Not an easy question…..my favorite changes….I get on these kicks with a couple of the films at a time. I’d have to say PICK UP ON SOUTH STREET is high on my list. Used to watch SHOCK CORRIDOR a lot….certainly have a tremendous love for NAKED KISS, STEEL HELMET, and UNDERWORLD USA and FORTY GUNS is so ahead of it’s time and Stanwyk is so damn stunning. Still haven’t seen RUN OF THE ARROW. Been trying to find it for years. Haven’t seen PARK ROW in a decade or more….as of the last couple years, I can’t stop watching WHITE DOG, DEAD PIDGEON ON BEETHOVEN STREET, CRIMSON KIMONO and THE BIG RED ONE.
If WHITE DOG were released today, it would by far be the best American film of the year. It’s was very Kubrickian in the sense that it was TOO far ahead of it’s time and the public’s comfort zone. It’s a shame. The impact that film could have had is one that is much needed today.
I have to back Ransom up on the bio, A Third Face. I’ve read it several times and will certainly read it again. My favorite non-fiction book of all time. Not just a great story about a filmmaker, but a WWII vet who was there from beginning to end, a writer, a reporter, husband and father, and a breed of man that is unlikely to ever be seen again.
Favorite Fuller Film almost 2 years ago
Not an easy question…..my favorite changes….I get on these kicks with a couple of the films at a time. I’d have to say PICK UP ON SOUTH STREET is high on my list. Used to watch SHOCK CORRIDOR a lot….certainly have a tremendous love for NAKED KISS, STEEL HELMET, and UNDERWORLD USA and FORTY GUNS is so ahead of it’s time and Stanwyk is so damn stunning. Still haven’t seen RUN OF THE ARROW. Been trying to find it for years. Haven’t seen PARK ROW in a decade or more….as of the last couple years, I can’t stop watching WHITE DOG, DEAD PIDGEON ON BEETHOVEN STREET, CRIMSON KIMONO and THE BIG RED ONE.
If WHITE DOG were released today, it would by far be the best American film of the year. It’s was very Kubrickian in the sense that it was TOO far ahead of it’s time and the public’s comfort zone. It’s a shame. The impact that film could have had is one that is much needed today.
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Favorite Fuller Film almost 2 years ago
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I have to back Ransom up on the bio, A Third Face. I’ve read it several times and will certainly read it again. My favorite non-fiction book of all time. Not just a great story about a filmmaker, but a WWII vet who was there from beginning to end, a writer, a reporter, husband and father, and a breed of man that is unlikely to ever be seen again.
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RIP Hideko Takamine over 1 year ago
I don’t know what to say….so special.
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