Harold and Maude (1971, Hal Ashby) Harold (Bud Cort) is young, privileged, and obsessed with death. He frequents funerals of people he doesn’t know, and stages mock suicides to his mother’s great annoyance. He has no friends. At a funeral he meets 79-year-old Maude (Ruth Gordon), and the two strike up an unlikely friendship. Maude, [...]
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Dog Day Afternoon (1975, Sidney Lumet) Sidney Lumet is one of my very favourite directors. All movies of his that I’ve seen have been excellent, not a stinker among them. He has range, too. He has covered just about every genre there is, and he’s a master at his craft. Here we have a movie based [...]
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Sleuth (1972, Joseph L. Mankiewicz) Sleuth is based on Anthony Shaffer’s play of the same name, and is about two men. The younger of the two, Milo Tindle (Michael Caine) intends to marry the wife of the older man, Andrew Wyke (Laurence Olivier), and goes up to his country house to discuss the matter. Wyke [...]
Saturday, June 7, 2008
The Deer Hunter (1978, Michael Cimino) Let me get this off my chest right now; this movie was far too long for me. Or not necessarily too long per se, but too drawn-out. Anyway, let me get back to that later. The Deer Hunter tells the story of a group of friends in rural Pennsylvania. Three [...]
Thursday, October 18, 2007
American Graffiti (1973, George Lucas) American Graffiti takes place in California in 1962, and one thing is immediately striking: the innocence. This was before the JFK assassination, while the young were still naive and the music was still sweet. The movie centers on four teenage boys, and takes place in one night. They have graduated [...]
I’m back from my vacation now (best.week.ever) and have some catchin up to do. In August, I will write those last IMDb250 reviews that I didn’t get to in July, and then I’ll get back to work on my Resolutions and the Alphabet Project.
As you’ve noticed, Shoot the Glass is undergoing spring cleaning at the moment. Sorry for the mess and thanks for your patience.
I’m such a sucker for these great 50’s,60’s and early 70’s French...Funnily enough, this film is in my top ten for obvious reasons. You can quite clearly see the parallels between...
When I first saw “Hitchcount” at the top of the page, I wondered why Hanna felt the need to see any...Nice review, Hanna. I’ll agree with everything except the final rating. It gets the full five stars from...
I was amazed at how cynical the movie was. It kept amazing me that more and more people arrived. I am glad I...
Sunday, July 6, 2008
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