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...praise for Frenzy (and a pre-review luncheon with Hitchcock himself), approval of The Man because it at least wasn't critical about politicians (some deep cynicism in an order, I would think), and the first step in doubtless a long series to come in the reclamation of John Huston for auleurists on the tenuous excuse of Fat City. Sarris has retreaded old hopes and arguments with new sources, struggled to keep interest in prevalent debates. But he hasn't managed to conceal the poverty of his film philosophy, of which even he seems to have tired...
...Maltese Falcon, Bogart plays Sam Spade in the 1941 John Huston classic from the Dashiell Hammett novel...
FRIDAY: Key Largo, Huston and Bogert again, this time with Lauren Bacall and Edward G. Robinson...
MONDAY: Moby Dich, Gregory Peck in Ahab in the 1956 John Huston adaptation. CH. 27. 6:30 p.m. Color...
...emotional crises. Larry Gardner, who wrote both the screenplay and the original book, does better exploring the subtleties of some of the individuals he has created than he does interweaving his many characters into a plot. Using Gardner's ingredients, with his own perceptive eye for descriptive detail, John Huston accentuates the actors' moods and emotions superbly. In one memorable scene, the fighters' reactions to a continually opening car trunk sharply underscore their excitement before driving to a match...