What are your opinions on the films of Richard Quine?

What are your opinions on the films of Richard Quine? Jul 21, 2021 21:45:54 GMT timshelboy and Hurdy Gurdy Man like this

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Post by jeffersoncody on Jul 21, 2021 21:45:54 GMT

Jul 20, 2021 18:30:45 GMT timshelboy said:

You've got me lining up STRANGERS WHEN WE MEET for a rewatch

- been 40 years. Only vaguely recall the rape - for a similar sin in the suburbs romp I recommend NO DOWN PAYMENT from a couple of years earlier- this focuses on 4 young couples in a new housing estate and is much grittier - with a rape plotline. Mainly remember Novak being dreamy, plush production values and Matthau standing out.

You post inspired me to dig deep into the back cupboard and pluck out the Blu Ray of NO DOWN PAYMENT - a film which I saw years ago but not in this quality. I had almost forgotten that I had this Blu Ray until i saw your post timshelboy. We watched it this evening. It looked a treat in HD on the Samsung flat screen; gleaming black white in the 2.35 : 1 aspect ratio. Five minutes in my better half told told me she was not sure she wanted to spend time with such shallow, unpleasant characters, but I pretended I didn't hear and she was soon sucked right along with me. In the midst of great unease, we got lost in it, what more can one ask from the movies. It was 105 minutes well spent and a trip to see the picture looking so damn good. Had great fun with the cast. And all this because I read your post and remembered the movie in the cupboard. Now, like you, I feel like watching STRANGERS WHEN WE MEET again, even though I have seen it on DVD somewhere in the last few years. As far as I know it's not on Blu Ray, but one of these days ...

PS. Did you see this on the film's imdb trivia page? Bowie's take is a good one.

In 1967, musician David Bowie cited this film in a letter to fan Sandra Dodd: "I was watching an old film on TV the other night called "No Down Payment" a great film, but rather depressing if it is a true reflection of The American Way of Life."