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minervadashwooda few days i watched a 70s made for tv movie called 'all the kind strangers.' It was this unweildy film that wavered between thriller and family flick. Probably would've done much better in today's world, what with psychology being much more mainstream and cell phone service. while watching, i wasreally impressed with john savage, plus he looked really familiar so i looked him up.
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sidebar: his character and one of the younger brothers could totally be childhood merle and daryl dixon
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i realized he was in a lot of movies. none of which i remembered seeing. many of the 'strangers' letterboxd reviews mention 'deer hunter.' so i started watching that last night. there must have been some magic in that film-making, because i sat through 50 minutes of russian-american wedding reception dances (as the characters--and actors! got drunker as the time went on).
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sidebar: most of my thoughts during this hour were: "they'd never be allowed to make this movie today" "if they did it would be some kind of split screen or intermittent flashbacks" which is honestly a cheap trick in modern cinema. like...nonlinear storytelling is not effective just because it's nonlinear. the non-linearity must contribute to the overall purpose of the film. Like memento Just jumbling things up to make a story complicated is hella annoying (looking at you 2020s The Stand adaptation)
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it was a real struggle watching john cavazale because he was literately dying of lung cancer while filming the movie, and the "death day" of my close friend who died of lung cancer was a few weeks ago.
anyhow, john savage's face is just mesmerizing, but 'deer hunter' is hella hard to watch in its second hour. so i took a break and decided to to watch 'Hair.' it was fun, with Savage's cute face morphing as the (rather superficial) plot demanded.
then i learned that the film version of 'hair' is not even close to the magnitude of the stage production. so i went searching out stage recordings, which as far as i can tell, aren't available for streaming anywhere. however, i did find a video of raul esparza performing the titular song...shirtless!
now i'm sleepy and in pain, so it's probably time for bed.
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sidebar: his character and one of the younger brothers could totally be childhood merle and daryl dixon
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i realized he was in a lot of movies. none of which i remembered seeing. many of the 'strangers' letterboxd reviews mention 'deer hunter.' so i started watching that last night. there must have been some magic in that film-making, because i sat through 50 minutes of russian-american wedding reception dances (as the characters--and actors! got drunker as the time went on).
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sidebar: most of my thoughts during this hour were: "they'd never be allowed to make this movie today" "if they did it would be some kind of split screen or intermittent flashbacks" which is honestly a cheap trick in modern cinema. like...nonlinear storytelling is not effective just because it's nonlinear. the non-linearity must contribute to the overall purpose of the film. Like memento Just jumbling things up to make a story complicated is hella annoying (looking at you 2020s The Stand adaptation)
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it was a real struggle watching john cavazale because he was literately dying of lung cancer while filming the movie, and the "death day" of my close friend who died of lung cancer was a few weeks ago.
anyhow, john savage's face is just mesmerizing, but 'deer hunter' is hella hard to watch in its second hour. so i took a break and decided to to watch 'Hair.' it was fun, with Savage's cute face morphing as the (rather superficial) plot demanded.
then i learned that the film version of 'hair' is not even close to the magnitude of the stage production. so i went searching out stage recordings, which as far as i can tell, aren't available for streaming anywhere. however, i did find a video of raul esparza performing the titular song...shirtless!
now i'm sleepy and in pain, so it's probably time for bed.
