This. As far as gonzo 1950's Westerns go, I prefer this to Johnny Guitar.
This. As far as gonzo 1950's Westerns go, I prefer this to Johnny Guitar.
Seriously, this is the movie where Bert Parks sings "Maggie's Farm". That alone makes it hilarious (and not unintentionally).
Along with Ellroy's "Underworld" trilogy and Auster's "New York Trilogy", here are my picks:
Is it me, or does Logue look like Willie Nelson here?
I wish he'd make more films as well, but I also wish studios would actually realize what a talent he was. Duma was going to go straight to DVD until Roger Ebert (and a few other critics) saw it and raved about it.
He always claimed he couldn't sing at all, but I didn't think he was bad. Ironically, he also wished he could do this song at their live performances instead of the "Silly Walks" sketch, but then again, he apparently would have rather done anything except "Silly Walks" again.
It's hard to believe something this generic-looking is written by (or credited to, anyway) Blake Masters, the guy who created "Brotherhood", one of the most underrated (and underseen, unfortunately) shows of last decade.
I've always wanted to see The Touch, even though I know Bergman hated it (and in truth, I hated The Serpent's Egg, Bergman's only other English-language movie), simply because the very idea of Gould in an Ingmar Bergman movie sounds too strange to pass up, but unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be available anywhere.
Maybe he's following the lead of the reviews of the time? I could be wrong, but I don't remember any of them mentioning that half the movie is based on "Death: A Play".
Oh, this is *so* much better than Love's Labour's Lost. For starters, Allen's choice of music works better for the movie than Branagh's does (his film is yet another example of how ill-served Cole Porter has been used on film). For another, Branagh directs himself and the other cast members to be smug, where there's…
I agree with D'Angelo about this movie being dull and whimsical (as far as food movies go, Big Night, Tampopo, Eat Drink Man Woman, and even the relatively slight Mostly Martha are much, much better), and a strange choice for the Criterion Collection. However, as to his generalizing all the Foreign Film Oscar winners…
It was for me. I don't care it's light or "goofy", I care about the fact when my brother and I - die-hard Allen fans, who'd gone to see every Allen movie in the theater starting with Manhattan Murder Mystery - didn't laugh once. it's simply not funny, wastes a talented cast (particularly Tea Leoni), and it's not…
All of that was good, but as someone who's been only cautiously excited about the movie - I feel like this would have worked, or been better, five years ago or so, but it feels like they've been waiting too long - the entire movie is justified by Veronica punching Madison in the face. Feels way overdue.
I don't mind what other people might call "artificial dialogue" if it's pulled off right. I think Allen was able to pull it off in Another Woman because it didn't sound artificial. The problem with Interiors, at least for me, is the problem with many of Allen's recent movies. When he's not trying to be funny (as with…
Eventually, he does become interested in her, and they do become a couple. However, in the episode right before Bailey's intervention - "Point of No Return", apparently - Julia gets angry at Charlie's new girlfriend (Tamara Taylor, aka Dr. Saroyan on "Bones"), and Browder's character makes a crack about "those people"…
It was very earnest in a sometimes clumsy way, especially when it came to addressing the social issues Todd talks about - the episode where Claudia finds out her violin teacher is gay is one example, as in the episode where Ben Browder's character (Julia's boyfriend for awhile in Season 3) is suddenly revealed as a…
Oh yes. And I'd also add the moment when you think Philip is going to tell Elizabeth he wants to get back together, and she thinks so too, only for him to say he's fine with being separated from her. The look on Keri Russell's face is priceless.
I have never understood why she didn't become a bigger star. I mean, I know she made a lot of off-the-wall choices, or ones that seem so now (Slam Dance, for example), but seriously; someone as talented and hot as her should have had a bigger career.
This sketch is one of the reasons why, when FROST/NIXON came out and Frost complained (somewhat good-naturedly, to be fair) he wasn't nearly as facile as the movie (and original play) made him out to be, that I didn't believe him. I do give Frost credit for that Nixon interview, and for all the talent he helped foster…
Rocky: Gee, I'm worried, Bullwinkle.
Bullwinkle: The ratings of the show down again?
R: No.
B: That's odd.
R: There's already been two attempts on your life.
B: Yes, but don't worry, we'll be renewed.
R: I'm not talking about "The Bullwinkle Show".
B: You'd better, we could use the publicity!