i would much rather watch that bank robber dance than that cringe awkward jumping around Reinhold is doing. The Quiet Earth is the whole reason i looked this episode up, for some reason its been on my mind again lately. i am sure ive seen Echo Park back then but i dont really remember it well may have to give it another viewing.
The Quiet Earth is a very good movie and the kind of film that genuinely inspires thought, which is a nice element to come across in a film that's a hidden gem.
Seeing movies with Meg Tilly and Tom Hulce on the same show is funny because Meg was originally supposed to play Mozart's wife Constanze in Amadeus, but had to drop out after injuring herself in a soccer game which would leave her bedridden for at least two months.
@@motovid110 Jeff Bridges had said that Ashby wanted the film to be about his story of addition and was filming his own script on the go which pissed of the financers which led to him being fired before post production is why the film is very uneven... Still a cool film can see why Tarantino liked it so much
The complaints about the AA meetings in the film was ridiculous. In the book series, Matthew Skudder is an alcoholic, so it makes sense to show his struggles with alcohol on the screen.
Every film on this episode is great in its own way, but "The Quiet Earth" is the classic of the group, here. It's just fantastic.
Nice to see Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel giving a thumbs up to The Quiet Earth.
A documentary on the production and failure of 8 million would be welcome
It didn't do well at the box office.
i would much rather watch that bank robber dance than that cringe awkward jumping around Reinhold is doing.
The Quiet Earth is the whole reason i looked this episode up, for some reason its been on my mind again lately. i am sure ive seen Echo Park back then but i dont really remember it well may have to give it another viewing.
The quiet earth & Echo Park are very good
The Quiet Earth is a very good movie and the kind of film that genuinely inspires thought, which is a nice element to come across in a film that's a hidden gem.
Seeing movies with Meg Tilly and Tom Hulce on the same show is funny because Meg was originally supposed to play Mozart's wife Constanze in Amadeus, but had to drop out after injuring herself in a soccer game which would leave her bedridden for at least two months.
8 Million Ways To Die,was the last film from Hal Ashby:)
Strange how they never mention Ashby during the review. Today reviews almost always begin with the director's name.
@@motovid110 Jeff Bridges had said that Ashby wanted the film to be about his story of addition and was filming his own script on the go which pissed of the financers which led to him being fired before post production is why the film is very uneven... Still a cool film can see why Tarantino liked it so much
Doesn’t work as a whole but it’s a fascinating misfire-sometimes hilarious-and never dull
@@motovid110 Ashby was in bad shape during ‘85/‘85. Oliver Stone wrote the script but the film was heavily re-cut by the studio.
"When I go into a picture where is a "last man on Earth" picture, you know what I always hope? That it really is the last man on Earth"
Gene Siskel
Siskel seems to complain that any films about the drug trade glamorize it.
most movies do
The complaints about the AA meetings in the film was ridiculous. In the book series, Matthew Skudder is an alcoholic, so it makes sense to show his struggles with alcohol on the screen.
It was the 80's and the "Just Say No" era. Every critic was very prudish about drugs in movies at the time.
Not the best Jeff Bridges film.
neither was star man
@@CHEERSMEOW he is quite a underrated actor, was in lots of films but only really it the big time with the big lebowski.
Not sure why you mentioned "Starman", as that came out 2 years earlier.@@CHEERSMEOW
so and Arlington Road is one of Bridges best movies@@redadamearth
It never was. And it never will be.
Mixed feelings on “8 Million Ways to Die”-it has a couple of great moments, but it also has a couple of awful moments too…