#lee marvin
A dapper Lee Marvin in this unpublished still from the 1967 John Boorman film, “Point Blank”. Credits to http://theeditroomfloor.blogspot.co.uk.
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Lee Marvin and Gloria Grahame in ‘The Big Heat’, 1953.
Violent Saturday
Directed by Richard Fleischer
Screenplay by Sydney Boehm (based on the novel by William L. Heath)
USA, 1955Watched on 24th April 2014
First viewing
Thanks to a combination of circumstances, tiredness and renewed interest in books, it’s been a long time since I got to watch a film. This was a pretty good reintroduction, a colourful heist film with an impressive cast. Not the best film I’ve ever seen, but mostly enjoyable.
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5.02 Steel
Director: Don Weis
Director of Photography: George T. Clemens
“Sports item, circa 1974: Battling Maxo, B2, heavyweight, accompanied by his manager and handler, arrives in Maynard, Kansas, for a scheduled six-round bout. Battling Maxo is a robot, or, to be exact, an android, definition: an automaton resembling a human being. Only these automatons have been permitted in the ring since prizefighting was legally abolished in 1968. This is the story of that scheduled six-round bout, more specifically the story of two men shortly to face that remorseless truth: that no law can be passed which will abolish cruelty or desperate need–nor, for that matter, blind animal courage.”
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SUBLIME CINEMA #604 - THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE
One of John Ford’s most thoughtful films. Ford was an obstinate interview subject, who almost completely refused to answer questions about his work - although in a way, his work has completely spoken for itself. His films helped to define the western genre, and were often about moral gray areas his stalwart characters (Wayne in particular) waded through.
John Wayne complained later in his career that he had been typecast as the quiet muscle - ‘nothing to sink his teeth into’, save a few films - the Searchers and True Grit, where he finally won an Academy Award. But his quiet muscle - a blank slate for audiences to project onto - serves a purpose, especially in this film.
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