|
Paul Duane@paulduane.bsky.social |
RIP Robert Towne, who crystallised the ‘ideal’ of the genius 70s screenwriter. Everyone is going to mention Chinatown, of course, but I am more likely to rewatch The Last Detail, a rough, heartbreaking piece of realism that goes against the times and does something timeless.
4 replies 26 reposts 120 likes
|
|
Paul Duane
@paulduane.bsky.social
[ View ] |
Dipped briefly back into twitter & saw one of the few accounts I miss from there, John Frankensteiner, posting about how Towne hated the movie Greystoke so much he credited his script to his dog, who then went on to win an Oscar.
1 replies 9 reposts 37 likes
|
BLACK HILL TRANSMISSIONS
@bhtransmissions.bsky.social
[ View ] |
Such a great film. RIP
0 replies 0 reposts 0 likes
|
Moss Elixir
@sorryforlaughing.bsky.social
[ View ] |
I watched The Last Detail thinking “Well, all this military stuff will probably bore me to death but I’m in a Nicholson-completist mood” & it blew me away.
2 replies 0 reposts 8 likes
|
fahrenheit: four fifty fun
@moonagedaydream.bsky.social
[ View ] |
i had a friend in the navy who said that officers' favorite movie was Operation Petticoat and enlisted men's was The Last Detail
0 replies 1 reposts 4 likes