tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8707040.post8304928605758618192..comments2024-02-25T12:47:03.941-06:00Comments on Johnny LaRue's Crane Shot: Lee At WarMarty McKeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084642122976337263noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8707040.post-88947545065843928342007-09-07T00:21:00.000-05:002007-09-07T00:21:00.000-05:00when i think of lee marvin i think of him as the g...when i think of lee marvin i think of him as the gangster vince who throws scalding coffee in the b-girl's face in "the big heat." he was a great, unpredictable villain who possessed enormous physical grace and was right there with richard widmark (if less tormented) when it came to projecting psychotic menace.<BR/><BR/>as liberty vallance in "the man who shot liberty vallance" he bullied jimmy stewart and was a coward whenever he ran into john wayne. if this isn't one of the best westerns of all time i don't know what is.<BR/><BR/>and then lee marvin starred in the brightly-colored yet psychologically noir "point blank," the best adaptation of a richard stark crime novel ever. directed by don siegel? (there's also a great james brown wannabe who is a knockout onstage during an extended nightclub scene, his screams on the beat punctuating the violence which eventually ensues backstage.)Ignaciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08803897779584423922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8707040.post-53069731603991131572007-08-30T22:57:00.000-05:002007-08-30T22:57:00.000-05:00I really enjoyed this post. I haven't seen The Di...I really enjoyed this post. I haven't seen <I>The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission</I> since, well, probably since 1985. I think it's excellent that they included that as a bonus feature on the DVD. More companies should do things like that.Neil Sarverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02832804229444976459noreply@blogger.com