Sumner Redstone, who built a media empire from his family’s drive-in movie chain, has died. He was 97.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1325571
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1325571
Hey, Murdochs. Please follow suit. ASAP…
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He mailed in his ballot for Trump before he passed.
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Sumner Redstone ? Trini Lopez passed away from COVID-19 complications at 83. I remember my older sister had a crush on him & listening to his 45s If I Had A Hammer & Lemon Tree… RIP.
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He couldn’t communicate so his ipad was programmed to answer in three ways. Yes, no, and fuck you.
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You can’t take it with you but you can leave a mess when you go. Good riddance.
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He will now be judged by the FSM, who as I understand, It doesn’t approve arrogant, greedy bastards.
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“The Dirty Dozen” is a great film there I said it. Donald Sutherland had a genius scene in it that doesn’t actually make sense within the film but tells you everything you need to know about Sixties attitudes as they affected filmmaking. I’m sure they discussed the incongruity of his character, who was mostly portrayed as being kind of dim, suddenly becoming a brilliant parodist of film tropes about crusty, warmhearted generals, but they left it in because it’s that good and funny.
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Lee Marvin made one other film that year, “Point Blank”, certainly an underappreciated classic. Every viewing reveals some new nuance to ponder.
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My favorite memory of “The Dirty Dozen” is from “Sleepless In Seattle” when Tom Hanks and Victor Gerber recount the climatic scene where Trini Lopez is shot.
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Terrible news. Joel Segal, founder and patron saint of Chicago ‘s Jazz Showcase, is dead at 94.
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The Century Club. Missed it by that much!
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As he also did in “Kelly’s Heroes”, where he was definitely casting a 1970’s vibe …
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Apparently, we all have our blind spots.
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I’ve seen a couple clips from that one. Kind of a study in how that vibe doesn’t really work in a WWII film. YMMV obviously. Certainly Sutherland was a New Hollywood go-to guy.
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There’s no accounting for taste. At least Lee Marvin was a Marine who was wounded in combat. He could sell the tough-guy thing pretty well.
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Yeah, he was an actual tough guy. Made better movies than the Dirty Dozen though.
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Well, again, matter of taste. I’ve always found it way entertaining.
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Semantics. ‘Entertaining’ doesn’t equate to ‘great’. I liked it fine when it came out, when I was young and wild.
Nobody misses you Sumner.
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