Great movies- Written on the Wind

[blue_lotus13]

Roger Ebert claimed Written on the Wind was one of the Great movies; I just found it really annoying. The 1956 melodrama is an over the top soap drama about a rich oil baron brother and sister and their dalliances with a close family friend and a wife. Everything is over the top- there's an annoying soundtrack and the colours are somewhat lurid. There were some funny lines and it has a great cast, with Rock Hudson and Lauren Bacall. Apparently I'm not smart enough to make it past the glitz and glamour to find the satire and irony, because I actively disliked this.

Apparently so did Humphrey Bogart, who told his wife never to appear in another film like this one.

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[oyvavoy.livejournal.com]

OMG Roger Ebert lost all credibility for me this weekend, when I tried to watch Russ Meyer's Beyond The Valley of the Dolls. I was surprised to see : Written by Roger Ebert flash across the scene.

I fell asleep watching it cause I was tired, but it's very campy and features lines like: "Hey, don't Bogart the joint!" and "Groovy!"