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Not my thing exactly–given my almost Paleolithic attachment to the full-screen 35-millimeter format–and maybe y’all know about this already (which wouldn’t surprise me in the least), but if you’re having trouble tracking down favorite old movie titles at your friendly neighborhood Blockbuster, why not try this instead: ask Turner Classic Movies (the cable-TV channel) to schedule them for you. TCM has an online “Suggest a Movie” page that lets you do exactly that: just type in the movie(s) you want to see and maybe, if you’re really really lucky, they’ll include one or two or several in one of their upcoming cable lineups. Among the recent requests when I last looked (since apparently the site link keeps tabs) were The Mark of Zorro, Down Argentine Way, Lady in the Lake, and Jack Arnold’s ineffable Tarantula. If it were up to me I’d probably write in Powell/Pressburger’s A Canterbury Tale or maybe Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (’58 version, not ’93–for Allison Hayes completists only) … but only because my imagination’s temporarily out of whack. Just make sure yours isn’t.
