Monday, November 12, 2012

Garryowen

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11 comments:

The Dude said...



Me droogs think everything is better with a little Ludwig van.

November 12, 2012 at 12:23 PM
Chip S. said...

I have this strange craving for an In 'n' Out burger.

November 12, 2012 at 12:35 PM
blake said...

I thought you meant Gary Owens! Live from beautiful downtown Burbank!

November 12, 2012 at 12:53 PM
The Dude said...

Hey Blake, I just saw "Breathless" for the first time - have you ever written a review of that one?

November 12, 2012 at 1:06 PM
blake said...

I did, 60.

I was not amused.

November 12, 2012 at 3:02 PM
chickelit said...

As long as Grit is going all German on us, Ein kleines bisschen Horrorschau

November 12, 2012 at 5:43 PM
The Dude said...

Well alrighty then. Hier Kommt Alex. That sounds Horrorschau to me.

Thanks for the link to your review, Blake - I see even Troop commented on that one.

Here is what I liked about the movie - it's in French. I like French. It was shot in Paris - I like Paris.

Jean Paul Belmondo was cool - you can see that Steve McQueen and a bunch of other cool actors aped what he did.

Of course now ever urban hipster douche imitates that style - the hat, the Gauloises, the posing - funny to see the original after all these years.

But I really liked the cars - Citroens, Renaults, Panhards, Peugeots, and Simcas with a smattering of American iron thrown in - that really made the movie for me. I was all "Hey - there's a Deux Cheveaux, there's a 4CV, a DS19! Whoa, he stole a Thunderbird - way to step up, Frenchie with an eyetie name!

The scenes shot from inside a moving car were way cool - the traffic circles, the architecture, the clothes the pedestrians were wearing - total time capsule.

As for the jump cuts, the lack of a plausible plot, the over-exposed black and white, the improvised scenes - what's the word for all that? Oh yeah - seminal! LOL!

Anyway, I got a kick out of it, if only for hearing French for an hour and a half, and watching Jean Seberg is not a bad way to spend some time.

The final chase was fascinating - generally when I get shot through the spine I pretty much stop running. But not JPB - he's off to the races - when he does his final face plant I was impressed by the way he didn't do even more damage to his face - nice stunt! Great fall. My back hurts just watching it.

So, there you have it - I liked the cars, the French, and speaking of seminal, Jean Seberg - hey - wasn't she just Joan of Arc and now she's getting nailed by JPB? Damn, nice work if you can get it...

November 12, 2012 at 6:37 PM
blake said...

I can dig it. I love Russian films because I can kinda-sorta understand the language.

And Jean Seberg is a hottie. I do love French women. It just pegged my pretentious meter so hard I couldn't see past the Citroens.

November 12, 2012 at 7:29 PM
ndspinelli said...

ChipS, You mean the In and Out Burger near Radford, on Camrose?

November 12, 2012 at 7:59 PM
Chip S. said...

No, nick. King's Road, in Chelsea, is more like it.

November 12, 2012 at 8:08 PM
windbag said...

Now would be a bad time to critique "Smoky and the Bandit," right?

November 12, 2012 at 8:45 PM

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