I heard that story and it really cut me to the core. It truly did. After all, Brennan was the "voice of reason" in BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK. Course I also read he couldn't stand Spencer Tracy,(because of Spence's association with Kate Hepburn,) and of course Brennan only worked once with Ford, also...
Yeah, it always amazed me that he didn't care for Donna Reed, and felt they had no chemistry together. I think that was a miss for Mr Stewart. Of course I grew up with Donna Reed. She was almost like a second Mom. (caught her show in reruns every afternoon after school)
this was my response but put it in wrong place, makes me hungry to rewatch Have and Have not this afternoon
Love all the Hawks appearances of "old Groot". But my favorite Brennan performances are the few times he played a heavy. Like in MY DARLING CLEMENTINE. Where all those Brennan isms come...
Love all the Hawks appearances of "old Groot". But my favorite Brennan performances are the few times he played a heavy. Like in MY DARLING CLEMENTINE. Where all those Brennan isms come to represent something much darker. And Ford was great in giving those tight close ups on Walter's face...
Sorry about that Mr. Crawford, didn't think about that spoiler thing.
Is there a place to learn how to edit in that spoiler marker so I can use it in future posts?
I intended originally to just be a "lurker" to learn about recent physical media releases. But I keep coming back.
I'm not much...
on the subject of Robert Wise, he directed THE HAUNTING, one of the most perfectly imagined horror films and most beautiful films i've ever seen, and often see over and over again.
. I watch it often just to, literally, "watch it" for the perfect images, perfect composition. Its a visual poem...
the scene that sticks in my memory is the one toward the end
And I gotta say that is possibly the best "directed" moment in the movie. Immediately the raider,
This is truly horrific moment that stays with us. And in a normal western we would see the "bad guy" caught or killed. But like life...
boy does McClure do a good job of just listening
so true.
I'm sure old Andy Jimmy and McClure felt damn good about that day of shooting. Way back fin the day when movie acting was all about listening, processing and responding to other human beings about human truths.
The two scenes that have always stayed in my memory from this film,much of the film is truly mediocre to be sure, but I feel the film is worth keeping mainly for two scenes, both Stewart scenes, and Stewart at his best.
The “do you like her?" scene.
When Doug McClure is asking for Stewart’s...