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Post by Rufus-T on Dec 25, 2018 5:16:07 GMT
Sullivan's Travels IMO is Preston Sturges' best. I love everything about it: The story, the moral, and the iconic Veronica Lake. I was befuddled to find out that it did not get a single Oscar nomination that year. At least it should have gotten a screenplay nomination.
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Dec 25, 2018 5:38:06 GMT
A rather strange slapstick comedy with a rather simplistic, albeit honest message, in the end. A successful Hollywood filmmaker hits the road disguised as a poor man so that he can gather material for a film that he plans to make (named O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU).
Much of the film is about the director's slap-sticky adventures on the road including a great car/truck chase scene, life with two spinster sisters and an affair with a Hollywood hopeful. Some of the slap-sticky comedy scenes seemed to be uninspired - like the scene at the swimming pool at the director's mansion. The film's second half is quite downbeat with the director being thrown into jail and finally learning that the best he can do for the poor is make them laugh.
I liked the dialogs and the sharp one liners over the slapstick comedy scenes. The supporting cast (especially ROBERT GREIG as the butler who mouths the most profound dialog in the film) was excellent.
It is a bit of a genre bending film and hard to classify. The film begins with a pulsating action scene atop a train that turns out to be a bunch of studio executives watching a film.
Anyway, I'm from a different era and was unable to appreciate this completely. but I enjoyed most of it.
(7/10)
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Post by teleadm on Dec 25, 2018 19:19:41 GMT
Love this movie!
Maybe a satire on directors who want to make message movies, and forgets who pays the tickets.
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Post by wmcclain on Dec 25, 2018 22:29:07 GMT
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Post by politicidal on Dec 26, 2018 18:22:00 GMT
8/10. The banter between McCrea and Lake is quite good. I had to see this once I learned it inspired the title for one of my all time favorite movies.
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Post by louise on Dec 29, 2018 7:20:16 GMT
Not a favourite of mine, but quite an interesting film. the scene in the black church is very good.
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Dec 29, 2018 8:31:29 GMT
None of my friends nor I were/are Joel McCrea fans.
I saw this movie and found it superior.
Could never get any of my film-loving friends to get past the comedic beginning.
Great film
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Post by Nalkarj on Dec 29, 2018 17:18:56 GMT
Absolutely brilliant film, one of the best in Sturges’ stellar career. The moment on the railroad tracks, when the picture pivots from “comedy/ha ha” to “comedy/not tragedy,” is one of the finest moments in the movies and the closest Sturges ever came to Lubitsch. And the scene at the church, as louise pointed out, is nearly its equal. Offhand I can’t think of one thing wrong with it. Pictures like this are why we go to the movies. |
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