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In Reply to: question about an old film posted by gnat on October 02, 2000 at 02:10:52:
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years ago the wife and I went to the Ritz in downtown Philadelphia to see the release of the 50th annaversary edition (all cleaned-up and restored prints).I was pretty bummed when we were lead into a screening room that was small by airline standards. There were perhaps thirty people in the room.
This film is so full of classic lines, lines you have heard over and over and over...that a few minutes into the film some of us were mouthing the words along with the actors. Before long, some of us were saying the most famous lines out loud. It was big fun. It was a sophisticated movie-loving crowd--nobody interfered with the mood or flow of the story. We kept a respectful silence in the most dramatic moments, but just couldn't hold back at scenes like: "I'm Shocked!..." or "What watch? Ten watch. Such watch?" ...or "Round up the usual suspects."
More than a cult classic, this "B" movie has become cultural bedrock.
Memorizing the script is practically a requirement for US citizenship.
Hi petew,
I see Casablanca' status is similar to one of "Diamond Hand"
in Russia. "Flowers for kids, icecream for woman". And probably
DH is as "easy" to find in Philly as Casablanca in Moscow...
Darn, I'm a card-carrying member of three rentals, each claiming
to have 3000 to 4000 films available. Two of these never had it,
third had some time ago, but it was stolen. Well well well, I went
to shops trying to buy it... nothing in there...Also thank you for revealing the true origin of an old (soviet
times) anecdote. I thought it was Russian. Conversation in London:
- Which watch?
- Ten watch.
- Such much?
- To whom how...
- MGIMO?
- Don't say, don't say...MGIMO is a diplomatic college in Moscow fyi.
regards, gnat
***I see Casablanca' status is similar to one of "Diamond Hand"
in Russia. "Flowers for kids, icecream for woman". And probably
DH is as "easy" to find in Philly as Casablanca in Moscow...Not quite so. The DH is more than easy. The question is - what would petew do with it?
I am surprised about the Casablanca lack availability in Moscow, but perhaps I should not be.
***Darn, I'm a card-carrying member of three rentals, each claiming
to have 3000 to 4000 films available. Two of these never had it,
third had some time ago, but it was stolen. Well well well, I went
to shops trying to buy it... nothing in there...Numbers can be funny. A typical average size shopping mall video store here would have several thousand titles, but as petew noticed before - most of them junk. It is not the matter of severa thousands, it is a matter of the *right* several thousands.
***Also thank you for revealing the true origin of an old (soviet
times) anecdote. I thought it was Russian. Conversation in London:
- Which watch?
- Ten watch.
- Such much?
- To whom how...
- MGIMO?
- Don't say, don't say...***MGIMO is a diplomatic college in Moscow fyi.
I always thought it was MIMO. Things changed?
Don'say, don't say...
In our regional, Peter, version the final line was: "Ask!" (Sprashivaesch!)
Good news, Victor. Casablanca seems to be recently re-released
here. So Irina just bought it in... well I forgot where. Good
film. Good actors play good. TONS of pleasure. "I think it's..." :)
> > >
Numbers can be funny. A typical average size shopping mall video
store here would have several thousand titles, but as petew noticed
before - most of them junk. It is not the matter of severa thousands,
it is a matter of the *right* several thousands.
< < <Yeah. I think I underestimated the amount of junk. Bad news are
that I couldn't find a place in Moscow for REAL film lovers.
I asked about it at local films webboard, but the only answer
so far was Gorbushka. It didn't impress me.
I'm still not sure whether it's MGIMO or MIMO. 'G' means 'gosudarstvenny',
but I really don't know whether it's a part of official title. Do you
know btw that there's no more "Baumanskoje Uchilishe" in Moscow? It's
renamed into university. One of the old Bauman' guys told me that it
was a bad move. 'Before we were proud to say that we learned in the
only Uchilishe in the whole world that gives a higher education. Now
it's just a ubiquitous university, damn!'
I knew, I knew that you're familiar with this anecdote. "Ask!" ;-)
regards, gnat
***I'm still not sure whether it's MGIMO or MIMO. 'G' means 'gosudarstvenny',Sure...
***but I really don't know whether it's a part of official title. Do you
know btw that there's no more "Baumanskoje Uchilishe" in Moscow? It's
renamed into university. One of the old Bauman' guys told me that it
was a bad move. 'Before we were proud to say that we learned in the
only Uchilishe in the whole world that gives a higher education. Now
it's just a ubiquitous university, damn!'No, I didn't know that, and I will mention that to my production manager - the Bauman graduate.
***I knew, I knew that you're familiar with this anecdote. "Ask!" ;-)Yep. In our version there is continuation:
Who you?
Who Ya?
Who you!
Russian consul!
Hi Victor,
I didn't knew the continuation, thank you. As a reward
one more anecdote for you:"
- Eto ty tank podbil?
- Ja.
- Tak eto zhe nash, russki tank!
- Ja, ja, naturlich...
"
PS. I coudn't find Babi Yar yesterday. Today I'm planning
to be near Dom Knigi, hope I'll get it there. If I fail,
then I'll try later. Just don't hold your breath, I gonna
be ~two weeks offline since tomorrow.
regards, gnat
Victor,
there's no Babi Yar in Dom Knigi. Now I'm intrigued.
I'll look for it in other shops.
regards, gnat
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