Larry, I forgot ULYSSES, but I always enjoyed it too. Michael Shayne, how was my neighbour Tim Curry in Spamalot?
BK, I await your report on Virginia Woolf. I've loved Kathleen Turner since BODY HEAT and I'm a fan of Bill Irwin's.
Matt H, yes, DETECTIVE STORY is also rather nice.
I saw THE LONG HOT SUYMMER again this afternoon. Although there are some seams in the movie that slightly betray that it was adapted from several different stories, the dialogue is so delicious and so ably performed. The scene between Newman and Woodward in the store is just so fraught with sexual tension. And the great scene between her and Orson Welles where he's comparing Newman to a stud bull. And I love the elliptical treatment of so many things...they can allude to the sex and the homosexuality of Richard Anderson's character and so many other things just through stylish dialogue and great performances rich in subtext. They don't have to hit you over the head with anything blatant. Just style and smarts.
It must have been wonderful when mainstream movies like this gave actors wonderful words to say. Where things were accomplished through performance and nothing had to be blown up or riddled with a hundred bullets.
And I must find a copy of the title song by Jimmy Rodgers.
And speaking of the good ole days, I was watching the game network last night when they show old black and white games shows. Something called the Name's the Same with Bob and Ray as the hosts and What's My Line? People we just so polite and eloquent and well-mannered and groomed. I miss that genteel , more gracious time.
The Lovely Wife and I spent the afternoon at BIG LOTS, stocking up on odd provisions and what-not. I was so happy. Someone has put out candy corn for Easter. It's in Spring pastels of green, blue, pink, and yellow and called Candy Bunnies, but it looks and taste like candy corn. I love that stuff!
