UNDERSTANDING MOVIES (Third Edition)
by Louis Giannetti
originally published: 1972
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So, now when I watch
PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES,
I “get it” . . . and laugh.
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So, now when I watch
PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES,
I “get it” . . . and laugh.
~ Stephen T. McCarthy
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[* This goofy review is dedicated to the goofy MARTIN BRUMER (Feb. 15, 1960 to July 18, 1989), a doggoned good actor and an even better friend whose copy of this fine book was presented to me by his Mother after he left for “That Great Sound Stage In The Sky.” Thanks, Marty & Miriam!]
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Do they have an updated edition for 2017? I'm not sure I'm smart enough to understand The Power Rangers reboot movie or Transformers Part 8.
ReplyDeleteYeah, see that's why I avoid modern movies. When everyone's standing around the water cooler discussing Batman 2525, I don't want to be the lone stooge who has to say, "I didn't un'erstan' it."
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Ferret-Faced Fascist Friends
This is a good book and I own a copy. I find it a fun read and well written.
ReplyDeleteBIRGIT, I'm glad you've got this book. It's perfect for you! It's been ages since I've read it and I ought to go through it again. Maybe when I finish the book I'm currently reading, 'UNDERSTANDING POSTMODERNISM', which I don't understand.
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Ferret-Faced Fascist Friends
Hi Stephen, I'm sorry that you lost your friend at such a young age. My favorite scene in Trains, Planes and Automobiles was when Steve Martin woke up refreshed after sleeping between two soft, fluffy pillows and then he rolled over and saw John Candy. Something tells me that scene might be part of the underlying meaning of your Haiku Review!
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Nice to see you here, GEM JULIE! Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
DeleteMarty was a nice Jewish boy who liked to decorate Christmas cookies with my family. Not sure if he ever told his parents about that. Ha!-Ha!
In fact, every year at Christmas, Marty would give my family one of those big tins of popcorn. He was killed in 1989, and to this day, I still ALWAYS put a tin of popcorn under the tree with a tag on it that says "From: Marty". I'm sentimental... and goofy, too.
To me, overall, 'Planes, Trains & Automobiles' is probably the funniest movie ever made. I laugh all the way through it.
That scene you mentioned... let's just say that's enough to make a [Link> "CONFIDENT HETEROSEXUAL" like me cringe.
[;^)}
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Ferret-Faced Fascist Friends
Sounds like a handy guide for film buffs. Sad to lose a friend so young. "Planes, Trains & Automobiles" was a fun movie. Also sad that we lost John Candy well before his time.
ReplyDeleteDEBBIE, I always found John Candy fun to watch. He could make me laugh just with those rubber-faced expressions he'd make. I love the SCTV stuffs he did!
DeleteI met him one time, circa 1985. But it wasn't the best of circumstances for him and he seemed rather depressed.
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Ferret-Faced Fascist Friends
Yes, John Candy was one of a kind. ☺ Too bad your meeting wasn't more upbeat. I remember when he, Wayne Gretzky and Bruce McNall bought the Toronto Argonauts football team (in 1991). It was short-lived (he died three years later), but definitely good for some fun times. SCTV is a Canadian classic and right up there with Saturday Night Live.
DeleteDEBBIE, I think SCTV puts SNL to absolute shame!! I've always said that SCTV was what teenagers in the 1970s only "thought" SNL was.
DeleteIf one was trying to be cool and with the "In Crowd", they'd watch SNL and yak about it at school on Mondays. But SCTV was a godzillion times funnier, IMO.
There are a few lines I got from SCTV and still use pretty regularly. "Izn't dat skeddy, kids? Oooh, dat even gave Count Floyd a chill!"
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Ferret-Faced Fascist Friends