that's a shrewd point
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 21 June 2021 17:40 (two years ago) link
Somebody said that Buñuel didn't really understand her character, which explains why the film becomes more inert once the uncle dies.
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 21 June 2021 17:44 (two years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 6 July 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
I've only seen a few of these, but The Hustler is a really dark and fucked-up movie, so that.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 6 July 2021 00:16 (two years ago) link
Don’t want to have to pick.
― Planck Generation (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 6 July 2021 00:19 (two years ago) link
But I did
― Planck Generation (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 6 July 2021 00:20 (two years ago) link
The problem with The Hustler is it's so damn literary and Newman's still besotted with the Method. I wish the performance he gave in The Color of Money was the one he'd given then.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 July 2021 00:30 (two years ago) link
It's not Newman's best work, but everyone around him (Jackie Gleason, George C. Scott, Piper Laurie, Murray Hamilton) is great.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 6 July 2021 00:34 (two years ago) link
It is very method-y, but I'd say it's about as great as that kind of thing ever gets, this side of On the Waterfront. And yes, the supporting cast is amazing, Scott and Laurie especially. Keep an eye peeled for Jake LaMotta as a bartender.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 6 July 2021 00:38 (two years ago) link
I loved the cynicism in Viridiana, the mirror images of the end and the beginning and its criticism of Franco's Spain. immediately following it The Exterminating Angel was another amazing film
― Dan S, Tuesday, 6 July 2021 00:43 (two years ago) link
voted for Last Year at Marienbad a very strange film
― Dan S, Tuesday, 6 July 2021 01:01 (two years ago) link
Scott is by far the best thing in it.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 July 2021 01:10 (two years ago) link
George C. Scott in his "blink-and-you-miss-it" role in Last Year at Marienbad.
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 6 July 2021 01:22 (two years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 7 July 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link