{"id":6821,"date":"2007-07-20T12:42:31","date_gmt":"2007-07-20T16:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=6821"},"modified":"2022-03-20T20:45:32","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T00:45:32","slug":"at-long-last-the-professors-new-movie-quiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=6821","title":{"rendered":"At long last: The Professor’s New Movie Quiz"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have been waiting patiently for the seasonal movie quiz from Dennis’ stellar site – and at long last – it has arrived<\/a>!! I put my answers in the comments section on Dennis’ site – and seriously, reading thru everyone’s comments makes me feel so happy – it’s just the kind of place I love, and the TONE of the comments section is also admirable, fun, opinionated, but welcoming. So make sure to visit the link above!! But I’m re-posting my answers here, because then I can link to stuff, and also put in pictures …<\/p>\n

Thanks for yet another awesome quiz, Mr. Shoop!<\/p>\n


\n1) Favorite quote from a filmmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Make it true, make it seem true. And don’t have something, even in a farce like Some Like it Hot <\/em>that isn’t true.” — Billy Wilder<\/p>\n

2) A good movie from a bad director<\/strong><\/p>\n

I dislike Anthony Minghella’s movies. The English Patient<\/i> stank up the field, and I thought the entire world had gone crazy for praising that piece of junk. Same with his other movies. I find him obvious, condescending, and shallow. I don’t know – he’s obviously skilled, so I can’t in all good conscience call him “bad” – let’s just say I dislike his sensibility, and I thnk he’s crap at telling stories.<\/p>\n

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HOWEVER. Truly Madly Deeply<\/i> is one of my favorite movies ever. My post about it here.<\/a><\/p>\n

\n3) Favorite Laurence Olivier performance<\/strong><\/p>\n

You know, I saw his King Lear – the one he did in the 80s on PBS, I think – it’s remarkable. At least I remember it being remarkable. He sometimes can be a bit actor-y for my taste (and makes me WISH I had seen him live!!) – but his King Lear was truly tragic.<\/p>\n

\n4) Describe a famous location from a movie that you have visited (Bodega Bay, California, where the action in The Birds took place, for example). Was it anything like the way it was in the film? Why or why not?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum. If you look at those steps, and DON’T feel like re-enacting that famous scene, there is something seriously wrong with you. My boyfriend and I used to run up them all the time – and then leap up and down in triumph – I don’t know if we ever walked normally up those steps.<\/p>\n

\n5) Carlo Ponti or Dino De Laurentiis (Producer)?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I feel like I SHOULD say Dino De Laurentiis, because of Dune<\/i>, and because … well … you know<\/p>\n

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\n6) Best movie about baseball<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m partial to 61*<\/i> – but I love most baseball movies.<\/p>\n

7) Favorite Barbara Stanwyck performance<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ball of Fire<\/i><\/p>\n

I mean, honestly.<\/p>\n

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\n8) Fast Times at Ridgemont High or Dazed and Confused?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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9) What was the last movie you saw, and why? (We\u00e2\u0080\u0099ve used this one before, but your answer is presumably always going to be different, so\u00e2\u0080\u00a6)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Self-explanatory.<\/p>\n

Or at least it should be<\/a>.<\/p>\n

10) Whether or not you have actually procreated or not, is there a movie you can think of that seriously affected the way you think about having kids of your own?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nope, not really. There were a couple of afterschool specials that put the fear of God into me about having sex and getting pregnant while still in high school … but that’s not quite the same thing.<\/p>\n

11) Favorite Katharine Hepburn performance<\/strong><\/p>\n

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She has never been so moving to me than she was in that movie. I get all choked up every time I watch it.<\/p>\n

12) A bad movie from a good director<\/strong><\/p>\n

Amistad<\/i> is pretty bad, I thought.<\/p>\n

13) Salo: The 120 Days of Sodom– yes or no?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Actually, this film was off my radar – but after reading the comments on IMDB, I feel I need to see it. So I guess yes.<\/p>\n

14) Ben Hecht or Billy Wilder (Screenwriter)?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ben Hecht.<\/p>\n

15) Name the film festival you\u00e2\u0080\u0099d most want to attend, or your favorite festival that you actually have attended<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’d like to attend Cannes at least once in my life. Just for the spectacle. Also the Toronto Film Festival has always appealed to me.<\/p>\n

I had a blast at the Montreal Film Festival a couple years ago.<\/p>\n

16) Head or 200 Motels?<\/strong><\/p>\n

haha<\/p>\n

200 Motels<\/i><\/p>\n

17) Favorite cameo appearance
\n(Try visiting here and here for some good ideas! This question was inspired by Daniel Johnson at Film Babble)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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There are so many more I can think of – I love cameos – but that’s the first one that came to mind.<\/p>\n

18) Favorite Rosalind Russell performance<\/strong><\/p>\n

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19) What movie, either currently available on DVD or not, has never received the splashy collector\u00e2\u0080\u0099s edition treatment you think it deserves? What would such an edition include?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well, up to 5 or 6 months ago, I would have shouted REDS, DAMMIT<\/i> – but that has now been rectified.<\/p>\n

The fact that The Magnificent Ambersons<\/i> isn’t even on DVD at all is completely outrageous<\/p>\n

20) Name a performance that everyone needs to be reminded of, for whatever reason<\/strong><\/p>\n

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(Jack Nicholson is the one I am talking about. Watch him shine!)<\/p>\n

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Never forget her brilliance as a comedienne<\/p>\n

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Just because, dammit.<\/p>\n

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… in one scene in Running on Empty<\/i> – now THAT is acting. The best acting I think I’ve ever seen.<\/p>\n

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He was known as a great tragic actor. That’s the beauty of how hiLARIOUS he is in Twentieth Century<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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My thoughts on her incredible performance in Sudden Fear<\/i> here<\/a>. It’s just good to remember how GOOD she was, when she was on top of her game.<\/p>\n

\nAnd because I must:<\/p>\n

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it would be easy for Stockwell to be overshadowed by the other three (Hepburn, Richardson and Robards) but seriously, he’s the cornerstone to the whole thing.<\/p>\n

\n21) Louis B. Mayer or Harry Cohn (Studio Head)?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well. MGM. I’m gonna go with Mayer, even though he was such an ass to Judy Garland.<\/p>\n

\n22) Favorite John Wayne performance<\/strong><\/p>\n

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But then there’s also The Searchers<\/i> – where he reaches (in my opinion) truly tragic heights. It’s an iconic performance.<\/p>\n

\n23) Naked Lunch or Barton Fink?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Barton Fink<\/i>!!<\/p>\n

\n24) Your Ray Harryhausen movie of choice<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have no Ray Harryhausen movie of choice.<\/p>\n

\n25) Is there a movie you can think of that you feel like the world would be better off without, one that should have never been made?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Basic Instinct 2<\/i>. (I also wish Forrest Gump<\/i> had never happened.)<\/p>\n

\n24) Favorite Dub Taylor performance<\/strong><\/p>\n

I know I’ve seen him a ton of times – but I’ll go with Bonnie and Clyde<\/i><\/p>\n

\n25) If you had the choice of seeing three final movies, to go with your three last meals, before shuffling off this mortal coil, what would they be?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Quickly, with no thought beforehand:<\/p>\n

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\n26) And what movie theater would you choose to see them in?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Music Box<\/a>, on Southport in Chicago.<\/p>\n

\nHere’s the original post<\/a> – the comments are so exciting and fun to read! Thanks, Dennis – you’re the best!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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