MARKino1 in the dark: film studies

I kind of like my new name: knowitallasswipe.
Got a ring, y'know?

As the protaganist says in a movie that I want you to "guess" the title of, "What do you want me to do, learn to stutter?".

Oh, and anybody else want to get in on this, or do bob and I just corner the market on fun and call it a day, muttering how all you gutless weenies . . .
well, anybody?

MARKino1 wrote:

I think it's pretty obvious that they read a couple posts, felt the creeping chills, and rushed off to a cold-shower of Max Hardcore videos.

I guess I shouldn't swing at this hardball, in hopes someone else will. But I've got a new flick I rented, and it looks pretty keen. I might quiz you on it later.

The Legend of Dapper Dandy Joel Cairo
Episode IV: The Fantabulously Wondiferous Knick-Knack of Doom

bobrysl wrote:

Jeez, talk about "gay porn".

OK, for jappen, and whomever else wants to flex. This one is pretty easy, but I'll work on more challenging puzzles.
Here's the deal: six well-known figures from world cinema. The first letter of their last names, when correctly combined, form the last name of an acclaimed and pioneering cinematographer.
Begin. Enjoy.

1. I was a filmmaker who worked with Tony Richardson near the beginning of his career and with Peter Sellers near the end of his.

2. I am a cinematographer who has photographed Tom Hanks, Liv Ullmann, Jack Nicholson and Nick Nolte.

3. In front of the camera, I played a slimy saboteur, before a dreadful fall; behind the camera, I became the director's producer.

4. I inspired the name attached to the special "beauty light" developed for me by my cinematographer husband.

5. Traffic was no playtime, and my uncle wasn't around for my holiday. I spoke only one word, and that was my character's name.

6. Before escaping the Nazis, and appearing in one of Hollywood's greatest films from the sound era, I was the star of not one, but TWO of the fifty greatest films of all time (from any reputable list), both by the same director.

Anybody? At least check in and tell me to get back to the porn.

Sorry, I'm 0-6.
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I don't need no friggin' sig.

Thanks for checking in, funslover! If we go another 24 hours with no progress, I'll give some hints.
Unless, of course, this is just no fun.

D'oh Markino!
To my shame i have to admit, that i have no idea! And no ... i did not live the last 30 Years under a Stone!
Hey ... thats a Forum of Lovers of the exquisite Art of how to fuck/suck/etc...!
Maybe if you make a Porn Quiz ...

Clueless here

MARKino1 wrote:

Well I for one am really looking forward to the more challenging puzzles Markino . Yup, this one´s pretty easy. I easily (and flexingly) answer the following:

1. Huh? Blake Edwards? No?
2. Markino1 is a cinematographer, was it him?
3. Let me see.... hmmm, I´ll pass.
4. Errrrrnt, dunno...
5. Can I make a phonecall? No? Well, pass on this one to.
6. Oh fuckit, what was the first question again?

Also have some trouble putting the letters together for a 6-letter named and acclaimed cinematographer. But with pioneering being the operating word here I´ll have a go at it and say Powers (Ed)???

jappen wrote:

Interesting, jappen, but no.
OK, true to my word (it's been 24 hours, and . . . ) I'll give some clues:
1. Started as an editor. Ended as director.
2. Add Meg Ryan to the list of people I photographed (this gives it away).
3. This one is almost too easy. I cannot in good conscience give any more.
4. Come on! OK, the light is a short, "cute" contraction of my last name.
5. I was FRENCH, OK? There are some film titles here, ya think?
6. I was FRENCH, OK? (the Hollywood film was "Casablanca". Jeez.)
The first letter of the "pioneering cinematographer" is T.

It's like hot food: after the first mouthful, it's not so bad.

MARKino1 wrote:

Sorry I'm late to this. The frog in question has to be (Marcel) Dalio, and the greatest movies of all time he appeared in, being: Grand Illusion, Rules of the Game (eng. title) and Donvan's Reef. So, T____D is your man, and he had something or other to do with other Ford movies, but I'm not saying.

I guess I don't get credit though. Even knowing the first letters of their last names now, I have no idea how to answer the other questions, without resorting to imdb.
(OK, I've now resorted to IMDB. I got nuthin.)

bobrysl wrote:

Well done, bob! Go, man, go! You CAN do it. I HAVE FAITH IN YOU!
qaz, come on, help a brother out!

MARKino1 wrote:

OK, since no one's having any fun here (but I think bob has cut to the ultimate answer), here are the answers:

1. Hal Ashby. Ashby edited Richardson's "The Loved One". "Being There" was Sellers' last film, directed by Ashby.

2. Sven Nykvist. The Meg Ryan clue, I thought, would give you this one. Sven shot "Sleepless in Seattle". You thought I wasn't havin' no truck with the vox populi? Nykvist (need I add?) was also the cinematographer of choice for Ingmar Bergman over many years and many films. He also photographed "The Sacrifice" for Andrei Tarkovsky.

3. Norman Lloyd. (In Hitchcock's "Saboteur", he fell from the Statue of Liberty, after a rescue attempt by hero Robert Cummings failed). He became the producer of record for the Master of Suspense, and a great friend to The Dark One.

4. Merle Oberon. (She was married to Lucien Ballard, who put a small, soft light directly over the camera to smoothe imperfections and put light in the eyes of his wife; hence, the "obie" light.)

5. Jacques Tati. His character, Monsieur Hulot (played by Tati himself) steered his bemused way through some of the greatest, nearly-silent films of the last half of the twentieth-century. The only "dialogue" in Tati's scripts was the character Hulot crisply introducing himself to the strangers he randomly met. His films included "Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot" (Mr. Hulot's Holiday), "Traffic", "Playtime", and "Mon Oncle" (My Uncle).

6. The great Dalio! In France, onscreen, he was known by his surname only. "La Regle du Jeu" (Rules of the Game; dir, Jean Renoir) is commonly grouped with Citizen Kane as being at the very top of the cinematic canon. Marcel Dalio also played Rosenthal, the French-Jewish prisoner who escapes with Jean Gabin in Renoir's "La Grande Illusion". Fleeing Europe in 1939, he became the familiar face of Gaullist France in films like "Casablanca" and "To Have and Have Not".

Ashby
Nykvist
Lloyd
Oberon
Tati
Dalio

Rearranged, the letters spell Toland. Gregg Toland. DP and collaborator with Orson Welles on "Citizen Kane", he shared the credit card with the director. His pioneering work in deep-focus cinematography changed the way movies were photographed and staged. Among his long list of great cinematic achievements are: "The G****s of Wrath", "The Best Years of Our Lives", "The Little Foxes", "The Long Voyage Home", and "Dead End".

By the way, if any of the films cited above are not familiar to you, they're all worth your time.