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cassavetes was in the low budget 1956 film crime in the streets directed by don siegel though he was too old mid twenties he played the eighteen old leader of one of the street gangs sal mineo mark rydell are fellow gang members and james whitmore appeared as a social worker also starred the following year cassavetes starred in martin ritt s feature film directing debut edge of the city the film is a tough and serious look at union corruption and racism on the docks of new york sidney poitier and jack warden co starred the following year cassavetes made his directing debut in one of the most influential independent films of the day though it died at the box office to this day shadows remains a must see of the independent film movement that same year 1959 cassavetes starred in johnny staccato for one season twenty seven episodes before the network dropped it why probably because it was too hip for tv america a stylish moody jazzy soundtrack and noir like johnny staccato was not your standard tv fare of the day some critics wrote the show off as a rip off of peter gunn which premiered the year before both are detectives and hang out in small new york jazz clubs of the day however besides the previously mentioned street grit cassavetes johnny staccato is a musician who plays in the club waldo s as part of the band the scenes with the actor on the piano are highlights in themselves along with cassavetes the only other regular cast member was eduardo ciannelli as waldo other well known or soon to be well known actors appeared among them mary tyler moore elisha cook jr j pat o malley elizabeth montgomery dean stockwell harry guardino charles mcgraw michael landon martin landau and gena rowlands if you are a fan of film noir or crime films tv shows johnny staccato will not disappoint this is my contribution to cmba s big stars on the small screen in support of national classic movie day blogathon click here to see more excellent contributions share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin like loading 6 comments posted in 1950 s tv series uncategorized tagged 1950s television crime tv john cassavetes johnny staccato revisiting bonnie and clyde nov 8 this here s miss bonnie parker and i m clyde barrow we rob banks warren beatty i first saw arthur penn s now iconic bonnie and clyde soon after its release in 1967 it was at a manhattan theater loew s 34th street and watching the film you could tell the audience was unsure how to respond to what they saw on the screen in the language of the sixties it was mind blowing however the new york times critic bosley crowther didn t think so when his scalding review came out there was no doubt where he stood he disliked the film immensely he wrote calling it in part a cheap piece of bald faced slapstick comedy that treats the hideous depredations of that sleazy moronic pair as though they were as full of fun and frolic as the jazz age cut ups in thoroughly modern millie in fairness crowther wasn t the only critic of the day to knock the film warner brothers faced with the negative reviews pulled the film from circulation then something happened a few critics wrote second reviews like joe morgenstern time magazine reversing his first negative review pauline kael praised the film highly from the beginning other critics came on board many except for bosley crowther who wrote two additional articles in which he continued to attack the movie crowther represented the old guard his days as a critic for the new york times were now numbered a new american cinema was being born with the likes of the graduate easy rider and bonnie and clyde leading the way the end of the 1920s brought in a new era in america the stock market crashed and the great depression began hoovervilles shanty towns bread lines and the dust bowl became the norm in america a new kind of outlaw also arrived a criminal to some an anti hero of sorts to others men like john dillinger baby face nelson the barker gang alvin creepy karpis and harry pierpont were just a few of the better known criminals then there was bonnie parker and clyde barrow though set in the 1930s director arthur penn presented the film as a social statement on the violence erupting in the 1960s most prominently in the ever growing unpopular vietnam war the protest at home over the war and the civil rights movement the film was shocking at the time the director pitted the visual violence on screen against a gleeful soundtrack that included songs foggy mountain breakdown by flatt and scruggs add to this the then bold look at sex and bonnie and clyde became one of the most famous and infamous films of the decade bonnie parker and clyde barrow in the film and apparently in real life were not good bank robbers they were an inept group of small time outlaws who barely could stay one step ahead of the law according to john gruen in his excellent book go down together the true untold story of bonnie and clyde they were incompetent as criminals and it was the news media that made them famous many of the bank robberies were a complete bust or resulted in little money a well known story is that clyde chopped off one of his toes to get out of a work detail while in prison he didn t have to go to such lengths since a few days later he was released what bonnie parker and clyde barrow were good at was killing people who got in their way after clyde barrow warren beatty is released from prison he meets bonnie parker faye dunaway a gum chewing waitress who catches him attempting to steal her mother s car he impresses her with his gun and the bored bonnie takes off with him they fall in love and become partners in crime robbing banks and killing people they meet up with the not too bright c w moss michael j pollard a mechanic who is impressed with the daring duo and teams up with them as their getaway driver one of the film s most infamous and violent scenes happens after a botched bank robbery when a bank manager jumps on the running board of the gang s getaway car and won t get off until clyde shoots him in the face it was the kind of violence not seen on the movie screen before and unsettling for the audiences of the day the killings in the film were not the nice clean small bullet holes moviegoers were used to here we see blood splattering bullets ripping into skin and bones the people shot are visually in severe pain before they die the barrow gang is completed when they re joined by clyde s brother buck gene hackman and his preacher s daughter wife blanche estelle parsons the cast also includes gene wilder in his first big screen role wilder plays eugene grizzard who along with his girlfriend velma evans evans are taken hostage by the barrow gang in the beginning they relax and are having a good time with the outlaws in the backseat with buck and blanche all are having laughs wilder s comedic skill goes into full display when bonnie asked velma how old she is and she reveals that she s thirty three you can tell by the look on wilder s face this is news to him no words are needed it is a priceless comedic expression soon after they re eating hamburgers and fries still having a fun time clyde even jokingly telling the two they should join up with them it all changes when bonnie asked eugene what he does for a living and he reveals he s an undertaker it s a line that sends chills down bonnie s spine an omen of their dire future she demands clyde pull over and dump eugene and velma out of the car in these scenes humor and death are delicately balanced keeping the audience off kilter for faye dunaway it was a star making role and for beatty it moved him into the stratosphere of actors and producers he became an icon of the new hollywood bonnie parker s outfits influenced fashions of the day director arthur penn brought a french new wave style that would impact other films over the years notably early on bonnie and clyde screenwriters newman and benton wanted french directors francois truffaut or jean luc goddard as the director there is not a weak performance in the cast beatty received a nomination for best actor dunaway for best actress estelle parsons for best supporting actress and both hackman and pollard received a best supporting actor nod arthur penn and the screenwriters received nominations the film was nominated for best picture ten nominations in all with two wins one for estelle parsons and one for cinematography burnett guffey bonnie and clyde had no chance of winning best picture of the five films nominated two represented the old hollywood guard fighting to survive with dr doolittle and guess who s coming to dinner besides bonnie and clyde the new hollywood was represented by the graduate in the middle the fifth nominee and winner in the heat of the night the saddest part about the film s legacy is not only how it presented a violent view of america in the 1960s but sadly it forecast the future and where we are at today bonnie and clyde does not pack the same cultural impact as it did back in 1967 many films since have presented more bloody on screen violence than bonnie and clyde american fascination with violence has continued to increase negating the impact of penn s classic what remains though is a classic gangster film a bright light in the warner brothers hierarchy of legendary screen gangster movies a landmark in american cinema that helped open the door for hollywood s last classic period in film this is my contribution to classic movie blog associations movies are murder blogathon check out other contributions here share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr email a link to a friend opens in new 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a career in journalism read michael a gonzales excellent article linked here https www soulhead com new documentary explores men at lunch an interesting documentary about one of the most iconic photographs ever made the film explores the origin the meaning and the impact the photo has had over its long history eleven men perched high up on a steel girder taking a lunch break while working on the construction of a building today we know as 30 rockefeller center who was the photographer who are the construction workers these are some of the questions asked and remain unknown except for two men none have been identified many claims have been made but only two have been verified that said the photograph says a lot about the history of new york city its immigrants who worked the dangerous jobs and the american dream 78 52 a detailed informative analysis and tribute to alfred hitchcock s 1960 classic psycho the documentary s focus is on the shower scene and its influence on future films and filmmakers though detailed at times it s accessible to all funny at times and always fascinating talking heads in peter bogdanovich stephen rebello bret easton ellis marli renfro jamie lee curtis osgood perkins and others lenny bruce without tears in the 1950s there was bob hope milton berle jack benny george burns and then there was lenny bruce though much of his material has lost some of its shock value and is dated due to changing pop values lenny bruce remains a brilliant social critic storyteller and legend the film itself has a cinema verite style feel to it all are available on streaming services including hbo max and kanopy share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin like loading 3 comments posted in articles documentary film reviews tagged alfred hitchcock ben fong torres george carlin lenny bruce psycho my article in the dark pages jan 21 my article on barbara stanwyck and double indemnity is one of many excellent noir topics in the year end issue of the dark pages share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin like loading 2 comments posted in articles film noir tagged barbara stanwyck double indeminty film noir the dark pages my favorite brunette oct 20 as a kid growing up and falling in love with movies bob hope was always on the tv screen not just in old films but on tv specials that seemed to pop up all the time hope s best period on the big screen began in the late 1930s with movies like the cat and the canary the ghost breakers and continued into the 1940s monsieur beaucaire the princess and the pirate the paleface and the road to movies by the mid 1950s his films were going downhill in the 1960s hope s films were hopeless ouch movies like call me bawana eight on the lam i ll take sweden boy did i get a wrong number and a global affair were unfortunate affairs but in that early golden period bob hope a master of timing had many gems that still hold up a few years back i wrote a post about celluloid comfort food and one of the five films i mentioned was my favorite brunette it s always been a go to film whether i was in some sort of funk or did not feel like watching anything new i know the film by heart watching my favorite brunette and other hope films you can see the influence old ski nose had on woody allen bob hope was woody s comic idol you easily see this in many of woody s early films the cowardly sperm in everything you always wanted to know about sex the live lobster scene in annie hall and most of the scenes in bananas the mannerisms the jokes it s all there my favorite brunette is a m...
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