Hawks said in his Bogdo interview that Farmer was the best performer he'd ever worked with.
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 3 November 2013 18:17 (ten years ago) link
Wyler did the last 30 mins, more or less.
the movie suddenly becomes rather restrained, and before you know it, there's a garden party going on.
http://selfstyledsiren.blogspot.com/2007/03/strange-fame-of-frances-farmer-part-two.html
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 3 November 2013 18:22 (ten years ago) link
The Big Sky is pretty hard to see, def one of my underrated faves; winds up the Astoria fest this Sunday night.
http://www.movingimage.us/visit/calendar/2013/11/10/detail/the-big-sky
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 7 November 2013 15:27 (ten years ago) link
“Many westerns have been self-consciously conceived on an epic scale, but Howard Hawks’s Red River, in its deepest channels, actually feels like an ancient epic.”
http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/3176-red-river-the-longest-drive
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Friday, 6 June 2014 05:20 (nine years ago) link
i'm thinking the first hour of Ball of Fire may be the best thing Brackett & Wilder ever wrote.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 30 December 2015 04:34 (eight years ago) link
This reminds of story I need to tell you about going many years ago to Lincoln Center to see discussion about auteur theory. Really.
― Instant Karmagideon Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 31 December 2015 01:32 (eight years ago) link
https://humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com/2017/07/19/the-best-films-of-howard-hawks/
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 July 2017 02:17 (six years ago) link
watched Rio Bravo for the first time the other day
Yes
― flappy bird, Saturday, 18 July 2020 05:51 (three years ago) link
I like Ball of Fire, but His Girl Friday and Bringing Up Baby are classics
― Dan S, Wednesday, 11 November 2020 04:04 (three years ago) link
ctrl-f The Thing from Another World
― Brad C., Wednesday, 11 November 2020 04:35 (three years ago) link
saw a bunch more of his films recently
The Big Sleep was incredibly convoluted, even on second viewing. Maybe it was a great film, but I don't know
Thought Red River and Rio Bravo were great, Hatari! was interesting but I wondered about its treatment of the wild animals
― Dan S, Tuesday, 16 February 2021 01:16 (three years ago) link
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes was very enjoyable I thought
― Dan S, Tuesday, 16 February 2021 01:31 (three years ago) link
Read Todd McCarthy's Hawks bio in January, this was maybe the most revelatory bit:
The final scene of what would’ve been Howard Hawks’ final film, When It’s Hot Play It Cool, written by the man himself circa 1976. pic.twitter.com/Iihua7IbVC— Nicky Smith (@nickyotissmith) January 24, 2021
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 16 February 2021 02:00 (three years ago) link
Dan, no one involved in the making of The Big Sleep had any idea what was going on either, the trick is to sit back and enjoy. Hawks thought plot didn't matter.
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 16 February 2021 11:28 (three years ago) link
it was interesting enough that I want to see it again
― Dan S, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 00:26 (three years ago) link
haven't seen Doris Day in any of her films with Rock Hudson yet, but I thought Paula Prentiss's loopy performance was really appealing opposite him in Hawks' "Man's Favorite Sport?"
― Dan S, Saturday, 27 February 2021 00:54 (three years ago) link