Tuesday, October 18, 2005
PLASTICS
There is no denying that today's Best Film is a classic; but Ebert has a contrarian view in this review of the disc we watched today; the 30th Anniversary edition.
Can you imagine?
And now it has been 38 years!:
I don't share Ebert's diminished view.
I still liked it a lot and it is a 5 out of Netflix5.
That said, it is a sort of 'plain clothes' version of what was happening at the time. It is a sort of stealth approach to the sexual revolution and the refutation of the establishment. You know, they still had to sell movies to the straights.
Of course, Benjamin is a dork. But he is a dork with courage.
This was Dustin Hoffman's first picture. He is great. And quite buffed out.
And it is the late great Anne Bancroft who steals the picture.
I was not ready for the impact of Simon and Garfunkel's music. It still has great impact.
And Mike Nichols. Wow. What great shots and dissolves and pans and.......just whew.
It is interesting that the group of brain-dead people that Benjamin is running from are back in charge today.
Too bad.
