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lonely and blue,
i'm all alone,
with nothin' to do."
paul anka, "lonely boy".
Reviews
When the Clock Strikes (1961)
Not Bad.
Although this isn't a great movie, or even a very good one, it holds your attention in a very intriguing way.
The acting is pretty bad, the dialogue is bad, but every time I was about to stop watching it the plot took another little twist and kept me interested.
I am a big fan of film noir and although 1961 is a little late for noir this did some nice things with the form.
It would have made a better play than a movie. A little more character development, some better dialogue, and it could have worked much better.
Bandolero! (1968)
larry mcmurtry
this movie has larry mcmurtry written all over it--as someone else has noted, three of the characters have names that later showed up in "lonesome dove", roscoe's last name is bookbinder, and larry mcmurtry is a bookseller and book fanatic, most of the film is set near the texas/mexico border, where lonesome dove is located, and dee and mace have a brotherly relationship much like call and gus (and don't forget "lonesome dove" began as a screenplay intended for james stewart and john wayne) and dee and mace talk about going to montana and starting a ranch......
larry mcmurtry doesn't get a screen credit here, but i'll betcha he had something to do with the screenplay......
anyone know for sure?
Five (1951)
an overlooked masterpiece
i first saw five on the late show when i was in highschool in the mid-60's and i never forgot it, images from it stayed with me--i saw it again in the late 70's or so and then, the last time, in the early 90's on tnt (and taped it and loaned it to someone and never saw it again)--the last time i watched it i was astonished at how visually perfect it is, in many ways too perfectly staged--often the light is coming directly from the horizon like a maxfield parrish painting and i've often wondered if the actors and crew had day jobs and the whole thing was done early in the morning or late in the evening--leonard maltin likes it and comments negatively on its "purple prose", which is true, but i'm a noir fan and it's fun--i can't believe this isn't available on tape or dvd--obler's frank lloyd wright house is a treat too.