Badge 373 sounded good because it’s seventies Robert Duvall (before he was eighties and nineties Robert Duvall). My high hopes were quickly dashed. It’s poorly written, with lousy direction.
It’s amateurish, far beneath Duvall’s abilities.
I thought Howard W. Koch was somebody–I thought it was because of the New York mayor (Ed Koch), but it’s really Howard […]
Entries Tagged as 'Robert Duvall'
Badge 373 (1973, Howard W. Koch)
May 31st, 2009 · No Comments
Tagged: Eddie Egan· Howard W. Koch· Paramount Pictures· Pete Hamill· Robert Duvall· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ
The Gingerbread Man (1998, Robert Altman)
April 1st, 2008 · No Comments
Somehow Altman lets The Gingerbread Man get away from him. Never the direction, which holds up until the end–and seeing Robert Altman direct a fight scene is something to behold–but the plotting. The film starts high, thanks to the compelling plot and the performances, but then the plot gets more and more… not convoluted, but […]
Tagged: Clyde Hayes· Embeth Davidtz· John Grisham· Kenneth Branagh· Polygram Filmed Entertainment· Robert Altman· Robert Downey Jr.· Robert Duvall· ★★½
Network (1976, Sidney Lumet)
March 31st, 2008 · No Comments
Network lost Oscars. It doesn’t really matter what it lost them to, because the absurdity of the Academy Awards is summed up in that one statement. Network lost Oscars.
I’m not sure what shot is Sidney Lumet’s best in the film, because I’m remembering two of them from the last half. These aren’t necessarily the best […]
Tagged: Faye Dunaway· Ned Beatty· Paddy Chayefsky· Robert Duvall· Sidney Lumet· United Artists· William Holden· ★★★★
The Godfather: Part II (1974, Francis Ford Coppola)
May 8th, 2007 · No Comments
Francis Ford Coppola created the modern film sequel with The Godfather: Part II. I wonder how people who’ve never seen the first one understand the second one. I was talking to a friend about it and he described it as the best filmic account of “the darkening of a man’s heart.” I hadn’t seen it […]
Tagged: Al Pacino· Francis Ford Coppola· Mario Puzo· Paramount Pictures· Robert De Niro· Robert Duvall· ★★★★
The Godfather (1972, Francis Ford Coppola)
April 26th, 2007 · No Comments
Talking about The Godfather earnestly has got to be hard. Also talking about it not in relation to its sequel–which happens less and less these days, something I’m going to blame on the sequel discussion scene in Scream 2. It’s stunningly unsurprising. My most profound observations this viewing–and its been ten years or so, since […]
Tagged: Al Pacino· Francis Ford Coppola· James Caan· Mario Puzo· Marlon Brando· Paramount Pictures· Robert Duvall· Sterling Hayden· ★★★★



