tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781228220032973131.post2532993348535429428..comments2023-03-25T04:46:13.566-07:00Comments on Low Cotton: I Lay There in Pain but I Love It.Erik Bartlamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05401279267556576137noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781228220032973131.post-60402667478816713672015-03-27T04:05:30.349-07:002015-03-27T04:05:30.349-07:00Until recently, I didn't realize how closely h...Until recently, I didn't realize how closely he was associated with the initial British invasion. When I was little it was the Inspector...then he became inextricably associated with Kubrick. Never mind that he first came to prominence working with Spike Milligan. Erik Bartlamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05401279267556576137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781228220032973131.post-68981877119563358082015-03-26T10:08:02.337-07:002015-03-26T10:08:02.337-07:00I agree - he was brilliant in "Lolita", ...I agree - he was brilliant in "Lolita", and it was a really difficult part. Mind you,I think Quilty's shape-shifting character suited Sellers to a "t".<br /><br />And, on the day Richard III was reburied in Leicester Cathedral, another example of the man's brilliance:<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLEMncv140sScott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781228220032973131.post-66244407075927772102015-03-25T04:36:37.407-07:002015-03-25T04:36:37.407-07:00Ooooh.
While I was in Germany, I had a friend who...Ooooh.<br /><br />While I was in Germany, I had a friend who was half Chilean. The family had come back to Germany when she was a kid and it was never made exactly clear why her grandfather had gone to Chili in the first place. I didn't ask. <br /><br />There was a joke among soldiers that went out "on the economy"...those that spent there free time in German places with Germans...that everybody's grandfather fought on the Eastern Front. I guess all the veterans of the Western Front had ended up in East Germany :). I did meet one man who was captured in North Africa and sent to prison camp in Texas. <br /><br />We were in old Nazi barracks so it would cross you're mind occasionally but, it wasn't something I spent much dime thinking about. I thoroughly enjoyed my time there and the people I got to know. Ten years later my cousin, with V Corps, was stationed in Heidelberg...when he wasn't in Iraq...and he really fell in love with it and was basically adopted by a local family. He goes back for Christmas there.<br /><br />Still...the Dr Strangelove's, the Brauns, maybe my friend's grandfather who had "business" in Chili...heavy types...Erik Bartlamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05401279267556576137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781228220032973131.post-36921316972846407042015-03-25T01:15:28.608-07:002015-03-25T01:15:28.608-07:00A lot of them went to the States and a lot of them...A lot of them went to the States and a lot of them all over the place elsewhere . . . and an awful, awful lot stayed here. I'm still trying to get a read on how that effected things. But I think it made the 60s turn out differently here than elsewhere. <br /><br />Funny how little I think about the Nazis until things pop up, like a menorah in an antique store or a Sachsenhausenstrasse . . . but considering the way Berlin is filling up with Israeli draft dodgers I guess I'm not the only one. Mistress La Spliffehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809336191903934481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781228220032973131.post-12513888683943240432015-03-24T16:03:21.916-07:002015-03-24T16:03:21.916-07:00Considering the lack of love that Seller's has...Considering the lack of love that Seller's has gotten...I'll take it Jef.Erik Bartlamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05401279267556576137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781228220032973131.post-20777040661771284782015-03-24T15:04:56.774-07:002015-03-24T15:04:56.774-07:00hi nice blogg people write all type of weird stuff...<br />hi nice blogg people write all type of weird stuff. a blogspot <br />template like this will make it easyer for me to scroll page<br /><a href="http://tilbudsvarer.blogspot.no/" rel="nofollow">cheapstuff.blogspot.com</a><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781228220032973131.post-64375642896223216962015-03-20T12:06:11.277-07:002015-03-20T12:06:11.277-07:00Why are we speaking in the wretched tongue.
hahah...Why are we speaking in the wretched tongue.<br /><br />hahahahahahhaaa<br /><br />Quilty's my favorite...I think. There's another scene from Lolita that I almost posted...where he's grilling Humbert on the porch. About the little tall girl...it's hilarious and creepy but there's a point where it becomes menacing and really mad...but still hilarious. So discomfiting.Erik Bartlamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05401279267556576137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781228220032973131.post-30794008643659936012015-03-20T11:28:10.154-07:002015-03-20T11:28:10.154-07:00You won't get an argument from me - I reckon h...You won't get an argument from me - I reckon he's the most narually funny actor ever to appear on a cinema screen. As you say, pity he really was a tortured genius. My all-time favourite is his portrayal of the union shop steward, Fred Kite, which is just perfect. You've probably seen him in The Naked Truth, briefly impersonating an IRA terrorist ("Tis the Albert Hall, at all") - if you haven't, it's here:<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UikCLIPsEDkScott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.com