tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post6495948033469225101..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Nucking FutsSJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-78258204927867816002018-01-05T17:46:33.183-06:002018-01-05T17:46:33.183-06:00Yeah, Sam Fuller wasn't that interested in cre...Yeah, Sam Fuller wasn't that interested in creating some sort of diatribe against the mental health industry. He wanted to fulfill as many prurient crazy fantasies that people had. It's one of the things I love about Fuller in general. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-74138892381153476142018-01-04T02:10:04.196-06:002018-01-04T02:10:04.196-06:00It is interesting to compare the two movies. Snake...It is interesting to compare the two movies. Snake Pit is an argument against the mental health institutions and a clever one at that, but Shock Corridor is far more interested in insanity itself. It is crazy stuff, but it works surprisingly well. I actually feel I understand what they are experiencing and that is quite an achievement.TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-89741134567237281732016-08-05T16:58:39.582-05:002016-08-05T16:58:39.582-05:00The thing about de Havilland is that she wasn'...The thing about de Havilland is that she wasn't scared to dress herself down for a role. For an industry that is obsessed with beauty and glamor, she was more than willing to play plain and plain crazy when warranted. I think it was a hell of a performance from her.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-67643359454475373612016-08-03T10:28:30.289-05:002016-08-03T10:28:30.289-05:00I've been wanting to see this for years, decad...I've been wanting to see this for years, decades maybe. I was on vacation when it played (on TCM - Olivia de Haviland was star of the month in July) but the friend I was staying with is also a movie buff (though he's more interested in things like Asian horror and martial arts movies), so he DVRed it and we watched it one night while I was there.<br /><br />We loved it! Great movie! I especially loved the way that Olivia could see how crazy many of the treatments were - even though she was crazy. She does a great job! She may have been robbed at the Oscars, but the Academy did right the next year giving her a well-deserved Oscar for The Heiress.<br /><br />My friend and I especially liked the unruly old lady in Ward 12 who sang and danced to "Sweet Georgia Brown," shrugging off the attendants for several verses. We rewound it and watched that scene 10 or 15 times while I was there. (And we both know most of the words to "Sweet Georgia Brown" now.) That old lady was glorious! belting out the words and kicking up her heels and waving her arms. <br /><br />Imagine stealing a scene from Olivia that easily!Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921029597363212734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-92069798505850257722014-06-25T08:01:10.307-05:002014-06-25T08:01:10.307-05:00At the moment, I've only seen one of the other...At the moment, I've only seen one of the other four from 1948. However, I know there's a Barbara Stanwyck film in the mix, and that can bias me. Then again, it's hard to think of someone topping this performance.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-53055041425680774382014-06-25T05:15:05.441-05:002014-06-25T05:15:05.441-05:00I am looking forward to your post on Best Actress ...I am looking forward to your post on Best Actress 1948. That is going to be interesting. I do not know the movies De Havilland was up against, but it is difficult to imagine anybody better than her in The Snake Pit.<br />TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-90386310954896603142011-03-07T12:37:18.454-06:002011-03-07T12:37:18.454-06:00Funny you mention that--had I world enough and tim...Funny you mention that--had I world enough and time, I would have loved to include <i>Cuckoo's Nest</i> with these other two. All three of them bear many similarities.<br /><br /><i>The Snake Pit</i> is really interesting considering when it was made. It certainly could have gone for the lurid and fantastical, but it didn't, with the exception of a shot or two. The resolution is perhaps too fast--or simply skipped to too quickly--but it's remarkable for how fairly it seems to treat the people who work in that environment.<br /><br /><i>Shock Corrider</i> plays like a drive-in movie. I mean that only as a compliment.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-18688147284174807412011-03-07T10:56:06.774-06:002011-03-07T10:56:06.774-06:00I've yet to watch Shock Corridor, but am more ...I've yet to watch Shock Corridor, but am more interested than ever to see it after reading your review. <br /><br />I also admired de Havilland's performance in The Snake Pit - which was a surprisingly engaging movie, despite its age and the Hollywood ending. I also couldn't stop thinking about the parallels between it and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.Klaushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05006608076041962884noreply@blogger.com