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exercise regimens lost 10lbs so far 3 waking up earlier in the mornings to squeeze in movie watching 4 watch more movies i ve been slacking 5 start another blog 6 re envision my social life 7 work on my self esteem and confidence 8 be more spontaneous eight classic film related things i look forward to 1 more warner bros archive movies 2 jack lemmon boxed set 3 convincing myself to purchase fox borzage murnau boxed set 4 watching more of the fox movie channel 5 tcm s summer under the stars 6 watching films professor jonas has sent me 7 connecting with more classic film fans 8 watching more classic films at the brattle and harvard film archive eight things i want to do for this blog 1 bring up my followers to 100 and my rss subscribers to 200 2 do more contests quel interpretations 3 write a review for every single norma shearer film i have access too 4 start my next blogathon shhh it s a secret 5 communicate more with other bloggers 6 finish my pamela tiffin series and start another similar one 7 do more match com style posts 8 have more guest bloggers contact me if you are interested eight movies i m going to watch next 1 smilin through 1932 2 the sign of the ram 1948 3 8 women 2002 4 strange interlude 1932 thank you jonas 5 no my darling daughter 1961 thank you casey 6 the last of mrs cheney 1929 thank you jonas 7 the pleasure seekers 1964 post coming soon 8 all the latino images in film movies that i had to tape or rent instead of tagging people i want to take this opportunity to point out to people some interesting tweeters on twitter here is a start up list tommysalami mercurie80 1416andcounting talkieking moviecollector tcmaniacs moviesontcm impossiblecat fleurdeguerre look at who i follow on my twitter page to find some other great tweeters although ginger disses twitter i think if you use it in the right way it revolutionizes the way you blog and the way you access information on the internet as long as you follow the right people and tweet intersting things posted by raquel stecher email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels movie memes reminder tcm latino images in film giveaway you know you want to win this enter the giveaway here posted by raquel stecher email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels latino images in film turner classic movies friday may 15 2009 ignorance is bliss vs knowledge is power over at noir girl casey s post about carmen miranda got me thinking about how classic film fans watch movies there are the times we watch films for substance looking for stories that speak to our own personal experiences or enrich their lives by exploring the human condition in ways they hadn t done before other times we watch for enjoyment for an escape from our everyday world and into another existence some of us lean towards the substance others lean towards the enjoyment yet we all find our own comfortable balance between the two we approach films different types of knowledge or lack thereof we come armed with an arsenal of information either about the film its stars the director or the genre or we come completely pure and naive ready to experience something new and different again a lot of us lean towards one or the other side but we find balance between the two in one of casey s comments she says the films are the ice cream the lives of the stars are just the sprinkles on the top that s the way it should stay i ve read a few posts by other classic film bloggers and they pretty much align with casey s viewpoint which is that certain knowledge about the lives of stars stains the purity of enjoyment when watching the films i don t really agree with this concept but i can understand it reading about loretta young in two separate biographies about other stars made me not like her so much and thus i have avoided her films however i didn t like her much to begin with so the knowledge just enhanced that on the flip side i ve read sordid details about the lives of bette davis cary grant clark gable spencer tracy robert mitchum norma shearer etc and it hasn t affected how i watch their films i still enjoy them immensely on screen i can see where that might not work for everyone joan crawford is forever tainted by that one famous line about wire hangers i am far too nosy and inquisitive to not learn about the lives of classic film stars yet is it right for me to dig up the dirt should i honor their legendary careers by avoiding their personal lives if so why should i if they did bad things why should i overlook them what about those stars who were genuinely good people should we avoid them too jimmy stewart was raised in my estimation after reading marc eliot s biography of him stewart gets the bad rap of being a womanizer total myth and dirt digging eliot couldn t even find much to tarnish stewart now i ask you dear readers would you rather know or not know and why i would love to hear your thoughts posted by raquel stecher email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday may 13 2009 latino images in film giant 1956 giant 1956 is a superb film which is often overshadowed by the fact that it was the iconic james dean s 3rd and final picture while dean s performance is nothing short of amazing i feel that this film has many other merits which are often overlooked the family saga follows the story of the benedicts and their texas ranch reata jordan benedict rock hudson runs the ranch with the same old fashioned sentiment that was handed down to him by his ancestors he marries fiery and compassionate leslie elizabeth taylor who balances him out and also butts heads with him in the best way a wife can together they raise three children and we see how the family ranch and the world evolves over the years the family s story parallels the story of jett rink james dean jordan s arch nemesis and the oil tycoon with a trouble soul i believe that giant 1956 may be one of the best films ever made and that is no hyperbole on my part the first time i watched it i broke down in tears as i was so moved by the story this epic is one of the best treatments on the social issue of racism and prejudice against mexican americans or even latinos in general it exposes the prejudice while at the same time humanizing mexican immigrants in a way that very few films have done jordan benedict rock hudson has a clear idea about the separation between white texans and mexican wetbacks they work the same land but their lives are kept separate and social interaction is discouraged when leslie moves to reata she brings a compassion to her fellow human beings that disturbs jordan many years later when jordan s son jordy dennis hopper marries mexican nurse juana jordan has to come to terms with his irrational prejudices spoiler alert my favorite scene comes towards the end when jordan benedict takes leslie luz and juana to a restaurant the owner of the restaurant makes a big fuss about serving mexicans like juana and her young son when a mexican family tries to eat there the owner kicks them out this angers jordan who now sees all mexicans as part of his family and jordan and the owner get into a fistfight which results in the whole family being kicked out this is quite a momentous scene as we see jordan come full circle for how wonderful this film is it is big on brownface sal mineo is one of the worst cases he is almost irrecognizable with his heavy brown pancake makeup even the hispanic actors such as elsa cardenas juana were given extra foundation for some ethnic enhancement this film goes a bit overboard with almost everyone s make up and i think that it in part has to do with it being shot in technicolor several characters get specialized makeup to show the advancement of years and with the brownface i feel like this film was in part an experiment on the use of makeup in film to enhance the visual elements the merits of the story as a whole i believe outdo the offense of the brownface it s lucky that the best make up oscar was still a few decades away as this film may have been a contender for that time level of brown face 5 out of 5 shades tcm latino images in film line up for thursday may 14th mexican spitfire 1940 my man and i 1952 giant 1956 the texican 1966 posted by raquel stecher email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels film reviews latino images in film turner classic movies tv monday may 11 2009 latino images in film the garment jungle 1957 the garment jungle 1957 is an industry specific film noir focuses on the shady dealings in nyc s garment business circa mid 1950s walter mitchell lee j cobb of roxton fashions has a major dispute with his business partner over the formation of a union to protect the company s workers many of whom are latinos shortly thereafter the business partner dies in a freak elevator accident mitchell has been paying gangsters to help protect his business from the union but is too busy to realize that they have killed his partner and best friend mitchell s son alan kerwin matthews becomes part of his father s business right at the moment when the tension between the union and the workers the executives and the thugs is about to get out of control alan meets worker tulio a frustrated union leader desperate for change even if it means neglecting his wife theresa gia scala and child when tulio is killed by the gangsters alan is determined to make his deluded father see what s really going on and to cut the company s ties with the gangsters for good the screenplay was inspired by an expose written by lester velie and published in the july 1955 issue of readers digest called gangsters in the dress business the hispanic workers at the garment factory and represented in the film are overworked underpaid and fed up with it when they try to fight back they are oppressed with extreme violence in real life a union worker was killed by gangsters and the footage of the funeral is used in the film the exploitation of hispanic workers is still an ongoing problem today so this film could definitely open up the opportunity to have some round table discussions this is a film in which the execution is poor yet the cultural concept is interesting enough it makes it worth viewing the acting is so so and the story is weighed down by poorly written dialogue and weak romantic sub plots i was a bit disturbed by the widow theresa being passed off to a new man before the first husband was even dead it s not something that happens in the story per say but as the audience member you know that it s coming i also found the inclusion of racism a little forced it s as though someone said hey we need some derrogatory terms thrown at these latino characters let s say spic bum a few times that should do it otherwise culturally this film is representative of a volatile time in american history and serves well as a vehicle of looking at the present through the past level of brown face 1 out of 5 shades italian is hispanic enough in this film tcm latino images in film line up for tuesday may 12th tortilla flat 1942 and now miguel 1943 the milagro beanfield war 1988 salt of the earth 1954 the garment jungle 1957 posted by raquel stecher email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels film reviews latino images in film turner classic movies sunday may 10 2009 vote for the dairy barn american express partners in preservation program is giving grants to historical massachusetts landmarks that need funding for the preservation of these sites out of 700 applicants they chose 25 and they are asking that you the public vote for which you think most deserves funding the winner will be guaranteed a grant others will be reviewed by committees to decide whether they should get some of the funding so why am i writing about this because my high school s dairy barn is one of the 25 contenders i attended norfolk county agricultural high school from 1994 1998 i was an environmental science major but had a special place in my heart for the dairy cows and the dairy barn the barn was built in 1919 and has been instrumental in teaching students about farm management however due to detoriation the barn no longer houses dairy cows and students are not allowed in this gorgeous barn is now used only for the storage of hay i spent many many hours in this dairy barn i got to see a cow give birth i got to feed the cows milk them and even bond with them in my junior year i selected a special guernsey cow named gemma to be my cow for the spring show i would go to the school on saturday mornings to train with her and groom her i clipped her bathed her cleaned her ears and nose scrubbed her shined her hooves and got her all gussied up for the show together we won 3 ribbons i have so many special memories of her and they all tie together with that barn so i m asking you please vote for my high school s barn register on the website and you can vote for it once a day until may 17th the more votes it gets the better chance it will receive some funding unlike the other sites the barn is used for educational purposes and does not get any outside funding from admission fees so it really really does need your votes vote that s me at 16 showing gemma the guernsey cow at the 1997 spring show here is gemma and i again and you can see the dairy barn and silo in the background my friends kevin and lisa outside the dairy barn 5 3 09 here i am petting crystal the guernsey she s gemma s great grandaughter 5 3 09 and have a happy mother s day posted by raquel stecher email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels personal adventures friday may 8 2009 tcm latino images in film giveaway i m very blessed to be able to do another tcm related giveaway this time in conjunction with their latino images in film festival this festival is by far my favorite and very close to my heart since i am a latina who loves classic films i really hope that you ll take the time to watch some of the films in the festival and really think about the representation of latinos in these movies i will be giving away some latino images in film themed composition notebooks to the winners of this contest how to enter 1 check out the tcm s latino images in film line up and the tcm originals video clips 2 add a comment on this post about which film in the line up you want to see and why or have seen and what you thought of it or tell me something interesting you learned watching the video clips 3 bloggers add a link or write an entry on your blog about tcm latino images in film festival if you are on twitter tweet about it to your followers 4 entries must be in by midnight sunday may 24th you can also e mail the entries to quellelove at gmail dot com winners will be announced tuesday may 26th they will be chosen at random this contest is open to everyone if you chose not to participate you can always enter tcm s 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