man, that's a great interview. thanks, piscesx.
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Monday, 7 May 2012 15:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
They're showing this at a beer theater in Portland in the next few weeks. Should be good.
― Choad of Choad Hall (kingfish), Monday, 7 May 2012 15:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
weird, just watched this for the first time a couple weeks ago
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 7 May 2012 16:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
like it? i think it's kind of the perfect 70s movie.
― tylerw, Monday, 7 May 2012 16:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah def dug it. It does encapsulate a lot of different 70s tropes in a great way
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 7 May 2012 16:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
One thing I learned last night that surprised me was that Hackman played all his saxophone parts himself. Coppola would be after him to go over lines, and he'd be off in a corner practising B-flat scales.
I'm tempted to say that nobody has ever so completely disappeared into a role as Hackman does here, but thinking about it, Hackman's impish humour does surface in some of his banter with Allen Garfield.
― clemenza, Monday, 7 May 2012 17:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
Can't prove a thing, nor does it matter, but David Shire's score is to my ears deeply indebted to Emahoy Tsege-Maryam Guèbrou:
― poxen, Monday, 7 May 2012 17:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
I can hear some similarity--that's before '74, I assume? He said his main inspiration was a late-night DJ he used to listen to who'd accompany himself on piano underneath his patter. I asked him in the Q&A if there was any Scott Joplin influence, because I always thought I heard some of The Sting theme in there (which would have been a year earlier). He gave one of those polite "Maybe"s that really meant "Not at all," and now that I've relistened, I see what he means--they're not really similar at all.
― clemenza, Monday, 7 May 2012 20:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
haw, it'd be pretty wild if shire was listening to that in 1974 (though i see what you mean).
― tylerw, Monday, 7 May 2012 20:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
i'd say "strikingly similar", before "deeply indebted", if i didn't know better (and i don't)
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Monday, 7 May 2012 20:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
Check the rest of that album out, it's uncanny! And Guebrou wasn't unknown in the early 70s. "Strikingly similar" for sure. I guess saying "indebted" suggests plagiarism, which isn't what I meant.
― poxen, Monday, 7 May 2012 20:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
i do want to hear the rest of the album now, as that one minute snippet is great
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Monday, 7 May 2012 20:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
also..
― piscesx, Monday, 7 May 2012 23:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
snap, put it on telly as a late movie last Sunday and stayed up to watch it
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 00:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
this film is pretty hard to love IMO
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 01:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
'blow up' is much better IMO
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 22:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
i dunno, hard to love? maybe i'm a pushover, but you put gene hackman, paul cazale, frederic forrest, teri garr, cindy williams and harrison ford in a movie together, i'm going to love it.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 22:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
This is perhaps my favorite nihilistic "you got played" ending next to "The Killing."
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 22:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
idg what's "hard to love" about it
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 22:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
There's a thread topic: great nihilistic endings. Those two for sure, Straight Time, White Heat, Reservoir Dogs, so many others.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 22:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
Chinatown obviously
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 22:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Dumb and Dumber
― bark ruffalo (latebloomer), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 22:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
Half serious about that one
― bark ruffalo (latebloomer), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 22:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
Parallax View?
― cinco de extra mayo (loves laboured breathing), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 22:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
Definitely^
― bark ruffalo (latebloomer), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 22:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
The Long Good Friday
― Leslie Mann: Boner Machine (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 23:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
Night Moves
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 23:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
Easy RiderElectra Glide In Blue
(matched set)
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 23:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
Shallow Grave
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 23:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
Weekend, of course, both film proper and end credits. It's more a matter of mood and gesture, but I find the last shot of Miller's Crossing strangely nihilistic...I think, I don't know; it's one of my favourite endings ever, but I'm not sure what feelings it conveys.
After relinquishing whatever privacy and anonymity he still possessed, Harry Caul has now lost control of this thread.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 23:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
wowwwwwwwww
― Irwin Dante's Towering Inferno (WmC), Monday, 10 September 2012 02:13 (8 months ago) Permalink
Never seen it before?
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 10 September 2012 03:38 (8 months ago) Permalink
Nope, it was always on the list, decided to watch it tonight. I'm giving up the NFL and Sundays are going to be for fillum.
― Irwin Dante's Towering Inferno (WmC), Monday, 10 September 2012 03:51 (8 months ago) Permalink
You made a fine choice. So what leapt out at you most?
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 10 September 2012 03:52 (8 months ago) Permalink
The score, the static shots, the tightness of the editing, but mainly Hackman's performance. Great all-around.
― Irwin Dante's Towering Inferno (WmC), Monday, 10 September 2012 03:56 (8 months ago) Permalink
45.
Re: great nihilistic endings. Morocco has a good one, I'd argue -- it's not properly romantic at all.
― Michael Daddino, Monday, 10 September 2012 03:56 (8 months ago) Permalink
Five Easy Pieces?
― aerosmith suck because their corporate rock that sucks (Myonga Vön Bontee), Monday, 10 September 2012 08:14 (8 months ago) Permalink
I mean, abracadabra, Harry, show and tell--I'm number two, so I have to try harder.
― clemenza, Monday, 10 September 2012 11:08 (8 months ago) Permalink