Thursday, June 28, 2012

Couldn'ta Said It Better.






"...Shelley Winters makes the victim so horrifyingly, naggingly pathetic that Clift hardly seems to be contemplating a crime: it’s more like euthanasia.” 

--from Pauline Kael's review of 
"A Place In The Sun"



 
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4 comments:

  1. mrpeeneeJune 28, 2012 at 12:45 AM

    Notice how comfortable Mr. Clift looks with having someone climb up on his back?

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  2. normadesmondJune 28, 2012 at 6:23 AM

    you betcha.

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  3. The Cool CookieJune 28, 2012 at 11:37 AM

    Is it me, or did Shelley Winters seem to always die around water in her films.

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  4. Neely OHaraJuly 6, 2012 at 7:53 PM

    Pauline was always pretty much right on the money -- notable exceptions being Bonnie & Clyde and Network...

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