Posted on 04/28/2017 7:10:08 PM PDT by Enchante
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...The song helped. Years and years ago, at his home in Montauk, Paul Simon showed me his draft sheets for the lyrics. He was late delivering the three new pieces he'd promised (Dave Grusin wrote the orchestral score) so he told Mike Nichols he'd had an idea for a song that was a remembrance of things past - about Joe DiMaggio and whatnot. "But I don't know if the song's called 'Mrs Roosevelt' or 'Mrs Robinson'," he said.
"We're making a movie here," snapped Nichols. "It's 'Mrs Robinson'."
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Their cleverest scene together is the one in which Benjamin asks Mrs Robinson if they can't, for once, talk about something. Conventionally, that would make him the "sensitive" one - the one who wants a meaningful relationship, rather than just uncomplicated rutting. But it comes across as cruel and heartless: He's too insensitive to sense her vulnerability, and too uncaring to try to figure it out. So, even in the New Hollywood, Benjamin is a traditionalist - opting for romance and conversation over sex and compartmentalization. Mike Nichols' genius was in finding the sweet spot where edgy sells, providing you smooth out all the rough stuff.
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Linda Gray said the leg in the poster is her leg.
Heh.
And won’t be fossilized for months yet.
To #40. Hoffman in “Tootsie”. He was good.
Re “The Graduate”. If I remember the scene at the church correctly, we had a nice Jewish kid use a large crucifix to block the door from opening so they could flee.
And yes, Katherine Ross was a very beautiful woman.
Another tearjerker would be “Goodby Columbus” with Richard Benjamin and Allie McGraw (another pretty young woman).
If anyone is interested, ask me to tell the story of how I entered the movie theater that night and what happened in the pizza parlor later. Laz would be jealous.
50!!! No!!!!
I tried to watch it about a year ago. Boring as heck and the dialogue was trite. I watched about a half hour and turned it off. I really don’t see the admiration for this movie.
Never seen it, never want to see it. Urban Yankee Baby Boomer commits adultery with Silent-Generation married woman? Doesn’t sound too compelling to me.
If a movie doesn't have stunt people and special effects then it is probably very good(with the exception of 'bonnet movies').
>>>And yes, Katherine Ross was a very beautiful woman<<<
I still remember the scene with Robert Redford in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid when her character was introduced. What a hottie.
She didn’t age well, but there was something about her. Of course, I saw the Movie for the first time when I was 13.
I believe she is still Married to Sam Elliot. I wonder if she drives a Dodge Ram Pickup Truck.
Now Hoffman would be arrested for stalking.
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