Directors DIRECTOR FILMOGRAPHY - The Films of RICHARD BROOKS (1 Viewer)

[Jim_K]

Update:


Wrong Is Right (1982)

 

[Bill McA]

UPDATED:


The Professionals (1966)

Seen 14

Own 2

 

[trajan007]

Any one catch the TCM showing of LOOKING FOR MR GOODBAR? At the beginning they called it the premiere showing on TCM. I think the strong sexual content made the powers that be unwilling to give it a dvd release. Also music rights had something to do with it no doubt. Anyway I did record it. Diane Keaton gave a terrific performance. That last scene even today is a shocker.

 

[trevanian]

GOODBAR, PROFESSIONALS and BITE THE BULLET are among my favorite alltime movies, easily getting top marks. Just wish GOODBAR was available in some kind of decent format (it is just about the only thing I have on VHS besides my wedding video - not that it has anything in common with that.)

I'm also fascinated by WRONG IS RIGHT, which I have on DVD. It is just such a mess, but select moments, like a lot of the presidential stuff, is really good. The source novel is played straight, so I guess Brooks felt NETWORKing it was a way of elevating the material.

BLACKBOARD JUNGLE gets three stars, but I've never gotten through IN COLD BLOOD. Gave up on FEVER PITCH too. Am waiting still on KARAMAZOV till I can read the book, ditto for LORD JIM (though I've heard the central premise of the latter is subverted in the film version, which kind of makes me wonder what the hell it IS about.)

 

[Josh Steinberg]

I saw both Crisis and Battle Circus recently, and I enjoyed both immensely. I see they haven't been at the top of anyone's lists but I'm really glad I took a chance on blind buys for both.