Search results

Actually, what I was saying has nothing to do with the people who enjoy THE BIG CHILL (BTW, I'm all for people enjoying films) but with the way it was made, which obscures and negates its underlying theme in a way that RETURN OF THE SECAUCUS SEVEN--which was a huge influence on THE BIG...

Agree. THE BIG CHILL is so glossy and chrismatic and soundtrack orientated, most people who made it a box office hit didn't realize what it was really about, the wilting of the flower children, the end of their dreams, their attempt to ignore death and their own self-centeredness and superficiality.

We played it in '79, I think. I never got around to getting the TT Blu, but I intend to pick up the Criterion. I neglected to mention Gloria Grahame, who's remarkable in it. If you saw it in Syracuse on the hill between November and March, I imagine the landscape outside on the Quad resembled...

We played this at the theater I managed when it was called HEAD OVER HEELS. Though hardly anyone went to see it, I've always considered it one of the best films of its year, and the few people that did come, came multiple times, and afterwards, we would have stimulating conversations in the...