Touch of Evil

Nice one, cheers. My university library has the Bogdanovich. Got myself a copy of the Renoir autobiography as well - cheap hardback.

Renoir's memoir of his old man also worth a read.

how is thomson? I picked it up for cheap a while ago but haven’t really opened it yet

Rewatched on DCP in a theater last night. Dennis Weaver's lunatic "night man" is really a marvel, and his interactions with the hoodlums at the motel have a big proto-Lynch vibe.

Always forget that Heston's primary cop ally (Schwartz) is played by Mort Mills, who was the cop with the dark shades in Psycho.

― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 22 April 2018 16:39 (four years ago) bookmarkflaglink

rewatching on TV right now and the first appearance of the "night man" actually took my mind straight to norman bates so i'm enjoying morbs's two sentences here^^^, miss you dude

i looked up mercedes mccambridge and discovered that when she played opposite joan crawford in johnny guitar, she ended up calling her a "mean, tipsy, powerful, rotten-egg lady"

!!!

re the Psycho cop

Definitely reminiscent of Psycho. I sat down to watch the film on TV too but unfortunately, because of the snow I assume, the satellite signalling started breaking up about halfway through and has now conked out entirely!

mine was bit flickery yes, but made it to the end

corrupt cop who gets results toppled by jittery know-it-all wife guy

Just rewatched last night. So great. "I'm the night manager!"

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Weird, I actually watched it on Friday night, on a whim. Had never seen it before. What a picture!

"I wish it was your chili I was gettin' fat on."