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serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on January 25, 2020, 11:34:36 am ---What did he do that wasn't famous, memorable, and good??
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Is that a question-question or a rhetorical question? Most of his movies were at least two of those three if not all three. He was in some of the most classic, acclaimed films of all time.
But I would probably skip rewatching "The Towering Inferno." And "The Hudsucker Proxy" was the first movie I ever feel asleep watching; the worst Coen Bros. movie ever, IMO. Though as I recall Paul Newman's role in that was small and ended before I dozed off. There are some on his list that I would say are fairly obscure.
But I agree, most of his movies were good and some I haven't seen since they came out and would love to rewatch.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on January 16, 2020, 10:40:56 pm ---Oh, thank you! I just now glanced through google images of Paul Newman's biggest movies. It would be fun to stream a little Paul Newman festival sometime. Not everything, of course, but the famous ones. I've seen Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid within the past 20 years, but that's about it -- I haven't seen the others in forever. In many cases, not since they came out. And some not at all, including Hud and Cool Hand Luke. Though in the latter case, I did read the Mad Magazine satire, if that counts. :laugh:
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Best "buddy picture" ever. I think I wore out a videotape of it. Now I have it on DVD. The movie where I fell in love with Robert Redford. ...
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on January 25, 2020, 08:57:22 pm ---Best "buddy picture" ever. I think I wore out a videotape of it. Now I have it on DVD. The movie where I fell in love with Robert Redford. ...
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Oh, same. Totally. And agreed about buddy pictures.
The only sad thing about BCatSK is that Paul Newman was relatively unsexy in that role -- good as he was! In all of his other movies, he was the hottest cast member. But in BCatSK, that was played down. He did not get a fake-rape scene with Katharine Ross (hard to know how to feel about that scene, BTW, in the #metoo era, but at least it was fake). (FYI, in real life, as you probably know, Katharine Ross is married to Sam Elliott.)
I used to think of Brad Pitt as the Robert Redford of his day. Obviously I"m not the only one who's noticed that resemblance, including Brad Pitt and Robert Redford. Seriously, I think when Robert Redford directed "A River Runs Through It," he thought something like, here's the young me.
But now I'm so much more used to Brad Pitt that I think of Robert Redford as the Brad Pitt of his day. Just think -- in BCatSK, Bob was 20+ years younger than Brad is now.
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on January 25, 2020, 08:57:22 pm ---...the movie where I fell in love with Robert Redford. ...
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And I fell for Katharine Ross! The two male actors were so good they convinced me they should be together, leaving Katharine for me! Sadly, Sam came along and the rest is history. I've had several brushes with the movie and with the history. Once EdelMar and I went up to Central City in the mountains and saw it at the old Opera House. What a great day that was. We also have visited the badlands of Utah and Wyoming where they hung out and even have seen the Hole in the Wall!
That was a rhetorical question, friend, but thank you for answering it anyway. I guess I was not familiar with the lesser works in Newman's oeuvre. I haven't seen Inferno or Hudsucker Proxy, and I didn't know the latter was one of the Coen Brothers'. We should talk about said brothers more, they and their works are interesting. But not on the dream interpretation page; that might lead to bad dreams!
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on January 26, 2020, 11:08:37 am --- that might lead to bad dreams!
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I wonder how many Brokies saw and loved Butch Cassidy. I also loved Alias Smith & Jones, the TV show inspired by that movie. Buddy films are not the same as a love story, of course, but they have that undercurrent, as well as similar settings and sorts of characters. And I was much more into Westerns than buddy films about urban police officers or whatever.
OK, back to dreams! I hardly ever remember mine, so unfortunately I can't contribute at this time.
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