from Pickup on South Street. Always like to see a body of water used as a beer fridge
also check out Kiss of Death. Great movies.
March 26, 2008
rip Actor Richard Widmark
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the willow house was a fucked up little house we used to call home while we were at tyler school of art together. the house was condemned by the city. now we're all scattered all over the place, far from willow ave. i thought this might be a good way for us to keep in touch and share music and whatever projects we're working on. maybe also give each other a kick in the pants to make art or whatever.
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4 comments:
oh shit!!! i was just joking with my dad about him being still alive. widmark is one my absolute faves. and yeah, pickup on south street is one of his very best. haven't seen kiss of death.
oh man that bums me out.
also, if you're really into film geekery like me, the critic manny farber writes some really beautiful stuff about how details like beer in the river make films by people like sam fuller so great.
I'm glad there's more fans of Widmark out there.
Check out Kiss of Death. It has the famous moment where Widmark ties a wheel chair-bound lady up and rolls her down the stairs of her apartment building...and then giggles. That's the scene that made him, and also fixed him as a nasty character for many years.
Once he shook that yoke he appeared in Judgement at Nuremburg, which is entirely different but good. He plays the lead prosecutor of the Nazis.
One last noir that I've seen and liked with R.W.: Night and the City.
yeah, i enjoyed night and the city, and i've seen bits and pieces of nuremberg...
while we're recommending widmark things, i'd recommend an underrated western called yellow sky, that pairs him with gregory peck and anne baxter. another charismatic tough guy role. and a really beautiful film, in a humble sort of way.
looking forward to kiss of death!
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