I find it interesting that she had five children, all by the same husband (her second of five husbands), none adopted, none by surrogates, all born within a period of eight years. I was going to say that I don’t know of any female celebrity who did that. For that matter, I don’t know offhand of any woman who did that, although doubtlessly there are some.
Well, she was in St. Elmo’s Fire, but that’s the only thing I know her from. Nice to hear that she’s still working.
That one might as well be a “forgotten movie.” It outlines all that was worst about twenty-somethings in the 1980s—going crazy with credit cards, “You boffed the boss?”, and “No Springsteen is leaving this house!” As a twenty-something at the time of it’s release, and as one who saw it then, I find it cringeworthy now. Jeez, were we really like that?
Thanks, @Dewey_Finn and @DPRK . It never occurred to me to think about my computer’s DVD drive. (Well, it’s an external DVD/CD drive, would that make a difference?) At any rate, it’s good info.
Can you (or anybody) suggest some good ripping software? I own the DVD, so I see no problem ripping it to a personal device such as my computer, for personal use. Problem is that VLC doesn’t always do a good job at syncing sound and video, as I have learned. Is there anything better?
As mentioned in another thread, using a computer DVD drive the simplest and quickest thing is just to copy the VIDEO_TS folder, but if you prefer you can use software like Handbrake or MakeMKV.
I mentioned VLC as a good option for playing DVDs, Blu-Rays, pretty much any type of video file; I’m not sure it would be my first choice for ripping or advanced format conversion (I prefer my command-line tools 
Not really, though you can buy a second external drive for ten or twenty dollars and leave it on Region 2 if this is a frequent need.
I mentioned the movie upthread Who is Julia? Mare Winningham was the title character.
In the “cult movie” scene “Streets of Fire” is held up and beloved. I think it has a half-dozen “deluxe blu-ray steelbook limited edition ultimate edition” etc etc etc releaseas at this point.
I’m waiting for “Bunraku” to get similar revival love-- It’s a weird kind of Sin City meets live-action anime actioner with Josh Hartnett, Woody Harrelson and Ron Perlman in a over-stylized martial arts gangster world.
It definitely wasn’t this, as I remember animated sequences and other plot elements from the Danny Elfman movie.
Assuming my memory isn’t playing tricks, I definitely saw it in a movie theater in Quincy IL and it wasn’t a live performance. Although now that I give it more thought, it is possible that I saw it one of the times I went back to visit after graduation, which might have been in the 77-82 time frame. Why they might have been doing test screenings there I have no idea.
I do. I remember seeing a summer movie showing of it to a roomful of kids. Two janitors were watching, and one commented to te other “Can you believe people got paid to do this?”
It’s written by DR,. Seuss!!
I always thought this belonged on a double bill with Dr. T and the Women.
I love the film, but honestly I must say their “craft” wasn’t fully good. Take for example the whole subplot with Charlotte Rampling. What, you say? Exactly! She made the case but not the actual film.
Now, I agree a film doesn’t have to explain everything, but I wish it gave some clues! Is it an existential voyage of a man’s soul that never dies but is doomed to repeat the same days over and over? Is Super Soul actually an angel ushering Kowalski into the afterlife? Is it just about the drugs?
Oh well, I like it in spite of that!
I have a VHS copy, that I copied from a rental. It really is hard to find. Good to see it is on youtube. As I get older I find some of it a bit juevenile, and the rampant drug use is a bit ridiculous, but I love the performances. “I’m going to do…MY version, of Hoochie Koochie Man.”
You’ve never meet me, but I liked it. Not enough to own it, or want to see it again. But the first time, yeah.
For other forgotten film, I just remembered Videodrome. I remember it was strange cool. And speaking of Bakshi*, anyone remember Cool World? It was…not.
*I wish I could forget Wizards.
Bedazzled (1967?) with Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. Not streaming, not on DVD, and I remember it as being absolutely hysterical.
There was a remake with Brendan Fraser in Moore’s role and Elizabeth Hurley as the Devil. I enjoyed the original quite a bit and noted it was a bit more somber than the remake. I kind of felt sorry for Peter Cook, the Devil, who was trying to get back into God’s good graces and not understanding why his scheme’s didn’t work to that effect.
It’s on Plex for free
I saw that as a kid, but don’t remember much about it - except it freaked me out.
It’s actually a phrase from a Billie Holiday song lyric.
Well, my mom had four kids in just inside six years. That’s why we were Boomers.
My mother had eight children in sixteen years, but she didn’t appear in a single movie.
For some reason, this movie aired constantly after school in the 1970s (LA market). It was one of a few films I could quote dialog from when I was a kid - “Everything I’ve ever told you has been a lie.”
Well, I like my cigar, but I take it out of my mouth once in a while. 
Ridley Scott’s Napoleon didn’t do do well, but when it gets to Free-With-Prime level, I’ll probably have a look, at least to admire all the hand-stitched embroidery of the era.
In the meantime, I went looking for 1994’s Colonel Chaubert. Rats: “not available on any streaming service.” I get that a lot.
But it lead me down a online rabbit hole on all things Battle of Eylau, including the there’s always one naysayer who contends that an 10,000 cavalry charge couldn’t have been possible because there’s no way that many healthy horses would have been available. Also a look at what happened to poor 19 year-old François-Antoine Fauveau at Waterloo. At least he didn’t seem to have suffered a lingering death.
