If you only know Robert Wise from "West Side Story" and "The Sound of Music", you might be surprised to learn that he directed other types of movies, among them "The Day the Earth Stood Still" and "Star Trek: The Motion Picture". In between the aforementioned musicals, Wise directed an Academy Award-nominated adaptation of William Gibson's "Two for the Seesaw". Shirley MacLaine plays an eccentric New Yorker and Robert Mitchum plays an Omaha transplant who are in a relationship.
The movie feels very much like a play. Since I've never seen the play - and most likely never will - I can't compare this adaptation to it. MacLaine and Mitchum both put on intense performances, but the movie itself drags at times. Not a bad movie, it's just that some parts could've moved a little faster. It'll probably be of interest to film buffs, but not to other audiences.
The movie feels very much like a play. Since I've never seen the play - and most likely never will - I can't compare this adaptation to it. MacLaine and Mitchum both put on intense performances, but the movie itself drags at times. Not a bad movie, it's just that some parts could've moved a little faster. It'll probably be of interest to film buffs, but not to other audiences.