John: We are kicking off a new feature, in-depth articles on directors, actors, movies and screenwriters, starting with Roebert Mitchum and James Stewart followed by another on Woody Allen. Just click on "Articles" (above). 

Spanky: Pul...eeze. Our readers want smart-aleck comments not though-provoking bullshit. Don't click on "Articles." What is this? Film school for dropouts?

Where were you when the fun stopped? is from EMI's songbook series, released in 1999. EMI gave a number of personalities the chance to put together their own compilation of favorite artists. This is the one Hunter did. It was intended for sale in book stores as well as record stores. It also has an ISBN number, 1-8548-569-X.  This one can be pricey, I'm not sure what it sold for when it was first released but I have seen it sell one on eBay for around the $100 mark. The play list is as follows....

1. Ballad of Thunder Road - Robert Mitchum
2. I Smell A Rat - Howlin' Wolf
3. Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum
4. The Hula-Hula Boys - Warren Zevon
5. Maggie May - Rod Stewart
6. The Wild Side of Life / It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels - Hank Thompson feat. Kitty Wells & Tanya Tucker
7. Will The Circle Be Unbroken - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
8. Mr Tambourine Man - Bob Dylan
9. Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed
10. If I Had A Boat - Lyle Lovett
11. Stars On The Water - Rodney Crowell
12. Carmelita - Flaco Jiminez feat. Dwight Yoakam
13. Why Don't We Get Drunk - Jimmy Buffett
14. American Pie - Don McClean
15. White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
16. The Weight - The Band
17. Melissa - The Allman Brothers Band
18. Battle Hymn of the Republic - Herbie Mann

et tiens, tant que j'y suis, à ce cher Guy Mercier du R*ck est M*rt qui est passé à Gibert la semaine dernière. Oui, ça m'a fait plaisir aussi de te voir aussi. Cinquante ans, c'est rien. Cinquante ans de blog, ça c'est difficile à avaler.

Disappointed can hardly describe my feelings after viewing the remake. Why do actors involve themselves in such projects. Especially an actor of Mitchum's stature.

What did I find wrong with it? Mitchum's age for one thing. Way to old for the role. In reading the novels, I'd always viewed Marlowe as late thirties, about where Chandler had placed him.

And the setting. Philip Marlowe belongs in L.A. in a forties setting. London! What were they thinking? I know it was Lew Grade's company making the film, but WTF? It just looked completely wrong from start to finish. The only worse thing they could have done was make Marlowe British. That's too terrible to comprehend.

I'm no expert that can break a film down and explain where they went wrong. I'm just a fan talking about what I like and don't like.

Netflix doesn't seem to have Mitchum's other Marlowe film, Farewell, My lovely, available. Just as well. I've heard it was better than The Big Sleep, but then the bar is not set very high.

Next up for me is Dick Powell's Murder, My Sweet, based on the aformentioned Chandler novel. I'll let you know what I think.

Night of the Hunter shocked people when it came out and the reception devastated Laughton so that he never made another film. That's a tragedy, a real tragedy that makes something like the death of James Dean look like absolutely nothing to me. And it also highlights an important difference between actors and directors, even the greatest actors though perhaps not the worst directors... a director must learn to love being alone.

Kintama Girls ~ Detarame MotherCom Cherry Boy

Superior to Martin Scorsese's punishing 1991 remake, this 1962 thriller directed by J. Lee Thompson (The Guns of Navarone) stars Robert Mitchum as a creepy ex-con angry at the attorney (Gregory Peck) whom he believes is responsible for his incarceration. After Mitchum makes clear his plans to harm Peck's family, a fascinating game of crisscrossing ethics and morality takes place. Where the more recent version seemed trapped in its explicitness, Thompson's film accomplishes a lot with a more economical and telling use of violence. The result is a richer character study with some Hitchcockian overtones regarding the nature of guilt. --Tom Keogh

An ex-convict blames a lawyer for his sentence and tries to wreak bloody revenge on the lawyer and his family.
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• The Night of the Hunter
• Cape Fear
• Thunder Road
• Double Indemnity (Universal Legacy Series)
• Touch of Evil (Restored to Orson Welles' Vision)

I tried white-market means. I spent a dollar for a wretched cover version by Johnny Legend at Amazon. I remained unsatisfied. More Google. The lamp illuminating my fevered and perspiring brow was sputtering on the last remaining fumes of fetid kerosene when at last my efforts bore fruit.

Lux & Ivy's Favorites contained the song I sought. But what was Lux & Ivy's Favorites? More research yielded answers--answers to questions I ought not have asked in the first place...

Lux & Ivy's Favorites is a compilation made by a fan of the Cramps. To be honest, I've always liked the Cramps better in concept than in execution--but Lux and Ivy are legendary record collectors and promoters of the obscure and bizarre, and I absolutely respect them for that. Would the awe-inspiring "Strychnine" by the Sonics even be remembered if it wasn't for the Cramps? Perhaps not.

It's nine volumes. All are readily available via Soulseek. The concept--compile every song Lux & Ivy have played before shows, mentioned that they liked in interviews, and so on.

It started as a way to keep track of some of the songs Lux , and or Ivy, mentioned in THE INCREDIBLY STRANGE MUSIC BOOK. It was never really intended as anything but a way for a friend of mine and me to have 2 really kick ass compilations.

So we went about the arduous process of finding all the songs mentioned in that interview. It took a loooong time. We used the file sharing program, Napster, as well as our own personal collections.

So, one thing leads to another and when word got around that these compilations were out there, they started being traded from fan to fan to fan. So at some point I decided to put them up on Napster and let anyone who wanted them have them.

As the years went buy, more interviews with Lux and Ivy kept popping up, and the list of songs they mentioned got longer and longer. This resulted in new volumes.

And what does it contain? Glad you asked.  It contains:

• Rockabilly ("Skull and Cross Bones" by Sparkle Moore),
• Surf music, ("War of the Worlds" by The Atlantics),
• Novelty songs ("The Mummy" by Bob McFadden and Dor),
• Classic blues tracks (several from Bo Diddley),
• Garage rock ("Green Fuz" by Randy Alvey and The Green Fuz),
• Legendary underground recordings ("(Let's Dance) The Screw") by The Crystals),
• Movie themes ("Beware the Blob" by the Five Blobs),
• Just plain weirdness (Porter Waggoner's "Rubber Room"),
• Just plain awesomeness (the epic "Taboo" by Gene Summers),
• And, not least, "The Ballad of Thunder Road."

And I've only made it through volume four!

Check it out--if your sanity can handle it.

(The compiler's Soulseek username is nimereht. Proper respect.)

Update:  I made it through them all!  And I'm still perfectly sane!  Sane, I tell you!

Video: "Green Fuz" by Randy Alvey and The Green Fuz

Below the fold is the complete track listing, with some corrections made to track listings I've seen floating around the Internet. I'm sure there are more corrections to be made, and I may have made an error or two myself--much of this stuff is very obscure, after all. But I've done my best. If you see any errors, let me know in the comments or e-mail me: gordon-at-ondeafears.com.

Lux & Ivy's Favorites, Volume 1

1. Sheriff & The Ravels - Shombalor
2. Sid King & The Five Strings - Let 'er Rip
3. Ersal Hickey - Bluebirds Over The Mountain
4. Ersal Hickey - Hangin' Around
5. Ronnie Dawson - Action Packed
6. Ronnie Self - Date Bait
7. Vern Pullens - Bop Crazy Baby
8. Donald Woods And The Belairs - Death Of An Angel
9. Gene Maltais - Crazy Baby
10. Billy Ward and His Dominoes - The Bells
11. Bob McFadden and Dor - The Mummy
12. Forbidden Five - RFD Rangoon
13. Forbidden Five - Enchanted Farm
14. The Medallions - Behind The Door
15. Nervous Norvous - Transfusion
16. The Clovers - Crawlin'
17. The Penguins - Earth Angel
18. The Blenders - Don't Fuck Around With Love
19. Sparkle Moore - Skull and Cross Bones
20. Versatones - Bila
21. Versatones - Tight Skirt Tight Sweater
22. The Tornados - Telstar
23. The Treniers - Poon-Tang!
24. The Clovers - Rotten Cocksuckers Ball
25. The Collins Kids - Whistle Bait
26. The Chips - Rubber Biscuits
27. Jan & Arnie - Jennie Lee

Lux & Ivy's Favorites, Volume 2

1. 13th Floor Elevators - You're Gonna Miss Me
2. Ric Cartey - Young Love
3. Slim Harpo - Strange Love
4. The Champs - Train To Nowhere
5. Cozy Cole - Topsy, Parts One and Two
6. Zacherley - Dinner With Drac
7. Randy Alvey and The Green Fuz - Green Fuz
8. Jackie Morningstar - Rockin' In The Graveyard
9. John Buck and His Blazers - Forbidden City
10. Marvin Rainwater - Hot And Cold
11. Blues Rockers - Calling All Cows
12. The Five Blobs - The Blob
13. Ric Cartey - Oooh-Eeee
14. June Wilkinson and Mamie Van Doren - Bikini With No Top On Top
15. Wayne Williams - Red Hot Mama
16. Boss-Tones - Mope-itty Mope
17. Keith Courvale - Trapped Love
18. The Storey Sisters - Bad Motorcycle
19. Lightnin' Slim - It's Mighty Crazy
20. Bob McFadden and Dor - Noisy Village
21. The Crescents - Pink Dominoes
22. Marketettes - Out Of Limits
23. The Chimes - Zindy Lou
24. The Crystals - (Let's Dance) The Screw - Pt. 1
25. The Invictas - The Hump
26. Earle Hagen & The New Interns - New Interns Watusi
27. Billy Ward & The Dominoes - Jennie Lee

Lux & Ivy's Favorites, Volume 3

1. The Pretty Things - Come See Me
2. The Leather Boy - On the Go
3. Roy Brown - Butcher Pete, Pt. 1
4. Roy Brown - Butcher Pete, Pt. 2
5. The Carnations - Scorpion
6. The Imps - Uh-Oh
7. Doctor Ross - The Boogie Disease
8. Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin'
9. Polka Dot Slim - A Thing You Gotta Face
10. The Ventures - The Rat
11. Mohammed Rafi AKA Ted Lyons & His Cubs - Jaan Pehechaan Ho
12. Bo Diddley - Congo
13. Anton LaVey - Satan Takes a Holiday
14. The Symbols - Do the Zombie
15. The Scarlets - Stampede
16. Danny Dell & The Trends - Froggy Went A Courting
17. Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - Shakin' All Over
18. The Kinks - You Really Got Me
19. The Strangers - Caterpillar Crawl
20. Porter Waggoner - Rubber Room
21. Robert Mitchum - The Ballad of Thunder Road
22. Duane Eddy - Ramrod
23. Dick Penner - Cindy Lou
24. The Ideals - Go Go Gorilla
25. Jack Nitzsche - The Lonely Surfer
26. The Johnny Burnette Trio - Honey Hush
27. Mickey & Sylvia - No Good Lover
28. Duane Eddy - Stalkin'
29. Bo Diddley - I'm A Man
30. Johnny Fortune - Dragster
31. The Gee Cees - Buzzsaw Twist

Lux & Ivy's Favorites, Volume 4

1. Gene Summers - Taboo
2. Roland Janes - Guitarville
3. The Citations - Moon Race
4. Electro-Tones - Ghost Train
5. Hank Davis - Woman Train
6. Jack Nitzsche - Rumble
7. Gene Gray & The Stingrays - Surfer's Mood
8. Charlie Feathers - In the Pines
9. Ric Cartey - My Babe
10. Reverend Charles Jackson - Wrapped Up and Tangled Up In Jesus
11. Les Baxter - Lust
12. Harley Hatcher - The Chase Is On [From the movie Satan's Sadists]
13. Jan Davis - The Time Funnel
14. The Atlantics - War Of The Worlds
15. Clyde Stacey - Hoy Hoy
16. Electric Prunes - Dr. Do Good
17. The Five Jones Boys - Mr. Ghost Goes To Town
18. Jackie & The Starlighters - Valerie
19. Musical Linn Twins - Rockin' Out the Blues
20. Hugh Barrett & The Victors - Fungus Among Us
21. Cannibal & the Headhunters - Zulu King
22. Charlie Feathers - She Set Me Free
23. Portuguese Joe - Teenage Riot
24. Gene Maltais - Gang War
25. The Musical Linn Twins - Indian Rock
26. Jimmie Rodgers - Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8)
27. Ron Thompson - Switchblade
28. The Legendary Stardust Cowboy - Paralyzed
29. Vernon Green & The Phantoms - Sweet Breeze
30. Davie Allan & the Arrows - Theme from the Unknown
31. The Stooges - 1970

Lux & Ivy's Favorites, Volume 5

1. The Swamp Rats - Louie, Louie
2. The Trashmen - Bird '65
3. Link Wray & The Raymen - The Fuzz
4. Peanuts Wilson - Cast Iron Arm
5. Bo Diddley - The Story Of Bo Diddley
6. Homer Denison, Jr. - Chickie Run
7. Curley Griffin - Got Rockin' On My Mind
8. The Isley Brothers - Nobody But Me
9. Ron Haydock & The Boppers - 99 Chicks
10. Bill Carter & The Rovin' Gamblers - Baby Brother
11. Andre Williams - (M M M M Andre Williams Is) M-M-Movin'
12. The Quotations - Imagination
13. Carl Perkins - Let The Jukebox Keep On Playing
14. The Sparkles - Oh Girls, Girls
15. Julie London - Yummy, Yummy, Yummy
16. The Lifeguards - Everybody Out'ta The Pool
17. Ken Nordine - Strollin' Spooks
18. Ken Nordine - Fliberty Jib
19. The Ramones - Beat On The Brat
20. Betty McQuade - Tongue Tied
21. Ronnie Ray & The Playboys - The Vulture
22. The Revels - Midnight Stroll
23. Ray Anthony - Dragnet
24. Link Wray - Genocide
25. Don Charles Presents The Singing Dogs - Oh! Susanna
26. The Deadly Ones! - It's Monster Surfing Time
27. Edwin Bruce - Sweet Woman
28. Ted Weems & His Orchestra, with Elmo Tanner (whistle) - Heartaches
29. Vito & The Salutations - Unchained Melody
30. Jack Eely & The Courtmen - Louie, Louie '66

Lux & Ivy's Favorites, Volume 6

1. Earl Wade - I Dig Rock 'n' Roll
2. The Ran-Dells - Martian Hop
3. The Saxons - Camel Walk (Part 1)
4. The Nitecats - Jungle
5. Charlie Gracie - Guitar Boogie
6. The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You
7. Kenny Owen - I Got The Bug
8. The Phantom - Whisper Your Love
9. Moses Longpiece - Slide Her Under the Door
10. Ray Harris - Come On Little Mama
11. The Cables - Choo-Choo
12. The Charades - Flamingo
13. Ronnie Isle - Wicked
14. Andre Williams With The Gino Parks Quartet - Pass The Biscuits Please
15. Gene La Marr and His Blue Flames - That Crazy Little House On The Hill
16. The Innocents - I'm A Hog For You
17. Thee Midniters - Jump, Jive and Harmonize
18. Bob Taylor & The Counts - Thunder
19. Mad Magazine - (She Got a) Nose Job
20. The Five Sharps - Stormy Weather
21. Booker T. & the MG's - Green Onions
22. Jack Nitzsche - The Last Race
23. Elvis Presley - Milkcow Blues Boogie
24. The Fleetwoods - Unchained Melody
25. Mad Magazine - When My Pimples Turned To Dimples
26. Grace Tennessee and The American Spirits - Pow Wow
27. Phil and the Frantics - Say That You Will
28. Pasquale & The Lunar-Tiks - Moon Madness
29. Arthur Lyman - Taboo

Lux & Ivy's Favorites, Volume 7

1. Marvin & Johnny - Vip Vop
2. The Original Starfires - Fender Bender
3. Ronnie Kae - Drums Fell Off a Cliff
4. Young Jessie with The Flairs - Lonesome Desert
5. Andre Williams & The Don Juans - Pulling Time
6. Joe Clay - Did You Mean Jelly Bean (What You Said Cabbage Head)
7. T. Rex - Rip Off
8. Tony Allen and The Champs - Nite Owl
9. Betty McQuade - Blue Train
10. Sparkle Moore - Tiger
11. Stan Freberg - A Dear John and Marsha Letter [I think the compiler meant to include "John and Marsha," but this is the song that is included.]
12. The Dynamic Dial Tones - Boss
13. The Vocaleers - Cootie Snap
14. The Tokens - B'wanina (Pretty Girl)
15. Mississippi Mud Mashers - Moonglow
16. John & Jackie - Little Girl
17. The Falcons - Now That It's Over
18. Mr. Undertaker - Here Lies My Love
19. Andre Williams - The Greasy Chicken
20. Roky Erickson - Red Temple Prayer (Two-Headed Dog)
21. Kay Martin and Her Body Guards - Swamp Girl
22. The Grey Stokes - The Legend of Tarzan
23. Mac Rebennack - Storm Warning (Long Version)
24. Charlie Feathers - That Certain Female
25. Ronnie Self - Bop-A-Lena
26. Jaynetts - Sally Go 'Round the Roses
27. The Sensational Nightingales - Standing in the Judgment
28. Stan Freberg - St. George And The Dragonet

Lux & Ivy's Favorites, Volume 8

1. Richard Strauss [composer] - Also Sprach Zarathustra - Fanfare
2. Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You
3. Love - My Flash On You
4. American Teens - Shake Shake Baby
5. The Gamblers - LSD-25
6. Unknown Artist - Unknown Song
7. Lee Chandler & The Blue Rhythms - Tree Top
8. The Strikes - If You Can't Rock Me
9. Buddy Miller - Teen Twist
10. The Tides - Midnight Limbo
11. Homer Denison, Jr. - March Slav Boogie
12. Chaino - The Pigmy Song (Tikky Tikky Boom Boom)
13. Johnnie Honeycutt - Blue Song of Love
14. Kitty & Sheeny Lanier - Do The Whip
15. The Dirtbombs - I Can't Stop Thinking About It
16. Betty Smith With Johnny Maxwell And The Rhythmmasters - Yeah, Baby
17. Rudy Thacker and The Stringbusters - Black Train
18. Stacy Bengal & His Six Outfielders - I Come To Demolish Cleveland
19. The Gamblers - Moon Dawg!
20. Unknown Artist - Unknown Song
21. The Viscounts - Harlem Nocturne
22. Billy Lee Riley - Flyin' Saucers Rock & Roll
23. David Seville - Witch Doctor
24. Freddie Cannon - Palisades Park
25. Kay Martin and Her Body Guards - The Heel
26. Sheb Wooley - The Purple People Eater
27. The Pleasant Valley Boys with Herschell Gordon Lewis - "Rebel Yell (The South's Gonna Rise Again)" [Theme from Two Thousand Maniacs] [IMDB credits this to H.G. Lewis, but I've seen the movie twice and I swear it's credited to the Pleasant Valley Boys.  It's definitely Lewis singing, though, so I'm crediting it to both until I find out otherwise.]
28. Unknown Artist - Unknown Song
29. Mad Mike & The Maniacs - The Hunch
30. Sparkle Moore - Flower Of My Heart

Lux & Ivy's Favorites, Volume 9

1. Jess Franco - Sex and Mystic of M. Sade (edit) [No idea what Franco movie this is from or what the cut is actually called]
2. The Kinks - Until the End of the Day
3. The Vi-Kings - Desert Boots
4. Jimmy McConville - Scorpion
5. Bo Diddley - Mona
6. Wendell Smith - Nashville, Tennessee
7. The Crystals - He's a Rebel
8. T. Rex - Baby Strange
9. All Women Are Bad [movie trailer audio]
10. The Wailers - Dirty Robber
11. Charlie Gracie - Butterfly
12. Chuck Ranado and The Electronaires - My Baby's Gone
13. Lonnie Johnson - Tomorrow Night
14. Flamin' Groovies - Teenage Head
15. Howlin' Wolf - The Red Rooster
16. The Dantes - 80-96
17. The Chantays - Pipeline
18. Gene Gray & The Stingrays - Surfer's Mood [repeated from volume 4]
19. The Deadly Ones! - Surfin' Dockside
20. Gary & Larry - Garlic Bread
21. The Shangri-Las - Out in the Streets
22. The Tempests - Rockin' Rochester USA
23. Spike Jones - Chloe
24. The Vampires' Sound Incorporation - The Lions and the Cucumber
25. The Duals - Wait Up Baby
26. Rodger & The Tempests - Bad Bad Way
27. The Dixie Cups - Chapel of Love
    
28. Jimmy Scott - Unchained Melody

"Would you like me to tell you the little story of right-hand/left-hand? The story of good and evil?"

In Depression-times, a man robs a bank out of desperation to provide for his family in the long-term.   Having killed two men doing so, he is immediately hunted down by the police, but not before he hides the money he stole.   Knowing that the only two other people, his children, are aware of the location of the money, he extracts an oath from them both that neither will tell a soul about the money - not even their own mother.

The father is hauled off to jail and while he awaits execution for his crimes, a strange man comes to share his cell.   Preacher Harry Powell, a man who knows that the Lord "don't mind the killins" but hates "other things, lacy things...things with curly hair" is a fire and brimstone type of preacher, a man who has the words "LOVE" and "HATE" tattooed on his knuckles, but one who was nonetheless caught with a stolen car.   Upon finding out his new cellmate's crimes, Powell attempts to worm out the secret of the hidden money, but all he gets are some mumbled words from his cellmate in his sleep.

So, upon his release, Harry Powell tracks down the man's widow - Willa - and promptly marries her, hoping to leverage his position into forcing the children, John and Pearl, into revealing the location of the money.  The children refuse, and Willa eventually begins to put the pieces together.   Upon revealing that she knows that he's hounding the children about the money, Powell kills her and tells the town people that she ran off after he found her drinking.

John and Pearl run away after being threatened by Powell.   Pearl reveals the location of the money, but they make their escape, eventually seeking refuge with an older woman who takes in unwanted children, but it's not long before Harry Powell shows up again, looking for the children - and the money.

I think the most striking thing about Night of the Hunter is the fact that it feels very unique for its time period.   The way the director made the movie is something wholly different than what you're used to seeing from the mid fifties.

Robert Mitchum, as I've said before, is so seriously underrated in comparison to his peers.   His portrayal of Harry Powell is at once creepy and yet believable; even when Powell is at his best in the presence of others, Mitchum gives him a palpable sense of danger under a veneer of the upright holy man.   Mitchum's "love/hate -- right/left" scene ought to be in a montage of great scenes, right up there with Stewart and Bogart.

More than anything, Charles Laughton, the director, seemed to have a great understanding of the fact that film can transcend things and say so much more than a lot of people realized.

He sets everything in a way that's realistic, yet at the same time, foreign, leaving you just a little uneasy, which of course, lets Mitchum come right in and freak you the hell out.

Shelley Winters plays Willa, the wife and mother who eventually marries Powell.   I wouldn't say she does a good job, but she's not bad, either.   In fact, most of the movie it feels like she's really reaching for something, but she can't quite get there.   It also hurts her performance that Mitchum is so damn good.  However, it does make you sad when she dies, for someone who has demonstratively suffered so much during the film, and she does well enough that you care about what happens to her in the end.

The kids are kid actors; they do their best, but nothing fantastic.   Mitchum carries the load of the film and he does it excellently.

Lillian Gish does very well as Miss Cooper, the kind lady who takes poor, unwanted children in and is strong enough to hold her own against Mitchum.  She is part of the only reason I would say the film is not nearly perfect; her asides to the audience are distracting and jarring, at times.

The main fortes of Night of the Hunter are the fact that Laughton was an excellent director, Mitchum is terrific and the story is paced well to provide varying levels of tension throughout the entire film.  It's an absolute loss that Laughton never directed another film, because one can only imagine what Laughton could have done if Night of the Hunter was a jumping-off point for him.   The plot and story move along well enough, to where you never tire of where you are in the story, nor are you anticipating the next turn in the bend; the viewer is merely watching and paying attention to the suspense in the here-and-now.   Not just that, Night of the Hunter was freaky, scary and perverse in a time you wouldn't necessarily expect a Hollywood film to tackle some weird issues (like Harry Powell's issues with women) and the shocking thing is that Night of the Hunter still holds up.   It's still freaky.   It's still scary, fifty years later, and Mitchum is still intimidating and scary.

More than anything, Night of the Hunter is still excellent.

It was a perfect night for an outdoor movie, warm enough to drink beer and be out after dark without a jacket.  Admittedly the beer would have been drinkable even on a cool night, but I enjoyed it more in the summerlike heat.  Some people thought it was perhaps too hot, but to me it was perfect.  The moon rising bright over Portland's skyline just another touch suitable for this movie.  The pre-movie band was likewise a fitting complement -- I'd never heard Highway before but especially enjoyed their version of the film's title song "The Ballad of Thunder Road."

The crowd was mostly cheerful although a few of them would clearly have preferred to be at a regular bar since they weren't watching the movie at all.  I was bemused by the conversation of a group near me who seemed to have confused Prohibition and bathtub gin with the guys in the backwoods of Appalachia who wanted to make and sell whiskey without the benefit of government approval or paying taxes.  Best overheard comment was "this can't be the Twenties because that's a 1950's car..." 

"Thunder Road" isn't great art -- it's a fun movie for a summer night and a must-see if you're interested in Robert Mitchum.  I've seen it several times -- mostly because a lot of it was filmed near my hometown in western North Carolina.

There are a couple more films in the Top Down series.  Check them out if you're looking for something to do on a summer evening in the city.

'Pug' Henry's Dress Whites

There "it" was -- the memorabilia of a lifetime -- in a hotel room somewhere in Planet Hollywood. Behind glass, I couldn't touch it. But I laid my hand up there like Ma Joad would have if she'd palmed Tom in the visitor's pen. Like mime Patty and mime Cathy touching hands in the opening credits of The Patty Duke Show.

There I was -- in a time warp from 1983 -- watching television from my papasan chair, behind a locked bedroom door, a black window shade, and my faux bamboo Bali Ha'i blinds.

"It" was the naval uniform -- albeit petite looking and stained -- that Victor 'Pug' Henry wore in mini-series The Winds of War. Well, actually he wore it in the sequel, War and Remembrance, but nobody remembers that one. 'Pug' was played by Robert Mitchum, in the twilight of his career. Yep, by then he was pretty much just going through the motions, acting mainly with his eyes -- one blink for yes and two blinks for no. But nobody was really paying any attention to him because Jan-Michael Vincent and Ali McGraw were the real stars.

The holy trinity of actors coming together for one big blowout. And then some genius added Peter Graves for good measure.

So, of course I have a soft spot for the entire debacle. Nobody could roll his eyes like Mitchum or clench his jaws like Vincent. Or read a line with the fiery passion of McGraw, one of the finest Method actors that Wellesley ever produced.

I'm already planning another pilgrimage to Planet Hollywood. Must find Richard Chamberlain's kimono from Shogun.

För cirka tio år sedan hade advokat Sam Bowden - spelad av rutinerade Nick Nolte - en klient vid namn Max Cady - spelad av en av mina favoritskådespelare, Robert De Niro. Denne Bowden lyckades inget vidare med det fallet, och först nu släpps Cady fri ur fängelset. Och nu har Cady bara ha en sak på sin agenda - att utvinna en gruvlig hämnd på familjen Bowden! Det är inledningen till den här nervpirrande storyn från 1991.

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Titel: Cape Fear
Land: USA
Premiär: Den 13 November, 1991
Manus: Wesley Strick
Regi: Martin Scorsese
Skådespelare: Nick Nolte, Robert De Niro, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis, Joe Don Baker

Hämnden börjar dock relativt lungnt. Till exempel terroriserar Cady familjen Bowden inne i en biosalong när helt omotiverat sitter och gapskrattar igenom en våldsam thriller. Dessutom smyger han runt på familjens gård och snokar, men faktum är att det bara är början på ett brinnande helvete. När Cady förgiftar familjens hund, och dessutom börjar manipulera familjens dotter Danielle (även hon mästerligt spelad, av Juliette Lewis), så är det droppen som får bägaren att rinna över för Sam.

¤ Max Cady, gestaltad av Robert de Niro, söker hämnd

I ett mer eller mindre desperat försök att en gång för alla sätta stopp för Cady så hyr Sam in några torpeder för eliminera sin antagonist. Men det visar sig vara lättare sagt än gjort och mycket snart blir det bara värre och värre..!

Många av mina bästa, första och starkaste filmminnen kommer hemifrån mormor och morfars vardagsrum. Ett bra exempel på det är just Cape Fear. Filmen är riktigt spännande och otäck rakt igenom. Inte alls särskilt våldsam eller blodig, nej inte så, utan mer kuslig på ett smygande och så sakta stegrande vis. Hela tiden känner man av Cadys hotfullhet mot familjen och man kan verkligen förstå deras skräck och paranoia för vad som skall ske härnäst. För både de, och vi som tittare, förstår att de är på väg mot ruinens kant...

Jaha. Var skall man börja någonstans när skall recensera en av sina favoritfilmer? Jag provar såhär: Filmen är så genomtänkt att den aldrig tappar under hela resans gång. Regissör Martin Scorsese gör som vanligt ett strålande arbete och här bevisas det att han och de Niro är Hollywoods starkaste radarpar. Här briljerar de verkligen tillsammans. Varje scen är ett mästerverk!

De andra skådespelarna är också mycket bra. Den lite risige Nolte fungerar utmärkt som Sam Bowden på väg mot ett nervöst sammanbrott, och Juliette Lewis var helt klart värdig de Oscars och Golden Globe-statyetter som hon nominerades för, men inte vann. Men det förringar som sagt inte insatsen i den här filmen på något sätt. Jag tycker att den är ett absolut nödvändigt måste för var filmälskare!

¤ Bilder från orginalet 1962

Lite noterbar kuriosa är att Cape Fear från 1991 är en nyinspelning av orginalet från 1962. Då med stora stjärnor som Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum och Telly Savalas i rollerna. Regisserade gjorde J. Lee Thompson.

¤ Betyg: +++++

É inegável que essa arte que tanto amamos criou inúmeras (merecidas) celebridades ao longo dos seus mais de 100 anos. Entretanto, com a mesma velocidade que ela alça ilustres desconhecidos em estrelas da mais alta grandeza, também põe abaixo inúmeras carreiras e filmes. Muitos deles são reconhecidos com o passar dos anos (nada como a análise fria do tempo para dar crédito ao que merece), contudo, em muitos casos, fica sempre a sensação de injustiça, com algumas carreiras terminando prematuramente.

Um exemplo claro disso que estou falando é The Night of the Hunter (mal traduzido aqui como "O Mensageiro do Diabo"). Esse foi o único filme do diretor Charles Laughton, um renomado ator dos anos 30 e 40. Isso se deveu ao grande fracasso comercial e a incompreensão da crítica especializada. O desastre foi tão grande que Laughton decidiu nunca mais realizar um filme. Vendo-o, só posso concluir duas coisas: esse foi o típico caso de um filme muito a frente do seu tempo e que, por causa disso, perdemos um grande diretor, quem, caso seguisse a sua carreira, poderia figurar entre os maiores do cinema.

The Night of the Hunter é uma obra única, que se utiliza, dentre outras coisas, dos "ensinamentos" do expressionismo alemão para criar um clima totalmente soturno e, por que não dizer, macabro para a figura maléfica personalizada por Harry Powell, um suposto pastor que, na verdade, é um aproveitador e assassino de viúvas indefesas, e em sua última empreitada, precisa enfrentar duas destemidas crianças (as filhas da última viúva que ele matou).

Charles Laughton se mostra um diretor excepcional, que soube aproveitar como poucos o trabalho de fotografia em p&b para compor esse conto macabro pelo ponto de vista das duas crianças. Se percebe a influência do noir clássico, mas também há várias pinceladas de outras inflências (especialmente no que diz respeito a vários elementos teatrais), criando um estilo quase que único.

Mais do que isso: o filme consegue provocar uma sensação quase que ininterrupta de medo no telespectador. Medo. Muito medo. Medo de um simples cântico religioso entoado em vários momentos por Powell, em cada momento em que a sua sombra aponta no horizonte, medo do que pode acontecer com aquelas crianças, medo em relação com o que ele irá fazer com a mãe dessas crianças. Resumindo: Laughton consegue transpor o telespectador para áquele mundo. A partir desse momento, enxergamos o filme sob a óptica daquelas crianças.

Boa pare do crédito a esse fato se deve também à interpretação soberba de Robert Mitchum. Ele consegue construir um personagem cínico, obscuro, irônico e, o mais importante, assustador. Suas pregações, o olhar profundo e ameaçador, o modo como cerra e prensa as mão uma contra a outra, mostrando o embate entre o amor e o ódio (evidenciado pelas as palavras "HATE" e "LOVE" tatuadas nos seus dedos)... todas essas nuances fazem com que tenhamos medo dessa figura. Mais do que isso: apesar do medo, faz com que ficamos fascinados pela sua persona contraditória, que se vê como um "defensor da moral e dos bons costumes" (na falta de uma definição melhor) e que, por conta disso, precisa limpar à sua maneira toda a sujeira que a luxúria insiste em espalhar.

O filme é também uma crítica mordaz ao fanatismo religioso, representado principalmente pelos habitantes daquele local, que se mostram bastante receptíveis àquela suposta distinta figura de falas tão encantadoras e venenosas, que, por conta disso, se aproveita da situação. Além disso, quando finalmente Powell é desmascarado, esse fanatismo se mostra ainda mais latente, diante a reação inquisitora da população, disposta a "ver derramar o sangue do infiel". Mais do que a força física, a força da palavra é mostrada com todas as suaas garras. Apesar da história da fita se passar nos anos 30, esse aspecto ainda se mostra atualíssimo.

Ainda nessa análise sob o ponto de vista religioso, percebemos a figura da pureza e da inocência (as crianças) triunfando contra os malefícios de toda uma sociedade. Elas são empurradas para um um mundo caótico, repleto de questões morais, lutando para encontrar um caminho por entre dificuldades espirituais, emocionais e físicas, de forma a cumprir a promessa que fez a seu pai. No final, cansado de levar esse fardo, ele abdica da promessa, abandonando esse peso injusto ao qual foi obrigado a carregar e, com isso, recuperando a sua pureza e inocência.

Por essas e muitas outras coisas (que não serão citadas nessa resenha sob pena dela se transformar num extenso e chato tratado), The Night of The Hunter é um dos filmes mais impressionantes já feitos. Além de mostrar o quanto o mundo pode ser injusto: enquanto vemos uma carreira de diretor que poderia ser promissora, mas que acabou por conta do julgamento mordaz do público e da crítica, abortos da natureza como Michael Bay e Uwe Boll continuam a fazer o que eles têm a audácia de chamar de filmes. Pelo menos todos nós sabemos quais irão permanecer incólumes com o tempo...

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Adney Silva

Both films are about respectable members of society, one a doctor, the other a telephone operator who waits patiently for the man she loves to return from military service in Korea (though this love verges on the obsessive when she has a candlelit dinner with his photograph). Anne Baxter plays the tormented, infatuated Norah brilliantly.

Both films see these characters falling in with a bad influence - in Jeff's case the typical femme fatale, in Norah's the hard-drinking womanising girl-hunter Harry Prebble, played by Raymond Burr. So far so similar, but not enough to warrant real attention. In fact the real coincidences are probably just that, but I find them intriguing enough to make me want to understand why they're there.

1. Both films feature significant scenes in Tiki bars. I knew this about Where Danger Lives, but was totally surprised by the extended Tiki bar scene in The Blue Gardenia, as well as its discursive play with the names and images attached to exotic rum-based cocktails like the Polynesian Pearl-diver and the Mermaid's Downfall (the crude playfulness of the latter foreshadows what is about to happen).

Mitchum enters Pogo Pete's in Where Danger Lives.

Mitchum insists on having more cocktails, when the house limit is only 2 (he already has four in front of him).

Baxter and Burr get their Polynesian Pearldivers at the Blue Gardenia Cafe.

The Tiki bar plays a pivotal role in each - it is the site of excessive drinking of those exotic cocktails, leading to a loosening of the the protagonist's grip, a heightening of their emotional state , and a freeing of their inhibitions that is necessary for what happens next. Which is...

2. Firepoker based violence. Both films feature the malicious wielding of a fire-poker as a weapon. In their inebriated states our naive protagonists make bad decisions. Norah ends up steaming drunk in Prebble's bachelor pad and we know what his plans are... She ends up fighting him off with a firepoker, lashing out with it in her stupor, then falling unconscious in front of the fireplace. Jeff rolls up to his fancy woman's sea-cliff mansion to have it out with her 'father' only to find that he's really her husband (played snooty and slimy by Claude Rains). Violence ensues and Jeff gets whacked on the head with a poker. Lannington (Rains) wields it like a whip, raining blows down on a mostly offscreen Jeff, who finally retaliates with a single blow, knocking Lannington unconscious, stretched out in front of the fireplace.

But the similarities don't end here...

Continued in part 2.

I laid on the sofa and watched not one but two movies.  Next with Nicholas Cage which Dave highly recommended and M. loved, but it didn't do much for me.  Frankly, Cage just looked really gross and orange (bad spray tan technician bad...he should smack you on the nose with a newspaper), and it got even more skeevy when he started fondling Jessica Biel.  Ick!  I just kept thinking he should have snapped Julianne Moore's neck after the logs fell.  Too much?  Oh well, I've got a sadistic streak.  For the last few years all the new movies have made me think, why didn't they just _____?  There seems to be a bit of tweaking that's going undone.  There have been several things I've seen that could have been spectacular if taken from a different angle.

The second movie was Secret Ceremony on Sundance.  Elizabeth Taylor is a hooker whose child died suddenly.  Mia Farrow is a highly disturbed child whose once overbearing, dead mother bears a striking resemblance to Taylor.  It was one of those odd 1960's flicks that are all psychological misfits and dark deads with Taylor trying to make Farrow over in her dead child's image while Farrow tries to screw her stepfather, Robert Mitchum.  I don't much care for those types of movies but Elizabeth Taylor is always compelling, and no one does crazy like Mia Farrow. 

In fact, M. and I had a running conversation all weekend about actors.  There aren't many actors in the world in my opinion.  Most "actors" use the same expressions, voices, and attitudes for every role they take (Jack Nicholson comes to mind...don't believe me?  watch About Schmidt and As Good As It Gets...I'm not saying his style hasn't changed over time...his younger work is very different).  Then they complain about typecasting.  The most successful of these "actors" just learn to pick the right flicks to suit them.  The actors that do crazy best are the ones I love.  I'm a big believer in the idea that any really good performance takes from a facet of the actor's personality.  Like I said, Mia Farrow is great at crazy.  For that matter, so are Anne Heche and Jenna Elfman.  Just sayin'....

I even picked up a book.  I Am Legend by Richard Matheson has taken up residence in M.'s library (aka the john).  So while 'um taking care of business (pretty, delicate, flowery girly business cuz that's how I roll and all...nothing stinky cuz that wouldn't be girly...even though it does allow time for said reading...why I'd never!) the other day, I picked it up.  I guess he hooked me since I'm still reading it.  The writing is compelling, but I cannot see how it would make a good movie.  The vast majority of it is one white guy talking to himself in his own head.  I think I'll have to see the movie version after I finish it.  Obviously, M. thought it was the book translation of the movie or he wouldn't have bought it.  I always wondered who the heck would buy one of those.  I mean why read it when you can just watch the movie?  M. not only watches (and often owns) the movie, but then he goes out and buys the book version of the screenplay.  I'm not talking about reading Louisa May Alcott's Little Women and then watching the movie.  I'm talking about stuff like Star Trek's Insurrection or SpiderMan 2.  I don't get it, not one bit.  Am I missing something?

The weekend even ended on a high note.  I had a craving for Sesame Chicken.  I haven't had sesame chicken since I was a carnivore.  So I got on my favorite recipe site (Recipezaar) and found hundreds of recipes, but in the back of my mind was a recipe I'd seen years ago using ketchup to make the sauce.  It sounded odd then, but I kept looking and found 3 Sesame Chicken recipes using ketchup.  None of them worked for me because I didn't have many of the ingredients.  So I started experimenting.  And, it was FABULOUS!  The sauce came out exactly like the local chinese restaurant's sauce.  I was in love.  In case you want to try it:

1/4 cup soy sauce

1/2 cup pineapple juice

1/2 cup ketchup

5 tablespoons brown sugar (the original recipes often used honey but I was out)

1/4 teaspoon Chinese 5 spice (I had Emeril's Asian seasoning)

1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

1 teaspoon ground ginger

Allow to bubble on the stove for about 3 minutes.

I was amazed at how close I'd come to the restaurant.  There is no way it's good for you.  Maybe I should get that colonic!

It is a shame Charles Laughton never directed another film. Not many first time filmmakers are as impressive as this the first time out. “The Night of the Hunter” is a dark atmospheric thriller that grips you like a vise and never let’s go. The screenplay written by famed film critic and writer James Agee and Charles Laughton, who received no screen credit, was based on a novel of the same name. The novel used a true life incident as the basis for the story. Agee is known for his book “Let Us Now Praise Famous Men”, ignored when first published, and is now considered one of the greatest books of the 20th century. In the 1940’s Agee began work as a film critic for the magazine “The Nation” and wrote his first screenplay, “The African Queen” in 1951 based on C.S. Forester’s novel. “The Night of the Hunter” was his second screenplay. Laughton, of course, was already a successful actor in such movies as “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” “The Canterville Ghost,” “Rembrandt,” “The Big Clock” and so many others. The film is beautifully and richly photographed by Stanley Cortez. Cortez other works include “The Magnificent Ambersons,” “The Three Faces of Eve” and two Sam Fuller films, “Shock Corridor” and “The Naked Kiss”. Cortez was also the Cinematographer on the 1991 TV movie remake of “The Night of the Hunter” which starred Richard Chamberlain.

The film was not a hit with critics or the public at the time of its release and did not win any awards or even receive any nominations. Laughton who made one of the best expressionistic film noirs never directed another film .

There’s one scene that takes place in the luncheonette where Willa worked. It takes place after Powell killed her. To cover up for her disappearance Powell is telling Walt and Icey Spoon that Willa ran off leaving her children and him behind. The couple try to console him and at one point Walt tells him don’t worry, she’ll come back. Powell, sitting at the counter, head hanging down replies “She’ll not be back I reckon I can promise you that.” As he finishes the last few words his eyes are raised upward and there’s the most chilling evil sinister look on his face. A wonderful piece of acting by Mitchum that has stuck with me and even sent a chill down my spine.

Other wonderful scenes include the discovery of Willa’s body at the bottom of the lake; the cellar scenes where the two kids are hiding are some of the most gripping in the film and the entire sequence with the two kids going down the river. There’s also a visually stunning scene of Powell riding on horseback as he pursues the kids shot completely in silhouette. The list just goes on. It is difficult to believe that Cortez was not recognized for his work on this film. I found the scenes with Rachel Cooper, reminiscent of D.W. Griffith’s work and Laughton may have intentionally done that, or maybe it is just me associating Gish with Griffith.

The only disappointing part of the film was the ending, which seems a little forced and frankly, it is unbelievable that nosey bodies Walt and Icey Spoon are the type to lead an angry lynch mob of town folks who felt betrayed by the deceptive Powell.

Today most agree that Robert Mitchum gives one of his best performances in this film. The entire cast is good but Mitchum is superb. He is the personification of evil dressed in the Lord’s clothing. With the letters spelling out LOVE and HATE tattooed on his fingers he preaches the word of the Lord while stealing and killing his way toward hell. As most film lovers know a few years, later Mitchum would create another memorable villain, Max Cady, in the 1962 version of “Cape Fear.”

So, it's really no surprise that Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison is one of my favorite movies of all time.

The basic story is that Cpl. Allison (Robert MItchum) washes ashore on what he believes is a deserted island, but discovers one inhabitant - the good-natured Sister Angela.   Sister Angela is thrilled to have another companion, but Allison is apprehensive at first.   It's his luck, he claims, that he'd wash up on the one island that has a nun only on it - and a pretty one at that.

Then the Japanese decide to pay a visit to the island and Allison and Angela's story becomes less about learning to cohabitate and more about survival.

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison is a really sweet story.  The two main characters alternately must fight off attractions to one another, mainly centering around the fact that Angela is a nun, and therefore, unlikely to settle down with a guy anytime soon.  But mainly, Mitchum and Deborah Kerr flow through their scenes so effortlessly that it's a joy to watch.   The entire movie hinges on them. They're the sole inhabitants of the island (until the Japanese show up) so it's necessary that they make it through the movie convincingly and they do.   Robert MItchum in particular is stellar as the rough Corporal Allison, and it's one of his finest movie roles.

The movie's touching without ever overdoing it and it's got a strong story behind it with great direction.   What makes it really stand out is just the fact that you never get tired of Allison or Sister Angela when the entire movie rests on them.

This movie is primarily why I feel MItchum always gets screwed on the recognition he so rightly deserves; it's a movie I've suggested to others many, many a time and I'm usually always met with a blank stare - at least until someone watches it and then returns to tell me, "Hey, that was awesome!"

Awesome, indeed.

ACTOR DOMIZIANO ARCANGELI TO RECEIVE GOLDEN HALO AWARD FOR

ACTING ACHIEVEMENT AT THE 72^nd ANNUAL

SOUTHERN CA MOTION PICTURES COUNCIL AWARDS DINNER

AUGUST 4, 2008 FROM 7PM – 10PM AT SPORTSMAN LODGE IN STUDIO CITY

Los Angeles, CA Italian Actor Domiziano Arcangeli (Do-meet-zee-ahno Ark-an-jelly) to be honored with a Golden Halo Award for Acting Achievement during the 72^nd Annual Southern California Motion Pictures Council’s Awards Dinner held Monday, August 4, 2008 at the Sportsman Lodge in Studio City, CA from 7:00pm – 10:00pm. Academy-Award Winning Actress and Hollywood Icon, Margaret O’Brien, will present Arcangeli with his award. Past acting honorees include such notables as Actors Charlton Heston, Burt Lancaster, and Robert Mitchum.

The Evening in Paris themed event includes a silent auction, gourmet dinner, and Philanthropy Award honorees in addition to honoring Actor Domiziano Arcangeli. Actor Randal Malone, current president and chairman of the board of the Southern California Motion Picture Council, will serve as Master of Ceremonies. Confirmed celebrities attending include: Actress Rose Marie, Actor Jerry Maren, Actress Jayne Meadows, among others.

Domiziano Arcangeli is being honored for his acting work in Italy and the United States in more than sixty films, ten television series and numerous theatrical productions, nationally and internationally.

Arcangeli has performed in over seven productions this year alone. This past spring, Arcangeli starred in the big budget Martial Arts action thriller, SAMURAI AVENGER: THE BLIND WOLF, which was shot in Tokyo, Japan and Los Angeles, CA. Arcangeli is currently producing and starring in his own feature film, THE HOUSE OF FLESH MANNEQUINS, an art house thriller shot in Rome, Italy and Los Angeles, CA.

Additional film appearances include a cameo in the Lion’s Gate comedy STILL WAITING, and a co-starring role in the horror film, FRANKENSTEIN RISING, to name a few. Domi’s recent television appearances include a lead role in the HBO comedy IS NUDITY REQUIRED? and roles in KCAL9 Biblical television series, IT IS WRITTEN.

Arcangeli began his acting career at the age of thirteen in Italy performing in The Good Soldier for Academy Award winning director Franco Brusati, which led to work with such ‘Masters of European Cinema’…Federico Fellini (Intervista), and Liliana Cavani (Francesco). He has also worked with other celebrated Italian directors which include Tinto Brass (Paprika), Umberto Lenzi (Black Demons), Lucio Fulci and Bruno Mattei (Venetian Caprice).

Some of Arcangeli’s better known U.S. television credits include Showtime’s SIN’S KITCHEN and the Zalman King's series, CHROMIUM BLUE. He has also co-starred alongside Dennis Hopper in DEVIL’S HIGHWAY, and in Spanish cult director Jesus Franco’s film FLORES DE PERVERSION. Theatre credits include a world tour of Lev Dodin’s THE VISIONARY.

In 2007, Arcangeli launched a fan Web site, www.domizianoarcangeli.com, with his film credits, bio, headshots, demo reel, and additional publicity pictures and links for his fans. His professional credits can be seen here on IMDB.

The Southern California Motion Pictures Council Awards Ceremony honoring Actor Domiziano Arcangeli with a Golden Halo Award for Acting Achievement takes place Monday, August 4, 2008 from 7:00pm – 10:00pm at the Sportsman Lodge located at 12833 Ventura Blvd. Studio City, CA 91604 818-755-5000. Dinner reservations are $25 per person and can be made via phone: 626 794-1968.

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O site MovieFone pergunta o que seria do cara bonzinho sem um brigão que ameace a virtude, incomode os inocentes e frustre os melhores planos, não é mesmo, minha gente? Por isso eles fizeram uma lista dos 25 homens e mulheres que amamos odiar no cinema. O Coringa de Ledger nem estreou ainda e já está lá.

1. Lorde Voldemort da série Harry Potter, 2005-2007 [Ralph Fiennes]
2. Darth Vader da série Guerra nas Estrelas, 1977-2005 [James Earl Jones, Hayden Christensen]
3. A Bruxa Malvada do Oeste de O mágico de Oz, 1939 [Margaret Hamilton]
4. Hannibal Lecter de O silêncio dos inocentes, 1991 [Anthony Hopkins]
5. Coringa de Batman - O cavaleiro das trevas, 2008 [Heath Ledger]
6. Goldfinger de 007 contra Goldfinger, 1964 [Gert Frobe]
7. Chigurgh de Onde os fracos não têm vez, 2007 [Javier Barden]
8. Hans Gruber de Duro de matar, 1988 [Alan Rickman]
9. Max Cady de Cabo do medo, 1991 [Robert De Niro]
10. A Rainha de Branca de neve e os sete anões, 1937 [voz de Lucille la Verne]
11. Harry Powell de O mensageiro do diabo, 1955 [Robert Mitchum]
12. Michael Myers de Halloween - A noite do terror, 1978 [Tony Moran]
13. Freddy Krueger de A hora do pesadelo, 1984 [Robert Englund]
14. Mrs Iselin de Sob o domínio do mal, 1962 [Angela Lansbury]
15. Tom Powers de Inimigo Público, 1931 [James Cagney]
16. Anne Wilkes de Louca obsessão, 1990 [ Kathy Bates]
17. Dr Christian Szell de Maratona da morte, 1976 [Laurence Olivier]
18. T-1000 de O exterminador do futuro 2 - O julgamento final [Robert Patrick]
19. Joan Crawford de Mamãezinha querida, 1981 [Faye Dunaway]
20. Lex Luthor de Superman, 1978 [Gene Hackman]
21. Alonzo Harris de Dia de treinamento, 2001 [Denzel Washington]
22. Cruella De Vil de Os 101 dálmatas, 1961 [voz de Betty Lou Gerson]
23. Frank Booth de Veludo Azul, 1986 [Dennis Hopper]
24. Khan Noonie Singh de Jornada nas estrelas: A ira de Khan, 1982 [Ricardo Montalban]
25. Agente Smith de Matrix, 1999 [Hugo Weaving]

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