Continuing my pursuit of well-known films with big names that I have not seen, I watched High Sierra, with Humphrey Bogart. Turns out that I had seen it many years ago, but forgot most of it. It's a very quirky film-noir with a left-wing, and even feminist slant. I won't go into all the details. Perhaps James Cassidy has that kind of energy, but not me.
It's hard to say whether I would recommend it to you. I liked it, but I wouldn't show it in class, so I don't know if you'd like it.
Bogart plays a hardened criminal just sprung from prison who is called upon to pull off one more big heist. The film portrays him as basically having a heart of gold, so we are left wondering why he's turned to crime. Turns out that the bank foreclosed on his Indiana farm and left his family penniless. There are several parallels to The Asphalt Jungle, which is not surprising since both screenplays were written by John Huston.
On your recommendation, I rented Donny Darko. An annoying title. I hope the film is less so. I'll watch it tomorrow, most likely.
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I have never seen Donnie Darko but people always recommend it to me. I'll be very interested in hearing what you have to say about it.
ReplyDeletePlease elaborate on why you feel that "Donnie Darko" is an annoying title....
ReplyDeleteDonnie Darko I have heard such good things about the film but never saw it. The one single form the movie though has always piqued my interest however. I might watch it as well now
ReplyDeleteDonnie Darko's an interesting movie. It's done pretty well and I know a lot of people who love it but after seeing the movie Harvey with Jimmy Stewart, I can't take movies with giant imaginary bunnies seriously. That may have sounded like a random sentence, but you'll see what I mean when you watch it.
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