I noticed that when I check out a blog, it asks me if I want to continue or not, an extra step...WTF?? This is annoying but I don’t think I can do anything about it. My pain seems to be a bit better and I actually could sleep until 7am yesterday instead of crawling out at 5am. I have to go for xrays, ultrasounds and another test to see what is going on. I think it is my bursitis that got irritated but we shall see. Unfortunately, not much lust is going on in my neck of the woods but that doesn’t mean lust isn’t around and kicking. A good lust in the dust ( not with Divine...ewwww) is always fun and this is a deadly sin which Wandering Through The Shelves has decided to showcase for this week’s theme. I decided to go with 3 films that, I believe, show Lust well( no, I’m not talking about Raquel Welch from Bedazzled). Here are my 3...
1. PANDORA’S BOX-1929
Oh yes, nothing says lust like a Silent German film unless it stars the luminous Louise Brooks. She is one actress that I think most of you would love to read about and she was an excellent writer herself about old Hollywood who did not pull any punches about ole Hollywoodland. Louise gave the finger to her studio and hightailed it to Europe where she made 2 great films in Germany and one in France, this being one of them( the first of the 3 and in Germany). She stars as Lulu, a beautiful woman who knows what she does to men and women especially a Countess who can’t stop being with her. This Countess may be the first time a Lesbian is shown on film( not including porn) that will do whatever she can for Lulu. Lulu uses and leaves but each time she descends further into the underbelly of society. You never know who might finally make Lulu feel sensuality for the first time but this may not be a good thing. Well directed by G. W. Pabst with sensual camera effects, costumes and the face of Louise Brooks, it’s a film that is a must see.
2. THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE-1946
Lana Turner is at her sexy, platinum blond best as a duplicitous wife of a nice old, daft man who believe his wife is happy running their diner in a dusty, hot U.S. town. Enter John Garfield( died too young and a victim of the communist witch hunts) as a smoking hot hunka, hunka burning loins who comes to the diner and is hired to help out. He proceeds to help himself to Lana and she is more than willing. Their lusty trips down sex aisle leads them to kill her daft husband so they can be together and it seems to work but not for long. This is a much better film than the one with Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange. I hope you get to see it one day.
3. LOLITA-1962
I have seen the very good remake with Jeremy Irons but my heart belongs to Daddy..Er...wrong way...my heart belongs to this version directed by Stanley Kubrick. This stars James Mason as Humbert, Humbert, a professor who becomes in lust with a 14 year old daughter of his landlady. What's he supposed to do but marry the mom whom he is repulsed by. When mom finds out what he thinks of her and her daughter she runs right into a car a dies. Humbert ventures off to Lolita's school and eventually tells her about mom. The gal knows what's going on and uses her charms seducing the perv and relegating him to colouring her toe nails. You know he is going down a path of lustful degeneration but you can't help but watch. Lolita was played by Sue Lyon who was only 14 years old at the time but carried the film quite well given her naivity.
Which 3 films would you choose?
Which 3 films would you choose?
I've only seen the Postman, but as I told Debbie, when I saw the word Lust all I could think of was the crazy lady in Basic Instinct.
ReplyDeleteYes Sharon Stone and her crossing her legs in the police station. She was one wicked lady
DeleteHope they figure out what is going on with you.
ReplyDeleteI got the Divine - Lust in the Dust reference.
All I can think of is Fatal Attraction, but I didn't like that film. Not into spouse-cheating flicks.
There are many spouse cheating flicks and fatal Attraction is one of the worst because he went with a very unstable nut
DeleteI am sorry you are still not well. I can truly relate. I haven't seen or even heard of any of these. However, I enjoyed reading your take on all of them. I fear this theme would turn me off.
ReplyDeleteI wish to bet back to “norm” and it will happen. I. Always happy that you read my reviews even though you haven’t seen the films. Lust can be a turn off if they are films like 40 Shade of Bore. Some film noir films can be lusty but are good films.
DeleteI'm only familiar with Lolita, which I haven't seen. I remember watching a documentary that mentioned the remake and the lengths they went to to fake the scenes between Irons and the young actress. Like she had hand doubles and what not. It was interesting.
ReplyDeleteThat documentary sounds good and I’m glad they had doubles because I was a bit shocked by some of the images if this remake
DeleteOh man, I could name so many (so, so many) movies about lust. They're all the kind that you used to be able rent from the back room at your local video store.
ReplyDeleteI hope they figure out what's going on, and can treat it.
Yes, those back areas carry very lusty film like The Sheets of SAN Francisco and Ramnboooooh
DeleteHi Birgit...so sorry you are still in pain and hope that the hospital visit gives you some answers.....
ReplyDeleteLust...not much going on here either I used to like those old black and white 1960 films...Alfie and the knack ....hope you feel better soon xxxx
Yes, I have to get the tests done.i have yet to see Alfre but I think tha is a good choice.
DeleteHI Birgit; I hope you can get a handle on the pain and feel better soon. ♥
ReplyDeleteGreat selections, here! I haven't seen the first one, but do remember Louise Brooks. It sounds fascinating and pretty avant-garde for the times. The other two I know and enjoyed them both. The originals are much better than the remakes. P.S. I'm joining in this week, showcasing 4 modern films.
I. So happy you joined and will do this once per month. Louise Brooks is a very interesting woman. A great bio of her is by Barry Paris. She ended up living in Rochester, NY.
Deletere: Lolita. Lusting for a fourteen year old is just sick and wrong.
ReplyDeleteGlad you are feeling better:) Hope tomorrow is another good day.
Oh you are sooo right but thT girl knows what she is doing...but it is still icky
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ReplyDeleteI have heard of Louise Brooks. I really should watch more silents. Turner Classic Movies does Silent Sunday Night, so I can. But since I usually knit while watching movies...
Thanks for explaining this to me. Yeah, a silent film has to be watched so knit when you can
DeleteLolita is the only I’ve seen. The version you picked only and it didn’t really work for me. I’ve been meaning to watch the version with Irons though as I’ve read it’s more faithful to the novel.
ReplyDeleteI prefer the original version but the remake is very good. I have a feeling you prefer the newer version. I hope you can see Louise Brooks one day.
DeletePandora's Box is a brilliant pick! So dark and punishing in its way. Louise Brooks was a pistol! In many ways her career's own worst enemy but she lived on her own terms.
ReplyDeleteThis version of Postman is so many leagues better than that trash with Nicholson and Jessica Lange that mistook baseness for reality. By its inferences and the performances of Lana and Garfield (my favorite actor) you just know these two are consumed by their lust for each other. You don't need to see it.
We match!! I can't say I hold a deep affection for Lolita but it's a very good film of a touchy subject with excellent performances by all.
With Kirk Douglas's passing yesterday I did a bit of revision to include one of his works, I immediately thought of Lust for Life but the story doesn't fit the theme despite the title. I tried to find films that looked at several aspects of lust not just carnally.
Lust for Gold (1949)-In the 1880’s Arizona drifter Dutchy Walz (Glenn Ford) and his buddy Wiser (Edgar Buchanan) suspect two men know the location of a gold mine. Tracking them they shoot the pair after which Walz turns on Wiser and kills him as well. Heading to Phoenix with a large stash of nugguts word quickly spreads and shopkeeper Julia Thomas (Ida Lupino) wheedles herself into Walz affections without mentioning her marriage to Pete (Gig Young) in the hopes of getting her hands on the loot. Eventually all turn on each other in their “Lust for Gold”.
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)-In his lust for power unscrupulous movie producer Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas) ruthlessly claws his way to the top of the studio system by discovering, using and discarding movie star Georgia (Lana Turner), director Fred Amiel (Barry Sullivan) and writer James Lee Bartlow (Dick Powell) along the way.
Lolita (1962)-British professor Humbert Humbert (James Mason) relocates to the American suburbs, renting a room from lonely widow Charlotte Haze (Shelley Winters). He finds himself lustfully drawn to Charlotte’s teenage daughter Lolita (the recently departed Sue Lyon) doing whatever necessary including marrying her mother to remain close to the nymphet leading to his downfall. Stanley Kubrick directed his own adaptation of the Nabokov novel.
Yeah we match! I was wondering if we would this week. Even though Kirk Douglas was 103 and looked very frail next to his equally frail wife, I am still surprised by his passing so i am glad you represented him with this film which is excellent. I almost went with Lust for Life but decided on my 3. I have added Lust for Gold to my ever increasing list of movies to watch. Lolita is a good film but an uncomfortable one and i always love James Mason. Are you watching the Oscars? I am assuming yes, Who do you wish would win and whom do you think is over-rated. I heard they are doing a special tribute to Kirk Douglas which is great but they are doing one for Kobe Bryant...why? Yes he won the Oscar for a short film but that's it for film. Ok so he is a huge athlete but he is not huge in film so I don't think he deserves the same accolades that Kirk Douglas will be getting.
DeleteI'm so unenthusiastic about the Oscars this year, it may be the least I've cared about them ever. I'm DVRing them so I can speed through in case there are any surprises but I've seen so few of the movies in contention, and frankly am intrigued by very few. It makes me sad that Zellweger looks to be the frontrunner for Actress. I am NOT a fan. In fact she's a performer who I've never thought had much talent and that she took on Judy Garland just pains me. It kills me that she might have two Oscars and so many greats don't have a single one and some like Donald Sutherland never even have had a competitive nomination!! UGH!
DeleteGlad they are having a tribute for Kirk but don't get me started on the whole Kobe thing! His death is certainly tragic but no more so than the other 8 people on board and the whole veneration thing in inappropriate places is irksome. At least the ceaseless coverage is abating.
Happy to hear your pain is a bit better - hope it gets a LOT better! Have only seen Lolita which was good but made me feel a bit unclean. I tried to read the book once but couldn’t get past the first few pages.
ReplyDeleteYes, It is an uncomfortable film for sure. Thank you and I hope my pain improves
DeleteI'm not sure
ReplyDeleteNot sure about which films you would choose??
DeleteSure failed this week. Never saw a one. Basic instinct is all that springs to mind for me.
ReplyDeleteThat is a good Lust film for sure
DeleteI hope your pain issues get resolved/healed soon. I hope my blog isn't one of the ones that annoyingly asks if you want to continue. Extra steps are not something I like to deal with as a reader, and would never do that on my own blog - at least not knowingly. I had an issue where I visited someone's blog who used wordpress.com, and I was forced to create a wordpress-dot-com account, and now anytime I visit anyone's blog who uses wordpress-dot-com, it links to that and will not let my use my blog url. I end up having to type out my url so that I have an actual link back to my blog instead of an unused wordpress-dot-com page that you have to look for my blog link at. It's so annoying, but I don't think anything can be done about that issue, either.
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Thank you and that sucks about wordpress. I hope you can find something around that
DeleteI've heard of the last 2 but don't think I have ever seen any of them as they don't sound familiar to me at all. When I retire it will be time to do some major movie catching up I think. Hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteThey are good movies with The postman being great. I hope you get to see it one day
DeletePandora's Box, that is a great film. I love it. I'm finishing up my review of another G.W. Pabst-Louise Brooks collaboration in Diary of a Lost Girl right now. Lolita is another great film though often overlooked in comparison to the other films Kubrick has done.
ReplyDeleteGlad you like Pandora's Box. I have only seen part of Diary of a Lost Girl but will see it one day. Lolita is good and yes, one of Kubrick's overlooked films
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ReplyDelete'Postman...' was an excellent choice. I haven't seen the other two (although I did read about half of the book 'Lolita').
Continuing to run with the theme of John Garfield and Film Noir, (in the Garfield department) I'll mention (for the 103rd time) one of my all-time Top Ten favorite movies 'TORTILLA FLAT'. John Garfield is lusting after Hedy Lamarr so badly that it very nearly kills him. One of the ultimate movies as it contains EVERYTHING you want to see in a movie. (Similar in that way to 'It's A Wonderful Life' - both have great characters, great humor, and great pathos!!!)
[Link> TORTILLA FLAT trailer
And in the Film Noir department, I'll go with 'DOUBLE INDEMNITY', as I like it even better'n 'The Postman Always Rings Twice'. (He didn't get the money, and he didn't get the woman. Ha!-Ha!)
[Link> DOUBLE INDEMNITY trailer
And then there's this:
"Cowardly scholar Boris Grushenko has the hots for the beautiful Sonja, but cold feet for the Napoleonic Wars."
His "hots" actually *DOES* get him killed! For my money, this is easily the funniest movie Woody Allen ever made.
[Link> LOVE AND DEATH trailer
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Great choices and I hang my head low and not admit to the fact that I still must watch Tortilla Flat. Who wouldn't lust after Gene. Double Indemnity is excellent and most men love that ankle bracelet. I have to see Love and death one day too.
DeleteJames Mason did such a great job playing creepy that I couldn't bear to watch any more of of his movies.
ReplyDeleteOh no! I love James mason and I hope you get to see other movies of his one day
DeleteWhen I read one of your entries, I always try to come up with my list of three before reading the comments so I'm not influenced... though sometimes I must admit something mentioned by one of your readers makes more sense than what I had come up with. That being said, the three movies I will list were all of my own doing. "Fatal Attraction" is an obvious one and I see many here have already mentioned it. It's interesting (if not true) that the theme of lust is almost always accompanied by moralizing, judgment, and ultimately... a resolution based on some form of karma. It would be interesting to explore the theme without the usual accompaniment. Anyway, my other two movies are "Boogie Nights,"... is there anything more lust driven than the porn industry?... and "9 1/2 Weeks" which explores the lust-driven aspects of a brief but torrid relationship.
ReplyDeleteBoogie Nights is a great choice and I’m surprised no one chose it. I still have to see 9 1/2 Weeks and, one day, I will. Maybe Austin Powers could be in this theme as well and we don’t judge him..except maybe his teeth.
DeleteFamiliar with two of your films, but not the first one. Of course, as usual, I didn't see them. If you have bursitis, as your doctor for some diclofenac ointment, the osteopath started me off on it and I use it for any and all inflammations with great success.
ReplyDeleteI marked the name down and will get it if this is the cause. Thank you so much for the tip.
DeleteHi, Birgit!
ReplyDeleteI'm back from my hiatus and happy to see you, dear friend! I hope you are feeling well today. I studied silent film in college but don't remember Pandora's Box. (I'm starting to believe there is such a thing.) Louise Brooks was indeed radiant. Her face lit up the silver screen.
I have liked Lana Turner ever since Love Finds Andy Hardy and John Garfield ever since Four Daughters.
For years I have owned a Stanley Kubrick DVD box set which includes Lolita. I also studied the movie in my college film course. I was saddened when the news broke a couple of weeks ago that Sue Lyon had died. Then came the deaths of four terrific actors: Kirk Douglas, Kevin Conway, humorist Orson Bean and Robert Conrad.
Have a great week, dear friend BB!
I’m so glad you are back! I hope the move was hassle free, for the most part. I think you would like Pandora’s Box. Louise Brooks as radiant for sure and she was a lusty gal as well. I was surprised that Sue Lyon died. Kirk was also a surprise even though he was 103. Yes, Oscar day, I heard 2 others passed away...Robert Fonrad who always looked fit to me and poor Orson Bean who was hit by a car...not nice at all.
DeleteI haven't seen any of these...yet. But consider them added to my list! As for which movies I would have picked for lust, how about Crash (the other one), Shame and Love?
ReplyDeleteThe only one I've seen is Lolita and it is a good pick. I haven't seen the one with Jeremy Irons and do want to.
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