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Roberts Reveals His Favorite Movies [Frustrated by Roberts' answers, Sen. Charles Schumer......
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Posted on 09/14/2005 4:09:34 PM PDT by Sub-Driver

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To: Taylor

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21 posted on 09/14/2005 4:26:15 PM PDT by Taylor
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
Yeah, I didn't like DZ either. I just don't get why it makes so many top movie lists.

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I have to say I think the cinematography is good.

I think most Hollywood likes it for the scene where the people in the fancy restaurant are listening to the workers sing the "Internationale". They know what's coming two reels later.

What the Hollywood lefties don't understand is that they're the ones in the fancy restaurant and when their beloved revolution comes, they'll be the first in line to be shot.

Idiots.
22 posted on 09/14/2005 4:27:52 PM PDT by Cheburashka
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To: Cheburashka

It was among the last of those big, sprawling movies. And remember, the novel and Pasternak were banned in the Soviet Union when it came out.


23 posted on 09/14/2005 4:30:54 PM PDT by durasell
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To: Cheburashka

Agreed - only to a liberal can ADULTERY be considered "a great love story" - sheesh!


24 posted on 09/14/2005 4:31:06 PM PDT by clawrence3
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To: Sub-Driver

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25 posted on 09/14/2005 4:32:23 PM PDT by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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To: lowbridge
In high school I was unfortunate enough to have to watch that movie 3 times in one 12 month period (early 2nd semester 1 class, late the same 2nd semester for a different class, and early the next year in a 3rd). I can only remember 3 things about the movie:
it was snowing all the time
the balalaika music was interesting at first but got grating about halfway through the second viewing
I hated it
26 posted on 09/14/2005 4:33:05 PM PDT by discostu (When someone tries to kill you, you try to kill them right back)
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To: Chi-townChief
I've never been a Hitchcock fan. At college, they showed North by Northwest, and we all sat there and laughed our way through it.

BTW, Schumer didn't actually say "cinematography." According to a (liberal) friend of mine who heard the whole thing and e-mailed me because he knew I'd appreciate it, what Schumer actually said was "cinemaphotography."

Idiot.

27 posted on 09/14/2005 4:33:18 PM PDT by kellynch (I am excessively diverted ~~Jane Austen)
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To: clawrence3

Ironic, the adultery aspect is one of the reasons why the Soviet Union banned the book.


28 posted on 09/14/2005 4:33:22 PM PDT by durasell
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To: Sub-Driver

Roberts TKOs the mental mices in Congress without lifting a finger.


29 posted on 09/14/2005 4:33:32 PM PDT by caisson71
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To: facedown

Perhaps Chuckie listed his favorite movies as:

**Fahrenheit 9/11
**The Last Temptation of Christ
**Brokeback Mountain


30 posted on 09/14/2005 4:33:58 PM PDT by puroresu (Conservatism is an observation; Liberalism is an ideology)
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To: timydnuc

LOL!


31 posted on 09/14/2005 4:34:51 PM PDT by uncitizen
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
North by Northwest is good but Doctor Zhivago is highly overrated.

"Laura's Theme" was the best thing about the movie.

32 posted on 09/14/2005 4:35:23 PM PDT by PJ-Comix (Join the DUmmie FUnnies PING List for the FUNNIEST Blog on the Web)
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To: durasell

Pasternak's disagreement with Soviet Communism was not actually political but rather based on his aesthetic views - he couldn't fully accept official literary doctrines developed from a theory of class struggle but instead followed his own principles - which I have to admit the book is not bad. The movie, however, is terrible in my opinion.


33 posted on 09/14/2005 4:35:38 PM PDT by clawrence3
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To: frankjr

Schumer IS a complete moron.

Have you seen this Anthony Weiner fellow who replaced him in Congress? AIEEEE!


34 posted on 09/14/2005 4:35:57 PM PDT by 43north (If you're not liberal at 20 you have no heart. If you're still liberal at 40 you have no brain.)
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
North by Northwest is a very good movie, but not nearly as good as Rear Window or Strangers on a Train.

SoaT took some liberties with the plot. I think the play is closer to the original book (which I've not read) but I don't think the Hayes Office would have allowed the original plot to be used. In it, Guy Hanes is finally badgered into committing "his" murder (just before intermission) but Bruno doesn't just fade into the woodwork. In the end, a private detective hired by Bruno's father's family figures out that Guy Hanes had committed the murder as a result of endless pressure by Bruno. Rather than go to the police, however, he figures out that Guy Hanes has already suffered enough.

35 posted on 09/14/2005 4:36:25 PM PDT by supercat (Don't fix blame--FIX THE PROBLEM.)
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To: Yehuda

How about "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean."


36 posted on 09/14/2005 4:36:42 PM PDT by azcap
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To: clawrence3

I'm actually not a fan or either. There are some good "set pieces" in the movie that are intended for the "oh wow" effect, but I found most of it a yawn. Also, I heard the translation of DZ was a rush job and is pretty bad, so I never made an attempt at it. And you know what they say about translations -- they're like women.


37 posted on 09/14/2005 4:38:15 PM PDT by durasell
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To: durasell

Interestingly, the book won the Nobel. Russky authorities told Pasternak he could go accept the prize, but not to return. Pasternak loved his country so much he refused to leave...a great patriot, imho.....


38 posted on 09/14/2005 4:40:11 PM PDT by mozarky2 (#)
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To: p. henry
I'm sorry, but there's nothing like a good "Whiskey Tango" comedy... "Blue Collar Comedy Tour," and a movie that I don't beleive made it more than a week in the theaters, "Waking Up in Reno!" If you want to make it a trifecta, add in "Raising Arizona!"

Mark

39 posted on 09/14/2005 4:41:18 PM PDT by MarkL (It was a shocking cock-up. The mice were furious!)
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To: dangus
Top five bad answers for Roberts to have given:

I'm surprised that none of the "Girls Gone Wild" home videos made it on your list!

Mark

40 posted on 09/14/2005 4:42:41 PM PDT by MarkL (It was a shocking cock-up. The mice were furious!)
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