Friday, March 29, 2024
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
- Commentary: Under construction.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Nicolas Cage Lt. Terence McDonagh Eva Mendes Frankie Donnenfeld Jennifer Coolidge Genevieve McDonagh Val Kilmer Det. Stevie Pruit Brad Dourif Ned Schoenholtz Alvin "Xzibit" Joiner Donald Godshaw Fairuza Balk Officer Heidi Irma P. Hall Binnie Rogers
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
Release Date: 2009
Directed by Werner Herzog.
Labels: black-comedy, brad-dourif, dramaG, nicolas-cage, werner-herzog
Wednesday, May 05, 2021
Deadwood - The Movie
- Commentary: Under construction.
Deadwood The Movie: HBO site for the movie. Several extras, both written and video, all available to HBO non-subscribers as of 5/5/21.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Timothy Olyphant Seth Bullock Ian McShane Al Swearengen Molly Parker Alma Ellsworth Paula Malcomson Trixie W. Earl Brown Dan Dority Dayton Callie Charlie Utter Kim Dickens Joanie Stubbs Brad Dourif Doc Cochran Anna Gunn Martha Bullock John Hawkes Sol Star Gerald McRaney Sen. George Hearst Leon Rippy Tom Nuttall William Sanderson E. B. Farnum Robin Weigert Calamity Jane Brent Sexton Harry Manning Sean Bridgers Johnny Burns
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up on this film.
Release Date: 2019
Directed by Daniel Minahan.
Labels: §, brad-dourif, drama1, historical1, john-hawkes, me-favorite1, violence1, western
Thursday, March 18, 2021
Wise Blood
- Commentary: I don't know why (although, maybe it's because, on my mother's side, two of my ancestors were preachers, one of whom was a fire-and-brimstone circuit rider; another ancestor was a deaconess; a third was a PhD trained church organist as well as a music professor; I never met any of them, they were long dead when I was close enough in the world to meet them, but, you know, DNA and all ...) but I love "preacher" movies, especially the weird ones (weird preachers, that is) and this one sounds like a delightful doozy.
This is definitely the first and likely the last movie write-up in which a car is one of the characters. Hazel's car, though, plays an important part in this story and in Hazel's life. Remember, although this story takes place after an unspecified war, car culture was clearly in its prime throughout most of the 20th century, so it should be no surprise that Hazel's car is an extension of himself, his "home", as he casually christens it, and he treats it as such. In a way, Hazel's car narrows the time frame of the story, at least in the movie. Its model speaks to the Vietnam War era, although Motes could have been returning from service in any part of the world within the time frame suggested by the car. It was an old car, remember.
More later. Under construction.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Brad Dourif Hazel Motes John Huston Grandfather Dan Shor Enoch Emory Mary Nell Santacroce Landlady Harry Dean Stanton Asa Hawks Amy Wright Sabbath Lily Hawks Ned Beatty Hoover Shoates William Hickey Preacher J.L. Parker Karl Marvin Sapp Raymond Betty Lou Groover Leora Watts Hazel Motes' Car 1958 Fairlane 500 Town Sedan
The Wikipedia write-up for this film is here.
Release Date: 1979
Directed by John Huston.
Labels: brad-dourif, Criterion1, harry-dean-stanton, ned-beatty, religion2, southern-gothic
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Deadwood - 1st Season & The Entire Series
- Who's watched: M & G, avidly
- Mentions: *1* *2* *3* *4*
- Commentary: I've talked quite a bit about this series and my mother's and my interest (separate, mostly) in it.
Aside from that, if you're eschewing this series because of the language, sexuality and violence, you're missing a great production on many levels, not the least of which is its take on American History and the American Character.
My mother goes back and forth in her feelings about this series. Sometimes it fascinates her. Sometimes it repulses her. At this point I feel we will continue to collect the seasons.
Update 2/7/18: We did not collect the other two seasons. She, in fact, made the decision that we didn't need to own the other two seasons of Deadwood. I was (and continue to be) satisfied with that decision.
Update 5/5/21: I did, finally, on my own, obtain the entire Deadwood series. A few months ago I decided to watch the first season again, and found myself hungering, yes, for the other two seasons. Unfortunately, our library system does not have any of the seasons, although, curiously, it does have the movie, which was made a full thirteen years after the series was cancelled.
I've watched all three seasons, now, and the movie. Although I'm not one to ever claim that any movie or series is "the best ... of all time", as more than a few critics did, I mean, how foolish, considering that time continues and humans have no quotidian, reliable or accepted way of peering into the future. That being said, I remain riveted to the series and astonished by the quality of acting, writing and production that characterizes this series right up to its cancellation.
If she wants it, I'll probably pass my original set of the first season onto MCN. If she doesn't, clearly, my local library system could use it.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Timothy Olyphant Seth Bullock Ian McShane Al Swearengen Molly Parker Alma Garret Jim Beaver Whitney Ellsworth Brad Dourif Doc Cochran John Hawkes Sol Star Paula Malcomson Trixie Leon Rippy Tom Nuttall William Sanderson E. B. Farnum Robin Weigert Calamity Jane W. Earl Brown Dan Dority Dayton Callie Charlie Utter Keith Carradine Wild Bill Hickock Powers Boothe Cy Tolliver Kim Dickens Joanie Stubbs Anna Gunn Martha Bullock
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the series.
Release Date: 2004-2006
Directed by various people, none women.
Labels: brad-dourif, dramaB, historical3, john-hawkes, me-favorite3, TV2, violence3, western
Monday, February 07, 2005
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Who's watched: M & G (both in theater and on video)
- Mentions: None
- Commentary: The first time my mother and I saw this movie it was new, just in the theaters. She, MFS and I went with my mother's sister, niece and nephew. We saw it at the Los Arcos Cinema (housed inside the Los Arcos Mall, neither of which have existed for decades) in Scottsdale, Arizona. The audience, during the credits, gave the movie a standing ovation. This was the first time any of us in our related group had ever been to a film that elicited so much from the audience.
I don't know if Mom remembers. I do know that the day I purchased this movie, some months ago, brought it home, wrestled it out of its wrapping and dropped it into the dvd player, Mom and I relaxed, knowing that being overwhelmed by a movie is possible more than once.
Yes, yes. Roger Ebert christened it one of his Great Movies 28 years after his initial review.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Jack Nicholson Randle Patrick McMurphy Louise Fletcher Nurse Mildred Ratched Will Sampson "Chief" Bromden William Redfield Dale Harding Brad Dourif Billy Bibbit Sydney Lassick Charlie Cheswick Christopher Lloyd Max Taber Danny DeVito Martini
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
Release Date: 1975
Directed by Miloš Forman.
Labels: brad-dourif, dramaC, jack-nicholson, satire2, shared-favorite





