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67 Years and No Relief in Sight: Classic Film Photo Quiz, Mar. 2019 Edition, Vol. 1952
Some men are born to greatness. Some have greatness thrust upon them, And some just won’t go away. Which brings us to yet another edition of America’s (The Former Colonies for those who have not kept up with their The Federalist subscriptions.) favorite irritant that doesn’t require relief with a topical ointment, the Classic Film Images Photo
Quiz, brought to you, as always, by those fine folks who distribute SKITTLES, America’s favorite breakfast candy; also available at the Beetley Q8 Petroleum (along with a selection of “funny” magazines under the counter; use the code word: WHIPLASH) In this edition we celebrate the life and legacy (well, the presence anyway) of one of CSR’s most persistent reader contributors (AKA anarchistic instigator) and as such may be legitimately eligible for intensive therapy as medically certified by that great and vast social experiment known as Chandler Swain Reviews. However, in celebration of our same good buddy from the far shores of Beetley (and we do suggest you visit his site at: https://beetleypete.com, one of the most literate and readable havens on the Web) we present a look at his 67 years as reflected in the cinema. The following sixty seven images each represent a year in the life of our pal Pete, though we suspect without the occasional pictured lingerie. Your task is to correctly identify all sixty seven photos. The first to do so will receive the relatively new but still adolescently difficult CSR Culture Shock Award, transferable for one free seat at the Thursday Night Vatican City College of Cardinals Poker Night. Good luck.
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OK, here goes. As I am 67 on the 16th of this month, I will try this in reverse order.
67) OK, I haven’t seen it, But read a preview. ‘Dumbo’, with Michael Keaton.
66) Lizzie. The film about Lizzie Borden. (only seen a trailer though.)
65) In The Fade. (My kind of film)
64) Elle. (A Verhoeven film.)
63) Carol. (I loved that film, but most people didn’t.)
62) Nope. Too dark for these ageing eyes!
61) Blue Is The Warmest Colour. (Loved that film!)
60) The Big Short. (I don’t normally watch Carrell, but have seen that. It’s a guess though.)
59) It looks like Brad Pitt, so I will have a guess at Se7en.
58) Winter’s Bone. (I liked that one.)
57) Jennifer’s Body. (Seen that one)
56) Zack and Miri Make A Porno. (I haven’t seen it, but remember Ms Banks from the trailer.)
55) Waitress. (I enjoyed that one.)
54) Nope. Must have skipped that one.
53) Pride and Prejudice.
52) The Dreamers.
51) American Splendour.
50) Nope. (That annoyed me, as I think I have seen it)
49) The Pledge. (I actually liked Nicholson in that film.)
48) American Psycho. (I thought that book was fabulous!)
47) Blast From The Past. (Walken was in that one!)
46) What Dreams May Come.
45) The Fifth Element.
44) Girl. (The Belgian film.)
43) A Little Princess. (Hard to believe that I watched that. It was with a child though!)
42) Nobody’s Fool.
41) The Piano. (Great film.)
40) A Midnight Clear. (Got that one on DVD)
39) JFK. (I still love it, despite the detractors.)
38) Exorcist 3. (Not a bad sequel, as it goes.)
37) New York Stories. (A Woody Allen film, with Nick Nolte.)
36) The Unbearable Lightness Of Being. (I didn’t like it as much as everyone else.)
35) Hamburger Hill.
34) Crossroads.
33) The Bride. (Sting was in that one!)
32) A Passage To India.
31) Nope. Not a clue.
30) Creepshow.
29) Ghost Story. (I got that because of Melvyn Douglas.)
28) The Long Riders. (One of my favourite westerns.)
27) North Dallas Forty. (I only know that because of Charles Durning, and seeing a clip.)
26) American Hot Wax. (Rock ‘n’ Roll!)
25) Cross Of Iron. (A Peckinpah war film.)
24) Bound For Glory. (I don’t care for Carradine, but it’s about Woody Guthrie.)
23) The Prisoner Of Second Avenue. (A young Stallone, in a Jack Lemmon film.)
22) Uptown Saturday Night. (Blaxploitation?Maybe, but Sid Poitier is in it.)
21) Slither. (I didn’t like James Caan in that film.)
20) Images. (A Robert Altman film.)
19) Nope. I had to give up.
18) Five Easy Pieces.
17) Castle Keep? (I recall Burt Lancaster had an eyepatch.)
16) Rosemary’s baby.
15) In The Heat Of The Night.
14) Kill Baby Kill. (I think you might have used that film before.)
13) The Collector. (Samantha Eggar and Terence Stamp.)
12) Nope.
11) Nope.
10) Ride The High Country. (Another from Peckinpah.)
09) A Raisin In The Sun. (Poitier again.)
08) The Lost World. (I saw that at the cinema. I checked the date, 1960!)
07) The Shaggy Dog.
06) Auntie Mame. (Rosalind Russell was the clue there.)
05) The Night Passage. (Not one of the best, it has to be said.)
04) She’;s gotta Have It. (The sublime Julie London, singing one of my favourite songs.)
03) Nope. (You got me good there!)
02) A Guess. Susan Slept Here. The Dick Powell film?
01) The Bandwagon.
Phew! That was not only the longest blog comment ever, but it finally busted the scroll wheel on my mouse! Eight Nopes, and a good few guesses. I have no idea how many I got right, but will be happy if it got close to 50. Dinner is late tonight, because of this. (7 pm here, and I haven’t started cooking.) 🙂
Thanks again, and best wishes. Pete.
55 correct. That’s pretty amazing. (I was especially impressed with “A Raisin in the Sun” which seemed rather obscure photo-wise.)
It was the night club, and the black people in the photo. I remembered Poitier, and looked up the title. Working backwards from clues! 🙂
And those 55 took me a hell of a long time to work out or remember! 🙂
(Except some of course, like American Psycho, Julie London, and Cross Of Iron.)
And no wine tonight either!
Many I know, many I don’t…but, aside from the great nod to Pete, it also reminds me of the enduring power of cinema – these images capture the energy, passion and drama of motion pictures, such a unique experience!
There are so many of these that I’m just not firing on. I’ll only pick a few low-hanging fruit and not go crazy guessing.
1) The Band Wagon
16) Rosemary’s Baby
36) The Unbearable Lightness of Being
48) American Psycho
Well I am suitably honoured by your kind words, and this wonderful tribute to my rapidly advancing years, Chandler. But feeling the pressure to get more than 19 or 20 of these, of course. I am going to need more coffee, and a day of abstinence from wine too. I will get back to you on this mammoth quiz, when my brain is sharper than it is right now. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.