lousy pictures when she was young but when they knew what she could do, WOW. Gotta go rewatch Best Years of Our Lives and Thin Man 1-6 immediately.

@@paulthomas3247 Oh, definitely! "Best Years" has so much, and Loy is fantastic, as always. And of course she's partnered with Frederic March, how can you go wrong? Yep, she started out playing "exotics" and such, but she pulled free of all that. I love her in a very silly movie with Cary Grant and teenaged Shirley Temple, "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer". It isn't really a good movie, but it's lots of fun, and Temple especially gets to stretch herself a bit.

I have clearly met my match. I would swear that Dexter in the original is a writer; that's why he followed Tracy's brother to South America. I am often wrong.

@@paulthomas3247 It's only because our family loves this movie, have watched it religiously over many years, and is one of the many movies we quote at each other!

That's more or less what the Bete de Gevaudan expert says in the special features. Didn't bother me but I was new to this story.

Not sure where you're getting Klingon wolf from an obvious lion strapped into an intimidating and protective suit of hides and spikes. Which fits with some of the descriptions and theories about the origins of the Beast of Gevaudan.

Decascos is still great in it. Admittedly, this style opened the door for a long history of choppy action editing. (I tend to blame Bourne, which was a much bigger success.)

So good. So weird. Did some side-by-side comparisons with the Director's Cut while putting this together and will admit the Director's Cut is more fun.

@@paulthomas3247 Director's Cut. I never thought about that. I guess I considered myself lucky to get the DVD. I'll have to put that on my wish list.

Yeah, that got to me too. In a movie with too much too much, that was actually too much.