What classics did you see last week ? (4 Aug- 10 Aug 2019)
Aug 10, 2019 22:06:47 GMT
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Post by vegalyra on Aug 10, 2019 22:06:47 GMT
Still in the process of catching another one or two before the day is over but here is what I have so far:
The Black Windmill (1974)
Interesting Michael Caine vehicle, I thought it was going to be more of a spy film rather than a film about retrieving his kidnapped child, but it was still entertaining. Donald Pleasance is unintentionally (?) hilarious as Caine's superior, he has a lot of idiosyncrasies such as arranging all of his office paraphernalia meticulously like a letter opener, pen, etc. and watering his plants as well as telling visitors to not smoke because the pollution is toxic to the plants. Caine plays it solid and his character reminds me quite a lot of his other contemporary '70s roles. John Vernon plays his normal bad guy self.
Robbery (1967)
teleadm recently posted a great Peter Yates write up, and I already had a copy of Robbery on bluray that I've been meaning to watch and I'm glad I did. Great film, I can see why McQueen wanted Yates to do Bullitt. Stanley Baker is stupendous as usual. The location shots were well done and some of the in car shots are just amazing.
Debating on my next film to watch tonight. I'll update this post once I figure it out and watch it...
The Black Windmill (1974)
Interesting Michael Caine vehicle, I thought it was going to be more of a spy film rather than a film about retrieving his kidnapped child, but it was still entertaining. Donald Pleasance is unintentionally (?) hilarious as Caine's superior, he has a lot of idiosyncrasies such as arranging all of his office paraphernalia meticulously like a letter opener, pen, etc. and watering his plants as well as telling visitors to not smoke because the pollution is toxic to the plants. Caine plays it solid and his character reminds me quite a lot of his other contemporary '70s roles. John Vernon plays his normal bad guy self.
Robbery (1967)
teleadm recently posted a great Peter Yates write up, and I already had a copy of Robbery on bluray that I've been meaning to watch and I'm glad I did. Great film, I can see why McQueen wanted Yates to do Bullitt. Stanley Baker is stupendous as usual. The location shots were well done and some of the in car shots are just amazing.
Debating on my next film to watch tonight. I'll update this post once I figure it out and watch it...