the passionate moviegoer

a fan's notes by joe baltake devoted to movies neglected and mostly misunderstood

Friday, October 28, 2016

the donald is no bill mckay...

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...but he's errily like Crocker Jarman Bill McKay, of course, is the young politician played by Robert Redford in Michael Ritchie...
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Thursday, October 20, 2016

doris & gig & shirley & dean

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There are screen teams - and then there are screen teams. My interest is in those teams who haven't been aknowledged as teams. Per s...
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Tuesday, October 04, 2016

indelible moment: "Sometimes a Great Notion"

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Richard Jaekel's heartbreaking drowning/death in the 1972 film directed by and co-starring Paul Newman. Utterly unforgettable.
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Wednesday, September 28, 2016

the contrarian: "match me, sidney"

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Alexander Mackendrick's atmospheric "Sweet Smell of Success"of 1957 is one of those films that I like but not as much as I...
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Saturday, September 17, 2016

indelible moment: Jane Russell and the Olypmic Team in Hawks' "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"

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There have been a lot of great numbers in movie musicals but few have become as controversial as Jane Russell's "Ain't There A...
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