Joseph McBride
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Notes on SUNSET BOULEVARD
I doubt you need my advice to help you make up your mind about whether to see the revival of the musical version of Sunset Boulevard. There are a few silly bits in which people run around the stage to no particular purpose, but mostly it is as impressive as it intends to be. Jamie Continue reading
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“People on Sunday”–a film of pre-Nazi Berlin
Have started reading Joseph McBride’s new book, Billy Wilder: Dancing on the Edge, which naturally led to my watching People on Sunday, a silent film co-directed by Robert Siodmak and Edgar Ulmer (with assists from Curt Siodmak, Fred Zinnemann and Wilder). The easy summary is that it’s mostly about four young people on a sunny Continue reading
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Both Your Houses
I was determined to witness the moment when Joe Biden overtook the Orange Thug in Pennsylvania. I plopped down on the sofa in the living room under the illusion that this might happen at 2AM (which is about the time I usually go to sleep). I didn’t want to watch TV nonstop, so I thought Continue reading
Jeffrey Sweet--Making the Scene 