Friday evening at my madhouse of modernism unfolded with a DVD-viewing of Cool Hand Luke, which this article ably surveys with narration and photos. The film manages to surpass my estimation of it based on 27 previous viewings. Check out our man singing Plastic Jesus. Hard to imagine that the American viewing public once made films like this a staple of their cinematic diet. No special effects, no potty jokes, no comic book source material.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Member Reviews, Approbates Cool Hand Luke
Friday evening at my madhouse of modernism unfolded with a DVD-viewing of Cool Hand Luke, which this article ably surveys with narration and photos. The film manages to surpass my estimation of it based on 27 previous viewings. Check out our man singing Plastic Jesus. Hard to imagine that the American viewing public once made films like this a staple of their cinematic diet. No special effects, no potty jokes, no comic book source material.
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Immediate memory jogs:
1.) Lawrence of Arabia (my #1)
2.) Bridge Over the River Kwai
3.) Guns of Navarone
4.) Fiddler on the Roof (and I'm not gay)
5.) South Pacific (still not gay)
6.) Vertigo / The Birds
7.) The original "The Thing"
8.) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (and was a good book ... for Dreary too)
9.) Some Like it Hot
10.) North By Northwest
Etc, etc, etc ...
Marvelous list. Though four don't belong there (Fiddler, Navarone, South Pacific, and The Thing), the other six (seven, actually, since you lumped Vertigo and Birds) are so strong that I elect to give you a pass. Lawrence is stupendous:
"Nothing is written."
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