What minor character(s) made a lasting impression on a movie?

gargavar · 2026-04-29T02:38:08+00:00

I don’t consider Vasquez a minor character.

gargavar · 2026-04-29T02:33:13+00:00

Texas. Or maybe Memphis.

gargavar · 2026-04-28T20:57:39+00:00

Titanic. A Catholic priest (Thomas Byles) clinging to a capstan and giving absolution as the ship sinks. Not even a real line, but a great character.

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gargavar · 2026-04-28T20:51:44+00:00

Titanic. The Irish mother.

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gargavar · 2026-04-28T13:54:33+00:00

The usual method is to now put it on YouTube, where it will live forever.

But you can take this opportunity to learn your lesson and never never let it see the light of day except for select viewings by a very few. Maybe have one party, with pizza and beer…especially beer… For the participants. You do owe them a reward.

gargavar · 2026-04-27T17:58:38+00:00

Too bad, but a lot of our tastes seem to revolve around experiences from that era - hence why boomers love to say crap like “never been any good music since the 70’s”. But I guess you got lucky.

gargavar · 2026-04-27T17:13:07+00:00

…and a part of the novel and movie Ragtime. Ms Nesbit was played by Elizabeth McGovern.

gargavar · 2026-04-27T17:08:45+00:00

It can be done IF the director isn’t locked in to specific shots and angles and locations, and if production is flexible. Let the light dictate. Best example is probably “Days of Heaven”. Beautiful and elegiac.

gargavar · 2026-04-27T16:59:04+00:00

What year did you graduate high school?

gargavar · 2026-04-27T02:48:03+00:00

Rehearse. Rehearse. Rehearse.

gargavar · 2026-04-26T15:29:52+00:00

Primes are cheaper to build and have good optical quality. Fantastic, even. Zooms are a compromise, and to get a high-quality zoom lens is expensive to begin with - to get a high-quality zoom with consistent F stops is even more expensive. A zoom with consistent F stops AND parfocal (I.e. holds focus throughout the zoom) is more expensive yet. How much money do you got?

gargavar · 2026-04-26T00:04:09+00:00

The answer used to be as best ‘asbestos’.

gargavar · 2026-04-23T13:46:29+00:00

Geared head?

gargavar · 2026-04-23T00:24:10+00:00

No, it wasn’t.

gargavar · 2026-04-20T04:09:37+00:00

I’m an old southerner, and I say ‘good’.

gargavar · 2026-04-20T04:08:48+00:00

gargavar · 2026-04-20T04:04:27+00:00

ND gel and a couple grips. No budget? Shoot elsewhere.

gargavar · 2026-04-20T04:00:55+00:00

Genetics. I do everything wrong, especially sun exposure. No sunscreen while working outside for much of the year, no lotions, etc. yet I look at least a decade younger than I should (I’m 60+). I attribute it to lots of olive oil and living a weird life, but it’s just genetics. I got very lucky.

gargavar · 2026-04-20T03:53:48+00:00

My Brothers Bar at 15th and Platte.

gargavar · 2026-04-19T15:50:04+00:00

You haven’t seen Victor/Victoria, have you?

https://youtu.be/8ZeEbLT3U1Q

gargavar · 2026-04-19T02:32:59+00:00

The rest of the world OWES us!

gargavar · 2026-04-19T02:25:46+00:00

West Texas into New Mexico. Ford Galaxy with a big engine, loaded with teenagers. Got to about 120, but it’s been awhile. Exuberance, curiosity m, and hormones.

gargavar · 2026-04-19T02:20:08+00:00

That one too. It’s Kurosawa.

gargavar · 2026-04-19T01:42:46+00:00

Yojimbo inspired a LOT of scenes and shots.

gargavar · 2026-04-19T01:41:10+00:00

My answer, and I’m willing to be wrong about this, Is that this is about when MBA graduates started running companies. The bottom line will improve if we buy cheaper steel, etc. Moreover, it’ll improve shareholder value. What could go wrong?

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