Here’s another run down of recently viewed flicks (although this one will be abbreviated due to time):
Three Days of the Condor (1975) is one of my all-time favorite spy flicks. Robert Redford is a CIA analyst who reads books for a living. His job is to find out any information that is being passed through books that have printed through out the world. One afternoon his small department (outside of Langley) is wiped out while he is sent for lunch. When he returns, he discovers the cargnage and goes on the run. He struggles to learn the truth about the assassinations which is tied to one of the reports he filed relating to his job. Government and big oil is behind the actions which ties nicely into current day politics.
I’ve read the book a couple of times and have to recommend that here as well. (Hey, I know this is about movies, but suck it up.)
Coogan’s Bluff (1968) is an okay cop-out-of-water movie. Clint Eastwood plays an Arizona Sheriff chasing down a suspect in New York. Nothing really exciting about this one.
The Memory of a Killer (2005) – This movie blew me away. It is about an aging hitman who is developing Alzheimer’s. There are elements that reminded me of Memento (a great movie in its own right) but the movie certainly stands on its own.
It’s a Belgian movie so be prepared for subtitles. If you can’t handle them, too bad for you. I want to smack people who say “I don’t want to read a movie”. Most of the best films being made today are being made outside this country.
Enough movies. Later.
Three Days of the Condor (1975) is one of my all-time favorite spy flicks. Robert Redford is a CIA analyst who reads books for a living. His job is to find out any information that is being passed through books that have printed through out the world. One afternoon his small department (outside of Langley) is wiped out while he is sent for lunch. When he returns, he discovers the cargnage and goes on the run. He struggles to learn the truth about the assassinations which is tied to one of the reports he filed relating to his job. Government and big oil is behind the actions which ties nicely into current day politics.
I’ve read the book a couple of times and have to recommend that here as well. (Hey, I know this is about movies, but suck it up.)
Coogan’s Bluff (1968) is an okay cop-out-of-water movie. Clint Eastwood plays an Arizona Sheriff chasing down a suspect in New York. Nothing really exciting about this one.
The Memory of a Killer (2005) – This movie blew me away. It is about an aging hitman who is developing Alzheimer’s. There are elements that reminded me of Memento (a great movie in its own right) but the movie certainly stands on its own.
It’s a Belgian movie so be prepared for subtitles. If you can’t handle them, too bad for you. I want to smack people who say “I don’t want to read a movie”. Most of the best films being made today are being made outside this country.
Enough movies. Later.
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