What movies are you watching?

[Rangi Guy]

Actually I'm going to watch Friends of Eddie Coyle because it's on Kanopy

I would have thought that Towering Inferno would have downloaded by now

[Rangi Guy]

Wait - are you using dial-up?

[JuanHamm]

It's not a very well seeded torrent and my internet is not great.

[JuanHamm]

Bullitt

Friends of Eddie Coyle

Both of these were excellent. I think Bullitt was marginally better, but that might just be because I'm in love with Steve McQueen.

[JuanHamm]

Actually I'm going to watch Friends of Eddie Coyle because it's on Kanopy

I would have thought that Towering Inferno would have downloaded by now

It finished. I'll be watching it tomorrow because tonight I'm watching The Great Escape with my parents. It's Steve McJuly (I really wish it was June)

[Malloy]

Bullitt

Friends of Eddie Coyle

Both of these were excellent. I think Bullitt was marginally better, but that might just be because I'm in love with Steve McQueen.

im in love with mitchum

[Anders]

Suspicion

Never seen this before. Joan Fontaine won the only acting Oscar in Hitchcock's filmography for her role here, although she should have won for Rebecca as well.

Great first half an hour to this. Had to pause it there.

[JuanHamm]

Bullitt

Friends of Eddie Coyle

Both of these were excellent. I think Bullitt was marginally better, but that might just be because I'm in love with Steve McQueen.

im in love with mitchum

I love him like a father

[JuanHamm]

Last night was movie night with my parents and we watched The Great Escape.

Really good stuff. Great cast. Didn't feel like 3 hours.

[doug rr]

I would think that movie night with the parents would feel like 12 hours

[JuanHamm]

I love my parents

[JuanHamm]

And Steve McQueen

[The Argonaut]

Bullitt

Friends of Eddie Coyle

Both of these were excellent. I think Bullitt was marginally better, but that might just be because I'm in love with Steve McQueen.

im in love with mitchum

I love him like a father

He might be my all time number one, and I mean that sincerely

[JuanHamm]

Bullitt

Friends of Eddie Coyle

Both of these were excellent. I think Bullitt was marginally better, but that might just be because I'm in love with Steve McQueen.

im in love with mitchum

I love him like a father

He might be my all time number one, and I mean that sincerely

What are his best movies? I was looking him up after watching Eddie Coyle and the impression I got is that he tended to give great performances in not great movies.

[The Argonaut]

The Night of the Hunter is the essential Robert Mitchum movie. He's also in a bunch of noirs of varying quality. Crossfire is a special favorite of mine because he plays a good guy and it also stars another of my all-time favorites, Robert Ryan. It's about post-war anti-Semitism, so it's unique in that way. The most famous noir would probably be Out of the Past, also great. He was also the maniac in the original CapeFear, De Niro's role in the re-make. And his final role, in Jamusch's Dead Man holds a special place in my heart just for how wild it is.

He's just one of those guys I find infinitely compelling

[Anders]

He was great. His performance in The Night Of The Hunter is one of the best of all time.

[bart]

Night of the Hunter is not good and he is ridiculously broad in it

[The Argonaut]

It's a fable, it all fits

[bart]

Which fable is it where the guy chases kids for an hour and goes “well ah do declayuh!”

[JuanHamm]

This exchange has given me a lot to think about