Comments on: Million Dollar Movie

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:58:33 +0000

Here’s a good piece about 60s Baltimore…

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1079136/index.htm

By: kenboyer made me cry

kenboyer made me cry — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:27:55 +0000

[7] I agree that Avalon is sappy, but it gives you the vibe of racial perceptions through the eyes of early teens. Civil rights and race relations were top of mind in 60′s Baltimore.

By: Cliff Corcoran

Cliff Corcoran — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:29:15 +0000

[11] “My daughter’s marrying a layabout!” Oy, indeed.

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:05:43 +0000

How I knew things were going to be tough with my step father. He saw it and hated it. Said, “It’s just a bunch of jerks sitting around wasting time.”

Oy.

By: bags

bags — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:52:35 +0000

I could talk about Diner forever. One of my favorites.

By: thelarmis

thelarmis — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:51:28 +0000

i’m not a movie guy, so i have no clue what this is, but i really enjoyed that scene. and, yeah, i can relate to it perfectly! i have a rather *massive* music collection and (for the most part), it’s alphabetical/chronological.

i generally have always dated musician girls, so they “get it”, but they’re never as persnickety as me, so this exact issue has come up before! but, like cliff, i never yelled. : )

By: Raf

Raf — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:27:19 +0000

Beth shoulda put the record back where the got it

I haven’t seen this movie in years. I started checking out his work after Homicide Life on the Streets

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:17:43 +0000

I like Tin Men too. But Avalon is too sappy and preachy for me.

By: kenboyer made me cry

kenboyer made me cry — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:50:58 +0000

“Do you ever get the feeling that there’s something going on that we don’t know about?”

“Mathis or Sinatra?”

“You gonna eat that?”

Love this movie, and the Baltimore trilogy (Tin Men, Avalon). Levinson is also the man who gave us Baseball fans The Natural.

By: Cliff Corcoran

Cliff Corcoran — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:41:56 +0000

That scene is so perfect. I’m smart enough never to yell at my wife, particularly about something so easily corrected, but we both watch that and know how true the entire scene is. Great reactions from Barkin, too.

And Alex, I think your point in [4] is very much an intentional subtext of the film.

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:56:01 +0000

Yeah, and the end credits are great too, with more conversation. I mean, what a cast, right?

And the thing that’s always interested me about the characters is the story takes place right before the 60s. I always imagine that in 10 years time, that crew would have been completely split. Counter culture, hippies, etc. Everything would have changed.

By: Jon Weisman

Jon Weisman — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:01:31 +0000

Alex, you don’t even know how much I love this movie. I used to watch and re-watch it all the time – God, I need to see it again.

By: RagingTartabull

RagingTartabull — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:52:15 +0000

[1] Ellen Barkin…Sea of Love…’nuff said.

great movie. “I don’t like color television. I watched Bonanza the other night…the ponderosa looked green”

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:46:13 +0000

Ellen Barkin–a Bronx Girl!–was SMOKIN hot.