1969 Review Blog
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Grade: C- 06/29/2009
I was especially disappointed in this film since I already know how enjoyable the pairing of Newman and Redford can be in a period piece directed by George Roy Hill (THE STING). This film wasn't about anything. A pair of outlawas rob, are pursued, flee, rob, pursued, the end. No character building. No "one last score" scenario. Nothing really interesting. Just running and robbing...andmeither are particularly interesting or innovative. The banter between Newman and Redford is well written, and the cinemtography is as good as any number of westerns, but there is nothing to make this movie stand out. I was surprised.
1001 Movie to See Before You Die
Grade: C- 06/29/2009
I was especially disappointed in this film since I already know how enjoyable the pairing of Newman and Redford can be in a period piece directed by George Roy Hill (THE STING). This film wasn't about anything. A pair of outlawas rob, are pursued, flee, rob, pursued, the end. No character building. No "one last score" scenario. Nothing really interesting. Just running and robbing...andmeither are particularly interesting or innovative. The banter between Newman and Redford is well written, and the cinemtography is as good as any number of westerns, but there is nothing to make this movie stand out. I was surprised.
1001 Movie to See Before You Die
The Cow (gaav)
Grade: B- 11/06/2010
Definitely one of those films that are famous for being notable in film history...not quite because it is particularly entertaining. It is a film made in Iran that won the Venice Film Festival, all under the Shah's rule...so it was a significant achievement for third-world cinema. The story is about a poof villager who is unhealthily obsessed with his cow. When it dies while he is away, the villagers band together to protect this man from the awful truth. When he does...he loses his mind and pretends that he, himself is the cow. It is an odd movie that echoes a bit of Fellini's black and white work....but significance surely outweighs its appeal.
1001 Movie to See Before You Die
Grade: B- 11/06/2010
Definitely one of those films that are famous for being notable in film history...not quite because it is particularly entertaining. It is a film made in Iran that won the Venice Film Festival, all under the Shah's rule...so it was a significant achievement for third-world cinema. The story is about a poof villager who is unhealthily obsessed with his cow. When it dies while he is away, the villagers band together to protect this man from the awful truth. When he does...he loses his mind and pretends that he, himself is the cow. It is an odd movie that echoes a bit of Fellini's black and white work....but significance surely outweighs its appeal.
1001 Movie to See Before You Die