Re: What Did You Watch? 2025-01-19 (Sunday)

Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

The Last Picture Show (4K disc) 1971 drama set in a small Texas town
about the lives and loves of the various teenagers including Cybill
Shepherd who is in a love triangle between two best friends played by
Timothy Bottoms and Jeff Bridges while also being sought after by Randy
Quaid.  I know there is a sequel, and I have been keeping an eye out for
it for a couple of years now, but it *never* airs it's not available on
any of the usual streaming sites.

Dennis Quaid makes his first movie appearance, a bit part because he
visited his brother and got put on screen. Cybill Shepherd did a nude
scene (and was in an entirely different location than that country club
pool) and the scene in the kitchen with Cloris Leachman, well, she
deserved that Oscar win. The win for Ben Johnson was absurd, given his
nominal screen time.

Yes, Larry McMurtry wrote a sequel novel Texasville also adapted into a
movie. I didn't care for either the novel or film adaptation. The three
leads return, with Bridges billed first. Both Eileen Brennan and Leachman
return. I don't recall who else returned.

Kramer vs. Kramer (4K disc) 1979 drama staring Dustin Hoffman and Meryl
Streep as married couple who have a troubled custody fight when Streep
takes off one day then shows up 18 months later demanding Hoffman hand
over their kid.  This had a pretty good commentary to help distract me
from realizing I was watching Kramer vs. Kramer.

Best nude scene ever.

Do you like chicken?

Meryl Streep is evil. Also, Dustin didn't tell her he was throwing that
plate 'cuz, well, they let Method actors get away with anything. She
should have killed him.

Sleepless in Seattle (4K disc)

I... hate... this... movie.

Just watch Love Affair, which I prefer to An Affair To Remember, even
though it's exactly the same script and director.

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