Arthur Penn’s notorious, arguably ‘revisionist’ Western The Missouri Breaks makes it to Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber, with packaging that keeps the film’s initial infamous discrepancies alive and well with star Marlon Brando’s name retaining top billing. Though it would be Brando’s last sizeable role, the film’s main protagonist is really Jack Nicholson as a matter-of-fact horse thief who runs up against a prosperous man who holds himself above the law by failing to recognize that the rest of the country’s outlying frontiers have them.
The term revisionist is problematic in reference to Penn’s film, though it attempts to make us sympathize with a villain positioned against a civilized businessman who’s nearly as irredeemable. Two wrongs don’t make a right, so if anything, Penn’s adaptation of Thomas McGuane’s script is anarchist at best. Plagued with a troubled production thanks...
The term revisionist is problematic in reference to Penn’s film, though it attempts to make us sympathize with a villain positioned against a civilized businessman who’s nearly as irredeemable. Two wrongs don’t make a right, so if anything, Penn’s adaptation of Thomas McGuane’s script is anarchist at best. Plagued with a troubled production thanks...
- 1/20/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Is one of West Ham’s most celebrated youth products about to return to Upton Park? He might just be, according to Lee Clayton, Head Of Sport for the Daily Mail and the MailOnline has reported that Liverpool midfielder Joe Cole may be back at his first club before the Hammers take on Manchester United in the Fa Cup on Saturday. Quite what that deal would entail remains to be confirmed, but Sky Sports have also reported that the Hammers “have made an enquiry with Liverpool over bringing midfielder Joe Cole to Upton Park.” The former Chelsea attacking midfielder has been linked with a move away from Anfield recently having only made six Premier League appearances so far this season from the bench. Sky Sports say that Harry Redknapp has already confirmed his interest to take the 31-year-old to Qpr, so West Ham boss will likely face a battle for the former England man.
- 1/2/2013
- by Simon Gallagher
- Obsessed with Film
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