10-30-2020, 11:06 PM
Agreed. We just revisited this film and it's still amazing. It's got such layered complexity, sucking you in with the child's eye view, then dropping this bomb of racial injustice, surely an artifact of the book, which I never read but Stacy did for college. The symbolism of the mad dog. The race commentary is as spot on as ever. The roles of women are too.
The strange thing was that I had forgotten most of the kids story and only remembered the court scenes. That's where Peck is just mesmerizing. His closing statement was a masterpiece performance. I loved the opening credits focusing on the box and its contents. And Robert Duvall - so young - I wouldn't have even recognized him. And Esmerelda from Bewitched.
No sword fights. DOOM recommended but I imagine we've all seen this classic by now.
The strange thing was that I had forgotten most of the kids story and only remembered the court scenes. That's where Peck is just mesmerizing. His closing statement was a masterpiece performance. I loved the opening credits focusing on the box and its contents. And Robert Duvall - so young - I wouldn't have even recognized him. And Esmerelda from Bewitched.
No sword fights. DOOM recommended but I imagine we've all seen this classic by now.
Shadow boxing the apocalypse