Sunday, June 29, 2008
HOTTEST
Today's NYTimes Best 1176 Film was Billy Wilder's
with Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon plus an assortment of classic gangster players headed by George Raft.
Monroe is at the top of her game in this picture. Actually, I have yet to see a film where she is not at the top.
She is funny. She sings. And she is very, very sexy. In a way that even speaks to the inverted among us.
This is one of the all time best films and does not require any boosting from me.
It never stops and despite the number of times I have seen it (3 or 4?) it still suprises. You simply cannot hear all the jokes or see all the business in one take.
I should mention Joe E. Brown. He is the innocent among the wolves.
I met him once when I was 14. He was a great guy. A showoff and a talker.
He was appearing at the local summer playhouse. I gave him a ride.
That is probably not very important to the film which was produced 8 years later but there it is. Who knows what influence I might have had on his bravura performance!
This is a 5 out of Netflix5. I will almost definitely see it again.
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