"Not the art of scholars but of illiterates." (new movie thread)

[mixed cats]

I just watched a documentary on Valentino. Mixedcats, did you know that one of his dogs is named Maggie? (None of them are named Andrew.)

oh goddammit!

[auto-da-fey]

Dude, we were just talking about that film a couple months ago. I saw it for the first time around then, and I think maybe Whit did too? I know we both thought it was awesome. So yeah, good call.

Yeah, Friends of Eddie Coyle is great, and I wouldn't expect the Ashby movie to come near it--I was thinking California Split as a reference point (downbeat world-of-gambling bum trip), but I'm sure this won't be nearly as good as that, either. Might try to watch it later today rather than keep posting about it without seeing it.

and Andrew, yeah, Shanghai Gesture comes from Sternberg's post-Dietrich career-nosedive. I have it sitting on my desk actually, but haven't watched it yet either, though I'm looking forward to it.

[auto-da-fey]

here, I continued the thread:
http://www.lastplanetojakarta.com/forums/index.php/topic,12156.new.html#new