What are you Viewing ?????

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Posted by mikenyc on May 21, 2002 at 00:17:05

In this week's pile...

"Cockfighter"...Monte Hellman with Warren Oates. One of the best acting films, this side of "Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia". Included is a great bio-featurette on Oates with lots of great Oates stories...essential, I feel. End of an era.

"Breathless"...Jean Luc Godard...what more can you say about it? I've been re-reading "Godard on Godard" this past week. great reading. great film.

"Alphaville"...Godard's science fiction take. The Criterion edition release.

"The Menagerie" Star Trek guilty pleasure. Classic Kirk-Spock with Jeffrey Hunter. Guilty pleasure time here. Put on a thinking cap!

"Belle de Jour"...Luis Bunuel and Catherine Deneuve and Catherine Deneuve. She gives off lots of coooooool heat.

"Rashomon"...Kurosawa Criterion edition. finally.

"The Devil's Brigade"...based on a real story. strong cast from Old Hollywood. A last gasp of sorts. A Memorial Day special treat, along with "Flying Tigers" and "Sands of Iwo Jima"...just love those bloody aerial scenes.

"310 to Yuma"...childhood favorite. very taut western drama. Glenn Ford at his best, but still a close second to "The Big Heat".

"True Grit"...great John Wayne characterization. One of the best westerns, because it deconstructs the strong male western myth with female true grit...ahead of it's time, though decievingly a throw-away.

"American Gigolo" Paul Schrader and Richard Gere combine to give a solid effort, to what could have been a sleepwalk for Gere. Gere is always walking that thin line between turning in, what could have been, a routine, "phone in", acting performance. This is his best...aside from his light fluffy comedy turns, which he is expert at sleepwalking through. Still holds up even today.

"Serpico"...vhs release...Pacino simmers here for two hours in a strong moral tale. You can almost hear the acting wheel's turning.

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Topic - What are you Viewing ????? - mikenyc 00:17:05 05/21/02 (22)

The Legend of 1900 vs The Red Violin.....(WARNING : low body counts) nt - john dem 07:00:16 05/22/02 (0)

Black Sunday - JDK 02:55:09 05/22/02 (2)

Re: Black Sunday...I think You Mean Black September - ToshiroMeyers 11:35:06 05/22/02 (1)

Re: Black Sunday...I think You Mean Black September - JDK 14:44:42 05/22/02 (0)

John Wayne? ahead of his time? - late 09:39:46 05/21/02 (6)

Re: John Wayne? ahead of his time? - mikenyc 09:49:14 05/21/02 (5)

God Was My Co-Pilot - JDK 02:51:58 05/22/02 (3)

Several others in which the Duke really acts - padreken 13:20:22 05/22/02 (2)

Oops-premature posting - padreken 13:22:33 05/22/02 (1)

Re: Oops-premature posting - mikenyc 14:48:32 05/22/02 (0)

dance of death - late 13:54:55 05/21/02 (0)

All this for just one week? - Victor Khomenko 04:39:39 05/21/02 (4)

Re: All this for just one week? - mikenyc 08:46:05 05/21/02 (3)

Re: All this for just one week? - Victor Khomenko 15:02:30 05/21/02 (2)

The New Star Wars - mikenyc 15:19:39 05/21/02 (1)

Ah well... (nt) - Victor Khomenko 16:25:44 05/21/02 (0)

I've been watching Kate Winslet movies lately. - Ears 00:45:44 05/21/02 (4)

Re: I've been watching Kate Winslet movies lately. - Jaz 01:30:38 05/21/02 (3)

Nosferatu - mikenyc 03:00:37 05/21/02 (1)

Re: Nosferatu - Jaz 12:52:37 05/21/02 (0)

WC Fields.. - mikenyc 02:59:37 05/21/02 (0)

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