Sunday Snippets

[stdesjardins]

I made a second LiveJournal account, stevendjquotes, to set down cool quotes. I'll continue to use this account whenever I have something of my own to say.

This morning I watched Bad Day at Black Rock, a Spencer Tracy movie about a one-armed man who walks into a small town asking questions that nobody wants to answer. It's no big surprise what secret the town has been keeping, or why he wants to know, but the atmosphere of growing menace is well-done suspense and the movie is a pleasure to watch.

This afternoon I saw Paula Vogel's The Mineola Twins, which was a disappointment. There were moments of fine and funny writing, but most of the scenes just didn't work, and the characters seemed to be trying hard to be goofy so you wouldn't notice they weren't real. I stayed for the post-play discussion with Paula Vogel, the director, and Molly Smith (who directed the original production in Alaska), which was kind of interesting, but again, was also not too exciting. On the whole, not as thrilling an afternoon as I'd hoped for.

Comments

[fionagh.livejournal.com]

Bad Day at Black Rock was an interesting shoot for Spencer Tracy. I've been reading all the Kate Hepburn bios (in order of most authentic to most gossipy) and this last one had some stuff on Black Rock and Spencer's drinking habits affecting the shoot and stuff. I wanna see the movie eventually, so I'm glad you said it was interesting.