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