Classic film double bill tonight--Delmer Dave’s Cowboy ( 1958 ) and Henry Hathaway’s noir, Kiss of Death (1947). Each has been sitting on my shelf (unwrapped until now) for too long. On BD from Twilight Times.
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Quite enjoyed both films. Kiss of Death had an especially good performance by Richard Widmark (his first film role). It was shot almost entirely on location in and around NYC. Highly recommended.
Cowboy was also enjoyable, if somewhat less memorable in terms of any individual performances. Still worth checking out for Glenn Ford and a very young Jack Lemmon. Delmar Daves made several westerns (among them Broken Arrow and the original 3:10 to Yuma) and while they were never as epic in scope as the best of John Ford, they are commendable for a degree of realism not often found in westerns of that era, both in landscape and in interpersonal relations.
Now that my semester is over and the archives are still inaccessible (so my PhD research is on hold), I'll have time to go through some of that too large pile of unwrapped movies on my shelf.Comment
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Just watched The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit. A very interesting period piece (now--was contemporary in 1956) with surprisingly nuanced themes for a Hayes Code era production in the mid-1950s.
Star Trek link--DeForest Kelley appears, for about 35 seconds, as an Army medic in the Pacific theatre during a flashback scene.
A bit long, uneven, and episodic, but as a cultural document of its time, quite worthy of a viewing. Plus, Gregory Peck in his prime is never a bad thing.Comment
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Sorry to all those that liked it, what a dud. There is a thread way back when, but it's pretty far back.
Picture quality was poor, can we please have some clairty. I don't care for the whole everything is black with black Silhouette. And the fisheye technique here and there was weak.... -
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This thread isn't just about Westerns on DVDs! It's about your favorite Westerns - period. At the cinema. On TV. On tape. On laserdisc. Yes, on DVD. On. . . well, whatever. I'd started a thread like this back on the "old" HTG but it disappeared in the migration,... -
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My hand has been broke for the past month and all i can do is type one-handed and watch movies. B/c I had seen every other movie known to man I started watching Westerns recently. I wanted to know if anyone had seen Open Range and if so is it worth renting or buying? ... -
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