https://freerepublic.com/tag/darylzanuck/ en-us Sun, 11 Oct 2026 22:17:10 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4398832/posts After making All About Eve, receiving twelve Oscar nominations and winning six (including best picture and best director), writer and director Joseph Mankiewicz directed a film that got no Oscar nominations and has languished in the back forty of his career. It's a comedy where one of the leads attempts suicide and characters spend long stretches discussing death and morality. You might say that they don't make them like this anymore but the truth is that they do – there's no shortage of modern comedies where the tone lapses all over the place (Downsizing, Don't Look Up, JoJo Rabbit) and... SteynonLine https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4398832/posts#comment Sun, 11 Oct 2026 22:17:10 GMT