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A Movie A Day: Quint watches noir D.O.A. (1950)
I don't think you fully understand, Bigelow. You've been murdered.

First. by kevinwillis.net	Jul 9th, 2008 04:00:16 PM
I love this series of articles. Truly, it is da bomb.
Can't Wait for Your Take on the Black Hole by kevinwillis.net	Jul 9th, 2008 04:04:13 PM
I still like that movie, but I think it's mostly nostalgia. Love it when Maximillian does the Cuisinart thing on Tony Perkins.
Isn't this moving coming out again? by GregoryHarbin	Jul 9th, 2008 04:09:38 PM
I seem to remember seeing a trailer for a movie with this same basic premise. Anyone know what I'm talking about?
DOA 1950 is Public Domain by Longtime Lurker	Jul 9th, 2008 04:11:40 PM
The original DOA is in the public domain. It can be downloaded from a number of public domain sites including, I believe, the Internet Archive. Check it out. Cheers. :)
FIFTH!AWESOMME!5TH!HELLACOOL! by kevinwillisisadouchebag.net	Jul 9th, 2008 04:15:34 PM
FIFTH oR SIXTH! AWESOMME!
SIXTHTOO!HEYGUYSSIXTH! by kevinwillisisadouchebag.net	Jul 9th, 2008 04:16:37 PM
AWESUMME GUYS!
GH, there was a remake in the late 80s by Longtime Lurker	Jul 9th, 2008 04:16:46 PM
It starred Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan, Daniel Stern and Charlotte Rampling. I seem to remember it being pretty good, actually. Then again, I haven't seen it since it first came out.
kevinwillisisadouchebag.net . . . by kevinwillis.net	Jul 9th, 2008 04:38:29 PM
I am touched. Seriously. Thank you for spending the time and effort for that touching tribute. BTW, 9th or 10th!! Awesommmme!!
I'm dreading the Black Hole by mooli_mooli	Jul 9th, 2008 04:38:46 PM
I remember the Black Hole as the most exciting film I'd ever seen as a kid - but part of me knows now that it hasn't aged well, and I haven't rewatched it in 25 years or so... I almost don't want to find out that its actually a load of crap.
The long shot of O'Brien running up Market Street by Tacom	Jul 9th, 2008 04:39:56 PM
after he finds out he's going to die is spectacular. First as a native San Franciscan it's cool to see how the city looked way back then. Second, it's just a pretty amazing shot where the camera just looks from up high at Edmond O'Brien running frantically through the crowded street all the way up to the Ferry building.
BTW, kevinwillisisadouchebag.net . . . by kevinwillis.net	Jul 9th, 2008 04:40:00 PM
Your URL doesn't resolve. You might want to check that out. I was looking forward to checking out your site. You seem like a thoughtful, articulate kind of guy.
I Haven't Seen Black Hole in Years . . . by kevinwillis.net	Jul 9th, 2008 04:45:26 PM
But I enjoyed it, last time I caught it. I think there was a lot of nostalgia involved in my experience, tho, which is always dangerous.
Frank Bigelow, DOA Gigalo. by fiester	Jul 9th, 2008 05:03:54 PM
Bwah-haw-haw!
Starring Rob Schneider by kevinwillis.net	Jul 9th, 2008 05:13:50 PM
Duh-dur-dur-durdely-dur!
What no Kevin Nash? by Alkeoholic77	Jul 9th, 2008 05:19:19 PM

What no Kevin Nash? by Alkeoholic77	Jul 9th, 2008 05:20:04 PM

All right! I'll return for Frenzy. by Lenny Nero	Jul 9th, 2008 05:55:35 PM
Not entirely interested in some of the rest just yet, but Frenzy is just a fucking hoot.
Great flick...very atypical. by Ninja Nerd	Jul 9th, 2008 06:15:10 PM
Saw the original (this one) when I was a kid. Freaked me out. And hooked me as well. I thought it was a neat trick...solving your own murder...without a time machine or Deus Ex Machina or any sort. Brilliant stuff. Made O'Brien an actor I started to look for in films. I did see the remake...didn't do much for me.
Great flick...very atypical. by Ninja Nerd	Jul 9th, 2008 06:15:10 PM
Saw the original (this one) when I was a kid. Freaked me out. And hooked me as well. I thought it was a neat trick...solving your own murder...without a time machine or Deus Ex Machina or any sort. Brilliant stuff. Made O'Brien an actor I started to look for in films. I did see the remake...didn't do much for me.
There are 2 remakes by Mr.Krinkle	Jul 9th, 2008 06:49:25 PM
One is D.O.A. from the 80's starring Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan. The other is the Jason Statham action movie Crank! It took the entire plot and structure from D.O.A. Think about it.
Frenzy! by Chicken Thunder	Jul 9th, 2008 09:40:39 PM
That's a great movie. Haven't seen it in years, might be time for a revisit.
How is it you've never seen a lot of these flicks? by fiester	Jul 9th, 2008 10:00:23 PM
Don't you have cable? I mean "The Black Hole"? And "Frenzy"?
Haven't seen this DOA but I did see the remake by Big Jim	Jul 9th, 2008 10:43:39 PM
and thought it was quite good. Have been meaning to see the original but haven't taken the time.
I Despise Nixon by kevinwillis.net	Jul 9th, 2008 11:00:19 PM
Ultimate RINO. The model for McCain. A huge, big-government liberal when it came to governance. Not that Bush has been much better when it's come to the size of government. Richard Stark, you're just trying to tweak my melon. Don't think I don't know it.
Richard Stark: Alas, No Hoochies in my Biography by kevinwillis.net	Jul 9th, 2008 11:02:21 PM
Not even of the maternal variety. BTW, I agree with you Richard Stark: AICN should change it's layout to look like Microsoft Excel. That way, I'd never have to do any real work.
Nah. Gotta Get Home, Do Dinner, Go Shopping by kevinwillis.net	Jul 9th, 2008 11:08:15 PM
Put the baby to bed. Schools out, so no cracking the whip on the homework on the older one. That's always nice. Then, before retiring for the evening, I can check AICN for another opportunity to be . . . First! Eventually, someone will figure out that it's a manifestation of a latent obsessive-compulsive disorder. Not that that'll stop me.
I Think Two Firefox Plug-ins Can Fix It by kevinwillis.net	Jul 9th, 2008 11:10:30 PM
One to pick/replace CSS options, to change colors, background, and then one to block ads. That could make AICN look very generic and business like. Need to do research--I know the plugins are out there, at least for Firefox.
Detour by Fortunesfool	Jul 10th, 2008 02:21:24 AM
is a great little movie as well.
Frenzy by joee60	Jul 10th, 2008 03:19:23 AM
One of the most underrated movies of ALL time
crime magnet? by Raymond Shaw	Jul 10th, 2008 09:11:00 AM

DOA is a corking movie... by palimpsest	Jul 10th, 2008 03:50:32 PM
and FRENZY is splendid - Hitchcock's best post-PSYCHO movie by some distance. Still waiting to see what Quint makes of THE BLACK HOLE - it's a bit of a dog's breakfast of a movie (20000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA meets STAR WARS meets 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY meets SILENT RUNNING meets SOYLENT GREEN) with a too-calculating eye on apeing then-current scifi trends. But some of the visuals still stand up, there's some decent character actors slumming it (Tony Perkins, Max Schell, Robert Forster, the absurdly glorious Yvette Mimeux and Ernest Borgnine), too many cutesy robots, a genuinely WTF ending and an absolutely gobsmacking John Barry score.
The Stranger is really great. by Knuckleduster	Jul 11th, 2008 03:55:45 AM
I still haven't seen all of Welles' films and are mainly used to the classics (Kane and Ambersons), so it was quite surprizing to see him do something so "mainstream". Quite enjoyed it.

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I don't think you fully understand, Bigelow. You've been murdered.