I didn't cope too well with the Dennis Weaver character. It was like he'd been dropped in from a different film? He definitely added to the overall sense of fear and nightmarishness I guess. Similarly with 'jittery guy' who must have been told to 'bob up and down', and again 'keep bobbing!'.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Sunday, 14 November 2021 17:41 (two years ago) link
Is there a particular Welles/Welles-adjacent book I could or should go to?
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski),
For sure his booklength interview with Bogdanovich -- such a literate man, our Orson.
I read Clifton Heylin's critical bio last month. The last two volumes of Simon Callow's bio also terrific for insights.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 14 November 2021 17:44 (two years ago) link
Nice one, cheers. My university library has the Bogdanovich. Got myself a copy of the Renoir autobiography as well - cheap hardback.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Sunday, 14 November 2021 21:54 (two years ago) link
Renoir's memoir of his old man also worth a read.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 14 November 2021 21:55 (two years ago) link
how is thomson? I picked it up for cheap a while ago but haven’t really opened it yet
― mens rea activist (k3vin k.), Monday, 15 November 2021 22:49 (two years ago) link
Rewatched on DCP in a theater last night. Dennis Weaver's lunatic "night man" is really a marvel, and his interactions with the hoodlums at the motel have a big proto-Lynch vibe.Always forget that Heston's primary cop ally (Schwartz) is played by Mort Mills, who was the cop with the dark shades in Psycho.― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 22 April 2018 16:39 (four years ago) bookmarkflaglink
Always forget that Heston's primary cop ally (Schwartz) is played by Mort Mills, who was the cop with the dark shades in Psycho.
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 22 April 2018 16:39 (four years ago) bookmarkflaglink
rewatching on TV right now and the first appearance of the "night man" actually took my mind straight to norman bates so i'm enjoying morbs's two sentences here^^^, miss you dude
i looked up mercedes mccambridge and discovered that when she played opposite joan crawford in johnny guitar, she ended up calling her a "mean, tipsy, powerful, rotten-egg lady"
― mark s, Sunday, 11 December 2022 22:16 (one year ago) link
!!!
re the Psycho cop
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 11 December 2022 22:27 (one year ago) link
Definitely reminiscent of Psycho. I sat down to watch the film on TV too but unfortunately, because of the snow I assume, the satellite signalling started breaking up about halfway through and has now conked out entirely!
― Gulf VAR Syndrome (Tom D.), Sunday, 11 December 2022 22:36 (one year ago) link
mine was bit flickery yes, but made it to the end
corrupt cop who gets results toppled by jittery know-it-all wife guy
― mark s, Sunday, 11 December 2022 23:01 (one year ago) link
Just rewatched last night. So great. "I'm the night manager!"
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― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Monday, 15 May 2023 14:47 (ten months ago) link
Weird, I actually watched it on Friday night, on a whim. Had never seen it before. What a picture!
― jaymc, Monday, 15 May 2023 15:56 (ten months ago) link
"I wish it was your chili I was gettin' fat on."
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 15 May 2023 16:00 (ten months ago) link