tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-509497574816685109.post7360860957959129993..comments2024-02-10T04:53:42.121-05:00Comments on Tales of the Easily Distracted: THE LOST WEEKEND Goes COLD TURKEY: “One’s Too Many and A Hundred’s Not Enough” by Team BartilucciDorianTBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01357778472575080022noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-509497574816685109.post-72460606501246713782011-02-09T09:04:09.767-05:002011-02-09T09:04:09.767-05:00Hey, Classic Film and TV Cafe, thanks for sharing ...Hey, Classic Film and TV Cafe, thanks for sharing your thoughts about THE LOST WEEKEND! I see what you mean, and I agree that to contemporary eyes, TLW might seem like it's trying too hard. When I watch it, I try to see it through a 1945 viewer's eyes as much as I reasonably can. Love it or hate it, TLW was a movie milestone, and one of Ray Milland's best performances. That said, I must admit that I've always felt that DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES was both the most powerful and, as you said, depressing look at alcoholism in any mainstream movie. Incidentally, I performed a scene from ...ROSES in my college theater class many moons ago at dear old Fordham U. I got kudos from my teacher and classmates, but inhabiting Kirsten's shoes even for just one scene was so intense I decided to stick to writing! :-)DorianTBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01357778472575080022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-509497574816685109.post-13681501900755263622011-02-08T23:15:00.362-05:002011-02-08T23:15:00.362-05:00Team B., your reviews were interesting and informa...Team B., your reviews were interesting and informative (loved the info on TLW spoofs), but I'm not a huge fan of either film. I can put TLW in historical context and I get that it was an important film at the time. But it still seems like it tries to be important...and that dilutes the impact a little for me. I think there are more powerful films about alcoholism, such as THE COUNTRY GIRL and especially the depressing THE DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES.Classic Film and TV Cafehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09548537117263337339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-509497574816685109.post-70810346694010632942011-02-05T14:18:13.949-05:002011-02-05T14:18:13.949-05:00Watching THE LOST WEEKEND, it's slyly ironic t...Watching THE LOST WEEKEND, it's slyly ironic that everyone's wringing their hands over Don Birnam's drinking while he and pretty much everyone else in the film smoke like the proverbial chimneys! Yes, I know, nobody realized smoking was bad for ya, and besides, it looked cool, yadda yadda yadda... Of course, this makes this week's TotED double-bill of THE LOST WEEKEND and COLD TURKEY so perfect! :-)DorianTBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01357778472575080022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-509497574816685109.post-70236042196266435062011-02-04T14:21:37.030-05:002011-02-04T14:21:37.030-05:00Yes, Michael, like you, I've always found it i...Yes, Michael, like you, I've always found it ironic that Warner Brothers cartoons like "Slick Hare" (which you can watch right here right now by clicking on the orange "Lost Weekend" link in my segment of our blog post) were intended for adults, and yet today way too many people think that since they're animated, they must be for kids. The "GP" rating, even under the name "PG," has always left us bemused. Grownups! Who can figure them out? :-)DorianTBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01357778472575080022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-509497574816685109.post-58333643671493768062011-02-04T13:06:01.085-05:002011-02-04T13:06:01.085-05:00Dorian --- These days, whenever I think of THE LOS...Dorian --- These days, whenever I think of THE LOST WEEKEND, I always recall all those old Warner Brothers "celebrity" cartoons where Ray Milland would show up at a bar and pay for his drink with a cash register. It was years (and with the kind assistance of TCM) before I finally got the joke. Now somebody again tell me that cartoons are only for children.<br /><br />Vinnie --- Yes, Dick Van Dyke's potential went woefully untapped. And any film featuring Bob & Ray should not be overlooked. But, if you're looking for true comedy, then how about that poster you used, where a Board of Censors classed the film as (Horrors!) ADULT ENTERTAINMENT??? Good Golly! Hide the children, Margaret. Better yet, let them watch Warner Brothers cartoons (as everyone knows they're strictly for children).Michael Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11808166630399508232noreply@blogger.com