As much as I love it, though, I do think it's one that could take a remake, and a fairly faithful one, at that.
I'm a single undead gal trying to make it in the big city. I have to start somewhere and they're evil here. They don't judge. They've got necro-tempered glass. No burning up. A great medical plan, and who needs dental more than us?
Harmony ,'Conviction (1)'
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Amy - May 20, 2010 10:56:49 am PDT #8395 of 30000
Because books.
Beverly - May 20, 2010 10:58:14 am PDT #8396 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Someday I will have a cat named Pywackett
A pair! Pyewackett and Grimalkin!
...and a second pair: Hepzibah and Mehitabel. Those names only work for me in those pairs. Dunno why.
Frankenbuddha - May 20, 2010 10:59:03 am PDT #8397 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
We Instant Watched The Great Race off Netflix last night
Push the button, Max!!!
Beverly - May 20, 2010 11:01:57 am PDT #8398 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
AH, hahahaHA, you good Lesley, you!
Beverly - May 20, 2010 11:06:33 am PDT #8399 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
TGR was a favorite of mine for a long time. H has a fondness for Natalie Wood, and I've liked her in a bunch of things. All the performances seem to hold up well, except for Wood's. She's very much a product of her time, fitting into that era of movie making like a chameleon. From this vantage point, she's very mannered and artificial, even in other, meatier roles. It's sad to see. I wonder at the performances she'd have given into her fifties and sixties, had she lived.
OTOH, Ross Martin! Always a favorite, and in his prime, here. He made the evil baron more than caricature, human, even likeable, with a handful of scenes and lines.
DavidS - May 20, 2010 11:36:07 am PDT #8400 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
and in his prime, here.
Rather handsome and wicked, no?
Beverly - May 20, 2010 11:43:46 am PDT #8401 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Suave and devilishly charming.
The first time I remember seeing Martin was as a Tourette's patient on Dr. Kildare. I've loved him ever since, no matter the role, or how bad the movie. One meeting on my life list I'll never get the chance to check off.
Frankenbuddha - May 20, 2010 3:34:46 pm PDT #8402 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
The first time I remember seeing Martin was as a Tourette's patient on Dr. Kildare. I've loved him ever since, no matter the role, or how bad the movie. One meeting on my life list I'll never get the chance to check off.
My first was Wild Wild West, so his TGR role always seemed an anomaly to me. Though I thought he did it well.
Then I saw Experiment in Terror (Fear?), and realized WWW might have been the anomaly. He makes a GREAT villain.
Polter-Cow - May 20, 2010 6:39:20 pm PDT #8403 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
A whole bunch of capsule movie reviews: Before Sunrise, Primer, The Shop Around the Corner, What's Up, Tiger Lily?, The Station Agent, Dial M for Murder, Double Indemnity, Manhattan, Crimes and Misdemeanors, The Lives of Others, Once Upon a Time in the West, Before Sunset.
Typo Boy - May 20, 2010 10:26:14 pm PDT #8404 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Hi Polter-cow. Double Indemnity is based a James M. Cain novel (The Postman Always Rings Twice) not Chandler.