Red Mosquito

JuanHamm wrote: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

Wait - are you using dial-up?

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

JuanHamm wrote:Bullitt

JuanHamm wrote: 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.

Rangi Guy wrote:

JuanHamm wrote: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)

JuanHamm wrote:

JuanHamm wrote:Bullitt

JuanHamm wrote: 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

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.

Malloy wrote:

JuanHamm wrote:

JuanHamm wrote:Bullitt

JuanHamm wrote: 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

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.

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

I love my parents

And Steve McQueen

JuanHamm wrote:

Malloy wrote:

JuanHamm wrote:

JuanHamm wrote:Bullitt

JuanHamm wrote: 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

The Argonaut wrote:

JuanHamm wrote:

Malloy wrote:

JuanHamm wrote:

JuanHamm wrote:Bullitt

JuanHamm wrote: 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 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

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

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

It's a fable, it all fits

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

This exchange has given me a lot to think about