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).
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 October 2017 16:47 (six years ago) link
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
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 October 2017 16:50 (six years ago) link
the nervous-nellie queer who gets offed was Chandler's creation, that was enough
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 October 2017 16:54 (six years ago) link
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.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 October 2017 17:01 (six years ago) link
soused women in crime and/or lowlife circles often got nominated
(plus she was familiar to them from Midnight Cowboy)
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 October 2017 17:04 (six years ago) link
aka Susan Tyrell during the same period
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 October 2017 17:08 (six years ago) link
yeah
Sylvia Miles' two Oscar nominated roles = total 14 minutes onscreen
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 October 2017 17:17 (six years ago) link
btw Mitchum's sole nomination: The Story of G.I. Joe, one of his earliest 'A picture' roles
so eff the AAs
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 October 2017 17:19 (six years ago) link
well yeah
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 October 2017 17:21 (six years ago) link
Best supporting actress in the '70s was even more scattershot (and happily so, imo) than best actress.
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Tuesday, 3 October 2017 17:28 (six years ago) link
"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.”
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 October 2017 17:35 (six years ago) link
lmao
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 3 October 2017 20:05 (six years ago) link
Checked the Server bio out of the library; I'm pleased to see that his prose is better than the average star biographer's.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 October 2017 20:09 (six years ago) link
What'd you expect?
― Two-Headed Shindog (Rad Tempo Player) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 3 October 2017 22:52 (six years ago) link
Crap.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 4 October 2017 10:53 (six years ago) link
Man, "The Wonderful Country" is something else. Up there for me with "One Eyed Jacks" as one of the great ugly duckling '50s Westerns.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 4 October 2017 18:32 (six years ago) link
Mitchum's scene where he turns down his assignment from Pedro Armendariz is great
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 4 October 2017 18:33 (six years ago) link
Yes. And he got some nice new threads out of him before splitting :)
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 4 October 2017 18:46 (six years ago) link
man I'd forgotten the hype around The Winds of War. The end of the epic TV movie era came witth a bang.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 4 October 2017 18:47 (six years ago) link
Even at the very height of my Mitchum obsession I saw a DVD box of that and thought "life's too short".
― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 5 October 2017 14:22 (six years ago) link
https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/film-comment-podcast-robert-mitchum/
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Thursday, 5 October 2017 14:24 (six years ago) link
River of No Return, wasn't nuts about that one.
― s1utsky (slutsky), Monday, August 18, 2003 5:29 PM (
agreed
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 15 October 2017 23:26 (six years ago) link
Liked a few moments but yeah
― Commandolin Wind (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 15 October 2017 23:32 (six years ago) link
Notable Mitchum character names from the 1940s:
Quentin 'Horse' GilfordTate WintersHenchman RandallDirk MasonPanhandle MitchellBen SlocumTrigger DolanHenchman Rip AustinSeaman Chuck RyanMickey Halligan Dying Soldier - 'I'm All Right'Nick Drago'Pig-Iron' MatthewsJim Lacy aka NevadaPecos SmithJeb Rand
― めんどくさかった (Matt #2), Sunday, 15 October 2017 23:41 (six years ago) link
The Winds of War was a miniseries, right? i'm sure Bob snored through it.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 15 October 2017 23:50 (six years ago) link
when he wasn't freezing his ass off and getting eaten by ticks during the year (!) of filming, according to the bio
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 15 October 2017 23:55 (six years ago) link
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!"
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 16 October 2017 00:14 (six years ago) link
speaking of those I can't believe Herman Wouk is still alive.
― nomar, Monday, 16 October 2017 00:29 (six years ago) link
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.
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 30 November 2018 00:50 (five years ago) link
video essay
https://filmkrant.nl/video/thinking-machine-29-english/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 8 June 2019 07:29 (four years ago) link
30 of his films on Criterion right now.
― Exploding Plastic Bertrand (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 14 November 2021 22:58 (two years ago) link
Enjoyed the Lusty Men. He’s great in it
― Heez, Sunday, 14 November 2021 23:12 (two years ago) link
Yeah, like that one too.
― Exploding Plastic Bertrand (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 14 November 2021 23:13 (two years ago) link
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.
― Josefa, Tuesday, 16 November 2021 00:34 (two years ago) link
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.
― Josefa, Tuesday, 16 November 2021 00:46 (two years ago) link
*against type I mean
― Josefa, Tuesday, 16 November 2021 00:47 (two years ago) link
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
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 02:02 (two years ago) link
Feel like I live-blogged a stretch of His Kind of Woman once, maybe upthread.
― Exploding Plastic Bertrand (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 02:05 (two years ago) link
Robert Mitchum C/D, S/D
― Exploding Plastic Bertrand (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 02:10 (two years ago) link
Howzabout the, um, sequel to Out of the Past, The Big Steal?
― Exploding Plastic Bertrand (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 02:14 (two years ago) link
I highly recommend Pursued which is not in the CC series
― Josefa, Tuesday, 16 November 2021 02:26 (two years ago) link
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.
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 7 December 2021 19:33 (two years ago) link