Good movie, but there are better ones, imo
From the director, I prefer The Left-Handed Gun and Little Big Man to The Missouri Breaks, but all three are good movies. Arthur Penn is one of the very best directors of his era
Didn’t know this was directed by the same director as did Bonny and Clyde. By now this will not come as a surprise to you I guess. But Night Moves is I think a real beautiful film, one I surely will get back to when I (again) turns to film noir.
Wasn’t so impressed with The Chase (1966), though. Despite its stellar cast – among others, Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, Angie Dickinson, Robert Duvall and Martha Hyer – the film simply doesn’t work. It was obviously a very ambitious project, dealing with such topics as racism, vigilantism, sexual freedom, small town hypocrisy and whatnot, but it didn’t manage to live up to its makers’ high hopes. In some respect, Brando’s performance is both the film’s boon and bane; as it will be, to an even greater extent, of The Missouri Breaks ten years later.
That was one of the films for which Penn lost the war with the producer. He called it later a Sam Spiegel film and his only real Hollywood film. Penn was not allowed to cut it, and he claimed he did not understand many of the decisions which were made in the cutting phase. But truth is also that the often overly pretentious dialogues was a part of the film’s screenplay.
The Chase could have become a great film considering its potential, but it was kinda ill fated from the beginning on. He shouldn’t have directed it. Still not a bad film. 6/10
I’m appalled - where’s Duel in the Sun (King Vidor, 1946)? Does no-one love steamy, bubbling, purulent kitsch any more? It would easily be in my top 20 …
I really like the top 20 US Western idea.
Thank you guys.
Much to see and learn
As I was reading I noticed that ,after John made up the top 20 list, there are a lot of new top 20 from forum members.
Is there gonna be an update on the top 20 list??