"They paved paradise to put up a parking lot"

"They paved paradise to put up a parking lot" Jun 9, 2017 13:59:54 GMT spiderwort likes this

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Post by Doghouse6 on Jun 9, 2017 13:59:54 GMT

Jun 9, 2017 2:46:14 GMT spiderwort said:

Jun 8, 2017 17:25:16 GMT Doghouse6 said:

As two of my most revered and revisited films, the inclusions of both Chinatown and Wild River, each of which I consider to be among the finest their respective decades offer. . .

Beautiful, beautiful comments, Doghouse. I hadn't read yours before I made my comments about Wild River. Mine, while generally in alignment with yours, pale in comparison. I love this film for so many reasons - one of the most beautiful Kazan films, I think. So glad to see another fan, especially one who can articulate its virtues so profoundly. I think Kazan would be pleased to read your words. (Btw, he'd wanted to make a film about that era and that subject since he directed the WPA short documentary, The People of the Cumberland in 1937.)

Thanks for your wonderful analysis of both it and Chinatown.

You're always so good to me (and I'm always grateful), but it's worth noting that you pretty much said in one concise paragraph what it took me several to say. Brevity's my "impossible dream," so it's a quality I admire in others. And when I find us on the same page, I know I'm in excellent company.