We've learned about double crosses and back stabbing moves
in this class before now. Only thing that's different is that this week's movies
were in color. Gene Hackman stars as Harry Moseby in Arthur Penn's Night Moves
(1975). He plays a private detective much like Jack Nicholson from Chinatown
from a few weeks ago. After some success with divorce cases that he's snooped
and made a name for himself. Then he gets hired for a case of family discord.
Also
staring a very young Melanie Griffith in her first supporting role as the
subject of the investigation and retrieval Moseby is assigned to. Her
free-spirited Delly is the link to both sides of her very dysfunctional family.
Going back home to her mother's place is the last thing she wants to do. When
she is convinced to go, it is the last thing we see her doing. Days later, her
character is not heard from again and this sends Moseby on a second trip to the
family estates to figure out what happened to clear his conscience.
What
he finds is a trail that leads to everyone involved pointing fingers at
everyone else until the climactic ending. There were some plot twists that I
wasn't expecting and I was surprised to see Melanie Griffith so young that I really
enjoyed this film. This weeks
films were really good, from the Mean Streets to Point Blank. But my favorite film we watched this
week was the original Get Carter.
I really liked seeing Michael Caine as Jack Carter on a rampage to find
out who took out his younger brother.
Mike Hodges made the leap from television to movies with an amazing cast
and story, which he wrote himself from a novel.
No comments:
Post a Comment