What movie did YOU just FINISH watching?
Aug 8, 2019 18:10:46 GMT
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Post by teleadm on Aug 8, 2019 18:10:46 GMT
Paper Moon 1973, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, based on a novel by Joe David Brown, starring Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal, Madeline Kahn, John Hillerman, P.J. Johnson, Jessie Lee Fulton, Noble Willingham, Randy Quaid and other.
Drama comedy. During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership. A partnership that is disrupted when he falls in love with a "stripper" from a tent show and when they try to steal and sell moonshine.
There is no reason why this movie should be entertaining at all, but it is, since it somehow works. Thanks to the great chemistry between real-life father and daughter O'Neal, the great black-and-white cinematography by László Kovács, and the near magical flat, tree-less and mountain-less landscapes of Kansas. Thanks to being a period peace done with a gentle touch of a bygone era, it has aged very well.
Just like Louis Malle's Atlantic City that I have recently seen, director Bogdanovich doesn't judge the four main characters even if they are all dishonest people, we just follow them for awhile, and let's us the audience decide for ourself what we should think about them. Since the movie became a hit many thought these characters were worth the time to follow and be charmed by them, but hoping that we ourselves doesn't meet persons like these.
A nice surprice.
This movie was nominated for 4 Oscars, it won Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Tatum O'Neal). The other nominee's were another Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Kahn), Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium and Sound.
Drama comedy. During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership. A partnership that is disrupted when he falls in love with a "stripper" from a tent show and when they try to steal and sell moonshine.
There is no reason why this movie should be entertaining at all, but it is, since it somehow works. Thanks to the great chemistry between real-life father and daughter O'Neal, the great black-and-white cinematography by László Kovács, and the near magical flat, tree-less and mountain-less landscapes of Kansas. Thanks to being a period peace done with a gentle touch of a bygone era, it has aged very well.
Just like Louis Malle's Atlantic City that I have recently seen, director Bogdanovich doesn't judge the four main characters even if they are all dishonest people, we just follow them for awhile, and let's us the audience decide for ourself what we should think about them. Since the movie became a hit many thought these characters were worth the time to follow and be charmed by them, but hoping that we ourselves doesn't meet persons like these.
A nice surprice.
This movie was nominated for 4 Oscars, it won Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Tatum O'Neal). The other nominee's were another Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Kahn), Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium and Sound.