SOME THINGS
Trailer for Greenberg came out last week, I hope the film is good! I have faith. Hopefully I haven't been cut from the film.
I love watching old movies in the winter, especially during the holiday season. I decorated my little apartment so almost every night I can cuddle up and watch and old movie and drink tea. Luckily I have DVR so I can just go through AMC and TCM and record any old movies I want to watch.
I watched Houseboat with Sophia Loren and Carey Grant last weekend. It's one of my favorites. I could watch it ever day. Sophia Loren is so incredibly gorgeous it's almost unbearable. No one looks like that anymore! It's her energy more than anything, I think. Not to mention that no actress under the age of 40 is allowed to be a size 12 anymore.
(side note: why does Sophia spell her name in English?
I always assumed it was Sofia. Thanks google.)
I also have the obligatory Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers film, my favorite is Royal Wedding. My sister and I have, on occasion, been known to have the Astaire vs. Kelly debate. I am firmly on Team Astaire while my sister has always thought that Gene Kelly is the superior dancer. While I will concede that Gene Kelly is more manly in his dancing, I think Fred Astaire is way more graceful and that trumps manliness. He danced on walls for heaven's sake! And with a coat rack! Genius. It just doesn't get better. Only Gene Kelly's roller skating dance is better. Because I know roller skate-dancing, and that shit is dangerous. Ask my back.
Here's a side by side comparison.
It's a lot to think about, I know.
Trailer for Greenberg came out last week, I hope the film is good! I have faith. Hopefully I haven't been cut from the film.
I love watching old movies in the winter, especially during the holiday season. I decorated my little apartment so almost every night I can cuddle up and watch and old movie and drink tea. Luckily I have DVR so I can just go through AMC and TCM and record any old movies I want to watch.
I watched Houseboat with Sophia Loren and Carey Grant last weekend. It's one of my favorites. I could watch it ever day. Sophia Loren is so incredibly gorgeous it's almost unbearable. No one looks like that anymore! It's her energy more than anything, I think. Not to mention that no actress under the age of 40 is allowed to be a size 12 anymore.
(side note: why does Sophia spell her name in English?
I always assumed it was Sofia. Thanks google.)
I also have the obligatory Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers film, my favorite is Royal Wedding. My sister and I have, on occasion, been known to have the Astaire vs. Kelly debate. I am firmly on Team Astaire while my sister has always thought that Gene Kelly is the superior dancer. While I will concede that Gene Kelly is more manly in his dancing, I think Fred Astaire is way more graceful and that trumps manliness. He danced on walls for heaven's sake! And with a coat rack! Genius. It just doesn't get better. Only Gene Kelly's roller skating dance is better. Because I know roller skate-dancing, and that shit is dangerous. Ask my back.
Here's a side by side comparison.
It's a lot to think about, I know.
Awesome vid, I think my mind just exploded.
ReplyDeleteCan't really tell who's who in this, but I couldn't take my eyes off the shorter one ;)
Astaire is on the right.
ReplyDeleteThe clip of them dancing together is great and really shows how terrific they were both as dancers and choreographers. I don't know if you have seen Astaire and Rogers dance on roller skates in their movie "Shall We Dance"? They did it in 1936. Talk about hard! They did numerous takes and had many, many bruises. That's real concrete. But, they were not the 1st to dance on roller skates.
ReplyDeleteyou gotta watch Astaire and Rogers in, "shall we dance." roller skating/dancing will never be the same to you!
ReplyDeletexxlovely.