tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18352150.post116186289451726959..comments2023-09-20T18:04:17.969+05:30Comments on self, tripping: sigh sigh sighPhoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10599804943736275650noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18352150.post-82594339164106853602008-01-12T20:02:00.000+05:302008-01-12T20:02:00.000+05:30stumbled upon it only last year in some DVD-summer...stumbled upon it only last year in some DVD-summer sales, watched it spell-bound. Realistic romance without fake glamour (they're indeed endearingly plain looking, compared with Hollywood's glossy actors & actresses!)<BR/>anyway, you give us a perfect evocation .... <I> "the train chugging away, the smoke billowing through the screen, the shadows, the corners...it was beautiful, all the more because there was something so decent and restrained in the whole treatment of the story..."</I><BR/><BR/>makes me want to play it again tonight!<BR/><BR/>(for your next birthday present you should claim: the complete Humphrey Bogart .... loads of B&W and early color to swoon about....!)Ffflaneurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04697821220291240079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18352150.post-1161959987409607502006-10-27T20:09:00.000+05:302006-10-27T20:09:00.000+05:30claire - isn't it?! :-) and to think I just stumbl...claire - isn't it?! :-) and to think I just stumbled upon it while channel-surfing!Phoenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10599804943736275650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18352150.post-1161955872430424892006-10-27T19:01:00.000+05:302006-10-27T19:01:00.000+05:30Ohhh, I love 'Brief Encounter'. Sigh is exactly r...Ohhh, I love 'Brief Encounter'. Sigh is exactly right!<BR/><BR/>CxxClairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15681193035888306703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18352150.post-1161946689335353452006-10-27T16:28:00.000+05:302006-10-27T16:28:00.000+05:30sundar - thanks! entirely subjective, I agree...sundar - thanks! entirely subjective, I agree...Phoenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10599804943736275650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18352150.post-1161946217180140512006-10-27T16:20:00.000+05:302006-10-27T16:20:00.000+05:30ahh...think i have ehard something abt beauty lyin...ahh...think i have ehard something abt beauty lying entirely in the eyes of the beholder...Sundarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15546672148832676192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18352150.post-1161945929620169752006-10-27T16:15:00.000+05:302006-10-27T16:15:00.000+05:30Nee - well, that there was a gush-over-b&w moment ...Nee - well, that there was a gush-over-b&w moment :-)) now I'm back to the real digital millions of colours per bit world! that was me between mood-swings :-D<BR/><BR/>but you can't discount that fact that black n white has its own charm, whether its photography or cinema...and you're abso right about what passes for sensuous today...! sad.Phoenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10599804943736275650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18352150.post-1161879951909748792006-10-26T21:55:00.000+05:302006-10-26T21:55:00.000+05:30I totally agree with you with everything being so ...I totally agree with you with everything being so in-your-face nowadays. There's no romance in the movies anymore, just sex. And the constant "booty-shaking" that's being sold as sexy is just plain boring! <BR/><BR/>The old B&W's, well, you've gotta be in the mood for them though, no? <BR/>Don't kill me, but sometimes, the old flicks can be a tad...long...?Neehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13715963089499430607noreply@blogger.com