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I want to say either Stromboli or Europa '51. Probably wrong though

Well, it's Rita Hayworth, not Ingrid Bergman, and I'd guess AFFAIR IN TRINIDAD.

George Kaplan wrote:Well, it's Rita Hayworth, not Ingrid Bergman, and I'd guess AFFAIR IN TRINIDAD.

You are correct, sir. Scroll down to the first cap and you'll see it's identical to the picture linked above.

That was way too easy. Did I miss something?
I'd keep the ball in play but, have no idea of how to attach an image here.

George Kaplan wrote:That was way too easy. Did I miss something?

Perhaps that this isn't a "game" thread like those that exist on many other sites, but, in fact, a thread in which people can seek help identifying movies from which they have a still or of which they only have scant information or memory?

Driving me crazy:

I remember a scene in a Woody Allen film where Woody and Diane Keaton are in a bookstore and she notices "The Feminine Mystique" and asks if he's read it; she says "it's a very important book." I'm beginning to think my memory is a composite of late 70s Woody and something else (perhaps a TV show), but I can't find a single movie that has referenced The Feminine Mystique on Google or IMDB.

Is it Play It Again, Sam?

Does anybody know what film this is from?

I haven't seen Play It Again, Sam, as far as I remember.

Isn't there a bookstore scene between the two of them in either Annie Hall or Manhattan?

There's definitely one in Annie Hall, but they talk about his death books, not Feminine Mystique (or feminist anything). Manhattan maaaay have a bookstore scene too....

I meant to resist asking for another movie identification in this forum until I had helped someone else identify a movie, but...

Two men are wandering through a room full of candles, each candle on a separate stand or pedestal a foot or two apart, so that it is like a forest of candles. The candles are of different lengths, some long and some nearly burned down. One of the men, who is Death or Fate or some Virgil-like figure, explains to the other that each candle represents a persons life -- and blows one out. The other man, I think, begs to see his own candle (or perhaps begs not to be shown his own candle).

This could be from a movie, or from a BBC television production. It would have to be at least twenty-five years old, and I'm almost sure in English and in colour.

It sounds like Lang's silent Der müde Tod. Was it ever remade?

In Godard's Historie(s) du Cinema, he often features a clip of an older black and white film where a man is looking up a girl's skirt only to get urinated on. It's been bothering me and now I feel the need to ask: where the hell is it from?

bottled spider wrote:I meant to resist asking for another movie identification in this forum until I had helped someone else identify a movie, but...

Two men are wandering through a room full of candles, each candle on a separate stand or pedestal a foot or two apart, so that it is like a forest of candles. The candles are of different lengths, some long and some nearly burned down. One of the men, who is Death or Fate or some Virgil-like figure, explains to the other that each candle represents a persons life -- and blows one out. The other man, I think, begs to see his own candle (or perhaps begs not to be shown his own candle).

This could be from a movie, or from a BBC television production. It would have to be at least twenty-five years old, and I'm almost sure in English and in colour.

The scene is from the Grimm fairy tale 'Godfather Death' (see here), but I have no idea when it might have been adapted into a film. Oddly enough, I have a faint recollection of seeing a filmed version of this somewhere as well.

Jonathon S., Zedz, thank you both. Those two pieces of information might help me track it down. Coincidentally, I recently bought a second hand collection of the Grimm fairy tales, which I've barely dipped into yet.

I saw whatever it was as a kid. I remember the solemn feeling it gave me better than the scene itself. I'll ask my parents about it sometimes, as I almost certainly would have seen it in their company.

Just so you know, Der Mude Tod is on instant play on Netflix if that'll help you jog your memory. It's black and white, silent, and German, and the lead character is a woman, but other than that it's a ringer for your description:

Thanks. I'll watch the Lang some time. It's not what I saw, but since it's Lang it's no doubt better than whatever it was I saw. (Having now Googled around and sifted through IMDb to no avail for movies based on Grimm, I'm more convinced that what I saw must have been a BBC or Thames television production.)

Anyone know what this is from?

The Elegant Dandy Fop wrote:In Godard's Historie(s) du Cinema, he often features a clip of an older black and white film where a man is looking up a girl's skirt only to get urinated on. It's been bothering me and now I feel the need to ask: where the hell is it from?

Pasolini's Salo.

NY people, please, I need to know which is that amazing Art Deco skycrapper that appears in the 7th episode of Bored to Death, The Case of the Stolen Sperm.

Is it in Brooklyn? what is that park?

Methinks its Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn, but I don't know the name of the building. Any other NYERs that can chime in?

Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower

Wow, fast replies. Thank's a lot.
I've been in NY twice but never in Brooklyn. After watching this new HBO show, Brooklyn looks gorgeous, specially this park and Brighton Beach.