tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post3168975667599524763..comments2024-03-29T03:44:30.259-04:00Comments on Cockeyed Caravan: Underrated Movie #98: Alice's RestaurantMatt Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07319984238456281734noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-72499463284060993632011-12-18T06:35:17.007-05:002011-12-18T06:35:17.007-05:00Great choice! I think this movie has the one of th...Great choice! I think this movie has the one of the finest endings I've ever seen. The seemingly endless shot of Pat Quinn standing alone in the doorway is heartbreaking and an eloquent comment on the impending doom of the peace and love era.Mike Suttonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-60138333763978097202010-12-01T07:42:37.151-05:002010-12-01T07:42:37.151-05:00Interesting that Anon says ZP captures an era, sin...Interesting that Anon says ZP captures an era, since I've always felt that Alice's Restaurant is the only film that shows you what the 60s really looked like (and that's actor/writer/dramatist Vinnette Carrol asking Arlo if he's actually got Huntington's Chorea right this minute ...)ramshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06197775203594297901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-32921602090700205662010-11-29T23:15:26.769-05:002010-11-29T23:15:26.769-05:00Venable was my first dramatic writing prof at NYU....Venable was my first dramatic writing prof at NYU.MichaelBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08357037848722424694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-85706034516459625442010-11-29T13:05:49.891-05:002010-11-29T13:05:49.891-05:00Oh sure, I love Little Big Man, and I love a lot o...Oh sure, I love Little Big Man, and I love a lot of Antonioni movies, and I love the first twenty minutes of ZP, when they're in the city, but I find the endless cavorting in the desert to be unbearable. (and the phrase "Suck Bucks!" just makes me giggle, sorry)Matt Birdhttp://cockeyedcaravan.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-17719960971913069382010-11-29T12:16:51.356-05:002010-11-29T12:16:51.356-05:00I'd also like to recommend Penn's LITTLE B...I'd also like to recommend Penn's LITTLE BIG MAN, one of my favorite Westerns, one of Hoffman's best films. And to stand up a little for ZABRISKE POINT--why should god forbid it? When was the last time you've seen it? Are you an Antonioni fan at all? ZP really does capture the era, in an almost anthropological sense and with the cold vision of Antonioni's particular genius. It's messy and sometimes stilted but there are many brilliant scenes like the opening, the gun store scene, the roadside cafe, the real estate office, and the final ecstatic slow-motion consumer apocalypse. The film looks better and more prescient with each year. The two would-be hippies choosing a hollow rebellion as the least bad of all their bad options. Antonioni could see all this objectively and still romanticize it a little, make it beautiful and strange.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com