In praise of film director ROBERT ALDRICH

man, Hustle's only ten years after A Man and a Woman but with the the casting of Deneue, the scene where Deneueve and Reynolds watch the 1966 film in a revival house, Reynolds and Paul Winfield reminiscing about Bogart and Garfield, and the very '70s we-don't-get-our-kids overtones, it's already nostalgic for pre-hippie times.

he mies-en-scene of the later films is often downright ugly, and that often includes the grizzled veterans he casts in 'em.

Oh yeah. It reminds me of Dean Martin's celebrity roasts from the period: sixtysomething Hollywood vets with sideburns and long hair stumbling through vile curtains in a drunken fog.

Hustle was written by Steve Shagan, who kinda specialized in that stuff for a few years (Jack Lemmon's unloved angsty businessman Oscar in Save the Tiger)... like a second-tier Paddy Chayefsky.

but Hustle makes you contemplate the forensic leavings of Eddie Albert's and Vegas comic Jack Carter's "joy juice," so all is forgiven.

i think i like the shipwreck of the Eileen Brennan/Ben Johnson marriage more than their performances in The Last Picture Show

It's much better than Save the Tiger; I want my symphony for the autumnal years played in a genre piece.

The bar convo b/w Brennan and Reynolds had a nice, casual rhythm to it. I don't think Reynolds is well cast. Although he's not bad and years before he went rancid, he's not persuasive when called upon to be sympathetic.

I caught Paul Winfield looking at Reynolds' butt a couple times. I wonder how out he was?

discreetly noncommital in the press.

Reynolds' quipping reminded me too much of his ubiquitous Carson show appearances. otherwise fine.

Somehow thought the was an ILM thread and you were talking about Simon Reynolds.

imdb trivia for Vera Cruz (1954):

Gary Cooper was taking so much medication, that he was impotent for the duration of filming. He also hated working with Sara Montiel, who he claimed smelled bad and never washed her hair.

I have Attack! dvdr'd. Worth a watch?

one of the best war films

This book is surely the only one in existence that features back cover pull quotes from Andrew Sarris and Burt Reynolds pic.twitter.com/fuI5s7aM23

— Matt Prigge (@mattprigge) July 30, 2018

Robert Aldrich hated working with studio technicians and instead built his own list of non-union crew. Paid them 25% above guild rates and had them over for cocktails to watch the big boxing matches.

— Peter LabuzAAAHH! (@labuzamovies) October 29, 2019

Looking forward to Arm0nd's autobiography.