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Doc (Frank Perry, 1971)
May
16
A tense scene in a dark saloon, the table littered with empty bottles. DP: Gerald Hirschfeld.
“If it weren't for bad people, what would you do for a living, Marshal?”
– Doc Holliday
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Fail Safe (Sidney Lumet, 1964)
Apr
5
National Nebraska Day
General Black (Dan O'Herlihy) being briefed. DP: Gerald Hirschfeld.
The one that got bombed by Strangelove.
“You're talking about a different kind of war.”
– General Stark
Both Lumet's Fail Safe and #Kubrick's #ColdWar comedy came out in 1964, right after the #CubaCrisis. The world was awash with the realisation that the bomb, The Bomb, wasn't merely proverbial flexing. And when crisis happens, there are two options. One is to laugh, the other is to grasp. Sadly for Lumet, and the world, his Fail Safe was released while everyone was still too busy chuckling.
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Last Summer (Frank Perry, 1969)
Mar
25
Walk In The Sand Day
One of the boys striking a threatening pose with a stick aimed at Sandy (Barbara Hershey aka Barbara Seagull). In the foreground a brooding Rhoda (the fantastic Catherine Burns). DPs: Enrique Bravo & Gerald Hirschfeld.
During a #summer #vacation on #FireIsland, two young men come across Sandy, an attractive young woman with an injured #seagull. While nursing the bird back to life, the relationship between the three deepens. A second girl, the much younger Rhoda (the breathtaking Catherine Burns) is taken in by the trio.
“What are you going to do with the rest of your life? Sit on the shore and watch?”
– Sandy
Set almost entirely on a sunny #beach, Frank Perry's Last Summer may be one of the most claustrophobic films you'll ever watch.
