We have seen a lot of movies since summer started. A Lot. Let me tell you about them! The most recent was Double Indemnity which the local indie, The Varsity, showed on their big single screen. It was a little weird because some dude introduced the movie and mentioned it was on DVD. Wait, I'm paying $5 to watch a DVD? Totally worth it. Glorious, rich, black-and white. With the exception of Edward G. Robinson (whose dude was on the excitable side) the main characters were, let's say, restrained. Barbara Stanwyck! The woman kicks major caboose in the acting department. At one point you know she's evil by the way she reacts to the Bad Thing. She doesn't smile. She doesn't move her mouth at all. She makes a tiny change in her eyes - not narrowing them, maybe tightening her lids a scosche? Wow. The impact is all the more impressive as her eyes have to act just below enormous shellacked blond bangs. Barbara Stanwyck! Let us sit in awe.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Movie Time I
We have seen a lot of movies since summer started. A Lot. Let me tell you about them! The most recent was Double Indemnity which the local indie, The Varsity, showed on their big single screen. It was a little weird because some dude introduced the movie and mentioned it was on DVD. Wait, I'm paying $5 to watch a DVD? Totally worth it. Glorious, rich, black-and white. With the exception of Edward G. Robinson (whose dude was on the excitable side) the main characters were, let's say, restrained. Barbara Stanwyck! The woman kicks major caboose in the acting department. At one point you know she's evil by the way she reacts to the Bad Thing. She doesn't smile. She doesn't move her mouth at all. She makes a tiny change in her eyes - not narrowing them, maybe tightening her lids a scosche? Wow. The impact is all the more impressive as her eyes have to act just below enormous shellacked blond bangs. Barbara Stanwyck! Let us sit in awe.
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