tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30026901.post5245295769467508450..comments2009-05-18T09:27:37.715-07:00Bright Lights Film Journalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07283371703328315147noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30026901.post-19236026736776895232009-05-18T09:27:00.000-07:002009-05-18T09:27:00.000-07:00I prefer the way female movie stars looked in the 50s. Kim Novak in The Man with the Golden Arm, etc. The only contemporary actress who could've given those women a run for their money is Charlize Theron in 2 Days in the Valley. Have any of you seen that turd of film recently? She might be the hottest actress in the history of cinema in that movie. For real.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30026901.post-84300433515370718562009-05-15T16:20:00.000-07:002009-05-15T16:20:00.000-07:00Agreed re <I>Screaming Mimi</I>.<br /><br />The same director, Gerd Oswald, did another film with Ekberg called <I>Valerie</I>. I've never seen it, but it sounds fascinating. An IMDB user comment describes it as "an interesting western about a husband (Sterling Hayden) who shoots his wife (Anita Ekberg) and her parents. The story is told in flashback from both husband and wife, each story contradicting the other" - in short, an American <I>Rashomon</I>!<br /><br />A third Gerd Oswald film that I would like to see released on DVD is <I>Brainwashed</I> - his masterpiece - starring Curt Jurgens as a neurotic chessmaster.C. Jerry Kutnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10901663264449536920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30026901.post-68522819040347218862009-05-14T21:49:00.000-07:002009-05-14T21:49:00.000-07:00No if only the suits at Columbia can be convinced that the time is overdue for a DVD release of <B>Screaming Mimi</B>, cited by some as the proto-Giallo film.Peter Nellhaushttp://www.coffeecoffeeandmorecoffee.comnoreply@blogger.com