187 ... Boogie Nights

187 ... Boogie Nights

Total change of scene for this one !
A good film, if a tad too long (the film and the shining star...) and dark in places.  But there's some great scenes / stories here, and not all related directly to the main characters (Buck Swope and Little Bill are great). 

Everyone yaks on about Burt Reynolds with regards to this film, but John C Reilly's character Reed Rothchild is a classic, and there's a great scene at Rahad Jackson's with an 80's mix tape ramping up in the background.

The film won critical acclaim, awards and 3 Academy Award nominations.  It was written and directed by P T Anderson, who also produced Magnolia which is a film much further up this list, looking forward to it. 

The film has some great quotes in it...

Buck Swope "This is hi-fi, okay? High fidelity. You know what that means? That means this is the highest quality fidelity. Hi-fi. Two very important things in a stereo system... I have this very unit in my home, but I got it modified with the TK-421, which kicks it up another three or four quads per channel. But that's just technical talk, that doesn't concern you."


Reed Rothchild: Have you seen that Star Wars movie?
Eddie Adams: Yeah, I've seen it four times.
Reed Rothchild: You know, people tell me I kind of look like Han Solo.


Reed Rothchild: Want to hear a poem I wrote? "I love you, you love me. Going down the sugar tree. We'll go down the sugar tree, and see lots of bees: playing, playing. But the bees won't sting, because you love me." That's it.


Record Producer: That's not an MP, that's a YP, your problem. Come up with the money, or forget it. 
Reed Rothchild: Okay, now you're talking above my head. I don't know all of this industry jargon, YP, MP

AFO (A Film Odyssey) rating 7.5

Links ... IMDB (7.9),   Wikipedia

188 ... Breakfast At Tiffany's

 188 ... Breakfast At Tiffany's


Not a big fan of this one.

It's aged (Chinese neighbour , Mr Yunioshi..!) and most of the characters seem pretty scatty.

For me, the best bit about this film is the odd bit of great cinematography (opening shots in New York), and an interesting factoid is that the song 'Moon River' was wrote for this movie.

I tried to think of it as George Peppard in an early edition of the A-Team, but that plan didn't come together... (ba doom !)

AFO (A Film Odyssey) rating 6

Links ... IMDB (7.8),   Wikipedia

189 ... The Night Of The Hunter

189 ... The Night Of The Hunter





Guess what... another film I'd never seen !

And another 'old' black and white movie, with some great cinematography.

Robert Mitchum's character Harry Powell is a fake preacher, a charlatan, who marries women and then kills them for their money. But takes on one con too many with the Harpers.

I did enjoy this movie, and at the time (1955) it must have been a pretty scary trip to the flix.

AFO (A Film Odyssey) rating 7

Links ... IMDB (8.2),   Wikipedia