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Post by manfromplanetx on Mar 10, 2017 3:28:35 GMT
Regret to say I haven't seen either, salzmank, though I'm sure others have. I was always particularly interested in The Last of Sheila, given that Anthony Perkins was the writer, along with Stephen Sondheim. If memory serves, it was Perkins' concept. is one of my favorite movies: the cluing and plotting are über-ingenious (there is one clue, the revelation of a pattern, that makes you slap your head in amazement at not having seen it from the very beginning), and the acting, from James Mason, James Coburn, and Joan Hackett in particular, is delightful. Perkins and Sondheim are excellent writers, both in plotting and in dialogue, which makes me all the more annoyed that their second and third scripts together, The Chorus Girl Murder Case and Crime and Variations, were never filmed! I don't know if it's available on TCM screening, but, if it is, I highly recommend it, especially if you like mysteries, Spiderwort. As for Deathtrap, I also greatly recommend it, but I have to say: watch out for spoilers! That applies for Sheila too, of course, but it's particularly easy with Deathtrap, because the central twist became relatively famous when the film came out. But it is a movie--based on Ira Levin's play, but well-adapted to film by Sidney Lumet--that needs to be gone into cold. UPDATE: I just checked, both The Last of Sheila and Deathtrap are available on TCM streaming-- www.tcm.com/watchtcm/movies/?ecid=subnavmoviesondemand--until Mar. 13! Hi there You have sold me on The Last Of Shelia I had never heard of it before, thanks for the recommendation the DVD is available so I will add it to the collection... |
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