- Torquemada
- Oct 21, 2010
-
Drei Gläser
|
quote:[first lines]
[music: the opening of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Voiceover]
Isaac Davis: Chapter One. He adored New York City. He idolized it all out of proportion. Eh uh, no, make that he, he romanticized it all out of proportion. Better. To him, no matter what the season was, this was still a town that existed in black and white and pulsated to the great tunes of George Gershwin. Uh, no, let me start this over.
Isaac Davis: Chapter One: He was too romantic about Manhattan, as he was about everything else. He thrived on the hustle bustle of the crowds and the traffic. To him, New York meant beautiful women and street smart guys who seemed to know all the angles. Ah, corny, too corny for, you know, my taste. Let me, let me try and make it more profound.
Isaac Davis: Chapter One: He adored New York City. To him it was a metaphor for the decay of contemporary culture. The same lack of individual integrity that caused so many people to take the easy way out was rapidly turning the town of his dreams in - no, it's gonna be too preachy, I mean, you know, let's face it, I wanna sell some books here.
Isaac Davis: Chapter One: He adored New York City. Although to him it was a metaphor for the decay of contemporary culture. How hard it was to exist in a society desensitized by drugs, loud music, television, crime, garbage - too angry. I don't want to be angry.
Isaac Davis: Chapter One. He was as tough and romantic as the city he loved. Behind his black-rimmed glasses was the coiled sexual power of a jungle cat. Oh, I love this. New York was his town, and it always would be.
Out of context this is pretty good, but the imdb trivia page for it contains walls of  regarding ol’ Woody’s inspiration for the ‘42 year old guy banging teenagers’.
|
#
¿
Dec 19, 2019 12:32
|
|
- Adbot
-
ADBOT LOVES YOU
|
|
|
#
¿
Apr 28, 2024 01:10
|
|
- Torquemada
- Oct 21, 2010
-
Drei Gläser
|
Yeah, cinematography, music, performances, and most of the dialogue is on point. The ‘which of these girls in the 13-19 year old age bracket was the true inspiration for this timeless classic’ thing takes off a little bit of the lustre.
|
|
#
¿
Dec 19, 2019 22:34
|
|
- Torquemada
- Oct 21, 2010
-
Drei Gläser
|
A few deep cuts, Madigan with Richard Widmark from 1968. Also, from 1981, both Wolfen (Albert Finney) and Fort Apache The Bronx (Paul Newman).
|
|
#
¿
Dec 20, 2019 20:49
|
|
- Torquemada
- Oct 21, 2010
-
Drei Gläser
|
Did we have Cruising or Serpico yet?
|
|
#
¿
Dec 24, 2019 09:30
|
|
#
¿
Dec 19, 2019 12:32
