“”Gasbaggy fathead is his forte,” added Ethan.”
LOL
My wife and I loved the film. It is the only Hollywood production that I have ever seen that portrays Communist Hollywood screen writers as villains and not victims of some horrible injustice.
It must have an enormous plot, or Mark Steyn gave the whole thing away. Still a must-see, though.
I thought this was gonna be a Trump thread!.....................
It’s a wonderful film - especially if you know and love the old studio system film genres and their conventions.
I'm not surprised -- I got talked into going and fell asleep before the yawnfest was half over.
SMOKE AND MIRRORS .... HOLLYWOOD!
Sounds like one to see.
I’ll add an enthusiastic recommendation, although I should note that in general I am a Coen brothers fan. The main character, while wealthy, is in the end an ordinary middle-class guy devoted to his family. And as someone who has read a lot of Marx, Marxist literature and the non-hagiographic history of Marxist governance to teach about the topic, I also got a kick out of the screenwriter-kidnappers, and the Clooney character’s daft take on class struggle.
I agree with him. If George Clooney would stick to comedy and steer the hell away from politics, he’d have a much brighter career.
Bump....