tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521264355802891201.post2475579169846612020..comments2023-09-22T10:43:18.826-07:00Comments on ...this pig's alley: THE COBWEB (1955, Vincente Minnelli)Arthur S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07563254207473213494noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521264355802891201.post-27264968741578766022010-03-01T16:56:44.312-08:002010-03-01T16:56:44.312-08:00You totally nailed one of the most demented films ...You totally nailed one of the most demented films of all time. Seeing this movie for the first time, in 35mm at the Art Institute / Chicago, I'll never forget the revelatory moment when I realized "This movie is all about WINDOW TREATMENTS!!" God, I love Minnelli...Doug Bonnerhttp://www.postmodernjoan.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521264355802891201.post-90164946243276821232009-11-05T10:16:42.018-08:002009-11-05T10:16:42.018-08:00"When Gloria Grahame changes the drapes it..."When Gloria Grahame changes the drapes it's curtains for everyone!"<br /><br />Only Vincente Minnelli could make a film about drapes. And Oscar Levant (my role model) is wonderful singing "Mother" in his hydrotherapy vat.DavidEhrensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016905507543736049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521264355802891201.post-63905095889541338382009-11-02T12:55:30.921-08:002009-11-02T12:55:30.921-08:00I remember liking this one a lot, 20 years ago--de...I remember liking this one a lot, 20 years ago--definitely should give it another look--very interesting write up Arthur!<br /><br /><br />Minnelli is a definite favourite--with Some Came Running, The Clock, Madame Bovary, Meet Me in SAt. Louis + Yolanda and the Thief at the top of my list... there's a lot of depth in that oeuvre!Expos 1983 Blog https://www.blogger.com/profile/10798243137456349089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521264355802891201.post-59475710654384109862009-10-29T07:22:12.307-07:002009-10-29T07:22:12.307-07:00Still to watch this one, first I have to get a goo...Still to watch this one, first I have to get a good WS copy. I have a feeling a Minnelli binge lies ahead for me, there's so much to see.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521264355802891201.post-20948516677398589612009-10-26T18:43:51.269-07:002009-10-26T18:43:51.269-07:00Well, A nifty but different take on it, but not mi...Well, A nifty but different take on it, but not mine. I like it tho, the anti-horror label is a clever idea. I said more about this film at Siren's, toward the bottom of the Schulberg posting:<br /><br />http://selfstyledsiren.blogspot.com/2009/08/budd-schulberg-1914-2008.html<br /><br />I had to take a madcap approach, it struck me that way.Vanwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14606489784189165989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521264355802891201.post-45576428512397638252009-10-26T15:37:07.180-07:002009-10-26T15:37:07.180-07:00Great underated proto-Altman ensemble film that ge...Great underated proto-Altman ensemble film that gets better every time I watch itC. Jerry Kutnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901663264449536920noreply@blogger.com