I remember seeing on British TV some time in the 90s/00s, a production of Alice in Wonderland where Alice's dress subtly changed hue in between (every?) scene(s), from blue, through yellows and violets. (It may not have been a specifically British, or a made-for-TV production, either.)
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posted by benzo8
on Apr 24, 2011 -
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For a film festival focused on farms, food and food systems, I'm looking for short (under 45 minutes) films on those topics. Documentary, fiction or animated all acceptable. Any suggestions appreciated, especially with contact info or website links.
posted by beagle
on Apr 21, 2011 -
14 answers
I really like spy movies where the main character is trying to retire/extricate themselves from The Company. I've seen a bunch from the library, but which ones have I missed?
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posted by carsonb
on Apr 20, 2011 -
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I saw this French cop/conspiracy/scandal movie at French camp in the 1970s. Now that I have the awesome power of the internet at my disposal, I'd like to find it again. But I can't.
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posted by dhartung
on Apr 20, 2011 -
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Help! Name that movie! I only remember a single scene: the movie is set in the 20s or 30s, I think, and one of the characters- who I believe is a chubby little guy with a moustache- is obsessed with the idea that people are "givin' him the high hat."
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posted by foxy_hedgehog
on Apr 16, 2011 -
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I'm thinking of putting my resources into a documentary on a small quirky themepark that went out of business a while ago. What I need are good examples of feature length documentaries on unusual places so I can see how one would be produced.
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posted by rileyray3000
on Apr 14, 2011 -
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I am a sucker for mysteries that involve clues hidden in photographs/film clips and am looking for other examples(SPOILERS for Blow Up, Veronica Mars and Stieg Larsson inside...)
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posted by sweetkid
on Apr 12, 2011 -
24 answers
I'm trying to track down the name of a movie about a "boy in the plastic bubble" that's not the John Travolta or Jake Gyllenhaal version.
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posted by Omon Ra
on Apr 10, 2011 -
6 answers
I'm looking for sequences like the
opening credits of Delicatessen where the camera flies through a collection of objects to focus on specific tidbits of information. I'd like to see anything done in this style, not just credits sequences. Thank you!
posted by muta
on Apr 8, 2011 -
15 answers
Are any of the
Carry On films any good? If so, please tell me which one you feel is the best, with your rationale for why that is. Because I would be using this question as a possible springboard to watching one or more of the films, I'd like to request that you not include any of the actual jokes in your answers
(e.g., "'Nurse, where's this man's tits?' Classic line!" None of that, please).
posted by Greg Nog
on Apr 7, 2011 -
15 answers
Who are some film directors, screenwriters, and TV showrunners who went to grad school in the humanities, or taught in humanities departments before going into show business?
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posted by Beardman
on Apr 7, 2011 -
16 answers
I remember seeing part of a movie (it could have been a TV show) involving a female hospital patient killed by a man posing as a doctor. Do you know which movie this is?
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posted by cp311
on Apr 6, 2011 -
3 answers
What are the most underappreciated (and/or critically-acclaimed but underwatched) movies of the last decade?
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posted by killdevil
on Apr 4, 2011 -
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I am trying to find a South American or Latin American film that we watched when I was in college in the 80s. It was described by the professor as being an example of "magic realism" in film. The scene I remember was of an orchard with trees in bloom and the flowers all turned into butterflies. It was NOT an animated film. Any help greatly appreciated!
posted by cmp4Meta
on Apr 4, 2011 -
6 answers
I would like to make a short documentary. I want it to not suck. I know nothing.
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posted by serazin
on Apr 1, 2011 -
13 answers
Can anyone identify this half-remembered animated film? Probably east European but it was in French on the tv, giant robots, evil kings, young love....
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posted by bonobothegreat
on Mar 30, 2011 -
3 answers
One of my college professors from the TV department wants to come out to LA and learn more about the overall entertainment industry to update his knowledge. Are there any fellowships to help him do it?
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posted by rileyray3000
on Mar 25, 2011 -
4 answers
Asking for movie recommendations following my delightful viewing experience after reading
this on the blue.
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posted by PepperMax
on Mar 25, 2011 -
43 answers
Another lost movie question, but this time I know the title ... or thought I did. I'm looking for "They Swarm", a film about a swarm of huge beetles approaching a northern US island under the watch of an inexperienced young sheriff. Nothing comes up on IMDB or the internet for that title. It's not "The Swarm", the 1978 film about killer bees.
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posted by daisyk
on Mar 21, 2011 -
2 answers
Back in the mid 90s I and a friend were up at 4am and saw a comedy so gloriously quirky we couldn't believe we were watching it. It was on TNT or another network that broadcasts back to back B-movies.
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posted by clarknova
on Mar 21, 2011 -
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Yes, it's true, there are still Luddites out here using 35mm film. The local concern which still develops films charges a queen's ransom to do so. Can anyone recommend a mail-in film developing lab which does good quality work, is reliable and is at least somewhat reasonable as far as price? (Costco in this area has stopped taking film...sigh).
(can't think of any snowflakes to add).
posted by Ginesthoi
on Mar 21, 2011 -
12 answers
I am trying to find the name of a movie I watched on TV when I was a young kid back in the 1970s. The film was about a group of people lost in a forest after a blizzard. At one point they find a car and start shouting, "It's the professor!" But when they get to the car the people inside it are frozen to death. I'm pretty sure it was a film for adults that was being broadcast on TV or it could have been made for TV.
posted by cmp4Meta
on Mar 19, 2011 -
7 answers
Foreign Movie Filter: I need help remembering the name of a movie I saw at the Verzaubert festival in Berlin in November 2006. I know that it involved a wedding where the Bride did not show up and it ended with 5 people living in a polymorous relationship. Massive details below the fold.
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posted by Nackt
on Mar 19, 2011 -
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Los Angeles - last week of April, first week of May. What should I absolutely not miss? And... can you recommend some good eats/drinks/hangouts in West Hollywood?
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posted by dobbs
on Mar 18, 2011 -
11 answers
I'm looking for movies that have been beat-sheeted and I'm coming up
(mostly) empty-handed.
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posted by aimeedee
on Mar 11, 2011 -
2 answers
Does anyone know where to find a copy of the 1960's Japanese film Age of Assassins? I've looked on Amazon, Netflix, etc. with no luck.
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posted by cp311
on Mar 10, 2011 -
4 answers
Director Paul Verhoeven is said to have conducted extensive research before filming
Showgirls. What elite Vegas shows, if any, bear the closest resemblance to the film’s nude, high-class fictional production “Goddess”?
posted by Victorvacendak
on Mar 6, 2011 -
5 answers
Help me think of the name of a film I'm not clear about because I didn't see it: I think it came out in the 70s or 80s, and contained no dialogue because it was set around the dawn of humanity before speech developed.
posted by strangeguitars
on Feb 28, 2011 -
15 answers
What are some good starting points on the study and performance of period silent film piano accompaniment? My end goals are modest, possibly to do a small show of classic comedic shorts or a famous feature for friends. I'm interested in both generic cues and full (piano) scores, as long as they're of the period. I've only just begun the research, so any introductory tips would be appreciated.
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posted by dan_of_brainlog
on Feb 21, 2011 -
10 answers
Is there a name, please, for the now-clichéd and much-satirized film shot in which the camera pulls rapidly out of a close-up, often moving back and up, while the subject, having just had bad news or seen something dreadful, goes "noooooooooo" rather a lot? We are meant to gather that they are somewhat alone, and not at all happy. Where/when did this shot originate?
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posted by vogel
on Feb 11, 2011 -
19 answers
What are some representations of gay, uniformed (police, military, etc) men in television and film?
posted by Saebrial
on Feb 10, 2011 -
32 answers
Help me find some movies to watch... I'm beginning to think I don't like watching them. List of requirements inside...
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posted by KogeLiz
on Feb 10, 2011 -
33 answers
In the late 1970s the Australian Army made a recruiting film called "The Green Machine". I remember it having some fairly spectacular flying footage by the Army Aviation Corps as well as the usual other stuff. For reasons I'd probably not want to examine too closely I'd like to see it again. Does anyone know of an on-line source? It's not on Youtube as far as I can tell.
posted by Logophiliac
on Feb 10, 2011 -
4 answers
I recently went to a film screening and Q&A. I didn't go to the mic to ask one of the panelists my question. How would I ask it now?
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posted by droplet
on Feb 9, 2011 -
15 answers
