Sunday, December 14, 2008
BZZZZZZZZZ
Today's Paul Newman Fest film was
Newman the rascal again. With Redford. Better than the cowboy film by far, same director.
This is a film that you can only see every twenty years or so because it is all twists and turns and if you know them you are left looking at the beautiful period detail which is fine enough for me but I am afraid that the drama part would lose its bite.
Should there be a comma in there somewhere?
Nevertheless, I did see it when it came out 35 years ago and it was all fresh and new and very entertaining this time around.
Newman doesn't do a lot in this but it is still good to see him running things. There is a huge cast with wonderful character actors. Robert Shaw, Charles Durning, Ray Walston, the wonderful Eileen Brennan (the whore with a heart of gold). and Harold Gould.
I will give it a 4 out of Netflix5 and look forward to seeing it again 35 years from now. Maybe 20. Maybe sooner. I am getting more forgetful every year.
