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Pt 109
On the Waterfront on TCM
I believe that director John Huston left in the midst of production for his war service without having finished the script, which accounts for some of the film's improvised, not-quite-thought-through feel.
That was Vincent Sherman, who had a fairly decent career as a film and television director.The TCM host said that Huston did leave and whoever replaced him to finish the movie did not get any official credit...
Particularly from Claude Rains, who just about steals every scene he's in.Casablanca is a fascinating piece...What really sells it for me, though, is the humour. So many great gags, and throwaway laughs...
Particularly from Claude Rains, who just about steals every scene he's in.
Completely. My favourite line is, I think, "I think you killed a man, but that's the romantic in me." It's all in the delivery.
Caught the tail end of it this morning - that movie deserves all the accolades it gets. While a bit preachy at times, its dialogue is overall so good and the scenes so powerful, that one forgives its occasional excess.
Casablanca is a fascinating piece. Conceived and made as a propaganda piece, really, yet somehow so much more than the sum of its parts. That scene with the.... competitive singing... beautifully made: in the hands of one of today's Hollywood hacks like Spielberg or whoever, I dread to think how it would have played out. And the quality of all the performances gives it real gravitas. What really sells it for me, though, is the humour. So many great gags, and throwaway laughs...
Last film I watched was Memento. Cracking stuff.
Droppo!!!!!!!:eusa_doh:Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.
We were feeling Christmas in August, so whiskey and this movie seemed like a good idea.
^^^^^ You see THAT'S my problem. I don't drink or get high (at least on purpose) and, as a teatottler, I don't have the benefits of inebreation to help me through some of life's lesser movies. I'm sure that corn licker would make all manner of drivel tolerable.... sigh... I'll just never know.
Worf
^^^^^ You see THAT'S my problem. I don't drink or get high (at least on purpose) and, as a teatottler, I don't have the benefits of inebreation to help me through some of life's lesser movies. I'm sure that corn licker would make all manner of drivel tolerable.... sigh... I'll just never know.
Worf