What's Your Favorite Movie (and why)

[midnightblues]

A Haley Hootenanny LOL or a Shindig???????Hmmmmmm .NO I mean the real world

[cherelann]

A Haley Hootenanny LOL or a Shindig???????Hmmmmmm .NO I mean the real world

The next time you are in Washington(state) we'll get together for a Starbucks & a nice long chat.

[midnightblues]

sounds good to me I moved out here to Texas for some real estate and other reasons and now I'm trying to get back to the West Coast. Which is Southern California I have missed five appearances from Hailey that I could've seen. The next one is at the Glendale Galleria so. The next time I'm in Washington a nice long chat and some scones sounds appealing and refreshing.

[My Alter Ego]

This is probably no fun, but I'm going steer away from the parallel existences in any type of universe (LDH has me tied up as her twin in a parallel universe, anyway -- wait until she discovers how much older that makes her ), and try to go back to the theme of this thread.

So, like some others have mentioned, I don't know that I have a favorite movie, but I do have favorites in various genres, and since no one seems to have mentioned Hitchcock, I'll throw him into the mix. I love Rear Window. It's classic Hitchcock suspense (to me, his best), it stars the gorgeous and classy Grace Kelly and the always solid Jimmy Stewart, the dialogue is terrific, the chemistry between Kelly and Stewart is wonderful. I don't remember the movie score, but it's worth the watch.

[LovinDaHaley]

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^ Blast you MAE! Now I have 8 movies to see while the iron’s still hot. I love Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly

My new favorite composer teaches at Thornton School of Music. Did you take any composition classes?

Thank you for your persistence MAE. I really value our mutual concerns for each other and for so many things at haleyfans.com. So please don’t think me rude or uncaring for this second curtsy out of this conversation. I’ve had trouble in the past over too much internet exposure and I feel a bit paranoid about divulging too much about myself; however, I can’t resist saying: I think that the world of music (including USC Thornton School of Music) have no greater asset than Professor Stephen Hartke.

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[My Alter Ego]

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^ Blast you MAE! Now I have 8 movies to see while the iron’s still hot. I love Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly

My new favorite composer teaches at Thornton School of Music. Did you take any composition classes?

Thank you for your persistence MAE. I really value our mutual concerns for each other and for so many things at haleyfans.com. So please don’t think me rude or uncaring for this second curtsy out of this conversation. I’ve had trouble in the past over too much internet exposure and I feel a bit paranoid about divulging too much about myself; however, I can’t resist saying: I think that the world of music (including USC Thornton School of Music) have no greater asset than Professor Stephen Hartke.

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No, you don't have to watch them all right now. In fact, pacing yourself might be part of the fun.

LovinDa, I don't think you're rude or uncaring at all and I want to be completely respectful of your needs. There was a reason that I asked you to PM me yesterday. The problem with that is that, despite your vision of us being (cosmic) twins in a parallel universe, you're a night owl and I'm a (hugely) early bird. If I'd logged onto haleyfans.com about 45 minutes earlier this morning, I might have been able to connect with you.

I'll check into Stephen Hartke's works. Morten Lauridsen is the composer I was referring to. He seems like a throwback from an earlier time (late 1800's), but he writes absolutely glorious choral music.

[LovinDaHaley]

The Outlaw Josey Wales

^ Great suggestion Bluesman! I just finished watching it and I really really really like it. The only downside for me was "Laura Lee"; I guess the softest way to put it is simply saying, she isn't one of my favorite Sondra Locke characters. But I guess she's more likeable here than in Sudden Impact (that's not really saying much, is it?). I loved her in The Gauntlet and Bronco Billy.

“The Outlaw Josey Wales”? A gunslinger yes, but an outlaw? I say no. There are so many different methods of justice, and the methods of the corrupt military officers pursing Josey don’t hold much water. What’s right and moral to Josey doesn’t come from without; it’s an intuition, a gut feeling that once felt doesn’t go ignored. Josey does right by himself and the memory of his nameless wife and child, not to mention those who come to depend on him later. His deeds (both good and bad) aren’t the stuff of legend so much as necessities of daily life for a man who drifts from place to place, gunfight to gunfight.

Behind the scars, grimaces, and rasp of the typical Clint Eastwood character lies a very sweet sensitivity. I thought this movie was the clearest expression of the grim-but-optimistic worldview Eastwood characters all seem to have. As much as I like this movie, “Two Mules for Sister Sara” is still my favorite Clint Eastwood movie:

Greatest Moments - Two Mules For Sister Sara

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[Tom22]

After all the talk about "raising arizona" i decided to show it to my kids.

I got to say I didn't love it as much as my favorite scenes.....

... its not that I didn't like it, but it seems like that type of comic/ irrevererant to traditionparody was so unique then has been much more common place. The simpsons in some ways, but also the "king of the hill" that my kids watch which also kinda kindly pokes fun yet shows a certain internal respect for the outside the big city folks.

Still I was busting up laughing and my kids thought I was a retard. ( "which one is it? do you want us to freeze or to get on the floor ?" ) ("795 mississippi" )

[LovinDaHaley]

Morten Lauridsen is the composer I was referring to. He seems like a throwback from an earlier time (late 1800's), but he writes absolutely glorious choral music.

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Are you a big fan of choral music? I'm not a big fan but I do love some of Professor Luaridsen's work. Here's one that is beautiful to my ears. I've seen this composition performed by the Mormon Tabernacle choir at a Christmas concert (but I can't find a clip). Oh well, this one's probably better anyways.

University of Utah Singers - Sure on this Shining Night

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Professor Hartke's compositions cover so much ground in so many areas. His compositions are very avant-garde (as a music term this means that it's thought to be ahead of its time, containing innovative elements and fusing different genres). Most of his works are definitely not for mainstream, so I won't get carried away posting about him (if I did he would need his own thread). But you won't have any trouble finding information about him if you’re interested, he's considered by many to be one of the greatest composers of our times. His work is popular for being awesome in both its singularity of voice and the inclusive breadth of its inspiration.

Professor Harthe's music isn't for everyone, that's for sure, but here's a clip that hopefully can be enjoyed by the majority of people who read this post:

Stephen Hartke - The Horse with the Lavender Eye
"Possibly one of the most beautiful pieces ever written, even for such an unexpected trio: clarinet (Richard Faria), violin, (Ellen Jewwet) and piano (Xak Bjerken). Deep, heartbreaking, painful, wondrous, glorious, moving, breathtaking... Beautiful."

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[My Alter Ego]

"Possibly one of the most beautiful pieces ever written, even for such an unexpected trio: clarinet (Richard Faria), violin, (Ellen Jewwet) and piano (Xak Bjerken). Deep, heartbreaking, painful, wondrous, glorious, moving, breathtaking... Beautiful."

I don't know that I'd say it's one of the most beautiful pieces ever composed, but I definitely agree with the last sentence. "Avant garde" can take so many different directions. Sometimes it's nothing but a cacophonous mess, and other times it can lead to something like The Horse with the Lavender Eye (what a curious title). Thank you for introducing me to Hartke's work.

It's sweet that you still refer to both men as "professor."

Yes, I am a fan of choral music. And "Sure, on this Shining Night" is one of Lauridsen's best. The University of Utah Singers is an exceptionally good choir for amateurs. It's too bad that the man who was it's director, when this recording was made, left. And while I'm not particularly a fan of organ, I'd love to hear someone who knows his/her way around one play the one in the back of that auditorium. That's a magnificent looking instrument.