Lightwizard -- Edward Scissorshands and Dial M can be made into another trilogy, but I don't remember the name of the movie. It starred Emma Thompson and her then husband and dealt with the re-incarnation of a pair of lovers after a murder involving scissors.
Emma's ex reminds me of other pairings: The Two films of Henry IV;
a group of Hamlets including Richard Burton's, Mel Gibson's and the tv Hamlets by Kevin Klein and (grrr horrible memory) Hamlet at Elsinore; or Hamlet and its animated update, The Lion King.
Then there are Royal Lion films, The Lion in Winter and the Lion King;
or all of the many Romeo and Juliet films or Romeo and Juliet with West Side Story.
Loved Deathtrap!!
How about Boogie Nights and 54.
That's "Dead Again" with Thompson and her hubby at the time Kenneth Branaugh, plainoldme. It did contain what would appear to be an homage to Hitchcock with the scissors as a murder weapon and it isn't the only one. There are other movies with scissors as a murder weapon and I can't help thinking of the scissors in the sewing box in "Nasty Habits."
Coincidentally I was thinking about the film 'Dead Again' yesterday.
I was watching Kenneth Branagh in Wild Wild West.
I didnt fall aslepp this time round.
Anybody know of the best films with Ted Levine in?Preferably when he is looking as good as he does in Fast and Furious.Thanks
How about this explosive threesome:
Tick Tick Tick (1970 George Kennedy, Jim Brown)
SSSSS (1973 Dirk Benedict)
Blow-Up (1968? David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave)
Hey! Guess what?
I had my little letter to the film reviewer published in the paper! They had run a list of the "50 best comedies ever" and asked for input about what people thought of the list.
They left off my favorite comedy ever - "A New Leaf".
In honor of seeing my name in print I will propose two kind of dorky girl scientist makes good movies: "A New Leaf" and "Contact".
"A New Leaf" is not on the AFI 100 list and I often wondered if romantic comedies are aced out by full-on comedies. Looking over the AFI list, there are few on the list that are outright romantic comedies of the calibre of "A New Leaf." It is a forgotten classic.
I'm glad to hear that there are others that appreciate, and are curious about "A New Leaf" it is so funny. I just love Elaine May.
Maybe I just identified with her klutzy, klunky single minded Henrietta in that movie, being that I am a klutzy, klunky, single minded girl.
I'm surprised to hear that it is so rare! It really is a forgotten classic.
I'm sure the film is slated for a DVD release in the future -- one of the definite reasons why the VHS is allowed to go out of circulation.
That is probably one of the few movies I would actually buy. I laugh just thinking about it.
They used to show it on TV all the time and I never missed it when it played.
TCM or ACM played it quite often but perhaps it's been actually pulled completely out of circulation. Just think, we had to wait for over a decade to be again privileged to see Hitchcock's "Vertigo" and "Rear Windows," at least in any decent wide screen restored version (there were a few terrible truncated pan-and-scan cable showings). Cutting either of those films is a sin.
