RW> 13 Jun 09 07:49, Roger Nelson wrote to Mimi Gallandt:
 
 
RW>MG>> Roger Nelson -> Mimi Gallandt wrote:
RW>MG>> MG>> Roger Nelson -> TOM WALKER wrote:
RW>MG>> TW>>>> Actualy it wil be HARD for modern
movies to measure up and
RW>MG>> becoeme
RW>MG>> MG>> a
RW>MG>> TW>>>> "True" Classic.
 
RW>MG>> RN>>> To our age group, you're probably right.  The younger
RW>MG>> generation has
RW>MG>> MG>> a
RW>MG>> RN>>> different set of values.
 
RW>MG>> TW>>>> Cult Film, YES, but Classic, Not likely.
 
RW>MG>> RN>>> Is Xanadu (1980) a cult film?
 
RW>MG>> MG>> Attack of the Killer Tomatoes and Plan 9 from
Outer Space are
RW>MG>> cult
RW>MG>> MG>> movies. Xanadu was a puff piece glamorizing Olivia Newton
RW> John.
RW>MG>> None of
RW>MG>> MG>> the 3 of them are classics. Cleopatra (the
silent version and
RW>MG>> the one
RW>MG>> MG>> starring Elizabeth Taylor) and The Wizard of Oz
(the silent
RW>MG>> version and
RW>MG>> MG>> the one starring Judy Garland) are classics. Harvey is a
RW>MG>> classic.
 
RW>MG>> RN> LOL!  Harvey, to me, is a fantasy, just like some portions of
RW>MG>> Xanadu
RW>MG>> RN> are. Although the critics bombed Xanadu and it barely broke
RW> even
RW>MG>> at the
RW>MG>> RN> box office, it is a classic in my opinion
 
RW>MG>> and you are entitled to your opinion, just keep in mind that your
RW>MG>> opinion and the rest of the world (especially movie aficionados)
RW>MG>> knows that classic movie signals movies more than 25 years old.
RW>MG>> Classic denotes something old or original; think of Classic Coke.
RW>MG>> Gene Kelly was a dancing genius, but as an actor he doesn't hold a
RW>MG>> candle to James Stewart. Stewart was a genius with a script.
RW> Stewart
RW>MG>> did drama, comedy, thriller a little of everything, Kelly danced.
 
RW>RN> That's mighty white of you, ma'am.  What I keep in mind is no one's
RW>RN> business but my own.  A classic to me is not necessarilly a classic
RW>RN> to someone else. If it were, then there would be no diversified
RW>RN> opinions. Please don't get me started on Coke Classic.  There isn't
RW>RN> anything classic about it.  What the Coca-Cola Bottling Company did
RW>RN> to the American public amounted to a slap in the face.  When I
RW> called
RW>RN> their toll-free number to voice my opinion of the New Coke, I was
RW>RN> lied to and told I was in the minority.  So now the question becomes
RW>RN> 'Where is the New Coke now?'  The stuff they put on the market today
RW>RN> doesn't even have real sugar in it and I no longer drink any of
RW> their
RW>RN> products.
 
RW> I'd rather drink RC than Coke or Pepsi, myself...
 
I'd rather drink water.
 
RW>RN> The thing I admired about Stewart was he was a pilot during the war
RW>RN> and later became a general before retirement.  There are actors I
RW>RN> like more than him. Comparing him with Gene Kelly is comparing
RW> apples
RW>RN> and oranges.  I can just imagine Stewart doing Singing in the Rain.
RW>RN> Get the point?
 
RW> Ummmm. I doubt that Stewart could keep up with the music, let alone the
RW> lyrics. Can you imagine those longs legs of his doing what Kelly's could
RW> do? OTH, I never thought Kelly was such a bad actor that he couldn't
RW> follow a script and make it seem real. Of course, he never had any
RW> scripts where he actually had to act.
 
He's what is called a song and dance man, but I've always liked Kelly.  One
of his quotes I like is when he said, "If Fred Astaire is the Cary
Grant of dance, I'm the Marlon Brando."
 
 
RW>MG>> --
RW>MG>> L'Chaim,
RW>MG>> Mimi
 
RW>MG>> mgallandt670{at}gmail.com
 
RW>MG>> http://www.myspace.com/fcpnmimi
 
RW>MG>> "Arbeit macht frei" is the most villainous lie
of all time.
 
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