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Kona Duke

"There's a party goin' on in Mark's head and I want to go to it! - - Liza Minnelli

Interests: teaching dogs poker.

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I don't know. Someone with more of a comic flair.

Commented Feb 11, 2022 on Loosely, I'm Shown! - - Being The Ricardos (2021, USA, Color, 131 min) - - 28 December 2021 at Dogs Bark

I'm glad. Not everybody did. Oh well . . .

Commented Jan 8, 2013 on A Rose in Misery - - Les Misérables (2012) - - Christmas Day, 2012 at Dogs Bark

I actually like Elizando a lot. The sweet thing about this movie is how it blends the funny with extreme brutality. Also, I was flashing back to how Spike Lee's Inside Man was the real re-make of 123. Same sense of humor. But, in truth, every hostage movie since the late 70's owes this film or Dog Day Afternoon or both.

Commented May 23, 2012 on Gesundheit! - - The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three (1974) - - 18 May 2010 at Dogs Bark

Yes, but that's the deal with power. The purity of your heart must be matched by the brutality of your means. Its never worked any other way.

Commented Oct 24, 2011 on The Evil That Men Do - - The Ides Of March (2011) - - 21 October 2011 at Dogs Bark

Leaving that damn cat behind was the hardest thing I ever did in the movies. -A.H.

Commented Sep 25, 2010 on Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman - 2010 at Silver Screener

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Mar 15, 2010

Thanks for the comment, Griff. So you got the connection to the much less subtle Marilyn Manson take on Mommy Dear. Sam Fuller definitely prowled the psycho-sexual twilight. You should screen a copy of Forty Guns, if youve never seen it. Wicked strange! But also . . . his camera work in these pictures deserves as much attention as his perverse glee. There are some astonishingly innovative (and widely copied) shots in Forty Guns.

Commented Feb 21, 2010 on The Buck, The Bed, And The Bottle - - The Naked Kiss (1964) - - 30 August 2009 at Dogs Bark

Thanks for the input, Sammie. Yes, Ive heard the same stories about Hayworth. I dont know why she was so unhappy. Its also sad that all our tender feelings for herprobably could not have helped.I will be posting a few more reviews of her films in the future. Please stay tuned.

Commented Feb 8, 2010 on Out Of Kindness, I Suppose - - They Came To Cordura (1959) - - 4 February 2010 at Dogs Bark

Thank you for your comment, Alex. You raise some interesting points. I think Rossen was building towards his masterwork (The Hustler). He seemed more familiar with urban settings. I wonder how this script would have fared under the helm of a Boetticher, Peckinpah,or other Western director who wasexploring the dark concepts you cite.

Commented Feb 8, 2010 on Out Of Kindness, I Suppose - - They Came To Cordura (1959) - - 4 February 2010 at Dogs Bark

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