The best Tom Cruise performance ever was Christian Bale in AMERICAN PSYCHO.

PS—And till I saw the mini, I thought Kubrick messed up by not including the "come and take your medicine" thing. Till I heard it, repeated OVER and OVER and OVER again till I just wanted to punch Weber.

>>dig Jack's lingering pause in the hallway to check-out the two sexy hotel-workers who are seen leaving in the background

I'm sure it is. I guess it's just that having gone on to other Lang, METROPOLIS seems kind of basic at this point. I'm much more interested in Lang and his way with the complexities of the Berlin of his own time.

Munchausen actually is pretty impressive, though you can still see the underlying ideology deep within it. (more on that in a sec) When I saw it though I was struck by how similar it was to Gilliam's. But the thing is, Goebbels soon learned(as documented in a fairly good little documentary called GERMANY AWAKE, as…

Well said.

>>Does anyone actually give a shit about this show?

PS—Yes there's TRIUMPH and OLYMPIA. But I think one thing that makes both an exception is they were definitely NOT competitors to Hollywood films, as they're "documentaries." (so to speak)

True. But Hitler expressed his liking of METROPOLIS a number of times. To Lang, for one. And yes, they disliked MABUSE, period. For extremely obvious reasons. The "empire of crime" speech could easily be taken as really about the Nazis. I think they also disliked Lang's usual presentation of the police as totally…

All conceded. But that still brings up Tarantino's ignorance in IB, with all the "expert" on German film—whose knowledge seems to start at 1934—says. He makes it sound like UFA at the time was any kind of international force, saying he's giving Mayer a run for his money.

I actually do not think Nicholson was over the top. If he scares me, that's what I want in a HORROR film.

>>I've never understood why people slam Shelley Duvall's performance in "The Shining." I think she's great in it.

People looking at Kubrick for the performances are missing the point, I think. And, oh, he's wrong. McDowell, for instance. Does Duvall know much of that came from improv? "Singin' In The Rain" for instance. McDowell, except(notably) his work with the great Lindsay Anderson(sorry, my favorite film, ever, is O LUCKY…

Huh!
A cranky has-been says what?

So
…James Taylor is HIS fault?

The Castro is one of the best venues to see a film I've ever been in.

I used to have that, and it is awesome.

>>the movie was most famous as the movie that killed UFA

Not again
Funny how this and BLADE RUNNER, which was hugely influenced by it(and in fact stole building designs from it) keep up with one restoration after another.

Kramer's Crazy Lady Neighbor
…is Mrs. Dubcek from 3rd ROCK. In fact, I'll bet this is what got her the part.