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Post by erik on Jul 6, 2020 8:41:32 GMT -5
Mendelssohn's Octet (close)
Early symphonies of Franz Schubert: #1 (in D Major), or #2 (in B Flat Major)?
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Post by egoodstein on Jul 18, 2020 13:07:24 GMT -5
Hmmn-- hard one. #2 narrowly.
Ravel Daphnis and Chloe Suite or Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun?
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Post by erik on Jul 18, 2020 18:33:08 GMT -5
Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun (but close)
Classic 1950s "adult" Westerns: HIGH NOON or SHANE?
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Post by egoodstein on Jul 28, 2020 21:38:00 GMT -5
Like both a lot. Shane-- coz it's the last Jean Arthur film Comic Westerns: Blazing Saddles or Support Your Local Gunfighter?
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Post by erik on Jul 29, 2020 22:08:25 GMT -5
It may be heresy to say it, but I prefer SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL GUNFIGHTER.
Great westerns from 1970: THE BALLAD OF CABLE HOGUE or MONTE WALSH?
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Post by egoodstein on Aug 9, 2020 15:15:32 GMT -5
Bout a tie there-- like both. Ballad of Cable Hogue narrowly.
Early musicals with music by Leonard Bernstein: On the Town or Wonderful Town?
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Post by erik on Aug 9, 2020 21:10:26 GMT -5
ON THE TOWN (close)
Joan Baez hits: "Diamonds And Rust" or "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"?
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Post by egoodstein on Aug 25, 2020 19:32:33 GMT -5
Diamonds and Rust. Though I like Joan's version, prefer The Band original on 'The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.'
I'm a Woman: Peggy Lee's or Maria Muldaur's version?
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Post by erik on Aug 27, 2020 17:17:24 GMT -5
Maria's (close, of course; we're talking about two great women of song here).
Jack Nicholson out West: THE MISSOURI BREAKS or GOIN' SOUTH?
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Post by egoodstein on Sept 12, 2020 9:02:49 GMT -5
Goin' South today.
Harrison Ford 'iconic' roles: Han Solo or Indiana Jones?
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Post by erik on Sept 12, 2020 17:22:01 GMT -5
Indiana Jones (I admittedly outgrew the whole Star Wars thing after RETURN OF THE JEDI)
Spielberg 21st century science fiction: A.I. or MINORITY REPORT?
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Post by egoodstein on Sept 19, 2020 20:00:22 GMT -5
Have to say AI-- haven't seen Minority Report.
'Washington Politics Fiction' movies based on novels: Advise and Consent or The Manchurian Candidate?
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Post by erik on Sept 20, 2020 13:09:18 GMT -5
ADVISE AND CONSENT (but close)
Sidney Lumet films: FAIL SAFE or THE PAWNBROKER?
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Post by egoodstein on Oct 24, 2020 16:01:13 GMT -5
Pawnbroker-- but rather close in fact.
'Late' Cole Porter Musicals: Kiss Me Kate or Can-Can?
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Post by erik on Oct 24, 2020 17:49:37 GMT -5
KISS ME KATE (close)
Paul Newman in the 1980s: ABSENCE OF MALICE or THE VERDICT?
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Post by egoodstein on Nov 4, 2020 11:25:48 GMT -5
Hmmn-- close. The Verdict (today anyway)
Late '50's potboiler films which both feature Hope Lange: Peyton Place or The Best of Everything?
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Post by erik on Nov 4, 2020 20:33:28 GMT -5
PEYTON PLACE (close)
Non-Bond films of Sean Connery: THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER or THE ANDERSON TAPES?
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Post by egoodstein on Nov 15, 2020 15:13:49 GMT -5
Hunt for Red October-- today.
Early Emmylou Harris albums: Elite Hotel or Luxury Liner?
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Post by erik on Nov 21, 2020 18:06:25 GMT -5
Elite Hotel (close)
Haydn "London" symphonies: No. 93 or No. 94?
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Post by egoodstein on Nov 28, 2020 15:32:10 GMT -5
Well, both. 93 today just coz. . .
Nielsen Symphony No. 2 (The Four Temperments) or Holst, The Planets?
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Post by erik on Nov 28, 2020 18:12:17 GMT -5
"The Planets"
Film-noir classics starring Robert Mitchum: CROSSFIRE (1947) or THE RACKET (1949)?
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Post by egoodstein on Dec 11, 2020 14:42:38 GMT -5
The Racket-- narrowly.
Kubrick The Killing or Tarantino Reservoir Dogs?
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Post by erik on Dec 12, 2020 16:36:30 GMT -5
THE KILLING (close)
DOCTOR STRANGELOVE or FAIL-SAFE? (Yipe!)
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Post by egoodstein on Dec 19, 2020 19:23:31 GMT -5
Dr. Strangelove easily. Though I liked the novel Fail Safe quite a bit.
Blow Up or The Conversation?
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Post by erik on Dec 20, 2020 20:49:07 GMT -5
THE CONVERSATION (close)
SOUTH PACIFIC or WEST SIDE STORY? (great film musicals)
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