Re: THE STING (1973)

On 3/23/2024 7:27 PM, Bill Anderson wrote:

Another notable movie for my young friend who can play games on my computer
but only if he watches a movie with me.
 I think I had not seen THE STING since it was a big deal in 1973 and
everybody was humming Scott Joplin. Of course I remembered the final
outcome, but I did not remember how they got to that point and we had a
great time following the story together. He kept asking me questions like,
“are they really FBI?“ and I had to admit I just didn’t remember and I was
wondering the same thing. It was fun.
 He said it wasn’t the greatest movie he had ever seen but the acting was
some of the greatest.
 Who is that actor playing Gondorff?
 That’s Paul Newman.
 How old is he now?
 He’s dead.
 Well darn. He’s really good.
 Another actor that impressed him, believe it or not, was Harold Gould. It
wasn’t so much his acting as it was his clothes. The kid is 18 and really
concerned about his appearance and he thinks Harold Gould, who is something
of a dandy in the movie, really knew how to look sharp.
 I have found that as long as I keep showing him good movies, he keeps
coming back for more.

I think that, if THE STING were released today without having been preceded by its dozens of knockoffs of knockoffs, it'd still be a smash.   I still remember the assassin...