57Tbird Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 I think (hope) he meant "get-together", not "ghetto-getter". Have seen this documentary years ago on television; although it had some important points to make, I thought it could have been improved by more aggressive editing. How long does it run, anyway? 3 1/2 hrs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Jon Schwartz's landmark documentary on the first 60 years of Riverside area and the flight of whites from the areas in the 60's is now on DVD and is more than 3 hours of Houston historyI just purchased my copy, it is a 2 disc set with a bonus feature on the old Almeda movie theater. It sales for $60.00You can purchase direct from Jon Schwartz 955 2nd St. Santa Monica Ca 90403-2447Are these commercially-pressed or burned (DVD-R) discs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 This is going to be screened at the MFAH on Sunday, April 13 at 2PM. According to the MFAH's website, filmmaker Jon Schwartz will be in attendance, and copies of the DVD will be available for purchase. Also, a short film by Schwartz about the Almeda Theater will precede the main feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flipper Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Also, a short film by Schwartz about the Almeda Theater will precede the main feature. A "short film" preceding a 3.5 hour movie flipper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmer Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Screening at MFAH, Sunday, April 13, 2:00 pm.http://www.mfah.org/films.asp?par1=1&p...mp;currentPage=Apparently the DVDs of this movie will be released and for sale at this event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porphyrula Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 On June 16th I will be showing some 16mm film of Houston from (I think) 1967. This is a more or less random selection of raw camera and working footage from a Houston Chronicle promotional film titled "Houston Counterpoint" showing various Houston landmarks and street scenes.This silent footage runs about 20 minutes and will be shown before our regular monthly show, starting at about 8:15 PM, in the garden behind Domy Books / Brasil, Westheimer at Dunlavy.Program information is at http://www.cinemabomar.org/Schedule.htmlCome take a look! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchtastic Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Thank you for telling us. Domy hosts some really cool stuff that flies under the radar of a lot of people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porphyrula Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Thank you for telling us. Domy hosts some really cool stuff that flies under the radar of a lot of people.Well, they host me, which is about as far under the radar as you can fly! Here's the link to their movie page : http://www.domystore.com/houston/htx_films/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 I love watching movies back there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artistpro Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 I love watching movies back there.With a bit of luck, my own films will eventually be included in the Domi show. I shot ten thousand feet of 16mm film in the late 60s and 70s. The Hill (Herman pk) Dallas Pop Festival (1969), Deuce is Wild (promo film shot at the Catacombs) and much more..just waiting to hear from these people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Julio Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 I love watching movies back there.With a bit of luck, my own films will eventually be included in the Domi show. I shot ten thousand feet of 16mm film in the late 60s and 70s. The Hill (Herman pk) Dallas Pop Festival (1969), Deuce is Wild (promo film shot at the Catacombs) and much more..just waiting to hear from these people.That sounds great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domus48 Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Interesting piece in the NYT: www.nytimes.com/2009/10/01/garden/01film.html?scp=1&sq=the%20lens%20that%20loved&st=csePerhaps the film will be showing here. Following this post, I investigated the films itinerary and there does not seem to be a Houston venue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Neat - maybe it will make it here in a while..Here is the film site with trailers and information:http://www.juliusshulmanfilm.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 I recently watched a couple movies with some midcentury houses - what other movies have some? I know the Brady Bunch movie house is one and I'll post some pictures of that soon.. Back to the Future The sign for the new Lyon Estates subdivision with the McFly's house on it (~1955): The house in 1985: and the art deco high school: then this really awful one called Another Gay Movie that I don't recommend watching but the characters lived in some neat Eichler-y houses: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 ...and the Brady Bunch Movie: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 how did you get the screenshots?"the anniversary party" 2001 has a richard neutra house as the backdrop. the movie was by jennifer jason leigh and alan cummings. also, one of the charlie's angel's movies has a mod house in it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 They are in avi format and I run them in VLC media player which has a handy screen capture tool.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domus48 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 "Matchstick Men" finds Nicholas Cage living in a cool West Coast Mid Century home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Not movies, but how about the mod that Don Draper hangs out at in California on Mad Men? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Ooh yeah (and I should ad television to the thread title). I couldn't find any great exterior shots but here are a few of the California house: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willowisp Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Has anyone seen the "Willa's Wild Life" cartoon on Qubo (NBC Saturdays)? Her living room is great! Don't ask me why we watch Saturday morning cartoons... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 The show Crime Story had some great scenes in mods from time to time. Especially after the action moved out of Chicago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willowisp Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 I'm pretty sure "Why Do Fools Fall In Love?" the story of Freddy Lyman features The Stahl House. I think it's Halle Berry. She comes home to find the house trashed. I was more heart-broken for the house.Also, the best part of "A Star Is Born" starring Judy Garland is when she's in her mod mansion.I bet there's a whole slew of threads on Lotta Living devoted to this. What gets me is how in advertisements there are so many moderns, yet in Houston there's not enough respect paid to these great houses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toulouse Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Torch Song (1953) with Joan Crawford has some great mod interiors. There is one scene in her apartment where she's having a cocktail party. It shows several rooms in the apartment and all are over the top mod....pull down lamps, wall hangings, cool furniture, clothing. There's even a smart jazz ensemble playing mod tunes at the party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenH Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 "Cameron, you killed the car". Cameron's house from Ferris Bueller's Day Off. http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/370-Beech-Street_Highland-Park_IL_60035_1109385563?mp=1#requestcloseOne of the architects that designed this house, David Haid, worked in Houston for Hugo V. Neuhaus, Jr. for a few years. Most of The Incredibles:http://www.midcenturymodernist.com/2009/04/mid-century-modern-idealism-in-the-incredibles.htmlBrewster McCloud showed the Astrodome. Frank Lloyd Wright's Ennis house in L.A. was in Bladerunner, The Rocketeer, Grand Canyon, The Thirteenth Floor, and many others. A list of John Lautner's buildings featured in movies:http://www.johnlautner.org/wp/?p=32Just about any movie set in Las Vegas. Pulp Fiction (specifically when Travolta and Jackson are in the coffee shop). No Country for Old Men (at the end in 'El Paso'). The coffee shop in American Graffiti. And finally for the evening, Eugene Werlin's Fondren house in River Oak's Tall Timbers section was used in "The Thief Who Came To Dinner"Chronicle article:http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1994_1184057 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAZ Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 The Corb-inspired house that Jeff Greene lives in in Curb Your Enthusiasm comes to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NekoCase Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Pineapple Express- the house where Gary Coles character lives is amazing. Mullholland Drive- the house in the scene where Billy Ray Cyrus beats the crap out of Justin Theroux. Funny stuff. Bottlerocket- Bobs house in Dallas- I think it is my favorite MCM movie house.Confessions of a Dangerous Mind- the house Drew Barrymore and Sam Rockwell buy together. The whole movie is very mod and hip.Crybaby- Traci Lords house when she is running away from home- the whole neighborhood looks amazing. Virgin Suicides- the Lisbon house I hate to admit this one, but the Cullens house in Twilight is pretty rad as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokeyhawk Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Bottlerocket- Bobs house in Dallas- I think it is my favorite MCM movie house.The house in Bottlerocket is a Frank Lloyd Wright house in Dallas,TX. I believe it is the John A. Gillin House and was built in 1950. I love the movie, largely because of the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Finally saw Matchstick Men - neat house.. I also came across a "Doors in the Movies" Flickr set by Crestview Doors: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenH Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Maybe I missed it, but how did we not include North By Northwest? Not an actual house by still cool, mod and in the movies. http://www.flickr.com/groups/mid-century/discuss/72157594261231182/Men In Black has the Guggenheim. Gattica features Wright's Marin County Civic Center and Antoine Predock's CLA Building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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