On Scandals of Classic Hollywood: Marlene Dietrich, Femme Fatale
Have you seen Daughter of Shanghai??? It is THE BEST.
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On Scandals of Classic Hollywood: Marlene Dietrich, Femme Fatale
@bitzyboozer Definitely! Artistically, it's better. I just think that there's something really subversive in the "she lives happily ever after" ending to Diary, instead of the "her voracious-but-innocent sexual appetite dooms her to death." And the ending (which is a bit pat) is one of the things people bring up when comparing them, to Diary's detriment.
Like, the ending of Baby Face is actually really interesting because Lily gets away with everything - and even gets rewarded instead of punished. I mean, she "reforms" but really only in her behavior, not in her identity.
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On Look, We're Gonna Talk About the Gatsby Trailer Now
@smidge Soooo if we were gonna do a Bollywood Gatsby, Aamir Khan would be Gatsby, right? And maybe Rahul Khanna for Nick?
Even though they are both like forty now. DETAILS.
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On Look, We're Gonna Talk About the Gatsby Trailer Now
@WhiskeySour I love Toby Stephens but I actually couldn't watch the whole thing - don't know if I made it even thirty minutes in.
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On Galifianakis as Ignatius?
Is anyone else really worried about the Half of a Yellow Sun movie? I AM WORRIED.
But obviously, I'll totally see it.
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On Look, We're Gonna Talk About the Gatsby Trailer Now
@applestoapples ... Amitabh Bachchan is in this?
(Then WHY isn't Saif Ali Khan playing Tom?) (BRB, casting Bollywood Gatsby right now.)
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On Scandals of Classic Hollywood: Marlene Dietrich, Femme Fatale
@bitzyboozer Me too! It would get more people interested in Louise Brooks and then maybe someone would agree with me that Diary of a Lost Girl isn't necessarily The Worst when compared with Pandora's Box.
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On Really Good Books About Real People: Part Four
@AniaGosia Your HTML got messed up, I think, and the title of the book is now tragically absent!
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On Look, We're Gonna Talk About the Gatsby Trailer Now
@Regina Phalange Nicki Minaj as Jordan.
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On Galifianakis as Ignatius?
@LornaLoo Cosigned.