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Good one! All the Coen Brothers movies are like that, I think. Shoot, the first half of No Country for Old Men is practically an Alfred Hitchcock movie.

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Yes! Now I have to watch that one again too. (I practically have Fargo memorized; some of the best dialog since All About Eve)

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We (my wife and son and I) watched "All About Eve" the other day. First time for him. I had forgotten how good the dialogue was.

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"Snappy" isn't the half of it! Did your son enjoy it?

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Yes, very much.

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"I need him like the axe needs the turkey"

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The often-quoted "Fasten your seatbelts - it's going to be a bumpy night" is only like the ninth or tenth best line.

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Your quote has the advantage that it's actually in the movie :)

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I didn't remember hearing that the other night, but it sounded like it fit!

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Sorry, I got "The Lady Eve" mixed up with "All About Eve", my Barbara Stanwyck fixation showing through.

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The better Eve. Stanwyck was fantastic. Then again, Sturges.

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Whatever happened to him? Seems like he had this amazing burst of creativity in the early 40's and then just disappeared. I checked, and he lived for nearly 20 years past his prime, I wonder about the movies he could have made and didn't.

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My recollection is that he just lost his ability to turn them out like those five in the early 40s or so. I also vaguely recall that said five werenтАЩt that great grosses-wise.

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I read Sturges' autobiography years ago and was fascinated that he was only as interested in writing about the Hollywood part as about anything else - his time working in a laundry, business afterward, etc. I sort of got the impression he lost interest.

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Throw a towel over it

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In the early nineties the local PBS affiliate screened ЁЭШКЁЭШйЁЭШвЁЭШ│ЁЭШвЁЭШеЁЭШж, which my visiting younger brother, then about thirty, had never seen. YouтАЩre in for a treat,тАЭ I assured him. At one pointтАФI wish I could remember which exchange had occasioned thisтАФI turned to him and was about to say тАЬBoy, they donтАЩt craft dialogue like this anymore!тАЭ when he pre-empted me: тАЬI canтАЩt believe that audiences used to sit still for this kind of corny dialogue.тАЭ

HeтАЩs sixty-one now, and IтАЩm happy to report that his tastes have considerably matured.

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Hilarious!

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The best Hitchcock movie not directed by him and better than some of his. Delightful, great cast.

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No Country is one of the rare movies that's better than the book, and I generally love Cormac McCarthy.

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Yes! I absolutely adore McCarthy. Adore the Coens too. So. Match made in heaven!

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The frau and I watched the Coen ЁЭШФЁЭШвЁЭШдЁЭШгЁЭШжЁЭШ╡ЁЭШй the other night on the strength of your review. Tell you, having Frances McDormand play the role in the key of тАЬMinnesota niceтАЭ ├а la ЁЭШНЁЭШвЁЭШ│ЁЭШиЁЭШ░ was sheer genius: тАЬYa know, Mac, sometimes ya just gotta just screw your courage to the sticking place.тАЭ

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