Harris and his wife, Fred Ward's squirming, LBJ in the limo -- it switches from irreverent to affection quite well. The Shepard scenes are the most ponderous, the ones in the cafe the silliest -- the men waiting for news about who died remind me of the vultures in Splash Mountain.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 4 February 2019 22:01 (five years ago) link
it has that tricky balance of respecting the main characters while poking a bit of fun at them, regarding them as outsized heroes and then bringing them down to size in a way that is empathetic and understanding, and not cutting them down. the absurdities really work so well, i think as a satire of sorts it's very well-crafted and smart and of course super entertaining.
― omar little, Monday, 4 February 2019 22:10 (five years ago) link
that score too, my god. a truly great film that i've seen in full maybe once, but in parts dozens of times
― simmy simmy ya, simmy yam simmy yay (voodoo chili), Monday, 4 February 2019 23:00 (five years ago) link
theme song by NKOTB not bad either
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Monday, 4 February 2019 23:05 (five years ago) link
per an Apollo book, Chasing the Moon, reviewed in last Sunday's NYTBR, Chuck Yeager told other candidates in an aerospace trainee program not to speak to the sole black candidate, Air Force pilot Edward Dwight. Dwight was essentially forced out of the program by Yeager.
movies is movies
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 25 June 2019 23:38 (four years ago) link
Edwards AFB released the complete film of Yeager's crash in the NF-104. 56 years ago today. (also, it's terrifying!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e32CPRXEZ7s
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 10 December 2019 22:08 (four years ago) link
Big ol' new interview with Kaufman on it
https://www.vulture.com/article/how-philip-kaufman-made-the-right-stuff-movie.html
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 20 November 2023 16:52 (five months ago) link