Dish of the Day
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, January 25, 2024
Today on TCM:
In 1966, one of the more challenging films to face off against the Production Code (mentioned in Exploring the Artefacts #3: Code Breakers) was that year’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, reviewed here. This film remarkably delivers all of the guttural force of its theatrical origin while creating a more intimate, and cinema appropriate, dynamic all its own. Let the “games” begin Thursday, January 25 at 2:45 pm PST.
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton
“The mattress is soft and there're hangers in the closet and stationary with ‘Bates' Motel’ printed on it in case you want to make your friends back home envious.”
Still another Hitchcock artistic triumph was, at the time (including throughout its primary creator’s career), the most audacious cinematic assault ever perpetrated on the movie going public or the Motion Picture Production Code for that matter. 1960's Psycho was previously reviewed here. The terror will begin Thursday, January 25 at 9:15 pm PST.
Next on my list of films to watch is King Kong (1933), who's scheduled to make his grand entrance on Thursday, January 25 at 11:30 pm PST. I have previously reviewed this film with a focus on its musical score here.
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Hope to see you tomorrow.
A.G.