tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post2949035593242594669..comments2024-02-25T01:29:54.175-05:00Comments on The Films in My Life - a personal journal of cinema: The Title.kate gabriellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00524340938024619737noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-66411504071927247012010-10-30T13:03:50.867-04:002010-10-30T13:03:50.867-04:00Wow! I can't think of anything else to say bu...Wow! I can't think of anything else to say but the same things everyone else has said....These are BRILLIANT!! I love them all, but I do think The American stands out as the extra brilliant one. Love them all!!Tild Dalleliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196942699333749271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-74752073581855201642010-10-01T09:55:58.711-04:002010-10-01T09:55:58.711-04:00Was my comment deleted off here?Was my comment deleted off here?Raquel Stecherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02687110907002450794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-28573140154345390472010-09-25T03:14:06.357-04:002010-09-25T03:14:06.357-04:00Haha, this is brilliant! I can't think of any ...Haha, this is brilliant! I can't think of any myself...nor can I think of anything else to say but that it's a fantastic post.<br />-Andi xAndi B. Goodehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332787961396491990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-11442916688480529052010-09-24T23:46:54.910-04:002010-09-24T23:46:54.910-04:00Ha ha! So true. I went to see "Devil" to...Ha ha! So true. I went to see "Devil" today and saw previews for "Red" and "Unstoppable."Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212743923364795680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-77287000484572554682010-09-23T16:32:29.584-04:002010-09-23T16:32:29.584-04:00Wow, Scary. I wouldn't have touched Dark Victo...Wow, Scary. I wouldn't have touched Dark Victory with a ten foot pole if it had been called "The Prognosis "(but if it still had Bette Davis in it I wouldn't be able to resist!). Maybe All About Eve would have been called "Eve" or "The Obsession" *shudder*.<br /><br />~BetteMadeleinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05051790494027585561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-52915896246952964442010-09-23T10:10:47.690-04:002010-09-23T10:10:47.690-04:00those are great!those are great!smatteringshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243704638442726627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-65667335485890646802010-09-23T10:04:50.858-04:002010-09-23T10:04:50.858-04:00Excellent! These were right on the money, Kate! ...Excellent! These were right on the money, Kate! I like "The Chase". ;)Flapper Flickers + Silent Stanzashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17519672156109642104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-34034933547798375062010-09-23T07:37:31.500-04:002010-09-23T07:37:31.500-04:00Nothing to add really but yes: brilliant! Love The...Nothing to add really but yes: brilliant! Love The Prognosis, and Wax.<br />By the way, I though I had your address but it seems I don't. I'll get another of your masterpieces to you if you drop a postal to matthewconiam@aol.com.<br /><br />Loved this!Matthew Coniamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00302989527514886503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-5878901359573780182010-09-23T07:28:16.227-04:002010-09-23T07:28:16.227-04:00Oh, The Prognosis! Yes that was great. :-)Oh, The Prognosis! Yes that was great. :-)Vintage Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17360008343132814160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-7093819537644650142010-09-23T03:27:48.593-04:002010-09-23T03:27:48.593-04:00Smart stuff!Smart stuff!Paul D Brazillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12881642426845398389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-17474955323244497622010-09-23T02:55:42.542-04:002010-09-23T02:55:42.542-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Madeleinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05051790494027585561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-27587305650088939132010-09-22T23:16:09.316-04:002010-09-22T23:16:09.316-04:00I love these. Brilliant!
It's also the antith...I love these. Brilliant!<br /><br />It's also the antithesis to those sentence-long titles in the 1960s.<br /><br />Brava!JavaBeanRushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05653117187583244224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-73845634992432162732010-09-22T23:03:11.877-04:002010-09-22T23:03:11.877-04:00Awesome Kate, I nearly spit my coffee out for The ...Awesome Kate, I nearly spit my coffee out for The Prognosis ... if there's ever a remake I'd lay money that's what they'd go with!Cliff Alipertihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07791559437928473638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-66235155343755614092010-09-22T22:59:13.297-04:002010-09-22T22:59:13.297-04:00LOL. I think you've proven that the titles of ...LOL. I think you've proven that the titles of old are better than the simple, dramatic titles of today! The only one that you came up with that I really liked was Wax--that would be a good title for a movie! Of course, here I must note that when Mystery of the Wax Museum was remade in 1953, it was simplified to the more dramatic House of Wax!Terence Towles Canotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18397088843628331615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-61522998757528024402010-09-22T22:52:29.746-04:002010-09-22T22:52:29.746-04:00OMG these are so clever! I cannot even handle it!
...OMG these are so clever! I cannot even handle it!<br />omgomgomg so COOL GEEZ!<br /><br />*cannot comprehend a coherent comment because of being blown away by the awesomeness of *Sarah Mannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15896687782349327373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-36960869847904845782010-09-22T22:48:16.207-04:002010-09-22T22:48:16.207-04:00Very cool Kate!Very cool Kate!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10875305968239664790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-30907628246579151332010-09-22T22:13:08.401-04:002010-09-22T22:13:08.401-04:00LOL these are great! :DLOL these are great! :DElizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11592715432020988588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-61326481520885093192010-09-22T20:33:52.572-04:002010-09-22T20:33:52.572-04:00Citizen Kane would become 'Kane', or '...Citizen Kane would become 'Kane', or 'Rosebud', or even 'The Millionaire'. Something like that.<br /><br />Oh, what else...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08085105568601878075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-56784609810303596672010-09-22T20:24:08.205-04:002010-09-22T20:24:08.205-04:00:-O
BRILLIANCE, BRILLIANCE, BRILLIANCE!
Wowzie K...:-O<br /><br />BRILLIANCE, BRILLIANCE, BRILLIANCE!<br /><br />Wowzie Kazam!<br /><br />This is pretty much my new favorite post ever.<br /><br />JUST BRILLIANCE!<br /><br />I love the all! <br /><br />No, I'm sorry, I have nothing coherent to say about this brilliant post.<br /><br />It's just brilliance!Milliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08562702535170134885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-67490371716305255832010-09-22T19:50:00.946-04:002010-09-22T19:50:00.946-04:00hmm the prognosis. i wonder what this prognosis mi...hmm the prognosis. i wonder what this prognosis might be? ;) v. interesting post and loving the posters you made.Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15156051197099180915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-28749722066219161892010-09-22T19:47:30.880-04:002010-09-22T19:47:30.880-04:00Very funny. I love "The Clause" and &qu...Very funny. I love "The Clause" and "The Prognosis" especially. Some of those classic film titles were pretty vague, like "Dark Victory." I love when TCM schedules a day of films with some similar word in the titles, like "Tomorrow" or "Lady." They run the gamut in catch-all murky meanings.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-76481160100574035512010-09-22T19:42:00.198-04:002010-09-22T19:42:00.198-04:00Wow!! This post is fantastic!! I love all of the m...Wow!! This post is fantastic!! I love all of the movie posters you created. Very good point, as well. You know what this reminds me of? A line in a Cole Porter song: "good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use 4 letters words writing prose." <br /><br />No, but really. We have grown a little more fast-paced as a culture and you're totally right about our movie titles (and our movies) reflecting that. It's too bad really. I actually don't have a problem with the whole one word title thing. But I do wish they'd be more creative about. For example: The Philadelphia Story. You can learn absolutely nothing about the storyline from that title but when you watch the movie, the title falls into place and it fits! Midnight being another. The movie is basically a Cinderella story but you have to get pretty far into it to understand how. I think these titlers should challenge themselves to title things in ways that won't nutshell the movie so simplistically.Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14920287901509695920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-81708075688445006902010-09-22T19:29:27.790-04:002010-09-22T19:29:27.790-04:00These are fantastic! I just can't believe how ...These are fantastic! I just can't believe how spot on and perfect they are. You have mad skills, Kate!<br /><br />I think "The American" is my favorite too. The poster for the new movie has a bit of a classic era feel to begin with, and it really makes sense for Casablanca.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-49757539713755290972010-09-22T19:26:46.815-04:002010-09-22T19:26:46.815-04:00Ha, I love it!Ha, I love it!Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17942515417664136914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-25859150370795142762010-09-22T19:01:51.138-04:002010-09-22T19:01:51.138-04:00LOL! You have a point there, it's true that no...LOL! You have a point there, it's true that now they don't even try to make interesting titles :) Great work, my fave is "The American".Clara Fercovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04247553895885558509noreply@blogger.com