Hey film fans! I have a PhD in film studies and I lecture at Trinity College in Dublin. My academic areas of interest include 1970s Hollywood, Women in Film and Television, music and sound, screenwriting, Hungarian cinema and more. But I'm an all-around lover of film and television, which is why I started this channel.
What makes this film especially great are the non-verbal scenes throughout the movie! This is especially true with Sidney Poitier and the woman who is being interviewed by chief Gillespie about possible rape. Poitier finds her nonverbally through eye contact, and she does the same, but no words are spoken. It’s very powerful.
This one is probably my favorite movie of all time. I watch it a few times a year. What I love most is how Charley pulls everyone's strings the whole time and brings about his desired outcome. The long pan scene at the end that focuses on his coveralls burning in the trunk, along with Schiffrin's perfect score, gives me chills every time. Brilliant film.
What I always found funny about this movie: At night, it's hot and everyone is sweating. In the daytime scenes, you see people wearing coats and sweatshirts. Makes no sense.
I love this film. One of Delon's best, although he's been so great in so many others. I never get tired of watching him. I loved your analysis. Great observations. You're very good at this. Thank you.
the sad part of this movie is we seem to be going backwards instead of forward. all the progress made in the last 60 years seems to be lost in one presidential term.
Youre spot on the charter lenny he a Douchebag with no morals. a Me too attitude, and caring only about himself ....Typical of a secluar society, as the saying goes you reap what you sow
Just watched yesterday, love the film and I'm loving that you did this long analyses! Already subscribed and hope for more like this one, cause it was really good!
I love this film. My favorite scene is one at the very end when Izzy and Sam are in her kitchen and she is struggling with her feelings for Sam. She calls him “a nice guy” and their relationship is really on a knife’s edge. It could go either way, but Sam makes a bold move to earnestly tell Izzy how he feels about her. He kisses her and all at once she understands that he’s more than a nice guy, he’s a man that she could really fall in love with.
The Denzel Washington remake is really bad, does not hold a candle to the original. In the original Laurence Harvey is good, but Angela Lansbury is simply excellent.
Long shots, establishing shots part of the era Heel turn for narrative, up to now his sympathetic pov Gothic instability, close up shot and lots of reveals/twists. Hollywood using people and then victims becoming perpetrators. Vampiric element. Unsettling things like speaking from the dead. Betty as real tragedy, lured in from innocent position
I believe that Robert Downey Sr.only made one studio film and that was "Up the Academy" from 1980 and it was distributed by Warner Brothers. All of his other films were low budget and he was considered to be a counterculture filmmaker.
I recognized the guy who plays Walter, he played Madonna's boyfriend in her papa Dont Preach video, he's handsome. I also really like Patricia Charbonneau as an actress, she has a great smile. Great video 👍
So I was thinking about the grappling hook conundrum. The rope used looks quite thin and therefore light even if it is strong enough to hold a grown man's weight. It is possible that the weight of the hook itself caused it to droop further and further down until the entire rope had run through the barb end and undone the loop over the rail...and dropped to the ground.
This film made me think of Hitchcock and now I found this quote so I guess i'm not crazy. "I was split between my tremendous admiration for Robert Bresson and the temptation to make a Hitchcock-like film." - Louis Malle
Yes we had the best stars always every time back then Golden years back then When flims were excellent Natural actors and actress always 1940 /70 /80 Great stars all started with nothing Sidney pottier Tony Curtis Kirk Douglas Steve mac Queen Robert Mitcham Glen Ford Paul Newman David Jason Charles bronson Jack plance Richard windmark Burt Lancaster Clint Eastwood James cagney Just a few mentioned And that just men But was a classic also Heat of the night Unfortunately nothing left today Just thousand of channels and genders Am glad am from 1960 When we had the best And Brtish flims also
Just a couple of corrections: RFK was assassinated in the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, and not a restaurant. Also, at the very end of the scene, the door to the kitchen bursts open and a gaggle of what appears to be reporters storms into the kitchen, as happened prior to Kennedy entering the kitchen, which indicates that Wexler intended this to be the Ambassador Hotel kitchen. So, yes, it's not the actual footage, only the audio of RFK speaking is real, but it is clear that Wexler was doing a recreation of the Ambassador Hotel kitchen in the moments before he was shot.
Brilliant movie and your very informative description . I've got it on DVD . The American south had no qualms about worshipping a white Jesus .... actually a colored dude born in Nazareth..... also had no understanding of human origins . Yes.... their ancestors came out of Africa originally BLACK . Southern ignorance prevails .
I'm posting early in the video, but did anyone notice that the old western star Bob Steele was the bank guard? He was a character actor in a lot of Roy Rogers and other black and white westerns.
I can say without a doubt, I have watched this show at least five times. i never get tired of watching him outsmart the criminals. He is always ten steps ahead of them. Think I'll watch it again tonight.
