New Forgotten, old favourite — here.
Archive for November 8, 2012
The Greek Typhoon
Posted in FILM with tags 10.30PM Summer, Jules Dassin, Melina Mercouri, The Daily Notebook, The Forgotten on November 8, 2012 by dcairnsThe Ben Gazzarra Memorial Barn
Posted in FILM with tags A Rage to Live, Ben Gazzara, Bradford Dillman, John O'Hara, Lady in a Cage, Saul Bass, Suzanne Pleshette, Walter Grauman on November 8, 2012 by dcairns
You can still visit this barn, although I believe by now the lettering is quite faded.
Yes, we watched A RAGE TO LIVE, from the novel by John O’Hara. Suzanne Pleshette is the principle reason for watching, as she’s so damn watchable, but Bradford Dillman and the Gazz are also very good. But this film seems to have no reason to be. It’s dull soap opera and the story demonstrates nothing. Director Walter Grauman is best known for LADY IN A CAGE, which at least is memorably nasty, but equally pointless. Both stories seem like carefully designed torture devices to make their heroines suffer, only this one is a melodrama and the other is a home invasion horror piece.
This also suffers from being 1965′s idea of “racy” — an idea that would rapidly be overtaken just a year or so later when Hollywood discovered that costumes could actually be detached from actors. Still, whoever so carefully positioned the titles did a fine job — usually only Saul Bass fits his lettering so neatly within the compositions.
