Another New Slideshow

[Gothick]

Another gorgeous shot of Grayson today.  That outfit seems to have been the one new ensemble that Julia was given to wear--the outfit she wears in a later crucial scene with Barnabas, accessorised by a beautiful scarf, may have been new as well,I'm not sure.  This vest themed ensemble is absolutely cutting-edge Seventies and a complete departure from the other wardrobe she had on the series.I really like her hair in this scene, too; it's much more under control than is the case of much of the rest of the movie.

G.

[Gothick]

I just keep coming back to today's photo, and just figured out why; in my perverted little mind, this is Julia's line to the Vulnerable Vampire:

"Barnabas, we have a change of pace tonight.  Tonight, I'd like YOU to play Doctor, Barnabas."

[Gothick]

Grayson exudes such fragile, vulnerable, tragic, weary beauty in tonight's shot.  The shot immediately preceding it, where she's wearily toking away on what you suspect to be her ninety-ninth cigarette of the evening, is so very sad--she's back again on that boulevard of broken dreams.

G.

[Lydia]

Yeah, I remember that one from last year.  I just happened to be having trouble around that time with a scene in my never-to-be-finished (because I'm lazy) fan fiction opus in which Julia's at Widow's Hill thinking about jumping, and that capture appeared, and MB very kindly put it into this thread.  No more trouble, the scene got written within a day or two.

[Mysterious Benefactor]

It's a wonder that DC actually allowed that scene in the film because, after all, it's so character oriented, and most such scenes ended up on the cutting room floor in favor of the blood and gore scenes. DC could have easily cut from the shot of Julia up on the tower watching Barnabas and Maggie's walk to Julia in the bathroom at the Old House preparing Barn's injection with Stokes' warning that Maggie is the only woman Barn is interested in echoing through her mind. I suppose we should be grateful for small favors because the loss of that scene would have been a major loss if it had never been included...

[Gothick]

Today's shot just may be The Best. EVAR.

Grayson.  The Actress.  The Presence.  The WOMAN.

Thanks, MB.

G.

[Heather]

I missed the shot   ::sigh::
But I totally agree...Grayson rocks! What a woman, and a legend.

Love,

Heather H.

[Mysterious Benefactor]

Heather, the shot Gothick is referring to is the one that's still atop the Current Talk '11 I board. The images for this slideshow change at 7pm ET/ 4pm PT. 

[Mysterious Benefactor]

I forgot to mention the other day that the capture Gothick and Lydia were talking about on May 30th is highlighted back in reply #162.

The most recently discussed Julia capture is highlighted back in reply #166. 

[Mysterious Benefactor]

Also, that's a fab shot of Paul Michael just filling the screen with character in his walk-on bit in hoDS tonight.

And here it is:

hoDS: Scene #225 - Jeff: 'What time they give you this?'

We can be thankful for that capture because DC had the camera on Paul Michael while RD delivered his quoted line. But then, many of us are probably thankful any time that RD isn't on camera in any of his scenes. 

[Gothick]

Every time I see a shot like this one, MB, I thank the gods somebody made DC hire Arthur Ornitz as the cinematographer on this movie.  I think it is thanks to Ornitz that there are a few classic moments of style, atmosphere, and subtly evocative terror--not to mention some gorgeous use of color and shadow--in the movie.

G.

[Gothick]

It was such a treat seeing the shots from the piano screen and reading the fruity, bitchy dialogue.  Thanks for choosing these!  I wonder whether by this time next year, we'll have the DVD with the restored scene available to enjoy whenever we wish to do so?

I also found myself wondering whether, in her own mind, Diana Millay was playing her Laura scenes in the movie with the subtext that this Laura, like the other two she had played, was destined to become a Phoenix?

Hoping Diana, Lara Parker and David Selby were all able to loop their original dialogue from this scene!  It seems destined to become a classic.  Thanks again to Darren for so heroically, indefatigably taking on the task of restoration!

G.

[Gothick]

Wow!  I love, love, love that shot of Thayer David telegraphing oodles of subtext as the insidious Reverend Strak.  Just fantastic!

Thanks for keeping this series going, MB.

G.

[Mysterious Benefactor]

I've vowed that the Movies Quotes Slideshow will continue until both hoDS and NoDS are released on DVD/Blu-ray - so it's looking like it will be continuing for at least another year.

And as for Thayer David/Strak, whenever anyone would like to reflect on that particular capture, just check out reply #36 where it has been immortalized. 

[Gothick]

That's great to hear, MB, about the movie slideshows.

Perhaps once the original feature films come out, you can at some point contemplate doing slide shows for the Depp film and the 2004 pilot--presuming that those are likely to be released on disc at the same time.

I am loving today's action packed shot with Ange and a blonde Mrs J (Mrs Castle in the movie) confronting one another--I think of it as the "Back away, Bitch!" pose ... I leave it to your discretion as to who is uttering the line...

G.