Tuesday, April 25, 2023
The Beguiled
- Commentary: Under construction.
Within the last week or so I've begun a consideration of Clint Eastwood film work in all his various Film guises, so, I can guarantee you, I'll be adding more of his movies to my collection in the coming months (I already have a few). All I can tell you about my Decision to Consider Clint Eastwood is that I rewatched Unforgiven last week, was suddenly captivated by Eastwood's heavy hand in that film and this piqued my curiosity about the products of his film career in general. I've spent the time since rewatching all the Eastwood movies I already have and found myself hungering for more. Some, I'll be checking out of the library (just in case I'm not captivated by this one or that one enough to add it to my collection). But some I'll be adding sight unseen, depending on how strongly my curiosity it piqued. This movie is one of which I'd not heard. It sounded very interesting, indeed, and was selling cheap, so I decided to acquire it, sight unseen.
I will, of course, write more once I've received it and watched it.
I had a devil of a time trying to find a review for this movie. There are loads of reviews for Sofia Coppola's 2017 remake, but almost none (left online and easily accessible, anyway) for this original movie. However, the review I was able to find is detailed, laudable and attached, above, to the title of this post. Because of it, I am looking forward, even more, to watching this movie. Thank you ScreenAnarchy.
This is, by the way, the first time I've used the label "southern-gothic". I wonder how far the inventory of this genre extends and whether I've been missing out on loads of interesting movies of which I've been unaware; or, if that label applies to movies I already have.
More later.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Clint Eastwood Cpl John 'McBee' McBurney Geraldine Page Martha Farnsworth Elizabeth Hartman Edwina Dabney Jo Ann Harris Carol Darleen Carr Doris Mae Mercer Hallie Pamelyn Ferdin Amelia 'Amy' Melody Thomas Abigail
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
Release Date: 1971
Directed by Don Siegel.
Labels: clint-eastwood, southern-gothic
