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Post by bravomailer on Oct 24, 2017 16:30:15 GMT
Sergeant Rutledge
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Post by vegalyra on Oct 25, 2017 15:15:57 GMT
Lots of great ones listed. I'm currently in the middle of Witness for the Prosecution. Good film so far, first time I've seen it.
Anatomy of a Murder is one of my favorites. 12 Angry Men I have mixed feelings about. Henry Fonda seems too smug even from the getgo, like I know this guy is innocent and all of you other people are either prejudiced or don't care about our judicial system and the right to a jury trial. The old man next to him seems to have never really been convinced he was guilty in the first place. I just don't think the film was that well written to be honest. The characterization of the jurors seems to be way overdrawn.
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Post by vegalyra on Oct 25, 2017 17:33:55 GMT
It's hard for me to evaluate your criticism of 12 Angry Men, vegalyra, because I've seen it so many times in the last 50+ years or so, and I think my first impression would have been the one to go by, but I don't remember anything about that one except that I liked it a lot. I did, however, recently see the Playhouse 90 version of it starring Robert Cummings in the Fonda role, and - when I think about that - I confess I can understand a little of what you allude to in the Fonda performance, because Cummings' interpretation was far more tentative and less certain. The live show was also directed by Delbet Mann, who had a lighter touch than Lumet (not to criticize Lumet, who was a great but different kind of director in terms of tone than Mann). Maybe you would appreciate that version better. Now you've got me thinking. . . Don't get me wrong, I like the film, especially as an aspiring future lawyer, but Fonda in particular troubles me. Especially since he violates a lot of the rules for jurors (I know it's a movie). This includes bringing a knife into a courtroom (the physical object, and doing his own sleuthing).
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