July 2010

Film du mois

Chie the Brat (Isao Takahata, 1981)






Top Ten


1. Chie the Brat (Isao Takahata, 1981)
2. The General (Buster Keaton, 1927)
3. The Sound of Music (Robert Wise, 1965)
4. In Nome Del Popolo Italiano (Dino Risi, 1971)
5. The Chaser (Na Hong-Jin, 2008)
6. Betty Boop (Dave Fleischer, 1932)
7. Death on the Nile (John Guillermin, 1978)
8. A Tale of Two Sisters (Kim Ji-Woon, 2003)
9. Leaving Las Vegas (Mike Figgins, 1995)
10. Parade (Jacques Tati, 1974)




News


19 gems.


Un Revenant (Christian-Jacque, 1946) - C-
The Angry Hills (Robert Aldrich, 1959) - C-
The Sound of Music (Robert Wise, 1965) - B
Night at the Museum (Shawn Levy, 2006) - D-
Chie the Brat (Isao Takahata, 1981) - B+
I clowns (Federico Fellini, 1970) - C-
A Tale of Two Sisters (Kim Ji-Woon, 2003) - C+
Southland Tales (Richard Kelly, 2006) - F comme FAIL
The Chaser (Na Hong-Jin, 2008) - B
Cab Calloway, le dandy de Harlem (Gail Levin et Jean-François Pitet, 2010) - C
Leaving Las Vegas (Mike Figgins, 1995) - C
The Hudsucker Proxy (Joen & Ethan Coen, 1994) - C-
In Nome Del Popolo Italiano (Dino Risi, 1971) - B
The General (Buster Keaton, 1927) - B+
Parade (Jacques Tati, 1974) - C-
Death on the Nile (John Guillermin, 1978) - B-
A Dandy in Aspic (Anthony Mann, Lawrence Harvey 1968) - D+
Samaria (Kim Ki-duk, 2004) - C
The Boat That Rocked (Richard Curtis, 2009) - D+



Cartoons


Betty Boop (Dave Fleischer, 1932)


Minnie the Moocher
Stopping the Show
Betty Boop's Bizzy Bee
Betty Boop, M.D.
Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle
Betty Boop's Ups and Downs
Betty Boop for President
I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You
Betty Boop's Museum



Films revus


Lost In Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003) - A+
The Big Heat (Fritz Lang, 1953) - B+
The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks, 1946) - B+
Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks, 1959) - B
Riso Amaro (Giuseppe De Santis, 1949) - A+



Frivolities


Surprises : Chie the Brat (Isao Takahata, 1981), Death on the Nile (John Guillermin, 1978)


Disappointments : I clowns (Federico Fellini, 1970), The Boat That Rocked (Richard Curtis, 2009)



The Patricia Neal Award : Betty Boop



The Gregory Peck Award : Buster Keaton (The General, 1926)



The Phyllis Dietrichson Award : Ha Jung-woo (The Chaser, 2008)




Top 5 Quotes


1. SERA : "So why are you a drunk?"
BEN ANDERSON : "Why am I a drunk? Is that really what you wanna ask me?"
SERA : "Yes."
BEN ANDERSON : "Well, then, this is our first date, or our last. Until now I wasn't sure it was either. "

(Nicolas Cage & Elisabeth Shue, Leaving Las Vegas)


2. Lorenzo Santenocito : O Ménopause, que ne fait-on pas en ton nom à sa femme

(Vittotio Gassman, In nome del popolo italiano)


3. A hot cornet can go: [cornet sounds]
But a hot cornet can't "boop-boop-a-doop" like Betty Boop can do!
A saxophone can go: [saxophone sounds]
But a saxophone can't "boop-boop-a-doop" like Betty Boop can do!

Betty Boop, M.D.


4. JOHNNIE GRAY : "If you lose this war don't blame me."

(Buster Keaton, The General)


5. MRS. VAN SCHUYLER: "How would a little trip down the Nile suit you?"
MISS BOWERS: "There is nothing I would dislike more. There are two things in the world I can't abide: it's heat and heathens."
MRS. VAN SCHUYLER: "Good. Then we'll go. Bowers, pack."

(Bette Davis & Maggie Smith, Death on the Nile)


BONUS : BEN SANDERSON: "I don't know if my wife left me because of my drinking or I started drinking 'cause my wife left me".

(Nicolas Cage, Leaving Las Vegas)



Livre Cinéma du Mois

Not a thing.


Rating : ABCDE

Bobby Hebb - Where Are You ?

* 1966 LP Sunny (US Phillips PHS 200-212)




Where Are You ?
Where have you gone without me ?
I tought you cared about me
Where Are You ?


Where's my heart ?
Where is the dream we started ?
I can't believe we're parted
Where Are You ?


When we said goodbye love,
What had we to gain ?
When I gave you my love
Was it all in vain ?


All life through...
Must I go on pretending ?
Where is my Happy Ending ?
Where Are You ?


http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-bobby-hebb-20100804,0,2736433.story

Leon Haywood - It's Got To Be Mellow

DECCA, 62134 - It's Got To Be Mellow / Cornbread & Buttermilk (1967)



It's Got To Be Mellow
Got to be mellow,
'Cause my baby loves me,
and I'm her only fellow

Crazy about my baby,
Crazy about my baby,
And it's plain to see
She's crazy about me,
Crazy about me, yeah

She's got class and she's got style,
A personality that drives me wild,
She's not a put-on and she's not make believe,
She don't mind sharing love so that she may receive

She's mellow
It's Got To Be Mellow
Yes my baby's mellow
It's Got To Be Mellow
She's my baby and I love her
And I'm her only fellow
And I place no one above her

It's got to be mellow (It's Got To Be Mellow)
Got to be mellow, (It's Got To Be Mellow)
'Cause my baby loves me (She's my baby and I love her)
And I'm her only fellow (and I place no one above her)
crazy about my baby, crazy about my baby,
and it's plain to see, she's crazy about me,
crazy bout me, yeah
She's alright, Love is uptight

Lou Rawls - You Can Bring Me All Your Heartaches

* Capitol, 5790 - "You Can Bring Me All Your Heartaches" / "A Woman Who's A Woman" (1966)

When the world becomes too much for you

When the road ahead is hard to see
When you feel you don't know what to do
Baby you could turn to me

You Can Bring Me All Your Heartaches
Cry On My Shoulders Anyday
You Can Bring Me All Your Heartaches
I'll Kiss Your Worries Away

When it seems the day would never end
When things are wrong as they can be
When you wonder if you've got a friend
Baby just remember me

You Can Bring Me All Your Heartaches
Cry On My Shoulders Anyday
You Can Bring Me All Your Heartaches
I'll Kiss Your Worries Away

I will prove to you how much I care
You'll never have to stand alone
In your hour of need, you'll find me there
You can make my arms your home

You Can Bring Me All Your Heartaches
You Can Bring Me Every One Of Your Heartaches

Poppies - There's A Pain In My Heart

Epic 5-10086, "There's A Pain In My Heart" / "My Love And I" (1966)

There's a pain in my heart everytime I stop thinkin'
Of the love that we had I'm so sad my heart's breaking
I keep holdin' on to these memories & hopin' you will hear my plea...

Don't you think that we should try again, try to love again
Don't you think that we sould try again, try to love again
Play on symphony, play on rhapsody
We had a love that is so true
That's why my love that I need you

Such a heart deep inside, leave your pride come on back
You know your love haunted me, can't you see how I need you so
I keep holdin' on to these memories and hopin' you will hear my plea

Don't you think that we should try again, try to love again
Don't you think that we sould try again, try to love again
Play on symphony, play on rhapsody
We had a love that is so true
That's why my love that I need you

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Vel Tones - I Do

* Goldwax Records, 301 - "Darling" / "I Do" (1966)

Who needs two arms to hold them tight ? I do
Who needs sweet kisses every night darlin ? I do
What kind of fool would lose his head every time he is fond of you

Who wants to fall in love ?
I do

Who want to see the same old face every day ? I do
Who want to hear those foolish things you say, darling ? I do
Who wants to change his carefree ways and spend the rest of his life with you ?

Now who wants to fall in love ?
I do

Someone want to fall in love with you
Someone want to give all his love to you, guess who ?

Who needs a tender hand to hold ? I do
Who needs someone when nights too cold, darling ? I do
Who want to tie himself (...) and spend the rest of his life with you

Now who wants to say I do ? I do
Pretty little angel
Who wants to say I do ? I do

Lovelites - How Can I Tell My Mom And Dad

* Lock, 723 - "How Can I Tell My Mom & Dad" / "Hey! Stars Of Tomorrow" (Instrumental) (1969)


Not to be confused with the girl groups from Phi-Dan, these Lovelites were from Chicago. Teen pregnancy and running away from your parents in a soul single...

How can I tell my mom and dad
That I've been bad
How can I tell my mom and dad
That I've been bad

Will they understand
How much I love that man
And oh, will they ever know
How much he's hurt me so

I know I was a fool
To be loved by you
But I've got to find a way
But what can I say

(Somebody please) How can I tell my mom and dad
(Help me explain, help me explain) That I've been bad
(This misery) How can I tell my mom and dad
(Oh, please) That I've been bad

He told me that he loved me
And that our love was true
Oh, but when we made me mother-to-be
He disappeared on me

Now I'm so ashamed
'Cause you quit the game
And left me here to be
In all this misery


Should I go up to mama
And say, "Guess what I've done" No-no
Or disappear in the night
And let them notice I'm gone {No-no}

Or should I go out and do
Somethin' I wouldn't want to {No-no}
Or stand up like a big girl
And tell 'em about me and you

(Daddy will be so terrified) How can I tell my mom and dad
(Yes, he will) That I've been bad
(Mom's so upset that she'll wanna die) How can I tell my mom and dad
(Help me) That I've been bad

(How can I tell them I'm a mother-to-be)
How-how-how-how I've been bad
(Help me explain to them he does love me)
How-how-how-how I've been bad

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