tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post4541486532421985902..comments2023-12-23T16:22:22.290-05:00Comments on alicublog: MIKE NICHOLS, 1931-2014.roy edrosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15161980502027888634noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-77583973805565502472015-06-01T04:53:36.862-04:002015-06-01T04:53:36.862-04:00I remember listening over and over again to him an...I remember listening over and over again to him and Elaine May doing the telephone routine (when you hang up your dieum will be returned to you) on in-flight comedy channel from LA to London. It was the best I've ever heard....and unlike many entertainers today they did not need to rely on profanity or filth to make people laugh.ddalynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-3022850380856975342014-11-30T14:11:54.573-05:002014-11-30T14:11:54.573-05:00R.I.P. you where amazing.. MikeR.I.P. you where amazing.. MikePALAS- PADELhttp://palas-padel.org//noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-3064569777257388992014-11-21T10:03:56.320-05:002014-11-21T10:03:56.320-05:00he served the material.
Totally agree. It's a...<i>he served the material.</i><br /><br />Totally agree. It's actually pretty startling to look at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Nichols#Filmography" rel="nofollow">his filmography</a> (which I did because I actually couldn't think of "a Mike Nichols movie" off the top of my head) and see that variety. If I had to pick out a favorite scene, it's this one from <i>The Birdcage</i> in which Nathan Lane's character tries to denellyize himself before the wedding (apologies for the crap quality):<br /><br />http://youtu.be/S9ELYPbUH1EHalloween_Jacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-18360478025219355402014-11-21T00:45:19.669-05:002014-11-21T00:45:19.669-05:00Very nice, Roy. You should look at writing a serie...Very nice, Roy. You should look at writing a series on the anti-auteurs -- hard working directors like Nichols, Kazan, etc, whose work is, though less exciting on the surface, ultimately more rewarding and influential than the Kubricks and Copollas (though there's a strong case for a chapter on Copolla's director-for-hire movies). AV Club or The Dissolve would grab it; and you'd have a surefire book at end of the run. OH, make sure you find a couple of virtual unknowns who you can build up to be as influential as Spielberg!Alnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-45181007645783465612014-11-20T23:49:13.377-05:002014-11-20T23:49:13.377-05:00rest in peace this talented man... may God Bless h...rest in peace this talented man... may God Bless him<br /><a href="http://bsolutions5.com/seo-india/" rel="nofollow">emory</a>Emory Newberyhttp://bsolutions5.com/seo-india/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-55262694652729564002014-11-20T23:39:47.685-05:002014-11-20T23:39:47.685-05:00I watched his film of Who's Afraid of Virginia...I watched his film of <i>Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf</i> not too too long ago and found it electrifying. Nichols will be missed.AGoodQuestionnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-16056042944113665072014-11-20T20:34:22.439-05:002014-11-20T20:34:22.439-05:00Aside from the perfect Who's Afraid of Virgini...Aside from the perfect <i>Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?</i>, my favorite Nichols picture has to be <i>Biloxi Blues</i>. <br /><br />And I have to mention his <i>Catch-22</i>. Even though it should have been much better, it's still a classic. <br /><br />It's amazing that someone could be such a large figure for roughly half a century.M. Krebsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-62815353057666044052014-11-20T20:23:20.823-05:002014-11-20T20:23:20.823-05:00My favorite, completely trivial, bit of trivia abo...My favorite, completely trivial, bit of trivia about Nichols and May is that Mike Nichols was born a German, in Berlin. Elaine May's original surname was Berlin.JDMhttp://www.aquaticape.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-217715035262432592014-11-20T14:40:04.245-05:002014-11-20T14:40:04.245-05:00There's talent that's learned, and Nichols...There's talent that's learned, and Nichols clearly applied himself at that.<br />There's talent that's innate, and he also had surfeit of that.<br />And then there's the one quality that makes it all work to perfection--the ability to make the work in progress the most important thing. That's why his movies and stage productions are so revealing of the foundational material: He sought to bring that material to life, to bring it to the audience in its fullness.<br><br />Mentioning Adam Sandler in the same piece with Nichols just highlights the difference. With Sandler, everything is always and forever "Look at ME!!!!" and the work in progress is never viewed as anything more than a conveyance for Sandler's ego--the exact opposite of Nichols.Derelicthttp://wildernesscatherding.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-82666903713641063122014-11-20T14:23:24.100-05:002014-11-20T14:23:24.100-05:00RIP, Mike Nichols. I first learned of you when I ...RIP, Mike Nichols. I first learned of you when I was about 26-27 and some enterprising lunatic managed to post a clip of you and Elaine May on the interweb. That would have been in the 1990s, so maybe I am remembering wrong, but at any rate -- I learned of you from some 1950s sketches and looked you and her up and discovered you both had done so many of the things I loved, and so many of the things I would later find and love, that it is genuinely shocking to consider.Grometnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-4308520526955831472014-11-20T13:33:24.571-05:002014-11-20T13:33:24.571-05:00Mr. Aimai will be devastated.Mr. Aimai will be devastated.Aimaihttp://aimaiameye.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-74397173429419594692014-11-20T13:28:44.178-05:002014-11-20T13:28:44.178-05:00"I'm your Grief Lady." Awesome.
I..."I'm your Grief Lady." Awesome.<br /><br /><br />I love the pace of these old comedy routines. Bob Newhart and Bob and Ray just let the jokes unfold -- no rushing to the laughs.Brother Yamnoreply@blogger.com