#across 110th street

[thedrillerkiller]

A special shout out to my pal @cinemajunkie70 and all the Jackie Browns out there… keep on grinding.

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[pygartheangel]

Gilbert Lewis - The King of Cartoons during the first season of "Pee Wee's Playhouse" in 1986

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On December 19, 1972 Across 110th Street debuted in New York City.

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Across 110th Street (1972) 112 minutes, Rated R

I loved this film.  It is the first movie featured in ‘TCM Underground’ and while the authors of that book encourage us to watch the movies out of order, that’s not how my brain works. 

For certain, I didn’t expect to like the movie as much as I did.  I am generally not an Anthony Quinn fan and expected to dislike this movie because he is the star.  It’s so good to be wrong sometimes.  I feel refreshed from having watched this gritty, new-to-me, neo-noir and have not stopped talking about since I watched it on Thursday.

I was excited to see Burt Young in the opening scene.  Young is a classic Italian character actor who I instantly recognized but he was gunned down before he says a word.  Two black ‘cops’ who we quickly find out are not cops - rob the mob for $300,000 - and kill two actual cops.

The whole movie takes place in Harlem - real Harlem with real people - real buildings - real sound - real desperation and poverty.  Quinn is the seasoned detective and Yaphett Koto is the educated superior officer.  The two clash over methods and neither is very successful at solving the case.

In one scene - the mob lets on to the new superior officer that they have been paying Quinn off for many years.  The new guy doesn’t flinch but Quinn does - he worries for his pension and his future and what would happen to him if someone were to rat him out.  He makes excuses - and tries to minimize what he’s done.

Oh my - and another favourite scene was when the mob boss’ son-in-law goes into Harlem to see the bad-guy-in-charge there about what happened to his father-in-law’s money.  The bad-guy-in-charge, played by Richard Ward, is so good.  His gravelly voice is menacing as he yells at the son-in-law and says, “you ain’t never gonna make it - what are you 40-45 - you were a punk errand boy when you married the boss’ daughter and you’re still a punk errand boy”.  Freaking classic mental torture - I really loved it.

Across 110th Street is unexpected and refreshing.  It makes me a little sad that this movie came out in the same year as The Godfather but 110th Street is never discussed as the same class of film.  To me it is better than The Godfather because everything in the movie happens to real people.  And the ending - the ENDING!  An entire movie can be ruined by a stupid ending.  Across 110th Street has a fantastic ending.

I read on IMDB that Quinn wanted the trifecta - Sammy Davis, Jr., Harry Belafonte, and Sidney Poitier in the lead roles.  But Harlem said no - those are Hollywood names.  I’m not saying it would have been bad - but it would have been a different movie - sort of white washed and sanitized rather than the dirty crime thriller this turned out to be.

Dirty 70′s crime drama is my 3rd favorite film genre. 

I rented the DVD from the library - it was super easy to find.  I only wish I had heard of it sooner.  But now is also a good time to learn about it since it fit right in to this cult series.

[saikaberry]

Movies [74] Across 110th Street (1972)

★★☆

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The wonderful Richard Ward in Across 110th Street, 1972.

Love that voice!

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DRR SHOW 68

[legallybrunettedotcom]

hi! can I ask you for crime movie recommendations, or just a list of your personal favorites? I've been getting super into crime fiction recently (books and movies), and I'm making a watchlist of movies I want to check out next. heist movies, gangster films, thrillers, anything involving criminals is interesting to me, and I'd really love to hear about your faves! have a nice day <3

hiii, Estelle! oh I love a good crime movie! I grew up on gangster and mob movies tbh so there's some obvious choices like the godfather and goodfellas. continuing with Scorsese, I love casino. I think it's somewhat underrated Scorsese, idk i just don't see it mentioned that often, but it's super fun. the departed as well, people talked shit about it, but it's great. then mean streets, serpico, taxi driver, dog day afternoon, heat, collateral, thief, chinatown. pretty much every Tarantino ever, obviously reservoir dogs and pulp fiction, jackie brown is my favourite and the sort of song of the movie is across 110th street from the movie of the same name, so I'd def recommend that one, it's an underrated flick. heist movie-wise, ocean's eleven kind of the king here. then set it off, bound, inside man, widows, the italian job (the original), topkapi and rififi are underrated ones, the asphalt jungle, the friends of eddie coyle, the taking of pelham 123, the thomas crown affair (the remake), dead presidents, out of sight, point break, the driver, hustlers, a fish called wanda is sooo funny. sexy beast is such a great and intense movie.

if you'd enjoy something criminal and psychosexual, I'd recommend two 60s movies the housemaid and who killed teddy bear? the cook, the thief, the wife and her lover is an insane sexy one. blue velvet fits here as well. Guy Ritchie made the same movie like 4 times tbh, but I love snatch and lock, stock and two smoking barrels, I think the man from uncle is also a fun one. Brian De Palma is good at corny and sleazy and I kinda love his scarface. body double is silly but I love a good voyeuristic movie. along those lines you obviously have rear window and peeping tom, and then to continue with Hitchcock, I love rope, psycho, and think dial m for murder is quite overlooked. natural born killers, true romance and the doom generation for something stupid and bloody. mandatory Fincher recs like se7en and zodiac. I love the usual suspects, it has that twist at the end that for me personally works even upon rewatches. another underrated movie is joy house with beautiful Jane Fonda and Alain Delon in his prime. faster pussycat kill kill is just pure fun and sleaze and gorgeous ladies. I love lady snowblood and scorpion with Meiko Kaji but I know you've seen those. tokyo drifter is a stylish one as well. some obvi french new wave recs like breathless and pierrot le fou. I'd say there's nothing quite like the atmospheric the night of the hunter. I love drive too, it's all style and the only substance is blood. uncut gems and good time are quite good too. out of something extra new, I enjoyed love lies bleeding more than I expected. seven psychopaths and in bruges for something cynical and silly. then fargo, no country for old men, the big lebowski. filth and trainspotting for something utterly dirty and disgusting. not to forget Hannibal Lecter, we can't not mention the silence of the lambs and manhunter. also badlands, dirty harry, carlito's way, eastern promises, the third man, the big sleep, double indemnity, gun crazy, bonnie and clyde, foxy brown, american psycho, the talented mr ripley, prisoners. something more along crime drama strange days, fallen angels, the city of the rising sun and made in hong kong.

[amrass]

Across 110th Street (Or, how I imagine a scene in an AU where Arthur survives TB and randomly finds Karen after a decade)

A city near the Mexican border, 1911

Arthur's worries had already faded in the bustle and hustle of the street, among the people starting their day by doing their shopping, but then he spotted a woman that knocked his breath out.

Beyond the large windows of the haberdashery, she stood among the backs of many others and inspected colorful rolls of fabric, but unlike them she had a shotgun strapped to her back. Blonde curls tumbled underneath a hat with a bouquet on top, as fashionable as the rest of her red dress, contrasting the worn but well-kept shotgun.

Arthur's remaining lung hurt with the lack of air, as still as the other one, the one filled with air after his artificial lung collapse.

When she bought a roll of emerald green silk, he saw lines on her face and on her hands as she balanced shopping bags and a purse. She threw her head back and laughed at something the shopkeeper said, and Arthur imagined petals flying off her hat like a flower in the autumn of its life. Age had neither been kind nor unkind to her. She had a lot of wrinkles, but they were softened by her larger frame. Her skin was pale with signs of alcoholism, but she moved in an easy but secure fashion, smiling to herself, lipstick bright and unafraid to show off the thinning lips of a woman no longer young.

And then she came out of the shop and saw Arthur. She dropped her shopping bags into the mud. None of them looked away at the splash. He wondered if his own face mirrored the emotions on hers: shock, recognition, pain ... And then determination, as she hiked her skirt up and ran towards him like a cannon ball, stopping right in front of him, a feat that would've made most people flinch.

"I thought you were dead," Karen Jones breathed.

"I ..." and Arthur was breathless, too, because he had felt the same thing towards her. It had been more than ten years since they had seen each other. There had been no goodbyes, no letters, nothing.

Instincts made him tense when she moved, even when he was engulfed by her arms. Dazed, he tried to return the hug, noting how she might appear larger because he was thinner after his TB treatment. She smelled of whiskey malt and a perfume that made him think of Molly, but most of all she smelled like herself.

"You," he said, and here she was.

And then he held her as close as she held him, fully embracing each other, both of them allowing themselves a moment of easy love.

[exsqueezememacaroni]

So now...let's say you wanted to live in Bizarro Land, where Mike was the permanent lounge act at your fave dive bar. Well, here's his repertoire. A full-as-i-could-make-it list of lounge, soft rock, easy listening and exotica covers sung by Mike Patton. Arranged by band, mostly just my fave version of each song, but some have more than one. I know I'm missing some, but only included those with a full song and video. If I'm still missing one, tell me and I'll update/edit!!

Faith No More:

This Guy's in Love with You: https://youtu.be/S-dxuwv4vs4

I Started a Joke: https://youtu.be/7UUxzE2Z2GA

Easy: https://youtu.be/hRB4f26pNJ0

Ben: https://youtu.be/K2NFJQoWzzc?t=3026 (starts at 50:26)

Kiss and Say Goodbye: https://youtu.be/7Pz7kw81_WA

edit: do I have to put Reunited?? (I dislike Roddy's singing in it tbh): https://youtu.be/90uXnZybnOo

Mr. Bungle (oh my god there are so many):

Begin the Beguine: https://youtu.be/xJlz7dB8zh8 honorable mention bc it doesn't cut early: https://youtu.be/jzfafNRy2KE

I Feel for You: https://youtu.be/Yj9haTSr5Vw

Tower of Strength: https://youtu.be/0HzPMgU5WDU?t=3211 (starts at 53:31) honorable mention: https://youtu.be/JluMkTB_da4

What the World Needs Now is Love: https://youtu.be/RyiKgMcEiVU

Tabou Tu: https://youtu.be/XvdkV1MG4Zo?t=1553 (starts at 25:53)

Ei Raat Tomar Amar: https://youtu.be/tCGII3k5r7c (edit: this the "classic", but I urge you to listen to any of the DV tour versions - it's slow and beautiful)

Time: https://youtu.be/81TsYby80Tw?t=2900 (starts at 48:20)

Casanova '70: https://youtu.be/g-VUkiqN8Uc?t=3004 (starts at 50:04)

Metti Una Sera a Cena: https://youtu.be/2GkWsc8kq0I

Thunderball: https://youtu.be/D0LczJr0vWo?t=4051 (starts at 1:07:31)

Parents were Young Once Too: https://youtu.be/Vs3hjVkHHwk?t=3171 (starts at 52:51)

24 Mila Baci: https://youtu.be/V0-mOzfTuoU?t=3144 (starts at 52:24)

Summer Breeze: https://youtu.be/jy0od8GeXzk

Welcome Back: https://youtu.be/HdIOnqkD-0w

The Thrill is Gone: https://youtu.be/Vs3hjVkHHwk?t=123 (starts at 2:03)

Tomahawk:

Angel Eyes: https://youtu.be/KabQmgzCxeA?t=3027 (starts at 50:27) honorable mention to the cover with Tool: https://youtu.be/qkh8888y7Xg

Just One More: https://youtu.be/1eAVLSqOc7o

In Every Dream Home a Heartache: https://youtu.be/03ntYFnKzYY

Fantômas

Simply Beautiful: omg I couldn't decide: https://youtu.be/bmrVZ_4fVZ8 and https://youtu.be/eXI47_URvmE and https://youtu.be/u4AWiizySgo

Peeping Tom:

Across 110th Street: https://youtu.be/2GiLukV-TTk

Dillinger Escape Plan:

Like I Love You: https://youtu.be/Pdfeu1PYqbw

Special thanks to @perfectisaskinnedknee @infrasonicaroma @lilydelamuerte and @st-ana-str for helping me compile the list!!

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currently watching Across 110th Street (1972)

directed by Barry Shear who a year later took over from Sam Fuller as director on a favorite 70s US western The Deadly Trackers

[fuck-you-upmusicbracket]

Across 110th Street (Bobby Womack)

Across 110th Street/Pimps trying to catch a woman that's weak/Across 110th Street/Pushers won't let the junkie go free/Across 110th Street/Woman trying to catch a trick on the street, ooh, baby/Across 110th Street/You can find it all in the street

"I grew up hearing my father play this song during car rides, but I fell in love with it last year after watching the Jackie Brown movie. It is such an earworm! I cannot get it out of my head. And I'm not complaining--it's great."

Epliogue (The Stanley Parable)

"Every single one of my friends know that I’ve bawled my eyes out at this song at least once. I’m a sucker for strong music, and the fact that I’m hyperfixated so hard on this damn game does not help. Listen. This game is a rollercoaster. From start to ‘end’, it is a rollercoaster. It presents itself as goofy and lighthearted, haha there’s a British guy following you around who reacts to your choices. It’s very silly, the jokes are funny, it doesn’t take itself seriously. Until it does. The Narrator, who supposedly created the game and takes great pride in it, is showing off his game’s success and reminiscing over the thing it used to be, in a place he calls the Memory Zone. Then, he stumbles upon a collection of negative reviews that make him realize that his game may not be all that he thinks it is. He’s desperate to please his players, and so he sacrifices himself and his time and creates a skip button, so that players who don’t want to hear his voice can skip through his dialogue. The time between skips gets longer and longer until he’s gone. Stanley is finally able to leave the room he’d been trapped in, and is met with open desert. A wasteland. He still hasn’t learned his lesson, even through billions of years (someone did the math) of solitude, and how much that affected him (and potentially killed him), he still desperately wants to please those who play his game. And so he puts together an expo to show off his ‘new features’. As he prepares to present it to Stanley, there’s a swell of hopeful and triumphant music. This is important. One of the exhibits is these figurines. If you collect all of them, there is supposedly ‘no reward’, but it actually unlocks an ending where the Narrator decides to release Stanley for good. This is the last step to unlocking the Epilogue, given to you by a mysterious entity who greets you every time you open the game. In the Epilogue, it’s mostly cutscenes. Stanley wanders the desert wasteland, while this music plays. The Narrator is not present. The Epilogue is a culmination of everything Stanley and the Narrator have gone through together, against each other and then against the world. The Epilogue takes place when the Narrator is gone, leaving Stanley to only wander alone with his memory, with no silly voice to keep him company. It’s a time where Stanley can only bring back memories about the Narrator as he faces survival in the desert. Alone. I cry every time the music swells during the sandstorm bit of the cutscenes. But at the very end of the song, when the music dies down, Stanley once again stumbles across the Memory Zone. The place that the Narrator once held dear, that held all his favorite memories, now dilapidated and half-buried in the sand. The place where the Narrator once enthusiastically showed off positive reviews of his game. The place he was proud of, hidden away where the developers would never see it. And. And do you know what this song does. When the Memory Zone comes into view. It fuckjgn reprises the song from the Narrator’s expo, once triumphant and swelling as he showed his creations off with a grand flourish, now quiet and sorrowful as you come across the memory zone without him present. And if the swelling of the sandstorm scene doesn’t hit me first, this bit fucking floors me. Every single time. The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is a silly game about choice. It is also a game about companionship, and trust, and hurt, and grief. And during the true ‘ending’ of the game, before everything starts anew, when that music is playing, it’s the result of every single moment these characters have experienced, come together in one song, and a bunch of cutscenes. THAT is why this song fucks me up. sorry i dont know wtf possessed me just now but yeah. This game is a little obscure and many MANY people who have played it have not made it to the Epilogue, so I highly doubt it’s gonna make it very far into the tournament. But fuck if it can make me cry,"

[callivich]

last 10 or twenty songs you listened to?

Hi anon! 💖 Thanks for the ask!

Be Aggressive by Faith No More

Ain’t Nobody by LL Cool J

Hot To Go by Chappell Roan (I discovered this because @heymacy was posting gifs and I decided to check it out and I’ve been playing it on repeat so thanks Macy!)

Texas Hold ‘Em by Beyoncé

Echoes by Pink Floyd (because @astaraels and I were talking about them and I felt the need to listen to the version at Pompeii)

Too Close by Next

Insomnia by Faithless

Love Is The Drug by Grace Jones

Crazy On You by Heart

Silver Springs by Fleetwood Mac

Candy by Cameo

Regulate (remix) by Warren G

The Way You Move by OutKast

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised by Gil Scott Heron

Rain Song by Led Zeppelin

Fantasy by Mariah Carey

Across 110th Street by Bobby Womack

Just Be Good To Me by S.O.S Band

The Four Horsemen by Metallica

Private Life by Grace Jones

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As you can see, I’m a fan of using shuffle 😅

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Los Lobos The Ride 2004 Hollywood ————————————————— Tracks: 01. La venganza de dos pelados - Café Tacvba 02. Charmed 03. Is This All There Is? - Little Willie G 04. Charmed 05. Somewhere in Time - Dave Alvin 06. Wicked Rain • Across 110th Street - Bobby Womack 07. Kilate - Tom Waits & Martha González 08. Hurry Tomorrow 09. Ya se va - Rubén Blades 10. Wreck of the Carlos Rey - Richard Thompson 11. Matter of Time - Elvis Costello 12. Someday - Mavis Staples 13. Chains of Love 14. Phone Call from Rita 15. Monstra’s Out 16. Jockey Full of Bourbon —————————————————

Steve Berlin

David Hidalgo

Conrad Lozano

Louie Pérez

César Rosas

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