Have I ever mentioned how much I love TCM? I don't know what I would do for entertainment if we didn't get it. Probably I'd buy World of Warcraft and fuck up my wrist gaming all the time. And then I wouldn't be able to work and then where would I be.
Anyway, the point of this post is TCM. I just saw their "This Month on TCM" ad for January and it is amazing. It was shots from Miyazaki movies cut together with shots from other movies they're showing this month. A pan across the Giant Warriors from Nausicaa followed by a pan across German WWI soldiers (from a movie I couldn't identify). The biplanes from Porco Rosso followed by a biplane air battle from Darling Lili. Deborah Kerr opening her windows in Black Narcissus followed by Sen opening a window in Spirited Away. That sort of thing. Besides Miyazaki they also showed clips from several Robert Montgomery movies (including a shot from The Divorcee that made me sorry I declined to record it last week), some Michael Powell, Vincent Price, and a bunch of other movies too.
It was a wonderful promo. I'm going to watch it again and see how many movies I recognize. And then I'm probably going to watch it another time.
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This is completely random, I know, but I was searching for info about this very ad after seeing it online. I can't stop thinking about it! I have a few questions, if you know the answer:
1. Do you know what the name of the song playing is? 2. What movie is the shot of the angel with the scroll?
3. And which was the shot from "The Divorcee"?
Hi Sean, thanks for posting! Where did you see that ad online?? I'd love to watch it again.
The clip from The Divorcee was one of Robert Montgomery and Norma Shearer together. Shearer looks sad and bitter and very sexy.
I don't know what music they used. I wish I did, please let me know if you find out!