Robert Mitchum C/D, S/D

roundup of pieces tied to centenary

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/4995-the-daily-nyff-2017-robert-mitchum

I ordered River of No Return from interlibrary loan.

I have the Macao DVD out right now -- I'm p sure I've seen it? -- which also has Robert Osborne's TCM joint interview with RM and Jane Russell.

watched Farewell, My Lovely last night - v solid, good cast, suitably grotesque at various points (helps that the general color palette of the movie is all lurid greens and reds)

Jack O'Halloran in a speaking role!

Sylvia Miles has basically done that character in NYC nightlife for the last 40 years.

I found it a little strange that one of the book's male characters was turned into a lesbian madam (whose receipt of a punch, then demise, we get to applaud).

also Sylvester Stallone in a nonspeaking role xp

I found it a little strange that one of the book's male characters was turned into a lesbian madam (whose receipt of a punch, then demise, we get to applaud)

yeah I noticed this too, p stupid

the nervous-nellie queer who gets offed was Chandler's creation, that was enough

surprised Miles got an Oscar nom out of that! She was good but I didn't think it was *that* nuanced a role or anything.

soused women in crime and/or lowlife circles often got nominated

(plus she was familiar to them from Midnight Cowboy)

soused women in crime and/or lowlife circles often got nominated

aka Susan Tyrell during the same period

yeah

Sylvia Miles' two Oscar nominated roles = total 14 minutes onscreen

btw Mitchum's sole nomination: The Story of G.I. Joe, one of his earliest 'A picture' roles

so eff the AAs

well yeah

Best supporting actress in the '70s was even more scattershot (and happily so, imo) than best actress.

"Sure I was glad to see John Wayne win the Oscar … I`m always glad to see the fat lady win the Cadillac on TV, too.”

lmao

Checked the Server bio out of the library; I'm pleased to see that his prose is better than the average star biographer's.

What'd you expect?

Crap.

Man, "The Wonderful Country" is something else. Up there for me with "One Eyed Jacks" as one of the great ugly duckling '50s Westerns.

Mitchum's scene where he turns down his assignment from Pedro Armendariz is great

Yes. And he got some nice new threads out of him before splitting :)

man I'd forgotten the hype around The Winds of War. The end of the epic TV movie era came witth a bang.

Even at the very height of my Mitchum obsession I saw a DVD box of that and thought "life's too short".

https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/film-comment-podcast-robert-mitchum/

River of No Return, wasn't nuts about that one.

― s1utsky (slutsky), Monday, August 18, 2003 5:29 PM (

agreed

Liked a few moments but yeah

Notable Mitchum character names from the 1940s:

Quentin 'Horse' Gilford
Tate Winters
Henchman Randall
Dirk Mason
Panhandle Mitchell
Ben Slocum
Trigger Dolan
Henchman Rip Austin
Seaman Chuck Ryan
Mickey Halligan
Dying Soldier - 'I'm All Right'
Nick Drago
'Pig-Iron' Matthews
Jim Lacy aka Nevada
Pecos Smith
Jeb Rand

The Winds of War was a miniseries, right? i'm sure Bob snored through it.

when he wasn't freezing his ass off and getting eaten by ticks during the year (!) of filming, according to the bio

And that presumably doesn't include War and Remembrance.

I do recall David Letterman was tickled when TWOW won an Emmy and the producer gruffly thanked the network for "ponying up the dough!"

speaking of those I can't believe Herman Wouk is still alive.

Dan Milner: Whenever I have nothing to do and I can't think, I always iron my money.
Lenore Brent: What d'ya do when you're broke?
Dan Milner: When I'm broke, I press my pants.

video essay

https://filmkrant.nl/video/thinking-machine-29-english/

30 of his films on Criterion right now.

Enjoyed the Lusty Men. He’s great in it

Yeah, like that one too.

Just watched the two films he did with director John Farrow:

Where Danger Lives a simple but very good noir, featuring Faith Domergue. Mitchum is semi-zonked for much of the film after getting brained by Claude Rains.

His Kind of Woman an odd 2-hour long film that starts as straight noir and then Vincent Price's ham actor character hijacks it and turns it into a comedic spoof. Has some cool interior design.

And then watched Track of the Cat which is florid and awkward and oh-so-1950s. Not for me.

Also watched Angel Face which is a little nutty but I liked seeing Jean Simmons in the bad girl role, it seems to go against character.

*against type I mean

Watched out of the past oh Saturday. Absolute stone cold classic. Five bags of popcorn and a bunch of cigarettes for Bob Mitchum to smoke

Feel like I live-blogged a stretch of His Kind of Woman once, maybe upthread.

Robert Mitchum C/D, S/D

Howzabout the, um, sequel to Out of the Past, The Big Steal?

I highly recommend Pursued which is not in the CC series

His Kind of Woman an odd 2-hour long film that starts as straight noir and then Vincent Price's ham actor character hijacks it and turns it into a comedic spoof. Has some cool interior design

I posted almost exactly this earlier this morning on the noir thread! I saw this movie eons ago, 1980s I believe, and in the intervening years I forgot the title, the plot, and the stars. All I could remember was the fantastic mid-mod set design of the Mexican lodge, and that the action later moved to a boat. Finally tracked it down last night! Allegedly it was Howard Hughes' meddling and reshoots that led to the incoherent combination of violent hypodermic attacks and shipboard slapstick in the finale.