Comments on: Snow Whites, Asteroids, Bugs and Other Moments of Seeing Double at the Movies http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/movies/2011/12/snow-whites-asteroids-bugs-and-other-moments-of-seeing-double-at-the-movies/ Seeing today's cinema through the movies of the past Mon, 29 Oct 2012 22:05:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Daniel Eagan http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/movies/2011/12/snow-whites-asteroids-bugs-and-other-moments-of-seeing-double-at-the-movies/#comment-270 Daniel Eagan Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:29:54 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/movies/?p=447#comment-270 Sam, you'll have to take "limned" up with Bob Verini at Variety. I was quoting him. Sam, you’ll have to take “limned” up with Bob Verini at Variety. I was quoting him.

]]> By: Sam http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/movies/2011/12/snow-whites-asteroids-bugs-and-other-moments-of-seeing-double-at-the-movies/#comment-268 Sam Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:59:12 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/movies/?p=447#comment-268 "...have limned real people..." Limned? Really? Couldn't say "played" or "portrayed", words that real people are actually familiar with? “…have limned real people…”

Limned? Really? Couldn’t say “played” or “portrayed”, words that real people are actually familiar with?

]]> By: Daniel Eagan http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/movies/2011/12/snow-whites-asteroids-bugs-and-other-moments-of-seeing-double-at-the-movies/#comment-256 Daniel Eagan Sun, 11 Dec 2011 13:22:22 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/movies/?p=447#comment-256 Yes, of course, thanks for the catch. I've corrected it above. Yes, of course, thanks for the catch. I’ve corrected it above.

]]> By: Christa Carlson http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/movies/2011/12/snow-whites-asteroids-bugs-and-other-moments-of-seeing-double-at-the-movies/#comment-250 Christa Carlson Sat, 10 Dec 2011 01:20:40 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/movies/?p=447#comment-250 Antz and A Bug's Life were actually released in 1998, not 1988 =) Antz and A Bug’s Life were actually released in 1998, not 1988 =)

]]> By: Daniel Eagan http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/movies/2011/12/snow-whites-asteroids-bugs-and-other-moments-of-seeing-double-at-the-movies/#comment-249 Daniel Eagan Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:16:32 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/movies/?p=447#comment-249 Gene, you're absolutely right, the biopic Juarez starred Paul Muni. Thanks for pointing out my error. I've corrected it above. Gene, you’re absolutely right, the biopic Juarez starred Paul Muni. Thanks for pointing out my error. I’ve corrected it above.

]]> By: jjmcgaffey http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/movies/2011/12/snow-whites-asteroids-bugs-and-other-moments-of-seeing-double-at-the-movies/#comment-247 jjmcgaffey Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:02:36 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/movies/?p=447#comment-247 There were actually three Robin Hood movies that year - besides Robin Hood and Prince of Thieves there was Men in Tights, which at least took a different angle on the story. There were actually three Robin Hood movies that year – besides Robin Hood and Prince of Thieves there was Men in Tights, which at least took a different angle on the story.

]]> By: Gene in L.A. http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/movies/2011/12/snow-whites-asteroids-bugs-and-other-moments-of-seeing-double-at-the-movies/#comment-245 Gene in L.A. Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:26:07 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/movies/?p=447#comment-245 The “overheated southern melodrama” with Bette Davis and Henry Fonda, over which Selznick threatened to sue the Warner Brothers, was not Juarez, but Jezebel. The “overheated southern melodrama” with Bette Davis and Henry Fonda, over which Selznick threatened to sue the Warner Brothers, was not Juarez, but Jezebel.

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