I was going to add that the kid's kind of annoying, but first I looked him up, and you know who it is?--James McMurtry, who I've never heard but recognized the name right away.
― clemenza, Saturday, 7 January 2023 01:11 (one year ago) link
^^Larry's son, and future Alt-Country kingpin. Wrote one of the best W-era protest songs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szclr2caFG8
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 7 January 2023 01:19 (one year ago) link
Always felt part of why guy directors (Tarantino, Wes Anderson etc.) love They All Laughed is that conceptually it's kind of a platonic ideal of a film a dude would love to make: a passion project with all your buddies on board, the most of the leading ladies have been involved with you romantically, and everybody's on great terms treating NYC as a playground for grown-ups.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 7 January 2023 03:51 (one year ago) link
Makes sense.
― Farewell to Evening in Paradise (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 7 January 2023 03:53 (one year ago) link
https://www.criterion.com/films/29965-targets
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 15 February 2023 18:16 (one year ago) link
I've seen it twice and found it a little overrated, although in meeting Corman's (?) conditions--get Karloff in there--pretty resourceful. Thought that weird animated thing from a few years ago Tower, was a better treatment of Charles Whitman.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 15 February 2023 19:06 (one year ago) link
Unfortunately obscure YT of the day: not streaming, not available in the U.S. since the excellent DVD (still not hard to get), here is Peter Bogdanovich's personal favorite of all his films, THEY ALL LAUGHED, w/ John Ritter, Audrey Hepburn & Ben Gazzara. https://t.co/r29M4upwY9 pic.twitter.com/HHMLWwVib1— James Kenney (@jfkenney) June 12, 2023
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Monday, 12 June 2023 18:41 (ten months ago) link
love that movie, think of it a lot
― serving aunt (stevie), Monday, 12 June 2023 19:50 (ten months ago) link
https://www.criterion.com/films/27533-the-last-picture-show
Bundled with two cuts of Texasville
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 17:17 (eight months ago) link
Kino Lorber is putting out a Blu of Daisy Miller in May.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 15 March 2024 23:06 (one month ago) link